Date: 8 - 10 June 2012
The National Black Book Festival
Doubletree Hotel - 400 Dallas St. -
Downtown Houston, Texas
The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world's largest African-American retailer online. The event attracts a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries and individual readers from the Southwest U.S. and nationwide. NBBF 2012, the 5th anniversary event, will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Downtown Houston.
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 door prizes are just a few of the exciting featured activities at NBBF. Authors will be grouped according to genre and there are 19 genres that will be represented.
The Festival is open to the public and admission is $5.00 per day for adults and teens. Admission is FREE for children under the age of 12.
All events will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Downtown Houston. The Festival schedule includes the following events (items with asterisk [*] are ticketed events which require ticket purchase in advance):
Friday, June 8, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m.
"Welcome to Houston" Reception*
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Private Slumber Party (Authors TBA)*
Ladies only - Must be 18 years of age
Saturday, June 9, 2012 @ 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
"Get Acquainted" Breakfast*
Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service
Sunday, June 10, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Sunday Jazz Brunch*
Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.
Spoken Word Poetry Slam
Tickets for the above events may be purchased online here:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: info@nationalblackbookfestival.com
Website: http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com