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Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Trice Hickman
Trice Hickman NONE Trice Hickman, a North Carolina native and avid reader, nurtured a lifelong love for books and writing. After years in higher education and various management positions, a lay-off ...
Trice Hickman - Interview
Trice Hickman - Interview Kam Williams Interview Trice Hickman's sophomore novel promises more sizzle just in time for the summer By Leah Mullen As soon as I turned the last page...
Blindsided
Blindsided Trice Hickman 9781496709356 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Blindsided is my 10th novel (I still can’t believe it). I feel incredibly blessed by God’s grace, because believe me...
Playing The Hand You’re Dealt
Playing The Hand You’re Dealt Trice Hickman 9780758269089 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "I can’t wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" —Mary Monroe "Trice Hickman is an amazing write...
Breaking All My Rules
Breaking All My Rules Trice Hickman 9780758287205 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Real love is in a class all its own…Born into wealth, Erica Stanford has followed in her family’s successfu...
Henry and Bea
Henry and Bea Jessixa Bagley 9780823442843 Fiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House Henry and Bea are inseparable, but one day Henry suddenly stops talking to his best friend. Bea knows there’s somethi...
James Hickman
James Hickman NONE James “Bullet” Hickman, a national best-selling author and CEO, transformed his life from a history of institutionalization to become a successful entrepreneur. Overcoming adversit...
Zora, the Story Keeper
Zora, the Story Keeper Ebony Joy Wilkins 9781984816917 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House A young Black girl and her aunt celebrate the wonder and magic of their family’s legacy through storytelling....
Deadly Satisfaction (A Dangerous Love Novel)
Deadly Satisfaction (A Dangerous Love Novel) Trice Hickman 9781617737473 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "I can’t wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" —Mary Monroe, New York Times bes...
And Then There Was Me: A Novel
And Then There Was Me: A Novel Sadeqa Johnson 9781250802866 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old s...
Dawn Turner Trice
Dawn Turner Trice NONE Dawn Turner Trice is an accomplished author of two novels and a former Chicago Tribune columnist. She's also written commentaries for NPR's “Morning Edition Show.”
The Other Side
The Other Side Trice Hickman 9781496709325 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. From "an amazing writer and storyteller" (New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby), Trice Hickmanre...
Bea Jackson
Bea Jackson 0000000500111306 Bea Jackson is an accomplished author known for her captivating storytelling. With a writing career spanning over decades, she has penned numerous bestsellers, captivatin...
Unexpected Interruptions
Unexpected Interruptions Trice Hickman 9780758269065 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. What happens when a young woman falls for two men—one black, one white, both determined in their pursuit...
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble Trice Hickman 9780758287243 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. John Small may be a successful Wall Street banker, but at heart he’s a country boy from sleepy Nedine, South ...
Secret Indiscretions
Secret Indiscretions Trice Hickman 9781617737435 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Two couples, two unhappy spouses—one shocking solution… Five years into her happy marriage, Ge...
Breaking All My Rules
Breaking All My Rules Trice Hickman 9780758287212 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Born into wealth, Erica Stanford has followed in her family’s successful footsteps and now runs her own...
Troublemaker
Troublemaker Trice Hickman 9780758287267 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Every joy has its challenges… After twenty years, childhood best friends Alexandria Thornton and PJ Brightwoo...
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies Trice Hickman 9780758269072 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. What would you do if the secret you were keepingcould set you free, yet ultimately devastate the o...
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies Trice Hickman 9780979561818 Fiction Platinum Books Platinum Books What would you do if the secret you were keeping could set you free, yet ultimately devastate the ones ...
A Love Hate Thing
A Love Hate Thing Whitney D. Grandison 9781335016041 Fiction Inkyard Press Inkyard Press When they’re stuck under one roof, the house may not be big enough for their hate…or their love. When Tyson Tri...
An Eighth of August
An Eighth of August Dawn Turner Trice 9780517705896 Fiction Crown Penguin Random House With Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven, Dawn Turner Trice established herself as a powerful and unique new fictio...
Do You Really Know Your Man?
Do You Really Know Your Man? James Hickman 9781599759487 Fiction Bullet Entertainment Group Bullet Entertainment Group Do you really know your man by James Hickman tells the story of four beautiful At...
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Shaq Talks Back
Shaq Talks Back Shaquille O’Neal 9780312278458 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers It’s rare to discover a candid sports autobiography—even rarer when the author is one of the most reco...
Brittany Jackson
Brittany Jackson NONE Brittany “Bea” Jackson, an award-winning illustrator and alumni of the College for Creative Studies, is renowned for her work in children's book illustration, specifically “Hair...
A Surprise for Willow
A Surprise for Willow Bea Jackson 9781665941099 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Lily the fairy tries to help her human friend, Willow, overcome her stage fright in this first chapte...
A Wish for Lily
A Wish for Lily Bea Jackson 9781665984010 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Willow takes her fairy friends to see the ocean in this second chapter book in the Fairies Welcome series f...
Articles for Writers
Articles for Writers Troy Johnson Article In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing. If you would like to contribute an article to ...
