3rd Annual Black Authors Festival in Long Beach

Long Beach will host The 3rd Annual Black Authors’ Festival on April 2, 2011. Featuring authors such as, Mimi Renee and Terry Wroten. "Pretty Bright" by Mimi Renee is the bitter-sweet story of a young misguided, misunderstood 17-year-old girl, who in order to provide for her struggling single mother and siblings, shows a startling portrait of today’s Black family. "Natural Born Killaz"by Terry Wroten is a riveting, volatile tale of gang life and inspirational story about choices. The festival will also feature Children’s Books, Plays, Poetry, Urban, Pop-Culture, Fiction, Non Fiction and books on Stress Management.

Scheduled to attend are:

Rufus Butler - ’Black Energy’

Marcus Hardie ’Black and Bulletproof’

Pamela Hale Burns - "Come Out From Among Them" Robbie N. Butler - "Ms. Single Mom - Yes, You Can!" Colburt Cobene- "No Dope A Book Of Enlightenment And Pathway To Love" Frances Dawson Harris - "Live For Today" Aaron L. Day - ’History Lessons’/’Locating Free African-American Ancestors’ Karen Harper - ’Mary Dell Butler-Making a Difference’ Anthony Parnell - ’The 7 Laws of Stress Management’/’Healing Through Writing’

Autrilla Watkins Scott - ’Stories From The Past’

MG Hardie ’It Ain’t Just The Size’

Darick J. Simpson - ’Who Will Be There’ Carolyn Smith Watts – ‘Breaking Through, Lighting The Way’ Doris Topsy-Elvord - ’No Mountain High Enough’ Stephanie Butler – ‘My Body Is The Temple: Encounters and Revelations of Sacred’ Charlene E. Green ‘One Man’s Treasure’

Seth Fowler ‘Cory The Popcorn’s Big Adventure’ U.L. Harper ‘The Flesh Statue’

And more...

The Black Authors Festival is free to the public and will be from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. This festival will have over 25 authors in attendance. Any donations collected will go to help support the Children’s Programs for the Library. Join us as at the Long Beach Public Library as we celebrate National Library Month. The Long Beach Public Library is located at 101 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802.

No profanity, or inaproppriate remarks.