Friday August 19th, 2011
9 a.m.- 4p.mONYXCON
in Atlanta, GA
Website: www.onyxcon.com
Southwest Arts Center
915 New Hope Road
Atlanta, GA 30331
Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes will do a brief audience Q&A
2:45 - 3:00 PM
Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes join a distinguished Panel Discussion on "Sex & Violence in The Popular Arts: An African Diaspora Perspective" 3- 4PM
Onyxcon continues Saturday, August 20th
(Note: My Soul to Take will not yet be available for sale.)
Sunday, September 4th
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMDECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL
in Decatur, GA
Website: DecaturBookFestival.com
Decatur High School
310 North McDonough Street
Decatur, GA 30030
Discussion: “Taking Your Breath (and Your Blood) Away" (with Alma Katsu, author of The Taker)
Friday, Sept. 16th
9 a.m. - “Plotting in Fiction” craft talk4 p.m. - Sonia Sanchez lecture
KENTUCKY WOMEN WRITERS CONFERENCE
in Lexington, KY
Website: UKY.edu
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
251 West 2nd Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Saturday, Sept. 17th
3:00 p.m.BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
in Brooklyn, NY
Website: VisitBrooklyn.org
Literary salon with Tananarive Due
A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event
Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art) 80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY
Donation:
$10 per person –general donation
$25 per person – includes book purchase
All are welcomed. This event is a fund raiser for the Center for Black Literature. Books available on-site.
Advanced (on-line) donations will be accepted beginning the week of August 15, 2011 at http://www.centerforblackliterature.org/calendar.html
Saturday, Sept. 18th
TIME & LOCATION TBABROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
in Brooklyn, NY
Website: VisitBrooklyn.org
Panel discussion: “Apocalypse and its Aftermath” (with Patrick Somerville and Colson Whitehead)
Thursday, Sept. 22nd
4:30 - 6 p.m.CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS AUTHOR PAVILION
in Washington, D.C.
Washington Convention Center
801 Mt. Vernon Place NW
Washington, D.C.
Exhibit Hall E – Booth 109
Panel discussion: “The Black Writer’s Obligation to the Black Community: the Power of Words” (Moderator: Kwame Alexander. With Sophia Nelson, Bernice McFadden, Isaiah Washington, Tayari Jones, Booker T. Mattison)