Publishers Indemnity Insurance: What is it, and how do you get it?
Publishers Indemnity Insurance: What is it, and how do you get it? Troy Johnson Article "One of the key components necessary for self-published authors to get their book into Bla...
Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven
Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven Dawn Turner Trice 9780385491235 Fiction Anchor Penguin Random House n 1975, Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakelan...
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007 Troy Johnson Article BookExpo America's Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New...
Echo Brown
Echo Brown NONE Echo Brown is a renowned storyteller, author, and performer known for her one-woman show, 'Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters'. She's also the author of 'Black Girl Unlimited'. Echo f...
Official Contact Pages: Self-Publishing & Marketing
Official Contact Pages: Self-Publishing & Marketing James Hickman 9781424312467 Nonfiction Bullet Entertainment Group Bullet Entertainment Group An accurate resource tool to assist people in self publ...
When a Woman’s Fed Up
When a Woman’s Fed Up James Hickman 9781424333844 Fiction Bullet Entertainment Group Bullet Entertainment Group
What People Do for Money
What People Do for Money James Hickman 9781424329656 Fiction Bullet Entertainment Group Bullet Entertainment Group
Out of the Game
Out of the Game James Hickman 9781424322541 Fiction Bullet Entertainment Group Bullet Entertainment Group Out of the Game takes you through the streets where Pimps, Players and Macks make the rules to...
Juneteenth: A Novel
Juneteenth: A Novel Ralph Ellison 9780394464572 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House Juneteenth, the Senator said, closing his eyes, his bandaged head resting beneath his hands. Words of Emancipa...
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Randall Horton
Randall Horton 0000000048702491 Award-winning author Randall Horton, known for his poetry collections and memoir, is a recipient of the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, GLCA New Writers Award, and a Nation...
The Known World
The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...
Summer Is Here
Summer Is Here Renée Watson 9781547605866 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing New York Times bestselling creators Renée Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a ...
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party Literary Events
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA Author Interviews
Book Expo America
Book Expo America Javitz Center New York New York BookExpo America (BEA) is the leading book and author event for the North American publishing industry. It’s the best place to discover new titl...
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com to Exhibit at BookExpo Americahttp://events.aalbc.com/aap_bea_2006.htmAALBC.com is pleased to announce that we will be exhibi...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed 9781937269388 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group Obama Talks Back: "provides...
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues Albert Murray 9780816699551 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the bir...
She Talks to Beethoven
She Talks to Beethoven Adrienne Kennedy 9780573703959 Fiction Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals She Talks to Beethoven, written by pioneering avant-garde playwright Adrienne Kennedy in 1989, off...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue with America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue with America’s Young Leaders Kam Williams Book Review “This collection of letters [offer] a rare glimpse into the dialogue between our nation&rsquo...
Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammad 0000000084052510 Suheir Hammad, born October 25, 1973, is a Palestinian-American poet, author, performer, and activist renowned for her work in the spoken-word scene. She's had success ...
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa Malcolm X 9780873489621 Nonfiction Pathfinder Press Pathfinder Press This expanded edition includes four talks and a...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams Interview Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2012 Getty Images Lee Daniels is best k...
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs Troy Johnson Article (HARLEM - June 12, 2012) - Londel's Restaurant served as the venue for the 6th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The Black Pack Party, held...
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
Rosewater
Rosewater LIV Little 9781638930228 Fiction Get Lifted Books Penguin Random House A TODAY and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 - A Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of the New Year - An Electric ...
Journalists Roundtable, Oct. 6, 2015
Journalists Roundtable, Oct. 6, 2015 Richard Prince Article Photos: by Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks Our October roundtable changed topics quickly in response to news the previous day of the res...
Book Expo America 2000
Book Expo America 2000 Troy Johnson Article Book Expo America 2000 (BEA), held in Chicago May 31st to June 4th 2000 was a tremendous event. Anything you wanted to know about books and publishing...
Panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut:
Panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut: Troy Johnson Article I attended a panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut: The Impact of Ghetto Fiction on African American Lite...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the-butler.jpg Film Review Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2...
Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul: Tales to Strengthen the African American Spirit and Encourage the Heart
Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul: Tales to Strengthen the African American Spirit and Encourage the Heart Donna Marie Williams 9780684837451 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. To tell a story well,...
Troy CLE talks to AALBC.com at Book Expo 2009
Troy CLE talks to AALBC.com at Book Expo 2009 Book Spotlights
Paracritical Hinge: Essay, Talks, Notes, Interviews
Paracritical Hinge: Essay, Talks, Notes, Interviews Nathaniel Mackey 9781609385835 Nonfiction University of Iowa Press University of Iowa Press Paracritical Hinge is a collection of varied yet interre...
The Secret of Gumbo Grove
The Secret of Gumbo Grove Eleanora E. Tate 9780440412731 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House Raisin Stackhouse doesn’t mind doing odd jobs for old Miss Effie Pfluggins, but when Miss Effie talks her...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA C...
