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The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair
The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair Independence Square by the Careenage Bridgetown Barbados Launched in 2012, The aim of any literary festival is to engage people with reading, writing and literatu...
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips 0000000073657506 Esther Phillips, founder of The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair and editor of Bim magazine, is a highly decorated poet with an MFA in Creative Writing. She's won pr...
Queens Book Fair 2006
Queens Book Fair 2006 Queens Book Fair 2006 Queens Book Fair 2006 Announces Announces Author sign-up for 2006 Queens Book Fair Queens Book Fair 2006 Announces Author sign-up for 2nd Annual...
Ronald Fair
Ronald Fair 0000000116782340 Chicago-born African-American author, Ronald L. Fair, inspired by Richard Wright, carved his own literary path. Born in 1932, Fair served in the U.S. Navy before becoming...
Harlem Book Fair 2009 - Street Fair Saturday, July 18, 2009
Harlem Book Fair 2009 - Street Fair Saturday, July 18, 2009 Harlem Book Fair 2009 - Street Fair Saturday, July 18, 2009 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTO...
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 ...
Leimert Park Village Book Fair
Leimert Park Village Book Fair Outdoor Promenade of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (BHCP) Los Angeles California See Press Release The Leimert Park Village Book Fair was founded in 2006 by Cynthia ...
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati on the African American C...
Harlem Book Fair - 2006
Harlem Book Fair - 2006 Harlem Book Fair - 2006 Harlem Book Fair 2006 Street Map Shows location of vendors on the street as of July 20 2006 Advertise your book in the official program g...
Zuksiwa Wanner
Zuksiwa Wanner NONE Zukiswa Wanner, born to South African and Zimbabwean parents in Zambia, is a celebrated author known for award-nominated novels like “Men of the South.” As an essayist, she focuse...
The Third Annual African American Children’s Book Fair
The Third Annual African American Children’s Book Fair The Third Annual African American Children’s Book Fair The Third Annual African American Children’s Book Fair The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of ...
Tulisoma: S. Dallas Book Fair & Arts Fest.
Tulisoma: S. Dallas Book Fair & Arts Fest. Tulisoma: S. Dallas Book Fair & Arts Fest. Tulisoma: South Dallas Book Fair & Arts Festival http://www.tulisoma.com Friday, Saturday & ...
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...
The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair
The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair THE 17TH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR READS ON The 17th Annual A...
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Blalock Park Venice Florida The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors sel...
National Black Children's Book Fair Tour Kickoff
National Black Children's Book Fair Tour Kickoff National Black Children's Book Fair Tour Kickoff Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Bringing the Community Together Through Literature www.spe...
Miami Book Fair
Miami Book Fair Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus Miami Florida The Dates Shown are for the Street Fair. The entire fair typically runs 8 days The first Miami Book Fair, founded by Miami Dade Coll...
Tanya Batson-Savage
Tanya Batson-Savage NONE Tanya Batson-Savage is a versatile writer with a passion for storytelling. She has authored works for page, stage, and screen, and her writings have been featured in various ...
Harlem Book Fair 2011 - Street Fair Saturday, July 23, 2011
Harlem Book Fair 2011 - Street Fair Saturday, July 23, 2011 Harlem Book Fair 2011 - Street Fair Saturday, July 23, 2011 This event has taken place. Please enjoy the videos & photographs...
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair Literary Events Dr. David Covin, one of the planning committee members of the Sacramento Black Book Fair talks with AALBC.com about the Book Fair at Under...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Author Village
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Author Village Meet many of the authors you participated in the 2017 Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, which was held at Curtis Hixon Park. These images and photos...
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...
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands The second annual Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair was held in April of ...
10th Harlem Book Fair - 2008 - Outdoor festival Saturday, July 19
10th Harlem Book Fair - 2008 - Outdoor festival Saturday, July 19 10th Harlem Book Fair - 2008 - Outdoor festival Saturday, July 19 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN...
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...
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...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Photos and one video from the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in Ne...
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...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Loading Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes ...
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...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of t...
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10 am - 7 pm 51...
Social Media Work Shops at the 2010 Harlem Book Fair
Social Media Work Shops at the 2010 Harlem Book Fair Social Media Work Shops at the 2010 Harlem Book Fair Social Media Marketing Workshops Come to the 2010 Harlem Book Fair Harlem Book F...
Hightlight from the 2013 Harlem Book Fair
Hightlight from the 2013 Harlem Book Fair Literary Events More information and photo from the 2013 Harlem Book Fair: https://aalbc.it/hbf2013photos The Harlem Book Fair, now in its 15 year, hosts a l...
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...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015
Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015 Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015 featuring, Elizabeth Alexander, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Lalita Tademy and Linda A. Duggins Women’s History M...
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair) Frankfurt Trade Fair Grounds Frankfurt Germany Authors read this if you plan to attend. The Frankfurt Book Fair is perhaps the world’s largest trad...
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...
Havana International Book Fair
Havana International Book Fair Havana City Cuba Referred to as the Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana in Spanish, the fair’s main objective is the promotion of various books and authors...
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...
Harlem Book Fair 1999 to 2007 Slide Show
Harlem Book Fair 1999 to 2007 Slide Show Literary Events For more information about the 2013 Harlem Book Fair visit: https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/1893-2013-harlem-book-fair/ In celebration of the 10th a...
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...
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...
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair Lisa D. Brathwaite 9781620143124 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A chic biography about Eunice W. Johnson who brought elegant an...
The South Florida Book Festival & Literary Conference
The South Florida Book Festival & Literary Conference Fort Lauderdale Florida The South Florida Book Festival and Literary Conference is one of the nation’s fastest growing and premier book fes...
Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair, August 19, 2023
Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair, August 19, 2023 Literary Events “Tulisoma,” which translates to “we read” in Swahili, is a festival rooted in the South Dallas/Fair Park community that champions liter...
WURD F.M. at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Festival
WURD F.M. at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Festival Literary Events Speaker: Aaron X. Smith, Ph.D.: https://aalbc.com/authors/Aaron+X.+Smith WURD-FM/AM is the only African-American owned a...
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
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...
Anika Malone
Anika Malone NONE Anika Malone, author of the acclaimed “10 Minutes Past Too Late”, is celebrated as a fresh voice in contemporary fiction. She has participated in notable book events across the Unit...
Harlem Book Fair
Harlem Book Fair Harlem State Office Building Plaza New York New York The Harlem Book Fair is the United State’s largest African-American book fair and the nation’s flagship Black literary...
Vladimir Lucien
Vladimir Lucien NONE Vladimir Lucien is an award-winning St. Lucian writer, known for his published works in notable journals and anthologies. His accolades include the Small Axe Prize 2013 and the O...
Kisha Green
Kisha Green NONE Kisha Green is a multi-talented literary consultant and promoter dedicated to turning authors' dreams into published realities. Since 2006, she's written novels, hosted award-winning...
Sixth Annual National Book Festival
Sixth Annual National Book Festival Sixth Annual National Book Festival THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. 2006 National Book Festival ...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
Millicent Graham
Millicent Graham NONE Millicent A. A. Graham, born in 1974, is a Jamaican poet known for her collections 'The Damp In Things' (2009) and 'The Way Home' (2014). She was a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writ...
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival Literary Events Kellie Magnus tells AALBC.com about the Kingston Book Festival during the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival. AALBC.com is planning a group trip t...
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...
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. Toni Trent Parker, member of Bla...
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. ...
Harlem Book Fair - Roxbury, MA
Harlem Book Fair - Roxbury, MA Harlem Book Fair - Roxbury, MA Harlem Book Fair Roxbury, Massachusetts Due bad weather on June 24, 2006 this Fair was re-schedule for August...
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel Imbolo Mbue 9780812998481 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Imbolo Mbue’s The Longings of Jende Jonga one of two books to earn $1 Million+ advances at the Frankfurt Book ...
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...
Mosaic Literary Magazine
Mosaic Literary Magazine Mosaic Literary Magazine Literary Freedom Project October 1, 2018“After 21 years, we are phasing out the print edition of Mosaic. We will continue posting fresh intervi...
Mosaic Literary Magazine
Mosaic Literary Magazine Literary Freedom Project Mosaic Literary Magazine October 1, 2018“After 21 years, we are phasing out the print edition of Mosaic. We will continue posting fresh intervi...
Homegoing: A Novel
Homegoing: A Novel Yaa Gyasi 9781101947135 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House Yaa Gyasi’s London Book Fair 2015: In Pre-Fair Deals, Debut Sells to Knopf for Rumored 7 Figures A riveting, kal...
The Punta Gorda Literary Fair
The Punta Gorda Literary Fair Herald Court Breezeway and adjacent streets Punta Gorda Florida Literary events take place Monday through Friday, culminating in the big one—Saturday’s street...
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. ...
Night at the Fair
Night at the Fair Donald Crews 9780688114831 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins Step right up! Crews "(Freight Train)" gives young readers an open-ended ticket to the glittery goings-on after dar...
The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair
The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair Commemoration Hall Huntingdon United Kingdom The Book Reality Experience presents the 3rd Annual Indie Author Spring Book Fair, which celebrates stories from...
Fair Share Publishing
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Fair Share Publishing
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Greg Thomas at the 2023 Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
Greg Thomas at the 2023 Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair Literary Events Greg Thomas at the 2023 Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair The University of Arkansas 1st Black starting quarterback, Greg Thomas, ...
Delta Mouth Literary Festival
Delta Mouth Literary Festival Venue TBD Baton Rouge Louisiana In partnership with Louisiana State University, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, EGSA, and New Delta R...
2020 African American Children’s Book Fair
2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Literary Events The African American Children’s Book Fair is one of the oldest and largest single-day events for children's books in the country. The 2021 F...
2013 Guide to Literary Agents
2013 Guide to Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781599635972 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent!No matter what you’re writi...
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...
Max Rodriguez
Max Rodriguez NONE Max Rodriguez is the founder and publisher of QBR/The Black Book Review, one of the nation’s premier publications dedicated to books by and about people of African descent. ...
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...
Monroeville Literary Festival
Monroeville Literary Festival Monroe County Museum Monroeville Alabama The Monroevillle Literary Festival is two day of fun, food and literary arts in the Literary Capital of Alabama. An event that we...
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné NONE Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a renowned Trinidadian poet and artist, with works featured in multiple publications. She won the 2009 Caribbean Writer's Paiewonksy Prize and...
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...
2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival
2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival 2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival Read an article about this event: A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Fes...
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...
The Southern Literary Festival
The Southern Literary Festival The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Fort Smith Arkansas The Southern Literary Festival is an organization of southern colleges and schools founded in 1937 to promote...
Queen City Book Fair
Queen City Book Fair Venue 8470 Charlotte North Carolina Queen City Book Fair (est. 2016 co-founders Quisha Dynae and Shmel Carter), warmly invite you to their fair! All local avid readers and anyone ...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
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, ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Neville Dawes
Neville Dawes 0000000434837562 Neville Augustus Dawes (1926-1984), born in Nigeria to Jamaican parents, was a writer and educator. Raised in Jamaica, he studied at Oxford University, taught in Jamaic...
The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
The Soulful Chicago Book Fair 61st Street from Cottage Grove to King Drive Chicago Illinois The Soulful Chicago Book Fair is a FREE, outdoor, celebration of literacy and literary arts found throughou...