Last Night was the 49th NAACP Image Award (Non-Televised), this is where most of the categories I care about happen.~King Brooks Outstanding Literary Work -Fiction The Annotated African American Folk Tales by:Henry Louis Gates Jr. Outstanding Literary Work – Children Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by:Vashti Harrison Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography Becoming…
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{Book Attraction} Bad Men and Wicked Women by:Eric Jerome Dickey
Affairs of the heart can be lethal in New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey’s latest sensual novel. As a low-level enforcer in Los Angeles, Ken Swift knows danger, but nowhere does he feel it more than in his tangled romances. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, and wrestling with a strong…
{Between the Lines} Kimberla Lawson Roby Set To End ‘The Curtis Black Series’
This past July at NBCC Kimberla Lawson Roby announced to all of the attendees that the popular Curtis Black series would finally come to an end. She announced the last Curtis Black novel would be called Better Late than Never. Roby has said in the past that she would continue to write the series as long…
{Born On This Day} ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Happy Birthday to ReShonda Tate Billingsley! We adore you over here at BPT! May all of you dreams continue to come true. Pick up a copy of her latest release Seeking Sarah! Bio ReShonda Tate Billingsley always did have an active imagination. From making up stories to crafting award-winning poems, the national bestselling author has…
{Between the Lines} Elle Wright Makes Her ‘Dafina’ Debut Late Spring 2018
Our girl Elle Wright is staking her claim on 2018 with two new series at two different publishing houses (Kimani Books & Dafina.) Touched by You by Elle Wright Unimaginable luxury. Longstanding wealth. A powerful family empire that controls the town of Wellspring, Michigan. But three heirs are done—with all of it. Now one by…
{Born On This Day} Elle Wright
Happy Birthday to Leslie ‘Elle’ Wright! Bio Born and raised in Southeast Michigan, near Ann Arbor, my mother always instilled in me the importance of reading. There was never a time when I wasn’t going to read, in the process of reading, or just finished reading a book. It was also my mother who, later…
{Book Attraction} Higher Is Waiting by:Tyler Perry
In this precious gem of a book by Tyler Perry writes of how his faith has sustained him in hard times, centered him in good times, and enriched his life. Told in a series of brief chapters that begin with his earliest memories of growing up in New Orleans, Perry vividly and movingly describes his…
{Between The Lines} Mona Scott-Young Adds To Her Empire
Simon & Schuster gives the Queen of VH1 her own book imprint called Monami Books. The debut book is set to be released this fall ‘Blurred Lines: A Novel’ written by none other than Mona Scott-Young herself and Courtney Parker. Blurred Lines is set in the music industry. Synopsis From the creator of the VH1 series…
{Born On This Day} Barbara Joe
Happy 56th Birthday to Barbara Joe! Barbara Joe Williams is a bestselling author, publisher, speaker, copy editor, proofreader, and publishing consultant living in Tallahassee, Florida. She is a Navy veteran, a graduate of Tallahassee Community College, and Florida A & M University. She is the owner of Amani Publishing, LLC, and the co-founder of the…
{Born On This Day} Happy 50th Birthday To Brenda Hampton!
Brenda M. Hampton is a native St. Louisan with a gift and passion for writing. She maintained journals for several years, but it wasn’t until she read Terry McMillan’s Disappearing Acts, it prompted Hampton to explore writing in ways she never thought was possible. In early 2002, Hampton began crafting her memoir, In My Shoes,…
{Book Attraction} Faces of Praise!: Photos and Gospel Inspirations to Encourage and Uplift by:Carol M. Mackey, B. Jeffrey Grant, Kirk Franklin
This full-color photo gift book that turns chart-topping contemporary gospel music into Bible-based devotions is a three-way blessing for readers: a perfect companion to favorite gospel recordings, an encouraging daily devotional and a unique photo collection. Here are never-before-seen four-color images of the top 60 contemporary gospel artists taken on stage, as they led worship…
{Book Attraction} Strong in the Broken Places : A Memoir of Addiction and Redemption Through Wellness by:Quentin Vennie, Jon Sternfeld
Wellness expert Quentin Vennie shouldn’t be alive―he’s walked a path that many don’t live long enough to write about. Surrounded by dead ends and haunted by addiction, abandonment and violence, he’s battled anxiety and depression for most of his life. He’s been shot at twice, sold drugs up and down the East Coast, lingered on…
