Black Books, Authors, Book Reviews, Events & More
Ready to get your READ on? Many of you participated in our Holiday Reading Challenge, the E-Book Reading Challenge, and even the 30 Books in 90 Days Reading Challenge of 2009, presented by Written Magazine. Well, today is the kick-off of Written Magazine’s annual reading challenge (30 Books in 90 Days) which will run June [...]
LIT NEWS: Noticed: The New Power of Petite Women – VIOLENT FEMMESNoomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salande. http://ow.ly/17TZPG # LIT NEWS: About New York: Marie Ponsot, the Poet, Hunts for Language Lost http://ow.ly/17TZPJ # LIT NEWS: Scene Stealer: Why Hollywood Marketers Still Flock to Comic-Con http://ow.ly/17TLBV # LIT NEWS: Roll-Up Computers and Their Kin – MAKING [...]
Hey all, we’re back with another Black Book Chat and are excited to have debut author Ja’Nese Dixon with us today as we discuss Black Diamond. Jump in and get your RAW on! We’ll be here throughout the day, so if you haven’t finished reading yet, grab your copy and join us later. ABOUT THE [...]
As a believer in Christ, victory belongs to you. The good works you are going to perform are already ordained for you. Breathe in and step out. Do what God tells you to do and He will do the rest. ABOUT THE BOOK In Daddy’s Delight, Dr. Karia Bunting reminds women that they are God’s [...]
LIT NEWS: Friends Publish Book After Author’s Death – George Leibson, left, and David Anchel helped to… http://fb.me/CtqHqZ0d # LIT NEWS: Book Review – Globish – By Robert McCrum – How English has gone global, and why it’s unlikely to fade… http://fb.me/BVVDtd27 # LIT NEWS: Book Review – Girl by the Road at Night – [...]
Two The Hard Way by Travis Hunter Dafina Books, July 2010, Young Adult ISBN: 0-7582-4250-6 / 978-0-7582-4250-1 PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW Coming up in the inner city, Kwame and Romeo Braxton never had anyone except their Nana and each other. So when big brother Kwame caught two years for doing nothing but keeping the wrong [...]
Top African-American authors gather for the Black Writers Reunion & Conference Book Signing June 26 – Multi-author book signing at W Perimeter Hotel is free and open to the public Atlanta, Georgia – June 12, 2010 – America’s premier Black writing conference for professional, freelance and aspiring writers is hosting an exclusive book signing featuring [...]
LIT NEWS: The Ahab Parallax: ‘Moby Dick’ and the Spill – A quenchless thirst for whale oil, then petroleum, pushed… http://fb.me/AIYIpDPP # LIT NEWS: Book Review – The Ghosts of Martyrs Square – An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon’s Life Struggle – By… http://fb.me/zjhScQCL # LIT NEWS: The Ahab Parallax: ‘Moby Dick’ and the Spill – [...]
Welcome to our Black Book Chat and discussion of Coffee Confessions. We’ve had multiple author chats before, but none in our new BBC/blog-like format, so it’s exciting to have the authors here with us from noon (EST) until around 8PM tonight. So, definitely chime in with your questions and/or comments. ABOUT THE BOOK Coffee Confessions [...]
Happy Tuesday to you and welcome to our book discussion of In the Midst of It All by Tiffany L. Warren, which was one of our May Book of the Month selections. Feel free to join in the conversation by sharing your thoughts on the book and asking any questions you may have. IN THE [...]
