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Sassy Sinclair at the 2018 National Black Book Festival
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Sassy Sinclair
Sassy Sinclair NONE "Sassy Sinclair is the pen name for acclaimed novelist Pamela Samuels Young, renowned for her captivating storytelling.” Sassy Sinclair is a pseudonym for novelist Pamela Samuels ...
April Sinclair
April Sinclair NONE April Sinclair, a Chicago native, is a renowned author and community activist. Known for her dedicated activism in Oakland and her unique approach to her literary debut, Sinclair'...
Safiya Sinclair
Safiya Sinclair 0000000500999106 Safiya Sinclair is a Jamaica-born author known for her award-winning poetry book, Cannibal. She holds numerous accolades including the Whiting Writers’ Award, Pushcar...
Sassy
Sassy Gloria Mallette 9780967878935 Fiction Gemini Press Gemini Press A successful romance novelist, Sassy is a woman looking to fulfill her own fantasy. When the man of her dreams step right out of t...
Ursula Sinclair
Ursula Sinclair NONE Ursula Sinclair, the alter ego of USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author LaVerne Thompson, writes contemporary, fantasy, and sci-fi sensual romances. She also pens romant...
LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more
LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more MULTIPLE Discover a collection of works from renowned authors like Kassanna, LaVerne Thompson, Reana Malori, Angela Ka...
Phoebe Sinclair
Phoebe Sinclair NONE Phoebe Sinclair is a passionate writer, organizer, and facilitator who values the power of voice. A lover of city cycling, wandering, and candy corn, she resides in Boston with h...
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper 0000000374578086 Sharon M. Draper, acclaimed author of the Sassy series and numerous teen novels, is a New York Times bestseller and multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner. A forme...
Sassy
Sassy Thumper Book Review Gloria Mallette is one of my favorite authors. I became a major fan after I read one her earlier novel, Shades of Jade. Over the years she remained o...
The Sassy #3: The Silver Secret
The Sassy #3: The Silver Secret Sharon M. Draper 9780545071536 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Sassy’s newest adventure unfolds when she performs in the school musical!Sassy’s school is doing...
Shaun Sinclair
Shaun Sinclair NONE Shaun Sinclair, a South Carolina native and Army veteran, is a renowned author known for blending crime and erotica in his novels. Leveraging his experience as a law clerk, his wo...
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
Cannibal
Cannibal Safiya Sinclair 9780803290631 Poetry University of Nebraska Press University of Nebraska Press Winner of the 2016 Whiting Award Winner of the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy o...
Dirty Music
Dirty Music Shaun Sinclair 9781496728654 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. THE CRESCENT CREW SERIES He built an empire from his infamous Dirty South crew’s street riches. He’s an unstoppabl...
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 9780399587665 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… • Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Romances for V-Day” • Cosmopolitan’s “2018 Anticipated Read...
Unlawful Seduction: An Erotic Suspense Novella (Lawyers in Lust, Book 2)
Unlawful Seduction: An Erotic Suspense Novella (Lawyers in Lust, Book 2) Sassy Sinclair 9780999733165 Fiction Goldman House Publishing Goldman House Publishing The #MeToo movement takes center stage i...
Unlawful Desires: An Erotic Suspense Novella (Lawyers in Lust, Book 1)
Unlawful Desires: An Erotic Suspense Novella (Lawyers in Lust, Book 1) Sassy Sinclair 9780999733103 Fiction Goldman House Publishing Goldman House Publishing Sparks fly when a handsome lawyer falls ha...
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More Troy Johnson Article Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th....
Charleston Literary Festival
Charleston Literary Festival Various Downtown Venues Charleston South Carolina Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South C...
Calabash International Literary Festival
Calabash International Literary Festival Treasure Beach Treasure Beach Jamaica, W.I. The Calabash International Literary Festival, held on a biennial basis on even years, was founded in 2001 by three ...
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor Breakwater Yacht Club Sag Harbor New York The Black Authors Festival @Sag Harbor is a nationally celebrated in-person event, recognized by USA Today as one of the Top...
If The Shoe Fits (Sassy Sistahood, Book 2) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #18) (Steeple Hill Cafe)
If The Shoe Fits (Sassy Sistahood, Book 2) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #18) (Steeple Hill Cafe) Marilynn Griffith 9780373785766 Fiction Steeple Hill Steeple Hill In Griffth’s second book in her tr...
Great American Book Festival
Great American Book Festival Main Street Square Rapid City South Dakota The Great American Book Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Book Awards & Reviews In an effort to suppo...
BWABC Literacy Festival
BWABC Literacy Festival Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis Tennessee 2017 Festival was cancelled “The BWABC Literacy Association will not hold its annual festival in 2017. We thank you for...
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival State Capitol and surrounding grounds Austin Texas The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imaginati...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2018): Gathering at the Waters II
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2018): Gathering at the Waters II Clarence V. Reynolds A21551758v10 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College View a pdf of the cover a...
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Vegas Valley Book Festival Las Vegas Nevada The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked togeth...
