Black Books, Authors, Book Reviews, Events & More
The Black Book Chats will now start at noon (EST) instead of 10AM EST, unless otherwise noted and will end around 8PM EST. They are held via the comments section in blog format and you DO NOT have to sit there all day waiting on messages. If you want to attend the chat, just go [...]
As part of SEVAA’s literacy campaign, “Reading is a Family Affair,” launched in 2008, the organization seeks to recognize and support outstanding contributions in the literary arena by African-Americans. Nominations are currently being accepted for its 3rd Annual Afr’Am Fest Literary Awards (AFLA) Program. The program is mainly aimed at small press and self-published authors [...]
E-Books are the wave of the future. Are you ready for the digital revolution?? In 2010, you can take your literary project to Web 2.0 and explode your platform to a new level.
For those following along on Twitter, please use hashtag #ebookweek for REBW 2010. History – Read an E-Book Week (REBW) was first registered with Chase’s Calendar of Events in 2004 by founder, Rita Y. Toews. By having the week officially recognized, e-book authors and publishers acquired a certain extra “legitimacy” during that week to promote [...]
The Self-Publishing Symposium 2010 will be held March 7th, 2010 at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York). Attend to take advantage of what this important business event can do for your publishing company. Whether you’re a self-published author, small/independent press or writer considering self-publishing, you won’t want to miss this opportunity [...]
Read an E-Book Week educates and informs the public about the pleasures and advantages of reading electronically. Authors, publishers, vendors, the media and readers world-wide are welcome to join in the effort. We encourage you to promote electronic reading with any event. These could include: public readings, library displays, reading challenges, school visits, newspaper and [...]
On Sunday, February 21st, the Lifetime Movie Network will show “Sins of the Mother,†which is based on Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice. The movie stars Jill Scott and Nicole Beharie as a recovering alcoholic and her adult daughter who must work through the issues from their past. Carleen is holding a contest [...]
Save the date! On January 5th, 2010, RAWSISTAZ (online & local chapters) will be having an online celebration for the 10 Year Anniversary of Sugar, written by Bernice McFadden on January 9th, 2000. If you’re looking for the chat, click HERE to join us, starting at 10AM EST. On her blog, she shares: Dear Book [...]
Urban-Reviews.com is holding a special contest this month, the 12 Days of Christmas. They are giving away a free African-American fiction title every day from Monday, Dec 14th to Christmas Day on Friday, Dec 25th. ~You Must Be An Urban Reviews Yahoo Group or Facebook Group Member To Qualify!~ So, be sure you sign up [...]
