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✨📚CALLING ALL AUTHORS!
This is the last week to reserve an exhibit booth at the BLK INK Book Festival and Short Film Premiere - New Orleans on Sat., 6/20, 11AM - 3PM at City Park.
Join over 75 authors at BWW’s premiere annual event, BLKINKBookFestival2026.event…
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FREE BOOK FESTIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS!
Join us at the 4th Annual BLK INK Book Festival and Short Film Premiere on Saturday, June 20th from 11 AM - 3 PM at New Orleans City Park. To attend or reserve an exhibit booth visit our Eventbrite page at BLKINKBookFestival2026.event….
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🎙️Upcoming #PenPOSSE Podcast with Special Guest, Dr. Shari Bowen, author of ‘The Road to Becoming a Better Wife in 21 Days.’
Tune in on #YouTube: youtube.com/live/TBim7_MPw1E…
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BLK INK Book Festival returns to New Orleans for its fourth year—bigger, bolder, and built for book lovers
Read more: prsbiznews.me/2026/04/27/blk…
#neworleans #bookfair
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🎥 🎞️ Don’t miss the BWW MASTERCLASS with Award-winning Filmmaker and Director @directorjgatz on Thursday, April 30th at 6:30 PM via Zoom. eventbrite.com/e/bww-masterc…—spaces are filling fast! Free to attend. #BWWMasterclass #ShortFilmWriting #FilmmakingTips #Storytelling #filmmakers
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Submit your short film for the BLK INK Short Film Premiere in New Orleans, June 20th! New deadline, May 1st.
filmfreeway.com/BLKINKShortF… #filmmakers
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✨ Applications due May 1st!
Chapter One is a writing competition designed to showcase written works of art by self-published and unpublished Black writers.
To learn more and register, visit blackwritersworkspace.com/wr…
#blackwriters #authors #writingcompetition
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🎥🎞️ Calling all #filmmakers!
Submit your short films today for the Second Annual BLK INK Short Film Premiere, Saturday, June 20th during the BLK INK Book Festival - New Orleans. To register, visit: filmfreeway.com/BLKINKShortF… or email events@prsolutionsllc.org.
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Join us at BLK INK! blackwritersworkspace.com/bl…
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New Blog Post: Ten of the Most Impactful Black Literary Inventions #BlackWritersWorkspace #Tupac #hiphop
direct2author.com/post/ten-o… @Direct2Author
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✨ New #PenPOSSE Podcast 🎙️Author Interview with Devina Parker, author of Oh No, We’re Moving, a beautifully illustrated book that prepares #military kids for change, youtube.com/live/ogLhjiXm7E8…
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Our latest blog honors the enduring impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose 39 years of life changed the course of history.
direct2author.com/post/39-ye… #HappyMLKDay #martinlutherkingjr @Direct2Author
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✨ Meet Author Tonya Jones, 3x author, nurse, and the powerful voice behind the medical thriller, The Silent Pulse: Whispers of Deceit
In this clip, Tonya shares the deeply personal inspiration behind her writing journey—one born from unimaginable loss, youtube.com/live/E166Id3LYHc…
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26 Nov 2025
FREE EVENT W/REGISTRATION
Thurs, Dec 18th, 6-7 PM CST via Zoom
Topic: How I Sold 297,800 Books Independently & You Can Too
📚Speaker: Troy Horne—a multi-hyphenate creative, best-selling author, musician, and Broadway performer.
To register: eventbrite.com/e/bww-masterc…
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21 Nov 2025
As we gear up for the 2026 BLK INK Book Festival (June 20), we encourage readers to be intentional about seeking books by authors of color!!
medium.com/@jacksonmichelle2…
Register for BLK INK: blkinkbookfestival2026.event…
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22 Oct 2025
📚 New D2A Featured Article 📚
Five Black Voices That Captured the Impact of Their Time
Read: direct2author.com/post/5-bla…
#BlackVoices #BlackHistory #CulturalLegacy #JamesBaldwin #ZoraNealeHurston #NinaSimone #AmandaGorman #FrederickDouglass #VoicesOfChange
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🎙️#PenPOSSE Podcast: Join us Saturday, Oct 11th at 10 AM CST via YouTube, direct2author.com/penpossepo…
Meet new authors and get your questions answered live!
#podcast @_mdjack #authorinterview
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6 Oct 2025
🎙️#PenPOSSE Podcast: Join us Saturday, Oct 11th at 10 AM CST via YouTube, direct2author.com/penpossepo…
Meet new authors and get your questions answered live!
#podcast @_mdjack #authorinterview
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19 Sep 2025
PenPOSSE #Podcast 🎙️Learn how Author Amadou Camara made his way from the impoverished hills of Guinea #WestAfrica to become an architect in the U.S. in his #Memoir “Climbing the Hill: From Struggle to Survival”
Host: Michelle Jackson @_mdjack
#books
youtube.com/live/xNaFhQpo760…
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