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Harlem Book Fair 2013

Happening this coming weekend is a  fantastic yearly event involving over 200 exhibit booths, music, panel discussions and children’s activities. Great way to spend a Saturday in the city!

 “The vision of the Harlem Book Fair is to partner with local and national leadership organizations under the banner of literacy awareness, affirming HBF as the nation’s largest African American literary event celebrating family literacy, community empowerment and community cooperation.“

 

 

 

 

 

2013 Harlem Book Fair

Saturday July 20, 2013

Schomburg  Center for Research in Black Culture

West 135th Street between Malcolm X Blvd and Fredrick Douglas Blvd

 

 

LA Black Book Expo * August 21, 2010

Reminder: Los Angeles will host its popular Black Book Expo again this year on Saturday 8/21 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. This one day event will offer “authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, panel discussions, editors, book reviewers…”

The Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX)* August 21st * 11:00-5:00


Black Book Fair in the South West!

Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair August 27 – 29, 2010

“Tulisoma,  Swahili for “we read”, is a community-based literary festival promoting literacy and the arts in the South Dallas/Fair Park area… the goal of Tulisoma is to create a dynamic event tailored to engage local families, avid readers, aspiring writers and visitors to the city.”

There will be a  Gospel lunch, a poetry “slam” and several other events for the whole family.

Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair August 27 – 29, 2010

South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 South Fitzhugh, Dallas Texas