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Join author, actor, film director and screenwriter, Balogun, as he guides newly emerging and intermediate writers in this workshop.Share your writing, create new work, discuss the creative writing process and engage in dynamic and educational exercises to hone your writing skills. For ages 12-Adult.FREE!Balogun - author of the acclaimed book, "Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within", several newspaper and magazine articles and the soon-to-be released feature film, "A Single Link"…See More

Join us on Oct. 28th at the Auburn Avenue Research Library as we discuss Africa in Fantastic fiction. The presentation will center around Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology. Authors Valjeanne Jeffers, Stafford Battle and Kirk Johnson will be present as will artists Stan Weaver, Wayne Parker, Thomas Davis, III and Darryl Elliot. Milton Davis, co-editor of Griots, will be the moderator.

For writers, readers and publishers of horror, science fiction, fantasy, sword & soul, steampunk and historical fiction.Walter Mosley, Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due and L.A. Banks on your reading list? Come on in!See More

Join author, actor, film director and screenwriter, Balogun, as he guides newly emerging and intermediate writers in this workshop.Share your writing, create new work, discuss the creative writing process and engage in dynamic and educational exercises to hone your writing skills. For ages 12-Adult.FREE!Balogun - author of the acclaimed book, "Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within", several newspaper and magazine articles and the soon-to-be released feature film, "A Single Link"…See More

Black Writer's Voice is the group to join if you are looking for feedback on your book. You will be able to read a portion of your book and get live feedback as well as anonymous feedback.

This group will provide information on book fairs, writers workshops, tools and accessories designed to create better writers and produce authors to increase your sales, expand your audience and communicate your message.

"Why are you reading all them books? White man ain't gonna let you do anything in them books."I heard these words from an older cousin who expressed his opinion that I wasn't normal.I read constantly, anything I could get my hands on: comics, spy stories, boys' adventures. I even "borrowed" from my mother's bookshelf in the dead of night. And I read lots of science-fiction and fantasy. But at some point I noticed that none of the fantastic events in the stories I loved ever seemed to happen to…See More