2010 National Black Book Festival, Houston

Title: National Black Book Festival
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston
Description: The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored jointly by Cushcity.com, the world’s largest African-American retailer online, and the Houston Black Expo, the largest African-American trade show in the state of Texas. The event is held in conjunction with the Houston Black Expo and attracts a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries and individual readers from the Southwest U.S. and nationwide. NBBF 2010 will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Texas in Hall D.

The event features a pavilion of authors, including those who are notable and new. Book signing and discussion sessions with featured authors, workshops and seminars, a spoken word poetry slam and book club give-aways are just a few of the exciting featured activities at NBBF. Authors will be grouped according to genre and there are 17 genres that will be represented.

The Festival is open to the public and admission is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children, each day.

The Festival schedule includes the following events (items with asterisk [*] are ticketed events which require ticket purchase in advance):

Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.
“Welcome to Houston” Reception*
Crowne Plaza Hotel – Downtown
1700 Smith St., Houston, TX

Friday, May 21, 2010 – 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Slumber Party w/Authors Brenda Jackson and Beverly Jenkins*
Ladies only – Must be 18 years of age
Crowne Plaza Hotel – Downtown
1700 Smith St., Houston, TX

Saturday, May 22, 2010 @ 9:00 a.m.
“Get Acquainted” Breakfast*

Sunday, May 22, 2010 @ 9:00 a.m.
Prayer Breakfast*

Sunday, May 22, 2010 – Time TBD
Spoken Word Poetry Slam

Start Date: May 21, 2010
End Date: May 23, 2010