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LOS ANGELES BLACK BOOK EXPO
PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2010
Note: programs subject to change.
ALL DAY:
Silent Auction with bids for prizes and books
Literary Legends contest: win free passes to the movie TAKERS
MAIN STAGE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
10:30 AM
Dr. Richard Willams
They Stole It But You Must Return It
11:00 AM
Areva Martin
The Everyday Advocate
FEATURED SPEAKERS
12:00 PM
Dr. Celie Forte
My Husband Made a Man Outta Me and I Resent It
Dailey Swan Publishing
1:00 PM
Roland Hinds
Are You The Right One For Me?
Relationship Workshop
1:30 PM
Stephen Taylor
Voices of Our Children
2:00 PM
Literature: Clearing the Misconceptions:
Representation and image in our literature
Panelists: K’wan, Dameon Wroe, J.M. Benjamin, Nicola, J Cole Thomas, Dale Madison
3:00 PM
Writing: The Keys to Success for Aspiring Authors
Panelists: Gary Phillips, Ninon de la Rosa, D. Dumars, Kimberly Williams, Jacqueline Luckett
4:00 PM
Financial Literacy: It’s Your Business
Panelists: Connie Sparks, Shay Olivarria, others TBA
SALON 112
12:00 NOON
Shay Olivarria
Ten Things Every Student Needs to Know About Money
1:00 PM
Crystal Wright
Ten Things Every Teenage Girl Should Know About Managing Her Brand!
2:00 PM
Robbie Butler
Ms. Single Mom Workshop
3:00 PM
Pat Tucker
Media Savviness:
What to Do (and Not to Do) When Pitching Your Book for possible media exposure
4:00 PM
Kuwana Haulsey
Workshop - TBA
SALON 115
11:30 AM
Paula Hines Lonergan
The A-Z Steps of Writing and Publishing Your Book
12:30 PM
Lutishia Lovely
Social Networking as a Business: Using the Internet as a Formidable Marketing Tool!
1:30 PM
Maxine Thompson
Writing and Marketing in the New Millennium
2:30 PM
Mischia Toland
The Consciousness of Writing
3:30 PM
Frederick Williams, Divine Literary Tour
Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?
4:30 PM
Anthony Rucker
Relationships: How to get anyone you want
MAIN EVENT AREA
12:00 NOON
LITERARY ZONE
Janice Reaves
presentation of It’s Kool and Smart to Have God In Your Heart
12:30 PM
Derrick Ellis
1:00 PM
SPOKEN WORLDS
Hosted by the Oracle, Denise Cook
Open mic session
Featured performers:
Michael Colyar
Divine Valentin
From Pacific Raven Press:
Kathryn Waddell Takara
Ayin Adams
3:00 PM
Tann Moore
Author of The Cinderella Syndrome: When the glass slipper no longer fits
The winner of the Page 1 to Act 1 Authors Competition and Playwriting workshop
4:00 PM
SPOKEN WORLDS
SECOND SESSION
SALON 210
Empire Beat Magazine
12:30 PM – 5:30 PM
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Linda Coleman-Willis
Concept to Completion: How to Write a Book in 90 Days...guaranteed!!!
Linda takes you step by step through the writing process using techniques that are guaranteed to cut the time it usually takes to write a book by two-thirds.
2:30 PM – 4:30PM
Pamela Samuels-Young
Make Money Selling E-Books!
The publishing industry is in the midst of a revolutionary transition. E-Books are indeed the wave of the future. Essence bestselling author Pamela Samuels Young will teach you everything you need to know to turn your manuscript into a best-selling E-Book.
4:30PM – 6:00PM
Panel discussion TBA
SALON 211
Sister Lee Media
11:30 PM -5:30 PM
Sister Lee Media presents: Cyber Reading Stars
Cyber Reading Stars is a virtual reader’s theater, and, a basis model for the establishment of a national organization charged with virtual literacy mentoring. Presented virtually using a web conference application, this literacy mentoring includes word-for-word readings of literature with literary response & analysis discussions, lead by Student and/or Mentoring Moderator/Producers & authors.
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