Black Book Festival, including the Education Expo

This grassroots festival is aimed at the African Diaspora and is a platform to showcase the books, services and initiatives that the Black community is making in the book industry throughout the world.

The event provides an opportunity for the global community to:

• listen to new and exciting Black writers and publishers
• learn how to write the book they always knew they had within them
• learn about the global Black book industry
• identify opportunities to publish and exhibit books on the Black experience.

Entrance guidelines:

• Free entry to book expo with 45 stalls.
• Paid entrance to seminar presentations and book expo.
• Paid ticket holders to go to the front of the queue and book seminars, which will be allocated on a first come-first-served basis.

Exhibtions (free to all):

1 . Cy Grant exhibition, from the Windrush Foundation with Arthur Torrington (main exhibition hall)

2 . Black Yoga photographic exhibition

3 . Fine art exhibition tba

Festival DJ/Music

Provided by our own in-house Music (RnB, Afrobeats and Reggae)

Family and Children's Workshops:

• African-Caribbean storytelling (family tent/main hall)
• African-Caribbean arts and crafts (family tent/main hall)
• Genius thinking games that promote critical thinking skills (family tent/main hall)

On Writing Our Story seminars (paid ticket holders only)

• How to Write, Market and Publish Your Book(seminar room RHB 150)

• Getting Your Book Published (seminar room RHB 150)

• In conversation with two women writers (seminar room RHB 150)

• How to write and publish a bestseller (seminar room RHB 150)

Education seminars (paid ticket holders only)

• Getting the Right Education for Your Child
• Technology and Education Getting (seminar room RHB 150)
• How to Unlock Your Child's Genius (seminar room RHB 150)
• Exploring the Black curriculum

Awards:

• Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented on main stage

Vendors

To book a stall click here.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way, London, United Kingdom