Saturday, July 31

 

Saturday, July 31 - 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

 

WELCOME – Bob McNeil, Host, Harlem Book Fair     11:00 AM

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SOUTHWEST SUNRISE - A CHILDREN'S BOOK READING

by NIKKI GRIMES    11:00 AM

   

ONE-ON-ONE: THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWS    11:30 AM    

Hosted by Max Rodriguez, Founder, Harlem Book Fair

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Glenn Parris - Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda    11:30 AM

Marc Polite - The Binge Watcher's Guide to Black Mirror   12:15 PM

Tina Smith-Brown - Fish and Grits    12:45 PM 

 

NEW VOICES - PROMISING WRITERS YOU SHOULD KNOW NOW  1:15 PM

Through the years, authors have credited the Harlem Book Fair as a seminal moment in their writing careers. Keep your eyes on these...

Kalilah Coulter - Still Waters; Kenney 1:15 PM

Kipjo Ewers - The EVO Universe Series  1:20 PM

Tammy Hopson - Vintage Black  1:30 PM

 

​WAKANDA FOREVER - An engaging discussion with contributing    1:45 PM

writers of the recently-released book, Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda.

Host: Jesse J. Holland, Editor, Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda 

Panelists: Linda D. Addison, Shadow Dreams; Milton Davis, Eda Blessed II; Glenn Parris, The Underside of Darkness.

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A POEM IS AN ARROW    2:30 PM

West Coast-based The Black Speculative Arts presents poets Jerry Ward, Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry; Len Lawson, The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry; Lenard Moore, The Geography of Jazz; Ishmael Reed, The Terrible Fours; Darell Stover, Somewhere Deep Down When; and C. Liegh McInnis, Da Black Book Of Linguistic Liberation, in opening the future Way.

Hosted by: Kim McMillon, Producer.

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HBF2021 Wrap-Up with Max Rodriguez and Bob McNeil –  3:15 PM

Bob McNeil, Host, and Max Rodriguez, Founder, Harlem Book Fair.