Archives for the ‘Literary Events and News’ Category

Celebrate the South Blog Tour Schedule

By • Apr 4th, 2009 • Category: Literary Events and News

CELEBRATE THE SOUTH BLOG TOUR WITH PATRICIA NEELY-DORSEY April 5 – Preaching Sunday Patricia  Neely-Dorsey’s Blog WrittenVoicesBlog.com Sho-Nuff-Angie Online Radio Show (6:00pm EST) April 6 – Southern Life All the Buzz Reviews Victorious Cafe SORMAG April 7 – Mississippi Morning Simply-Said Blog SableLit Reviews Dew on the Kudzu April 8 – Southern Man All Things [...]



Celebration of African American Authors 2009

By • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Literary Events and News

Oklahoma City Urban League Young Professionals Presents Celebration of African American Authors 2009 Full Circle Bookstore – 50 Penn Place 1900 NW Expressway #1 – Oklahoma City , OK 73118 Saturday, February 21, 2009 – 11 am to 3 pm Are you ready for the Celebration of African American Authors 2009? The OKC Urban League [...]



Literary News in Review, Week of November 24, 2008

By • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Literary News in Review

APOOO News Break Amazon.com Set to Defy Slump–Everyone else’s sales might be tanking but amazon.com is predicting a profitable Christmas season. Barnes & Noble Expects the Worst–On the other hand, Barnes & Noble is singing a different tune.  They expect this year to be their worst year yet. Christmas Will Not Be Cancelled–At least not in [...]



Faith and Fiction Literary Retreat, July 16-19, 2009

By • Nov 11th, 2008 • Category: Literary Events and News

  Faith and Fiction Literary Retreat  July 16-19, 2009 For more information, visit: http://www.faithandfictionretreat.com/2009eblast.html



USA TODAY’s Showcases Best-Sellers of the Last 15 Years

By • Nov 1st, 2008 • Category: Literary Events and News

CLICK HERE for the list of USA Today’s best-selling books of the last 15 years. How many have you read? I’ve read about half of them and listed them below…along with a few that I own but haven’t read yet: 1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre   3 [...]



In the News: Zane and Omarosa

By • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: Literary Events and News

What do Zane and Omarosa have in common? Well they both only go by one name. Zane has a new TV show and Omarosa has a new release titled the Bitch Switch. Zane will be on the Doug Bank Show tomorrow (10.28) and Omarosa was on the Tom Joyner Morning Show today. Speaking of…did anyone [...]



Who’s Autographing Your Books?

By • Oct 22nd, 2008 • Category: Literary News in Review

During my blog travels, I came across the following article: Signing Off the Weird World of Book Signing–If I had to sign 65,000 books, I guess I would want to hire a ghost signer also. Crime Writer James Ellroy signed all 65,000 first-edition copies of his 1996 memoir My Dark Places. Although that was not the case [...]



The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed

By • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: Literary Events and News

APOOO book club member, Beverly, had a chance to see Annette Gordon-Reed when she came to town to talk about her latest book, The Hemingses of Monticello.  Read her comments below. Hi – Last night I went to Politics and Prose bookstore to see/hear Annette Gordon-Reed speak about her book – The Hemingses of Monticello. [...]



Literary News in Review, APOOO #2

By • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Literary News in Review

APOOO News…. Harlequin Launches Non-Fiction Imprint Sex and the City author, Carrie Bradshaw, to write books which will appeal to teens….what teen wouldn’t want to read something like the following…can we say BANNED BOOKS list…LOL. In it, Carrie describes how in the 11th grade, she shared “half a joint” with a boy called Seth Bateman [...]



Anointed Authors on Tour, October 18th, 2008

By • Sep 27th, 2008 • Category: Literary Events and News

Come Join Anointed Authors on Tour Shewanda Riley, Tia McCollars, Kendra Bellamy Norman, Vanessa Miller, Norma Jarrett Michelle Stimpson and Dr. Vivi Monroe Congress  Seven award-winning, bestselling authors of Christian fiction and non-fiction publications with a commitment to write and/or publish integrity-based literature, touring as a testament to the power of using gifts and talents [...]