📚Join Us at NBWC2025 with our Keynote Speaker, Jacqueline Woodson! 📚

📍 Thurs., March 27, 2025 -Sat., March 29, 2025
📍 MEC, Brooklyn, NY
📍 In-person & Virtual Experience

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with literary excellence!

🔥 Register now at centerforblackliterature.org 🔥

Don’t forget to RSVP for the #Center4BlackLit’s January Book Club discussion. We’re discussing “The Message” by @ta_nehisi_coates_.
📅 Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
📍 Where: Live on Zoom
💬 RSVP today and email us at info@centerforblackliterature.org for the Zoom link!

#Center4BlackLit has extended the submission date for the Winter 2025 Virtual Wild Seeds Retreat for Writers of Color with Workshop Leaders #LadeeHubbard and
#PhillBranch taking place Thursday, February 20 - Sunday, February 23, 2025.
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Apply today at centerforblackliterature.org

Happy New Year!

Our ‘25 programming begins on Tues., 1/21 @ 7p, to celebrate the Paperback release of the NYT bestseller, “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine” by
@ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social

Register here: www.cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/d...

Introducing #NBWC2025 Honoree Rita Williams-Garcia! ⭐️

Coretta Scott King Award winner and author of “One Crazy Summer” and “A Sitting in St. James” has redefined YA and middle-grade literature.

🎟️ Celebrate her at the NBWC Biennial Symposium! Register via our website or the link in bio.

Meet #NBWC2025 Honoree TonyMedina ⭐️

Award-winning author of 25 books, U.S. Army veteran, & Howard University professor, Medina’s works “I Am Alfonso Jones” and “I and I, Bob Marley” exemplify Black storytelling.

Celebrate Tony Medina at the NBWC2025 and visit our website to register today! 🙌🏾

Start 2025 with “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates—our January book club selection. This thought-provoking work examines race, resilience, and the power of truth in shaping our lives.

Email us at: info@centerforblackliterature.org to join us on Zoom on 1/29/25!

Master the Art of Fiction ✍🏾with Ladee Hubbard at the Wild Seeds Writers Retreat! Ladee is the celebrated author of “The Talented Ribkins” and “The Rib King” and winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award and Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.

🔗 Visit our website to apply by Jan. 10!

Merry Christmas from the Center for Black Literature! 🎄📚 May this season bring warmth, joy, and powerful stories that inspire.

What are you reading this holiday? Drop your picks below!

#BlackWritersMatter

🎙️Introducing Phill Branch, the Creative Nonfiction/Memoir Workshop Leader for the Wild Seeds Writers Retreat! Phil is an Emmy®-winning producer, celebrated director, and writer. His award-winning work explores identity, relationships, and the stories that define us.

📢 Call for Papers: The Center for Black Literature is accepting proposals for the 2025 Biennial Symposium!

Theme: Young Adult & Middle-Grade Literature. ✍🏾

🗓 Deadline: Janurary 17, 2025
🔗 Submission guidelines:
CenterForBlackLiterature.org

#CallForPapers #BlackWritersMatter #NBWC

The Wild Seeds Writers Retreat is here! A space for writers to create, connect, and thrive. Applications close January 10, 2025—apply on our website today! ✍🏽✨

#WildSeedsRetreat #BlackWritersmatter

The Center for Black Literature is excited to expand our digital community to BlueSky Social! As a hub for celebrating Black writers, storytellers, and literary culture, we’re thrilled to connect with a vibrant new audience. 🙌🏾