Primrose Cameron
Primrose Cameron NONE Primrose Cameron is an experienced motivational speaker, life coach, teacher, and counselor based in West Volusia. She offers personal and professional development through her t...
Fifth Born
Fifth Born Thumper Book Review My copy of Fifth Born, the debut novel by Zelda Lockhart, came by way of this year’s Book Expo America convention (BEA). I met Ms. Lockhart and her son at The B...
Three Days Before The Shooting…
Three Days Before The Shooting… Robert Fleming Book Review When legendary African American writer Ralph Ellison died in 1994, everyone who loves good books mourned at his passing and wondered i...
Three Days Before The Shooting…
Three Days Before The Shooting… Ralph Ellison 9780375759536 Fiction Modern Library Penguin Random House At his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind roughly two thousand pages of his unfinished sec...
America The Black Point of View
America The Black Point of View Kam Williams Book Review “I come from a place that is so invisible that you can hardly see me. Yet, I am despised, hated and feared more than anyone or anythin...
The “Empire” Interview with Lee Daniels
The “Empire” Interview with Lee Daniels Kam Williams Interview The “Empire” Interview with Lee Daniels After directing and/or producing such successful feature films as The Butler and Monster’...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Ashley Franklin 9781368077330 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics Illustrated by New York Times best-selling artist Bea Jackson, this poignant st...
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories J. California Cooper 9781400075683 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House In stories that are simple yet elegant, hard-hitting yet poignant, J. California Coo...
Willie’s Market
Willie’s Market Michael R. Lane 9780971645325 Fiction Bare Bones Press Bare Bones Press Abraham and Winona Stone are owners of a corner grocery store in a small urban community known as East Liberty, ...
K. Reshay Talks about her series Appearances
K. Reshay Talks about her series Appearances Author Interviews
Naleighna Kai talks about her bestselling book, Loving Me for Me
Naleighna Kai talks about her bestselling book, Loving Me for Me Book Spotlights
Vanessa Davis Griggs Talks About Her Career as a Writer
Vanessa Davis Griggs Talks About Her Career as a Writer Author Interviews
Portia Cosby Talks About Her Novel F.I.R.E. Reignited
Portia Cosby Talks About Her Novel F.I.R.E. Reignited Book Spotlights
Author Raven Talks About Her New Book, Women in Blue
Author Raven Talks About Her New Book, Women in Blue Book Spotlights
Author, Mickey See-Asia Talks About Her Book, Memoirs of Women in Blue
Author, Mickey See-Asia Talks About Her Book, Memoirs of Women in Blue Book Spotlights
Jewell Parker Rhodes Talks to WBUR about her Novel TOWERS FALLING
Jewell Parker Rhodes Talks to WBUR about her Novel TOWERS FALLING Book Spotlights
Author Breena Clarke talks about her novel "Stand the Storm" & Quilting
Author Breena Clarke talks about her novel "Stand the Storm" & Quilting Book Spotlights
Pam Grier Talks About Her 2010 Memoir, Foxy: My Life In Three Acts
Pam Grier Talks About Her 2010 Memoir, Foxy: My Life In Three Acts Book Spotlights
Sana Butler talks about her book Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves
Sana Butler talks about her book Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves Book Spotlights
MBridges talks about her novel Getting Up and Getting On
MBridges talks about her novel Getting Up and Getting On Book Spotlights
Sugar of the Crop
Sugar of the Crop Kam Williams Book Review Everyone I interviewed for this book is now dead” Before I started the search, the one person I knew who was a granddaughter of a ...
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose 9780374389734 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Civil rights icon Claudette C...
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration Glenda Armand 9781338766899 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. This tender family story — inspired by the author’s own — illum...
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature
ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature Catherine Hickman Theater Gulfport Florida ReadOut: A Festival of LGBTQ Literature is a program of the LGBTQ Resource Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization...
Turn The Page And You Don’t Stop: Sharing Successful Chapters In Our Lives With Youth
Turn The Page And You Don’t Stop: Sharing Successful Chapters In Our Lives With Youth Patrick M. Oliver 9780977949908 Nonfiction Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series Say It Loud! Readers and Writer...
Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014)
Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014) Kam Williams Interview Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014) Born on June 10, 1969, Gina M...
Heidi R. Lewis
Heidi R. Lewis NONE Dr. Heidi R. Lewis is an Associate Professor and Director of the Feminist & Gender Studies Program at Colorado College. Specializing in Feminist Theory, Hip Hop Culture, and Criti...
Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh
Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh Thomas Glave 9781617751707 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Books With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef KomunyakaaNamed a finalist for the...
Ruby M. Gourdine and Annie W. Brown
Ruby M. Gourdine and Annie W. Brown MULTIPLE Ruby Gourdine, a professor and former social worker of the year, has extensive experience in various social work fields and chairs the Direct Practice seq...
The Brainstormerz Money Talks
The Brainstormerz Money Talks Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce 9780316541084 Fiction Little, Brown Ink Hachette Book Group For readers of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft comes a fresh, funny kids’ g...
Quincy Troupe Art Talks Poetry Reading
Quincy Troupe Art Talks Poetry Reading Poetry & Spoken Word