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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The 9th annual Harlem Book Fair will be held on Saturday, July 21, from 11 a.m. to 6:00p.m. Publishers, writers,literacy vendors will exhibit and author panel discussions will be televised by C-Span’s Book TV. Opening the book fair’s festivities will be the Wheatley Book Award ceremony on Friday, July 20, from 7pm to 9pm, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture branch of the New York Public Library.The Harlem Book Fair is free and open to the public. Please email to [email protected] to reserve seating for the Wheatley Award program. http://www.qbr.comHARLEM, NY (May 2007) QBR The Black Book Review will present the 9th annual Harlem Book Fair on Saturday, July 21st on West 135th Street between Lenox and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard in New York City from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.The largest African American book event nationally, the Harlem Book Fair is designed to bring African American authors, poets, and performers together with the community they serve. Highlights of the Harlem Book Fair weekend will be the opening night Wheatley Book Award program on Friday evening, July 20th, at the renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Saturday's BBQ Jazz and Author Brunch with authors Zane and Omar Tyree, the State of African American Literacy address by former Congressman J. C. Watts, and the many performances and readings by authors, spoken word artists, musicians, storytellers, fiction and non-fiction writers, and children's book authors. The HBF Panel Discussions, televised annually on C-SPAN's Book TV, again promise to be provocative and engaging and the HBF Gospel Stage will feature exciting performance in support of the best in Christian fiction and nonfiction books. The book fair provides books and reading for all ages. The HBF Children's' Pavilion will feature authors, storytellers, and beloved children's characters like Bea the Reader and Clifford the Dog.The Harlem Book Fair will present best-selling authors, emerging writers, spoken word artists, and performers to an enthusiastic public community. A full-day program introducing diverse ideas and innovative forms of expression, the Harlem Book Fair is important for Harlem and the New York community. Awareness in reading, literacy, education and positive role modeling are just a few of the benefits of the Harlem Book Fair.Based in Washington DC, the Frankie and J. C. Watts Foundation mission is to provide valuable insight, vision and resources to young men and women through projects that inspire faith and compassion while promoting service, leadership and self sufficiency.The African American Reading Fest began in 2005 as an outgrowth of the African American Read-In Chain, a literary promotion program that began in 1989 with its headquarters on the campus of Central State University in Ohio. Both were founded by Jerrie Scott Cobb and are intended to preserve and celebrate the strong literacy and literary tradition of African Americans.The Harlem Book Fair is free and open to all. For additional information and media access to authors and events of the day contact the Harlem Book Fair office at 212.348.1681. Visit www.QBR.com for program schedule updates.. .MySpace Layouts MySpace Layouts
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