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

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