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport Banjul The Gambia An African Diaspora, One World, Pan African experience Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and will offer festival attendees a...
Stranger Things: Lucas on the Line
Stranger Things: Lucas on the Line Suyi Davies Okungbowa 9780593567906 Fiction Ember Ember Dive into this revealing portrait of Stranger Things fan-favorite Lucas Sinclair and get to know Lucas like n...
King Reece
King Reece Shaun Sinclair 9781496721082 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. They led the Dirty South’s most infamous crew. One became a rap superstar. One ruled the streets. But when the king c...
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity Brooklyn New York The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and internat...
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir Safiya Sinclair 9781982132347 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the au...
Confessions of a Candy Snatcher
Confessions of a Candy Snatcher Phoebe Sinclair 9781536213683 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press A night of Halloween fun gone wrong has Jonas wondering if he’s really a wolf in disguise i...
Beats and Blow
Beats and Blow Shaun Sinclair 9781496728685 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. With an exceptional voice that combines the explosive drama of Kiki Swinson and the lyrical writing style of Devo...
Crossroads
Crossroads LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more B07N1T887K Fiction Flavorfullove Unlimited Publishing Flavorfullove Unlimited Publishing Join 21 bestselling...
Blood Ties
Blood Ties Shaun Sinclair 9781496721051 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Strong, loving father. Hard-working loyal son. They are the best hit men in the business. But one woman’s revenge wil...
Catacombs
Catacombs Safiya Sinclair 9780981743592 Poetry Argos Books Argos Books Poetry. African & African American Studies. This perfect-bound chapbook showcases Safiya Sinclair’s immense talents across a wide...
Buffalo Gordon on The Plains
Buffalo Gordon on The Plains J. P. Sinclair Lewis 9780312873936 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers The tumultuous years after the Civil War are seen through the unique perspective of an escaped slave ...
LaVerne Thompson
LaVerne Thompson NONE USA Today Bestselling author LaVerne Thompson, also known as Ursula Sinclair, writes contemporary, fantasy, and sci-fi sensual romances. She enjoys creating worlds within and ou...
Superfly (2018)
Superfly (2018) Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/superfly-2018-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Excellent ★★★★ (out of 4 stars) Trevor Jackson Plays Iconic Titl...
Dancing In The Wings
Dancing In The Wings Debbie Allen 9780803725010 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her fro...
I Left My Back Door Open: A Novel
I Left My Back Door Open: A Novel April Sinclair 9780380732807 Fiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins Chicago deejay Daphne "Dee Dee" Dupree is sassy and successful—but a series of catastroph...
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Salt Lake City Utah Previously the The Great Salt Lake Book Festival The annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book f...
Annapolis Book Festival
Annapolis Book Festival The Key School Annapolis Maryland The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this free community...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
Safia Elhillo
Safia Elhillo 0000000464340864 Safia Elhillo, author of 'The January Children', is a celebrated Sudanese-American poet. She's notable for her 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize, 2018 Arab American Book ...
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference Troy Johnson Article I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th. I have not attended since the 2010. The confer...
Festival of Women Writers
Festival of Women Writers Hobart New York The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. ...
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits Tiya Miles 9781620972311 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press Finalist for the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book PrizeNo...
July eNewsletter: Best Sellers, Reviews, a Contest, and Our Online Book Club is Coming Back!
July eNewsletter: Best Sellers, Reviews, a Contest, and Our Online Book Club is Coming Back! Troy Johnson Article “Spalding’s MFA in Writing alums don’t just win awards, they make a difference with...
This Book Betrays My Brother
This Book Betrays My Brother Kagiso Lesego Molope 9781988449296 Fiction Mawenzi House Mawenzi House Winner of the Ottawa Book Award, English Fiction, 2019 Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018 ...
Happily Even After (Sassy Sistahood, Book 3) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #22) (Steeple Hill Cafe)
Happily Even After (Sassy Sistahood, Book 3) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #22) (Steeple Hill Cafe) Marilynn Griffith 9780373785988 Fiction Steeple Hill Steeple Hill I marry a gorgeous executive, ha...
Made Of Honor (Sassy Sistahood, Book 1) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #9) (Steeple Hill Cafe)
Made Of Honor (Sassy Sistahood, Book 1) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #9) (Steeple Hill Cafe) Marilynn Griffith 9780373785544 Fiction Steeple Hill Steeple Hill Griffith kicks off a new trilogy featu...
National Black Book Festival
National Black Book Festival Fallbrook Church / Gymnasium Houston Texas The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world’s largest African-America...
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana The highly anticipated New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns to Tulane’s uptown campus...
Dallas Book Festival
Dallas Book Festival Dallas Public Library Dallas Texas Founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Festival, the festival is Dallas Public Library’s premiere literary event. The Dallas Boo...
Albany Book Festival
Albany Book Festival University at Albany Albany New York The Albany Book Festival, established in 2018, draws thousands of book lovers from across the Capital Region and beyond to an intellectually s...
Margaret Peters
Margaret Peters 0000000371031456 Margaret Peters, a distinguished educator and African American history specialist, has an impressive academic background with degrees from the University of Dayton. B...
Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström 0000000403172043 Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström is an acclaimed author, speaker, and photographer. Her work has been featured in major publications worldwide and she has received num...
Gwen Richardson on the 2018 National Black Book Festival
Gwen Richardson on the 2018 National Black Book Festival Literary Events
Rhonda M. Lawson at the 2018 National Black Book Festival
Rhonda M. Lawson at the 2018 National Black Book Festival Literary Events
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival Family Life Center 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661 Hampton Virginia Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered wh...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
East of the River Book Festival
East of the River Book Festival Rocketship Rise Academy Washington District of Columbia The 2017 East of the River Book Festival is a magnet for city dwellers from all wards to recognize and enjoy a l...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Curtis Hixon Park Tampa Florida The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tamp...
AJC Decatur Book Festival
AJC Decatur Book Festival Downtown Decatur Decatur Georgia The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, ...
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio Book Festival Central Library and the Majestic Theatre San Antonio Texas The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Author presentations are held indoors while...
Twin Cities Book Festival
Twin Cities Book Festival MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS Minneapolis Minnesota The Twin Cities Book Festival—brought to you by Rain Taxi—is not only the largest and most important literary ga...
Queens Book Festival
Queens Book Festival LIC Landing by Coffeed Queens New York “The Queens Book Festival, debuted on August 7, 2016, is the largest and most inclusive literary gathering in Queens. It fills the bor...
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Ann Arbor Book Festival Ann Arbor Michigan Formed in 2003, the Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture ...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
LaKesa Cox
LaKesa Cox NONE LaKesa Cox is an award-winning author and screenwriter with over 20 years of experience. She has published four novels and has contributed to two anthologies. She was acknowledged as ...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Troy Johnson Article Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of Octob...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
2016 National Black Writers Conference Troy Johnson Article Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited a...
Dahlonega Literary Festival
Dahlonega Literary Festival Historic Square of Dahlonega, GA Dahlonega Georgia The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtow...
Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Books in Bloom Literary Festival Color Burst Park Columbia Maryland Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier book festivals in the region. ...
Festival of Colors
Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival Hotel Monteleone New Orleans Louisiana The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach...
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto International Festival of Authors Harbourfront Centre Toronto Canada Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from ov...
University Spring Literary Festival
University Spring Literary Festival Ohio University Athens Ohio Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-...
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity C. Riley Snorton 9781517901738 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press Winner of the John Boswell Prize from ...
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin NONE Nancy Churnin is a celebrated children's book author, known for inspiring kids to be heroes through her stories. She's a Eureka Silver Award winner and has been recognized with the...
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Michael W. Twitty 9780062379290 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins 2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year - 2...
The Prison Guard’s Son: Young Guns Book One (Volume 1)
The Prison Guard’s Son: Young Guns Book One (Volume 1) Ursula Sinclair 9781530297009 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC I can only be who I am. Pike I never knew my mother. I tell people she...
The Dancer: The Ballerina Series Book 3 (Volume 3)
The Dancer: The Ballerina Series Book 3 (Volume 3) Ursula Sinclair 9781515363002 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC “Let me in.” Dante It’s not easy being a male dancer in a world where wome...
Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel
Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel April Sinclair 9780380724598 Fiction Harper Paperbacks HarperCollins I still thought breasts might be more trouble than they were worth. Growing up reminded me a li...
Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice
Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice April Sinclair 9780380727940 Fiction Harper Paperbacks HarperCollins Jean "Stevie" Stevenson, the indomitable heroine of Coffee Will Make You Black, is back — somewh...
John Keene
John Keene 0000000032165978 Winner 2022 National Book Award for Poetry John Keene, acclaimed author known for Annotations, has been published in various anthologies and journals, earning several award...
Shaken: Young Guns Book 1.5 (The Martini Lounge) (Volume 1)
Shaken: Young Guns Book 1.5 (The Martini Lounge) (Volume 1) Ursula Sinclair 9781532898266 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC There’s something to be said for lust at first sight. Redd wasn’t...
Maze- The Ballerina Series Book 2 (Volume 2)
Maze- The Ballerina Series Book 2 (Volume 2) Ursula Sinclair 9780985964658 Fiction Isisindc Publishing Isisindc Publishing A new adult contemporary romance. The conclusion of the story of Ivy & Rose M...
The Ballerina & The Fighter (Book 1)
The Ballerina & The Fighter (Book 1) Ursula Sinclair 9780985964603 Fiction Isisindc Publishing Isisindc Publishing I travel through life dancing. All I ever wanted to do was dance, as did my best frie...
Street Rap (The Crescent Crew Series)
Street Rap (The Crescent Crew Series) Shaun Sinclair 9781496721020 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. They risked it all for the love of the dough, then wrote chart-topping songs about it. But...
The Hamptons
The Hamptons Linda Dominique Grosvenor 9780974171425 Fiction Sadorian Publications Sadorian Publications The author of the wildly popular bestseller Pretty Boys is back with a new book that posed the ...