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Newsletter  Update for Black Authors & Published Writers Directory

       Vol. 8  Issue 3                                                         ISSN: 1066-9396 Mar/2010          

                                                       
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News & Events

GRANT WRITING FOR DUMMIES

by Grace Adams

 A few days after I featured Dr. Bev Browning's best seller book,  Grant Writing for Dummies (John Wiley) in the January 2010 edition of the BLP Newsletter, I received an e-mail from Arthur Thomas.  Mr. Thomas is Vice President of Program Development and Acquisitions for Colours TV.  He is also co-founder of Denver Entertainment Group (DEG), which is a coalition of 15 companies located in five countries - including the United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan.  DEG represents all segments of media and entertainment production and is linked directly to actors, musicians, composers, producers, business leaders and even includes a chef host to the stars.  The email contained an excerpt from a story featured on the front page of the Denver Post (January 6, 2010).  More

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

The 7th annual Arkansas Literary Festival   The program will be held April 8-11, 2010 in the Main Library of the Central Arkansas Library System, and many more venues throughout downtown Little Rock. FREE to the public. Central Arkansas Library System, 100 Rock St., Little Rock, AR  72201  Festival Coordinator  Brad Mooy. Phone: (501) 918-3098  E-mail: bmooy@cals.org  Website: www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org

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
 

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Marlene Kim Connor  Author of Welcome To The Family: Memories of the Past for a Bright Future (2006, Broadway/Doubleday).  Also author of What Is Cool? Understanding Black Manhood in America (AGATE and Crown).  Marlene Connor Lynch, Connor Literary Agency, 2911 West 71st Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55423  Phone: (612) 866-1486  Fax: (612) 869-4074  E-mail: connoragency@aol.com

Evie Rhodes  Fiction author, Evie Rhode’s first novel Expired, a psychological thriller set in Harlem was published in 2005.  She is a novelist, award-winning songwriter and award-winning music video scriptwriter.  She is the writer for the “Standing In Da Sprit" album, which won a Canadian Music Award for Best Gospel Album, and the scriptwriter for Changed, which won for Best Gospel Music Video.  Contact Ms. Evie Rhodes, Post Office Box 320503, Hartford, Connecticut 06132  Phone: (212) 633-3315  E-mail: evierhodes@evierhodes.com  Website: www.evierhodes.com
                                                                       

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   Questions:  Who is . . .?

   The First African-American author in Michigan to
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Composers

Hubert P. Williams, Jr.  Singer/songwriter/producer/poet.  Currently Chair, Cumberland County Coalition on Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Adolescent Parenting; Member of Coalition for Awareness, Resources, and Education of Substances, (C.A.R.E.S); and an Executive Board member for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina.  Rev. Hubert P. Williams, Jr., Trinity Music Group, 2907 Kingfisher Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina  Phone: (910) 977-7354  E-mail: min.hpwilliams@yahoo.com

Kenneth Wilson  An accomplished writer, keyboardist, director, producer, publisher, and minister of the gospel, Kenneth Wilson is one of the most fruitful and anointed songwriters of our time, producing over 100 new gospel songs ready for any Sunday morning praise and worship service.  Kenneth Wilson & the Kenneth Wilson Chorale, Post Office Box 21100, Detroit, Michigan 48221  Phone: (313) 496 3999  E-mail: kennethwilson2@netzero.com

Bevin Sinclair Turnbull  Composer/Educator/Author, my novel is called THE OTHER SIDE OF TOMORROW (Xlibris.com).  Executive Director of Bronx Renaissance Community Theater.  Currently, 7 albums of my work can be found at CDBaby.com.  Contact Mr. Bevin Sinclair Turnbull, 1170 East 225th  Street, Bronx, New York 10466  Phone: (718) 405-1553  Fax: (718) 231-5681  E-mail: bjazz7@aol.com 


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ChristianPR Group  Promotes nonfiction Christian authors and their books.  Educational seminars on everything authors need to know before and after their books have been published.  Frederick L. Anderson, CPG, Post Office Box 4172, Houston, Texas 77210  Phone: (832) 654-9567  E-mail: info@christianprgroup.com  Website: www.christianprgroup.com

Patrick PJ Davis  Marketing and Web Solutions for authors, entertainers and publishing companies. Contact Patrick PJ Davis, Post Office Box 420725, Houston, Texas 77242 Phone: (713) 866-6548  E-mail: info@blackcottonworks.net  Website: www.blackcottonworks.net

Ronald Davis An award winning visual artist and graphic designer providing full artistic services: quality web backgrounds, book and CD covers, posters/fliers/handbills, brochures, fine art, etc.  Ronald Davis, Upfromsumdirt, Post Office Box 3861, Midway, Kentucky 40347  Phone: (859) 433-1503  E-mail: upfromsumdirt@yahoo.com 


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