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Vol. 8 Issue 2
ISSN: 1066-9396 |
Feb/2010 |
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News & Events
She's
A Keeper
by Grace Adams
It's been awhile since I've been impressed with sales offers --mail,
radio and television ads, or somebody calling trying to sell me something. Today
especially, we have to be smart and careful with what we have
--money, time, energy, relationships, health, everything. I was checking
the mail the other day looking for a check when I noticed an envelope;
something I generally would not open until later. I was curious
so I opened this envelope to find a richly crafted brochure featuring
African American books. I was impressed. I admired the
brochure. I knew I would read the sales letter later. I read Jacs' letter from her company JAC Browns Bookstore that
same evening. I knew then when I read it I couldn't wait until June, 2010, when the
next edition of the Black Authors & Published Writers Directory
is published to tell about her. She's a Keeper, and her son too.
He designed Jacs' fabulous book catalog.
More
Celebrating Black History & Women's History Month. 3rd Annual
I Love to Read Book Multi-Cultural Book Fair on February 26, 2010.
Opening Reception- Friday, February 26, 2010, Brooklyn Christian
Center, 1061 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY. BOOK FAIR-Saturday
February 27, 2010. Contact Barbara Riddick at (718) 436-1079
bbeedda@yahoo.com
3rd Annual Steven Ford Music Symposium '10 at the University of
Delaware, March 4-6, 2010 University of Delaware, Clayton Hall,
Newark, Delaware. Booth Rentals. Vendor
Hours of Operation: Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5, 2010:
9am-7pm; Saturday, March 6, 2010: 8am-10:30am Phone: (302)
449-2268 Website: www.stevenfordmusic.com
Become a published writer. Learn everything you need to know at the Self-Publishing Symposium in Harlem, New York - March 7th, 2010 at The Schomburg Center. Contact info@aspicomm.com
or http://www.selfpublishingsymposium.com
Awards Conference. 2010 National Black Writers Conference -
Brooklyn, New York, March 25 - 28, 2010. With Toni Morrison as the
Honorary Chair, the National Black Writers Conference will also honor Amiri
Baraka, Kamau Braithwaite, and Dr. Edison O. Jackson. Contact Mr. Troy
Johnson, President at (212) 289-6356 or email troy@aalbc.com Website:
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/nationalblackwritersconference
2010 Black Authors Expo is scheduled to be held on April 24, 2010, at the Carolina First Center, in
Greenville, SC. This will be a one day event, from 8am until 6pm.
There will be authors from around the U.S. and abroad, vendors,
entertainment (singers, nationally-known personalities, Spoken-Word Poets,
writing/information/educational workshops. Sponsored by The L.U..C.K.Y.
{Learning through an Unselfish Commitment to Kids and Youth} Program. Contact Veola
Carter at vejcar@yahoo.com
or phone (864) 306-4844
Authors, Publishers. Launch your book at the Annual 2010 National Black Book Festival (NBBF),
May 21-23, 2010, Crowne Plaza Hotel (Downtown), 1700 Smith St., Houston, Texas. Gwen Richardson
grichardson@cushcity.com or
www.nationalblackbookfestival.com
The 2nd 2010 AAMBC National Conference. AAMBC
presents the AAMBC National Meeting, a black author literary event that will
be held June 12, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. AAMBC, stands for African
Americans on the Move Book Club, is pleased to host a highly anticipated
literary event that will bring readers and authors together in a more
personal setting. Contact Tamika Newhouse
events@aambookclub.com
www.aambookclub.com
Writers Conference. Black Writers Reunion & Conference 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23
- 26, 2010.
Call for session proposals for workshops and seminars on the craft and business of writing to be presented at the 6th BWRC.
Website: http://www.blackwriters.org
On Tuesday, Ju1y 13th through Thursday, July
15th, the National Black Fellowship is sponsoring the 2010 Inner
City Workers Conference. This conference will be held at the
Quorum Hotel, 700 N. Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, Florida. The focus of the conference is to build,
establish and restore viable relationships with Pastors and church
members, family relationships and other personal development
workshops. The vendors will be showcased in the hallway throughout
the duration of the conference. Vendor
coordinators are Ann Thompson (813) 857-1560 and Mary Reed (813)
957-5442. Website: www.nbfag.org
A dynamic speaker, author, and poet Dr. Rebera Elliot Foston
is a traffic stopper. Heard over the radio in the Bahamas she stopped
the islands traffic. She is available for lectures, poetry readings and author signings.
She has
published an inspirational journal entitled Peace on Earth, and 20 books of
poetry which include No Stoppin' Sense, The Parade and In God's Time.
You Don’t Live On My Street, the signature volume of this collection was
first published in 1991 and remains a favorite because of her sassy poem,
“You Don’t Live On My Street.”
Dr. Foston is available for lectures, poetry readings and author signings.
Contact Grace Adams at (248) 425-7083
graccointern@msn.com
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Rita Frances Dove African-American writer and
teacher who was poet laureate of the United States in 1993-95. Pulitzer Prize
for Poetry, 1987. Fulbright, Guggenheim Fellowships, 2 National Endowment For
The Arts Grants, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia Member of
PEN Club; Literary Lion of New York Public Library. Contact Ms. Rita Frances
Dove, University of Virginia, 219 Bryan Hall, Post Office Box 400121, Charlottesville, Virginia
22904 Phone: (434) 924-6618 Fax: (434) 924-1478 E-mail:
rfd4b@virginia.edu Website:
http://people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b
James E. Cherry A nationally and internationally published poet and
fiction writer whose work has been featured in Callaloo, African American
Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Other Half, Sable, Crossroads, Bum Rush the
Page (Crown), Beyond the Frontier (Black Classic Press), Roll Call (Third World
Press) and others. James E Cherry, Post Office Box 614, Jackson, Tennessee
38302 Phone: (731) 422-2524 E-mail:
monksdream@hotmail.com
Lynisha O. Childers A poet, photographer, and an
aspiring attorney, Lynisha received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
from Georgia State University. Currently, she is a law student at Birmingham
School of Law specializing in Child Advocacy. She is the author of Woman I Am
(1995) and The Key to My Diary: Caught Between Happiness and Pain, A Collection
of Poems and Thoughts. She is also Founder/CEO, of GreekWorks
Entertainment and Infinite Greek Appeal. Lynisha O. Childers, 550 Palisades Drive
South, #102, Birmingham, Alabama 35209 Phone: (205) 940-7566 E-mail:
lynisha_childers@hotmail.com
Don P. Demyers Professor of Biology at the University of the District of Columbia in
Washington, D.C., writer and poet of over 100 poems. His poem, "I Think" won an
Editors choice award from the International Society of Poets. He was awarded
the Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award, Merit Silver Award Bowl, Who's Who
in Poetry Award and the Bronze Commemorative Award Medallion as a member of the
International Society of Poets. Don P. Demyers, Ph.D., 12007 Fort Washington
Road, Fort Washington, Maryland 20744 Phone: (301) 203-9166 E-mail:
ddem776975@aol.com
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