The African American Book Publishing
Professionals Symposium

Registration for the Programming for African-American Book Industry Professionals is not required. For more information on the AABC, please contact Ms. Clara Villarosa at huemanrdr@aol.com. This program is open to all BEA attendees.

Thursday May 31, 2007
Opening Session and Luncheon 11:30 A.M.; Room 1E12 & 13

Welcome
Clara Villarosa, Hue-Man Resources Harlem, New York
Lunch Sponsor: Atria Books

Author Presentations Writing Outside of Your Comfort Zone featuring:
Zane, nonfiction Dear G-Spot
Nathan McCall, fiction Them
Blair Underwood with Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes for mystery series Casanegra

(RSVP for Luncheon, atriabooksrsvp@gmail.com)

Keynote Address
1:00 P.M.; Room 1E09
Victoria Rowell author of The Woman Who Raised Me (William Morrow Publishers)

Workshop
2:15 P.M.
A Conversation With Charles B. Rangel Member of Congress and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; author of And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press)

Workshop
3:45 P.M.
A panel of buyers of African-American books from Borders/Waldens and Books-A-Million
Moderated by Clara Villarosa

Reception
5:30–8 P.M.; Room 1E12 & 13
Sponsors: Amistad/HarperCollins; One World/Ballantine Books; Earl Cox and Associates; Hachette Book Group, USA; Harlem Moon; Ingram Book Company; Inner City Business Ventures; Kimani Press/Harlequin; Literally Speaking Publishing House; Moody Publishers; Atria/Simon & Schuster; and St. Martin’s Press.
 

Registration for the African American Book Industry Professionals Symposium is not required. This program is open to all BEA attendees. For more information on the AABIPS, please contact Ms. Villarosa at huemanrdr@aol.com

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7PM until 11PM - Harlem, NY
After the reception head uptown to Harlem for the Black Pack 2 Party.  Hosted by Mosaicbooks.com, HarlemWorld Magazine and AALBC.com

Related Links

Also check out PMA's (the Independent Book Publishers Association) Courses
Beginning Tuesday May 29th 2007
http://www.pma-online.org/pmau2007/1.cfm


 

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