NEWS NOVEMBER 2015 Edition

NEWS NOVEMBER 2015 Edition Oct. 27-29, 2016 - 9th Anniversary ● Fallbrook Church ● Houston, Texas www.nationalblackbookfestival.com [Click here if you are unable to view the images or read the newsletter]
Greetings From National Black Book Festival Headquarters: The 2015 National Black Book Festival was absolutely awesome! The featured authors, seminar presenters and participating authors were all professional and first-class. As is the case for all NBBFs, long-term relationships were developed and blossomed, authors had the opportunity to pitch and sell their books to readers from across the region, and authors also received hands-on critiques of their work along with marketing techniques for the future. The winner of the Boost Your Book Writing Competition sponsored by Brown Girls Books was Cortina Jackson, who received the grand prize of a one-hour, one-on-one session with the company's co-founders, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray, plus a $100 cash prize sponsored by NBBF. Early Bird Preferred registration is now open for the 2016 Festival, the dates of which are Oct. 27-29, 2016. For authors who sign up by Nov. 30th and pay a $50.00 deposit, their author photo is included on the NBBF website FREE of charge. After Nov. 30th, there is a one-time photo fee of $89.00 for authors to have their photos on the website. The Early Bird Preferred registration is only $225.00. A $50.00 deposit is required and the final payment of $175.00 is not due until July 31, 2016. After Nov. 30th, the registration rate goes up to $250.00. This year for the first time, during the early bird sign up period only (which ends Feb. 28, 2016), we are allowing two authors to share a table for an additional $100 fee. To register, visit the NBBF web site. http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com/exhibitors.htm We want NBBF to continue to trend via social media so, if you post photos from the event, be sure to use #nbbf2015 to make it easier for others to search for and view them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Enjoy these photos from the 2015 National Black Book Festival. To view dozens more photos via social media, search using #nbbf2015.				CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS! Gwen Richardson Gwen Richardson d. E. Rogers Marc Lacy Pamela Jarmon Wade Gwen Richardson Martha Kennerson Brenda Smith
Best-selling author Omar Tyree stopped by to meet readers at NBBF	Miss Teen Houston poses with staff volunteer Bernice Dickey		Members of the Black Serenity Book Club visit author Cydney Rax's table at 2015 NBBF to get their books signed

Actress Beverly Johnson and journalist Roland Martin take a selfie at NBBF	ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray, co-founders of Brown Girls Books, pose with Cortina Jackson, winner of the Boost Your Book Writing Competition		Urban fiction author K'Wan engages readers at NBBF
Book Features for the November 2015 Edition of NBBF News (Click images to order)
*Black STEM USA: America's Next Civil Rights Movement* by C. M. Williams with Sharon Ewell Foster Insider C.M. Williams offers advice, lessons learned from the corporate battlefield, and tips on how Black America can help win and gain from the STEM wars. Armed with intel from Black STEM survivors and casualties, Williams offers a battle plan to turn the tide and set the stage for America's triumphant victory in what Williams' dubs Black America's next Civil Rights Movement. C.M. Williams, a North Carolina native, was on the corporate frontlines at General Motors when a black female in Detroit's boardrooms was rare. The former executive in GM's Product Development Division is founder of C.M. Williams & Associates, LLC. Co-author Sharon Ewell Foster is best known for her critically-acclaimed, bestselling and award-winning historical fiction. Her novel, The Resurrection of Nat Turner (Parts 1 and II) (Simon and Schuster) is winner of the Civil War Institute's 2012 Shaara Prize for Best Civil War Fiction. Visit the author's website: www.blackstemusa.com		Post Dramatic Relationship Syndrome by Dr. Valerie Maholmes Most of us have a little drama in our romantic relationships--an argument here, a miscommunication there. But when that drama consumes your relationship or when your relationship ends in dramatic fashion, you might be at risk for Post-Dramatic Relationship Syndrome! You won't read about this syndrome in psychology texts or in medical books, but it can affect people of all ages and from all walks of life. What is it? Post-Dramatic Relationship Syndrome or PDRS is a term I've coined to describe what we do and how we feel in the aftermath of dramatic relationship. This fun and easy-to-read book helps you learn about the signs and symptoms of PDRS, avoid the pitfalls of relationship drama and most importantly, chart a course toward living and loving in your drama free zone! Got drama? You're not alone. Read this book and join the journey with countless other women to find YOUR drama-free zone! Visit the author's website: www.valeriemaholmes.com
America The Black Point of View: An Investigation and Study of the White People of America and Western Europe & The Autobiography of an American Ghetto Boy by Tony Rose I found out early on that this was not going to be an easy book to write. I wanted to write an autobiography about my early childhood and teen years and the horrific murderers, pimps, gangsters, drug dealers, drug addicts, rapists, child abusers and thieves, that I grew up with, lived with, called family, and write about in *The Autobiography of an American Ghetto Boy.* I soon realized that I could not write about me as an African American child and teen living in America, without writing about White America, what it was like when I was a child, how it shaped the people around me and what it is like to now live in America, which for tens of millions of African American children is horrific, terrifying, and not so very different than it was for me as a child. -- Tony Rose Visit the author's website: www.theblackpointofview.com		Kitty's Litter: Power, Politics and Passion by Tezlyn Figaro Follow Kitty Cartel, a sexy Attorney as she carefully ‘cat walks’ her way through the political minefield. Kitty has a reputation of implementing an intoxicating blend of money, political power and sex as ‘cat nip’ to entice her prey. She is calculated with her every move and missteps within her organization are never tolerated. Kitty’s litter is an aggressive group of ‘street and corporate cats’ whose number one goal is to ensure that Kitty is the Queen of the political and street jungle. As the Republican Party, attempts to regain control of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives, Kitty is determined to ensure that both political parties and key players in the underworld shift the balance of power in Kitty’s favor. To achieve this, everyone in Kitty’s Litter is on the prowl for more control! Follow narcissistic, corrupt Florida ‘Governor Perez’ as he struggles between greed and guilt, ‘OG Murk’ a California chameleon street hustler and mentally ill high-class call girl ‘Trinity’ who fulfills her political client’s wildest fantasies! Get ready to dig your claws deep into this short story! Visit the author's website: www.tezlynfigaro.com
Be sure to save the date for the 2016 National Black Book Festival and "like" our Facebook page, if you have not already done so. We look forward to seeing you next year. Gwen Richardson NBBF National Coordinator info@nationalblackbookfestival.com 1-800-340-5454