Troy Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Here are a couple of videos of Kimberla Lawson Roby at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival In the first video Kim and two other NY Times Bestselling authors describe their favorite bookstores: Beatrix Williams Vero Beach Book Center, Vero Beach, FL FoxTale Book Shoppe Atlanta, GA The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale AZ Murder by the Book, Houston, TX Banks Square Books, Mystic, CT Diane's Books of Greenwich, Greenwich, CT R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison, CT Kimberla Lawson Roby Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth, TX Shelly Shepard Gray Books&Co, Beavercreek, OH Page & Palette, Fairhope, AL Here Kim talks about her work. Overall it was a really nice book fair. The weather was great low 80's, low humidity, and on the river front. The Fort Myers is a really nice place this time of the year. The only real downside is was that there was not a lot of cultural diversity in the participating authors and the attendees. Here I'm with author D. Watkins A random crowd shot. While there were many events for children and plenty of kids in attendance, there were also a lot attendees who senior citizens (a good thing). In fact, during Kim's presentation, I'm sure I was younger than the average person in the audience. The audiences I observed during the panels skewed white, female, and 60+ Below is author Edward R. Laden. He was the only Black author participating or exhibiting that I did not know, but there were not that many Black authors in attendance. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to talk to Edward, but he has a website: http://www.leadstory1.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Author - Edward R. Laden - Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Thanks a lot for the "shout-out". Sorry we didn't get a chance to talk at the festival. Maybe the next time you're in South Florida we can get together. Here is my book fair/book festival appearance schedule for the rest of the year; SAT. - SEPT. 16, 2017 - ON POINT BOOK FAIR - TAMPA, FLORIDA- 10 AM - 6 PM SAT. - OCT. 7, 2017 - BLACK EXPO 2017 - JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - 9 AM - 6 PM SAT. - OCT. 28, 2017 - DELTONA BOOK FAIR - DELTONA, FLORIDA - 9 AM - 4 PM SAT. - NOV. 18, 2017 - MIAMI BOOK FAIR - MIAMI, FLORIDA - 10 AM - 6 PM SAT. & SUN. - JAN. 20 - 21, 2018 - BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL - TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA - 10 AM - 7 PM Peace ----- Eddie Laden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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