Grace Edwards, Eartha Watts Hicks & K.C. Washington
Can you smell it? Can you feel it? The quickening as spring gives way to summer? It’s almost here and what hitches a ride on spring’s coattails? Book fairs!
We here at the Guild already turned the page with our first fair hosted by the lovely, dedicated whip smart women of the _Brooklyn chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. We laughed, we chatted, we sold books & we met Kevin Powell,who was there to promote his new memoir “The Education of Kevin Powell”! Powell along with activist, journalist and radio personality Raqiyah Mays were featured speakers at the sorority’s annual book fair, whose theme this year was “Black Girls’ Voices: Past, Present, and Future.”
DST’s wonderful, low-key event was the perfect way to kick off the literary season---they even fed us---which from mid-April with the DST fair there is almost an event a month until October. And although the Guild doesn’t participate in all of fairs and book related events, we thought our readers would appreciate a sampling of the vast array of fun & informative book fairs around NYC & beyond.
If you see us at one of the fairs, please be sure to stop by and say hello, and of course buy a book if you are so inclined.
*For a more comprehensive list of book fairs and other book related events go to www.aalbc.com/events/
We here at the Guild already turned the page with our first fair hosted by the lovely, dedicated whip smart women of the _Brooklyn chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. We laughed, we chatted, we sold books & we met Kevin Powell,who was there to promote his new memoir “The Education of Kevin Powell”! Powell along with activist, journalist and radio personality Raqiyah Mays were featured speakers at the sorority’s annual book fair, whose theme this year was “Black Girls’ Voices: Past, Present, and Future.”
DST’s wonderful, low-key event was the perfect way to kick off the literary season---they even fed us---which from mid-April with the DST fair there is almost an event a month until October. And although the Guild doesn’t participate in all of fairs and book related events, we thought our readers would appreciate a sampling of the vast array of fun & informative book fairs around NYC & beyond.
If you see us at one of the fairs, please be sure to stop by and say hello, and of course buy a book if you are so inclined.
*For a more comprehensive list of book fairs and other book related events go to www.aalbc.com/events/
The Bronx Book Fair Bronx Library Center/New York Public Library, Bronx, New York Dates: Saturday, May 7, 2016 to Sunday, May 8, 2016 More Info Web: http://bxlitfest.com/
Harlem Book Fair Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, New York
Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016 Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
More Info Web: http://www.harlembookfair.com/ Email: [email protected]
Hosted by: Max Rodriguez Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016 Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More Info Web: http://www.harlembookfair.com/ Email: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016 Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
More Info Web: http://www.harlembookfair.com/ Email: [email protected]
Hosted by: Max Rodriguez Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016 Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More Info Web: http://www.harlembookfair.com/ Email: [email protected]
Brooklyn Book Festival Various Venues, Brooklyn, New York
Monday, September 12, 2016 to Sunday, September 18, 2016
More Info Web: http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ Phone: 570-362-6657 Email: [email protected]
Monday, September 12, 2016 to Sunday, September 18, 2016
More Info Web: http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ Phone: 570-362-6657 Email: [email protected]
2016 Phillis Wheatley Book Awards Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem
Date: Sunday, July 17, 2016 Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
More Info Web: http://www.harlembookfair.com/#!wheatleybookawards/cjg9
Description This annual award, named for the first published African-American female writer, is given for literary work and literary advocacy that transcends culture, boundary, and perception.
Date: Sunday, July 17, 2016 Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
More Info Web: http://www.harlembookfair.com/#!wheatleybookawards/cjg9
Description This annual award, named for the first published African-American female writer, is given for literary work and literary advocacy that transcends culture, boundary, and perception.
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It's been a full, fun, and busy year thus far and in order to reassess, refresh, and recharge we are going to take a summer hiatus. We will see you back here in September with lots of news and wonderful events to take us all through the rest of the year!
Happy summer!
It's been a full, fun, and busy year thus far and in order to reassess, refresh, and recharge we are going to take a summer hiatus. We will see you back here in September with lots of news and wonderful events to take us all through the rest of the year!
Happy summer!
 | K.C. Washington, author |
