BOOK EVENTS

CERRITOS LIBRARY

On Sunday March 16 2014, I joined fellow authors Natalie Baszile and Terry McMillan for a presentation, panel and book signing at Cerritos Library in Southern California.

Cerritos Library has been ranked as one of the 100 most beautiful libraries in the world

 

Water fountains–a nice adornment

Lobby outside the Skyline Room where the event was held

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Joyce Norwood, one of the organizers of the event

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendees in the Skyline auditorium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natalie Baszile, who has a wonderful debut novel called Queen Sugar

 

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The incandescent Terry McMillan, her new novel is “Who Asked You?”

 

 

 

 

 

Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audience enjoying a wisecrack by Ms. McMillan

 

Panel discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natalie signing

 

 

 

 

 

Me signing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy customer

 

 

 

A lovely bevy of ladies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VROMAN’S BOOKSTORE SIGNING

March 22, 2014

VROMAN’S, 118 YEARS OLD, IS THE LARGEST AND OLDEST INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION BY CONNIE, THE MODERATOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCUSSION WITH AUDIENCE

TAKING A QUESTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORE DISCUSSION…

 

SIGNING BOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITH A READER AND FRIEND

 

MY GUESTS GOT A CHANCE TO TRY MALTA, DARKO DAWSON’S FAVORITE BEVERAGE…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…AND TRY THEIR HAND AT THE MBIRA, A TRADITIONAL AFRICAN INSTRUMENT THAT DARKO PLAYS

 

AN AUDIENCE MEMBER WON THIS LOVELY AFRICAN MASK BY ANSWERING A QUIZ QUESTION CORRECTLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER READER AND FRIEND

MY VERY GOOD FRIENDS REPRESENTIN’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITH BROTHER (R) AND COUSIN (L)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next on the calendar: National Black Writers Conference on March 29, 2014, reading with Mukoma Wa Ngugi