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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...
Joye M. Carter
Joye M. Carter NONE Dr. Joye Carter, M.D., first female and African American Chief Medical Examiner in the U.S, served in Washington, DC and Houston, Texas. Now a forensic pathology consultant and au...
Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death
Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death Allen Bernard West 9781612542980 Nonfiction Brown Books Publishing Group Brown Books Publishing Group Texas is booming. In recent years, the Lone Star Sta...
Rose Brock
Rose Brock 0000000107888362 Rose Brock, a professor at Sam Houston State University, is renowned for inspiring youth to love books. In addition to her career as a librarian and educator, she co-found...
Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas Michael Hurd 9781477310342 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press At a time when "Friday night lights" s...
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Drusilla Dunjee Houston
Drusilla Dunjee Houston NONE Drusilla Dunjee Houston (January 20, 1876 – February 8, 1941) was born in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Her parents were Rev. John William Dunjee and Lyd...
Akie F. Davis
Akie F. Davis NONE Akie F. Davis is a Houston-based writer and producer with a passion for film and a background in psychology and business. He co-owns Creole Creations and works for the Houston Acce...
The Houston Negro Hospital: The Untold Legacy of Riverside General
The Houston Negro Hospital: The Untold Legacy of Riverside General Carlton Houston 9781467171625 Nonfiction The History Press The History Press “This Great Hospital Fight” – Dr. Drake At the height...
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation Rawn James Jr. 9781596916067 Fiction Bloomsbury Press Bloomsbury Publishing The riveting story of the...
Carlton Houston
Carlton Houston NONE Carlton Houston is an Emmy Award–winning journalist and storyteller whose work is distinguished by its clarity, restraint, and cinematic precision. A former television reporter ...
The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas slavery & Jim Crow and the roots of American Fascism
The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas slavery & Jim Crow and the roots of American Fascism Gerald Horne 9780717800018 Nonfiction International Publishers International Publishers When Mexico moved to ...
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore Alan B. Govenar, Francis Edward Abernethy, Patrick B. Mullen 9781574412833 Nonfiction University of North Texas Press University of North Texas Pr...
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 ...
Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Peggy Brooks-Bertram NONE Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram is a scholar and author based in Buffalo, New York. Known for her research on Drusilla Dunjee Houston, she received recognition for publishing Houst...
A Death In Texas
A Death In Texas Thumper Book Review Upon hearing of the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. in his hometown of Jasper, Texas, it occurred to me that "A new way of performing the act of lynching h...
North Texas Teen Book Festival
North Texas Teen Book Festival Irving Convention Center Irving Texas The North Texas Teen Book Festival is the largest library-run book festival for young people in the country.
Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram MULTIPLE Drusilla Dunjee Houston and Peggy Brooks-Bertram are influential figures in the field of African American history, literature, and women's st...
Sarah Bird
Sarah Bird 000000011726115X Sarah Bird, acclaimed author of ten novels, is recognized for her literary contributions through awards like Texas Writer of the Year and the Texas Institute of Letters Li...
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...
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 ...
A Love Letter to Texas Women
A Love Letter to Texas Women Sarah Bird 9781477309490 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press What is it that distinguishes Texas women, the famous Yellow Rose and her descendan...
Gwen Richardson
Gwen Richardson NONE Gwen Richardson, co-founder of Cushcity.com, the largest African-American internet retailer, is a successful entrepreneur and writer with a marketing degree from Georgetown Unive...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
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...
Chinedu Achebe
Chinedu Achebe NONE Chinedu W. Achebe, a Nigerian American author, published his first book in 2012 and its sequel in 2017. He's contributed to the Huffington Post, Medium, and Bella Naija. A Univers...
They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park
They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park Tonya Duncan Ellis 9780063286054 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins A moving picture book about the history of Em...
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...
Karen Walrond
Karen Walrond NONE Karen Walrond is a lawyer, leadership coach, activist, and senior director for Brené Brown Education and Research Group. She's a Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator, photographe...
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...
On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed 9781631498831 Nonfiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of...
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...
Skyler Houston
Skyler Houston NONE Skyler “Skye” Houston is a Mississippi-born, Georgia-raised author with a Master's in Organizational Leadership. Her love for children and writing inspired her to pen “I Want to b...
Reginald C. Adams
Reginald C. Adams NONE Reginald C. Adams is a Houston-based public artist known for his award-winning murals and sculptures in historic and underserved US communities. His art is featured in the 2023...
Skyler Houston
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Skyler Houston
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Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped
Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped Cissy Houston 9780062238399 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The definitive account of Whitney Houston’s astonishing life,...
Didi Anofienem
Didi Anofienem NONE Didi Anofienem, a Houston-born novelist and educator based in Los Angeles, holds degrees from Columbia University, University of San Francisco, UT-Austin, and University of Housto...
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...
Texas Battle - The "Dragonball Evolution" Interview
Texas Battle - The "Dragonball Evolution" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Houston on August 9, 1980, Texas Battle earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology at the...
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...
