Black Books, Authors, Book Reviews, Events & More
If you haven’t heard yet, the last RAWSISTAZ Affair was held in October 2010 and we decided not to hold another event in that format. Instead, we will be celebrating our 11-Year-Anniversary with a members’ only (by invite only) event this fall. The date is set for September 30-October 2, 2011 and will be held [...]
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 [...]
Originally posted May 25th via Facebook in an effort to clarify confusion regarding author participation at our annual event. The 10-Year Anniversary Celebration of RAWSISTAZ is scheduled for October 1-3, 2010 and it is our 8th Annual Event which we will hold in Atlanta, GA. We are celebrating, right? Well, if one more person asks [...]
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 [...]
Our E-Book Reading Challenge is well under way and we are having a wonderful time with our featured authors! If you haven’t joined in, it is not too late to participate. We posted this schedule with the last call for the free e-book downloads, but some didn’t receive it. So, once again, the chat schedule [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
PRESS RELEASE Saluting The Unsung The Brown Bookshelf Announces 2010 Spotlight Authors & Illustrators Today, The Brown Bookshelf announced the twenty-four authors and four illustrators to be spotlighted in the groups’ third annual 28 Days Later initiative, a month-long celebration of veteran and emerging children’s authors of color. “Recognizing these authors and illustrators is as [...]
