Over the last month, we’ve used the RAWSISTAZ Fan Page on Facebook to spotlight various authors, books, events, & companies. We also wanted to have a place to share them with our site visitors, so, the Literary Round-Up Blog Tour was formed…
AUGUST 2009
Coloronline (Blog)
http://www.coloronline.blogspot.com
We are a community organization dedicated to empowering young women. We operate a library and offer support to young girls at local non-profit in Detroit. Our blog focuses on women writers of color for children, YA and adults. Find reviews, quizzes, interviews and more.
African American Literary Awards Show (Event)
http://www.literaryawardshow.com
The AALAS is an entertainment event production and marketing company with a focus on writers and authors. AALAS produces an annual Literary Awards show to recognize, honor, celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the publishing, arts and entertainment industries.
From Cover to Cover Radio Show (Radio Show)
http://www.fromcovertocovershow.com
Two bestselling authors with extensive media experience, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Pat Tucker have joined creative forces to launch From Cover to Cover literary radio talk show.
The show, which is designed to explore aspects of the literary industry, provides a venue for authors to expand their audience and readership through the powerful medium of FM Radio and the Internet.
LABBX – Los Angeles Black Book Expo (Event)
http://www.labbx.com
The Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX) is a non-profit community-based organization founded in 2004 to advance African world community literary and spoken word activity governed by an executive circle and administered by an executive director. Event is scheduled for August 22, 2009.
BlackBookReleases.com (Website)
http://www.blackbookreleases.com
A comprehensive listing of black book releases, presented by Urban-Reviews.com
Books and Beignets (Book Club)
http://www.booksandbeignetsbookclub.com
Books and Beignets (BAB) was established in March 2009 by Sonya Ward in Monroe, LA.
Mahogany Books (Bookstore)
http://www.mahoganybooks.com
Created by an enterprising husband and wife duo in the Washington DC area, MahoganyBooks is positioned to become the premier online destination for books written for, by, and about people of the African Diaspora. Coupling a dynamic social networking community, robust inventory selection, easy to use website, and provocative literary content–MahoganyBooks is the ideal online bookstore dedicated to “Books, Community, Words, & You.â€
Thanks for including us! Please come by and participate in our discussions, quizzes and share your reading selections with us. Our writers deserve greater exposure and support. The more we populate and support fellow communities, the more we are doing to exposing all readers to more writers.
Thanks for sharing these links! Especially BlackBookReleases (very helpful so I can check to see when books I want to review are being released and start counting down!) and Color Online (one of the few blogs for YA books about poc, more are needed!).