In This House
In This House Loretta Diane Walker 9781421837451 Poetry Blue Light Press Blue Light Press Loretta Diane Walker teaches music at Reagan Elementary in Odessa, Texas. She graduated from Ector High Sch...
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...
Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1
Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Book 1 Drusilla Dunjee Houston 9780933121010 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “Originally published in 1926, Houston’s masterwork ...
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...
Brene Brown
Brene Brown 0000000034192910 Brene Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston and visiting professor at UT Austin, studies courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She's authored six...
A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption
A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption Dina Temple-Raston 9780805066524 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers An extraordinary account of h...
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. ...
Evangeline M. Mitchell
Evangeline M. Mitchell 0000000052415145 Evangeline M. Mitchell, a New Orleans native and Houston-raised lawyer, studied at prestigious institutions like Harvard and the University of Iowa. She priori...
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...
University of Texas Press
University of Texas Press University of Texas Press University of Texas at Austin https://utpress.utexas.edu/ The University of Texas Press serves knowledge seekers in an information-rich world throug...
University of Texas Press
University of Texas Press University of Texas at Austin University of Texas Press https://utpress.utexas.edu/ The University of Texas Press serves knowledge seekers in an information-rich world throug...
Craig Robinson Interview (the actor, not 1st Lady Michelle Obama's brother)
Craig Robinson Interview (the actor, not 1st Lady Michelle Obama's brother) Kam Williams Interview Craig Robinson The “Peeples” Interview with AALBC.com Born in Chicago on October 25, 1971, Cr...
Up Home: One Girl’s Journey
Up Home: One Girl’s Journey Ruth J. Simmons 9780593446003 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House A Best Book Of The Year: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Bloomberg, BET I was ...
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...
Samson Bimbo Adenugba
Samson Bimbo Adenugba NONE Samson Bimbo Adenugba, a Houston-based Nigerian painter/illustrator, is known for his contributions to the 2023 children's book 'Juneteeth' and the Juneteenth mural in Texa...
Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire
Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire Kam Williams Book Review ’Arguably, Drusilla Dunjee Houston was one of the most important African-American women writers of the 20th Centu...
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...
Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston
Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston Gerrick Kennedy 9781419749698 Nonfiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR… SO FAR by The New Yorker Named a B...
Houston Book Warehouse
Houston Book Warehouse Houston TX Houston’s hub for used books.
Rheeda Walker
Rheeda Walker NONE Rheeda Walker, PhD, is a tenured psychology professor at the University of Houston and a renowned behavioral science researcher. She's a published author with 50+ papers on African...
I Want to be Like
I Want to be Like Skyler Houston 9780578555744 Fiction Skyler Houston Skyler Houston I Want to be Like is a story of a sweet girl, Jordan, who is excited about a big day at school. Jordan’s teacher, M...
The Screenwriter’s Guidebook: Inspiring Lessons in Film and Television Writing
The Screenwriter’s Guidebook: Inspiring Lessons in Film and Television Writing Christine List 9780883783351 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press Christine Houston wrote Two Twenty Seven, a p...
Whitney: Tribute to an Icon
Whitney: Tribute to an Icon Pat Houston 9781476711249 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law and close friend, was also her longtime manager. She lives in A...
Kionna Walker LeMalle
Kionna Walker LeMalle NONE Kionna Walker LeMalle is a novelist, poet, speaker, and sought-after writing teacher who has taught writers at every level, from elementary school through graduate studies...
William Byrd
William Byrd 0000000109367704 Dr. William “Super” Byrd, a Newark native, is an acclaimed author and educator specializing in Sports Education. A holder of multiple degrees and professional licenses, ...
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...
Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen 0000000114435847 Debbie Allen, born in 1950, is a bestselling children's book author, actress, dancer, and choreographer from Houston, Texas. She is renowned for her role in the 1982 ser...
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, ...
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...
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...
Greater Austin Book Festival
Greater Austin Book Festival Austin Public Library Austn Texas GAB Fest is the only tri-county book festival in Austin that focuses specifically on local small-press and self-published authors. There ...
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
ReShonda Tate Billingsley 0000000116441757 ReShonda Tate Billingsley is a former reporter and national bestselling author of 21 titles including both adult and teen novels. She's also an executive pr...
International Royal Music & Art Festival
International Royal Music & Art Festival The Beltway Regulators Barn Fresno Texas The 2021 International Royal Music & Art Festival is set to be an acclaimed cross-genre experience inspired by the his...
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...
Texas Remainder Expo
Texas Remainder Expo Carrollton Texas Texas Remainder Expo (T☆REX) is a wholesale show open only to trade customers and not open to the public. It is held twice a year in the fall and spring. W...
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...
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Houston
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Houston Treasure Hernandez 9781945855610 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Life is perfect for Donna and Kim Boon when they move in with their Aunt, until her murde...
Liara Tamani
Liara Tamani NONE Liara Tamani attended Harvard Law School and worked as a marketing coordinator for the Houston Rockets. She holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA from D...
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-...
Texas A&M University Press
Texas A&M University Press Texas A&M University Press Texas A&M University