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FREE | Online Black Book Festival 2021
September 25, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 1:30 pm EDT
Free
About this event
The event provides an opportunity for the global community to:
- listen to new and exciting Black writers and publishers
- learn how to write the book they always knew they had within them
- learn about the global Black book industry
- identify opportunities to publish and exhibit books on the Black experience
Schedule
Times are UK Time (GMT +1)
2.15pm – registration
2.30pm to 2.40pm Welcome and Introduction
Part 1: Children’s Hour
2.40pm to 2.50pm
- Children’s Black History Quiz
2.50pm to 3.10pm
- How to Create Positive Images for Our Children, with Dr. Primrose Cameron, author of Princess Primrose Goes to Jamaica
3.10pm to 3.30pm
- A is for Africa. Nigerian children’s writer, Ifeoma Onyelulu, reads from her acclaimed book, A is for Africa.
3.30pm to 3.40pm
- Performance poetry for youths with poet Latoya Roberts of Trinidad and Tobago
Part Two: On Black Writing
3.40pm to 4pm
- How to Write a Creative Non-fiction Book with Denise Roberts
4pm to 4.20pm
- Celebrating Our Writers: Curating Black Book Festivals with Donna Gray-Banks from the USA and Mr Errol Blake of Trinidad
4.20pm to 4.40pm
- Black Women and the Digital Space with novelist/podcaster Pamela R. Haynes and editor/writer Esther Ademosu
4.40pm to 5pm
- The History of Black British Writing and Publishing with best-selling writer and educationalist David Simon
5pm to 5.15pm
- Festival Book Launch of the book Black London with Avril Nanton and Jody Burton
Part Three: On African Spirituality in Literature
5.15pm to 5.25pm Break
5.25pm to 5.45pm
- In-conversation with novelist Rosanna Amaka, author of The Book of Echoes
5.45pm to 6pm
- Rediscovering African Spiritual Literature with Yattepia Tutsahwur from the Earth Centre
6pm to 6.15pm
From Africa to the Caribbean: Creation of the Creole Tongue with linguist/poet Dr. Morgan Dalphinis
Part Four: On Celebrating Our Geniuses
6.15pm to 6.25pm
- Tribute and performance on the life of Jean Binta Breeze with Latoya Roberts
6.25pm to 6.30pm
- Tribute on the life and work of Dr. Runoko Rashidi
6.30pm to 6.40pm
- Lifetime Achievement Award to Menelik Shabazz
6.40pm to 6.45pm
- Final words from festival team
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Please note:
The Valley of Writers team scours the web looking for the most inspiring, elevating, and accessible events that we can share as a service to our readers.
The big idea is that in a virtual arena, more people can participate. Geographical boundaries matter less.
The events we list are virtual and can be attended by writers from wherever they are in the world.
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