Literary Fiction by People of Color discussion
Book Festival's 2013!
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I especially enjoy collecting bookmarks (a hobby) from the various booths and kiosks along with other freebies from totes or book fans, pens etc..from publishers or one of the media outlets like NPR or C-Span.
Come and visit us, we'd love to have you!
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I live in Orlando, FL and the University of Central Florida's Book Festival was this weekend -- they always have a nice lineup and quite a few authors of color. This year: T. Due, S. Barnes, Patricia Smith, Beverly Jenkins as well as a host of non-listed authors of color. I had conflicts this year and couldn't attend. I really wanted to see Gilbert King (Devil in the Grove). In years past at this particular festival, I've met Tayari Jones, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, James Patterson, James McBride, Bernice McFadden, Dr. Elizabeth Nunez, Preston Allen, and many more.
Columbus wrote: "With warmer weather quickly upon us, book festival season is rapidly approaching. One of the country's largest book festivals is the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington D.C. ht..."Yes, this book festival has had a good number of authors of color increase over the years. I enjoyed this book festival when I lived in the area.
James McBride has a new book releasing in Aug - just in time for his reading here. It is an historical fiction.
Austin, Texas has many book festivals including the Austin African American Book Festival (6/22/13) and the Texas Book Festival (10/26-7/13). The African American Book Festival is in its 7th year. Previous featured authors included Sam Greenlee, Annette Gordon-Reed, Leonard Pitts, Jr., Sister Souljah, Bernice McFadden and Elizabeth Nunez. Local (Austin/Central Texas) authors have been included to round out the festival. Names of participating authors are expected to be released shortly.The Texas book Festival (http://www.texasbookfestival.org) started in 1995. Approximately 200 authors participate each year. CSpan’s BookTV includes the Texas Book Festival as one of its stops in showcasing book festivals from around the country. In 2006 the featured speaker was a skinny guy from Chicago with a funny name. The Texas Rangers took a lot of pride in escorting him around.
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PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC - starts tonight April 29 - May 5 2013.Opening Night Reading: Bravery
. Monday, April 29, 2013, 7:00pm
With A. Igoni Barrett, David Frakt, Darrel Vandeveld, Joy Harjo, Jamaica Kincaid, Ursula Krechel, Earl Lovelace, Vaddey Ratner, Mikhail Shishkin, Najwan Darwish, Baratunde Thurston
The Great Hall: Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
http://worldvoices.pen.org/
The 7th annual Austin African American Book Festival (www.aabookfest.com) is welcoming Terry McMillan (WAITING TO EXHALE, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK, MAMA), Anita Richmond Bunkley (A THOUSAND STEPS, BLACK GOLD, STARLIGHT PASSAGE) and Dr. Michael Collins (UNDERSTANDING ETHERIDGE KNIGHT). The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 2013. In addition, several local authors are expected to participate as well as discussion sessions on the great migration and love in the age of hip-hop.The event will be held at the George Washington Carver Museum and Library complex, 1161 & 1165 Angelina, Austin, Texas.
Columbus wrote: "The Atlanta area has a great book festival held on Labor Day weekend every year. It's called the AJC Decatur Book Festival and it's the largest independent book festival in the country. The festiva..."I've heard about this festival. This year I'm planning a visit with family in Decatur to coincide with the festival. Looking forward to it.
The Baltimore Book Festival will be held this weekend. Author James McBride will be there as well as Peggieline "King Peggy" Bartels.http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/
Good morning –Two more festivals coming up at the end of October that are worth noting:
Houston
The National Black Book Festival (http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com) is October 24 – 6 at the Fallbrook Church in Houston, Texas. The 6th annual festival has 115 African American authors scheduled.
Austin
The Texas Book Festival (http://www.texasbookfestival.org) is October 26 – 7 with many authors appearing in the Texas State Capitol building. This 18th annual festival will feature over 200 authors including James McBride (THE GOOD LORD BIRD, THE COLOR OF WATER, SONG YET SUNG, and MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA), Ayana Mathis (THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE), Aminatta Forna (THE HIRED MAN, THE DEVIL THAT DANCED ON THE WATER, ANCESTOR STONES, and THE MEMORY OF LOVE), Eric Draper (FRONT ROW SEAT – A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH), Chris Terry (debut children’s book – ZERO FADE) and Don Tate (children’s author and illustrator – IT JES’ HAPPENED: WHEN BILL TRAYLOR STARTED TO DRAW).
Atx. African American Book Festival
The Austin African American Book Festival (http://www.aabookfest.com/) held in June, 2013 was the best one yet. The activity’s appetizer was a reception held the night before. The featured authors had a chance to meet members of the Austin community as well as the festival organizers. Anita Richmond Bunkley was part of the first festival (in 2007) and her return was welcomed. Terry McMillan spoke of how her friend Bernice McFadden spoke highly of her visit to the 2012 Austin African American Book Festival. Ms. McFadden’s words encouraged her to accept the 2013 invitation.
The festival began in the George Washington Carver Library with 5 Austin area authors (Karen Brown, Lynda Coleman, Kanisha Grayson, Sherry Ransom, and Shirley Sprinkles) presenting brief pitches about their works. Terry McMillan attended this opening session and provided words of encouragement to the authors that presented and aspiring authors. Anita Richmond Bunkley followed with a discussion of her new book A THOUSAND STEPS. Extra chairs had to be pulled in to accommodate the crowd. After Ms. Bunkley there were two discussion sessions of recent books – THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson and A DEEPER LOVE: THE PORSCHE SANTIAGE STORY by Sister Souljah. Both discussions were led by professors from Austin Community College. Ms. Souljah had been the 2011 festival featured author.
The activities moved to the George Washington Carver Museum for Dr. Michael Collins (Associate Professor - English, Texas A&M) discussion of his work UNDERSTANDING ETHERIDGE KNIGHT. Terry McMillan was the final presenter for the festival. Ms. McMillan spoke to a capacity filled theater and overflow section. Ms. McMillan read from her new book WHO ASKED YOU? She also took questions from the audience and later signed copies of her books.
2014 Festivals
2/1 22nd annual African American Children’s Book Fair - Philadelphia, Pa.
www.theafricanamericanchildrensbookpr...
5/3 Dayton Book Expo
Dayton, Ohio
www.daytonbookexpo.com
5/7 – 11 Romance Slam Jam
New Orleans
www.romanceslamjam.org
6/6 – 8 Go On Girl Awards Weekend
Baltimore, Md.
www.goongirl.org
TBD Austin African American Book Festival
Austin, Tx.
www.aabookfest.com
8/8 – 10 National Book Club Conference
Atlanta, Ga.
www.nationalbookclubconference.com
10/23 – 5 National Black Book Festival
Houston, Tx.
www.nationalblackbookfestival.com
I look forward to additional festivals being scheduled.
Literary Fiction by People of Color
Authors mentioned in this topic
Jamaica Kincaid (other topics)Ayana Mathis (other topics)
Natasha Trethewey (other topics)
Terry McMillan (other topics)
James McBride (other topics)
When is your town's festival and who will be appearing? Also, what do you enjoy best about book festival's? Any particular author reading that's been quite memorable? Book-signing? Please share your thoughts here.