Philly Winter Urban Book Festival

Posted by on December 03, 2012

We invite you, your family and friends to join us at the:

Philly Winter Urban Book Festival supporting African American authors by encouraging readers to broaden their horizons in the literacy world.

The Philly Winter Urban Book Festival is here for another celebration of books, authors, and publishers.   Raveena Media Group’s Literacy Moments Magazine and the Good L.U.C.K. Foundation – Good Readers youth program sponsors of the festival.  Its hopes readers attending will come out to support African American authors and publishers who write to encourage readers to broaden their horizons in the literacy world.

This year’s Philly Winter Urban Book Festival will be held at the African American Museum , 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, on Sat., December 8, from 12pm -4pm. This event is FREE and open to all. Guests can sign-up at:  http://phillywinterbookfestival.eventbrite.com and receive an opportunity to win FREE “Books in The Bag” 100 books available for all ages and other discounts during their visit.

We are excited to have as the “Philly Winter Urban Book Festival Author Ambassador “National Best Selling author Karen E. Quinones Miller  who will sign  and discuss her new book   Ms. Quinones  is truly an  Author Ambassador , she has been encouraging readers to broaden their literacy horizons with her top 20 book lists. She also is a literacy consultant for those interested in writing their first book.  Throughout the year she hosts a seminar for authors to sharpen their skills.

The FREE workshops at the Winter Book Festival are: An Author’s roundtable , “Wrote Your First Book and Now What”, Tips and Tidbit for Future Authors”, Raveena Media Group presents “Branding Yourself via  PR/Marketing and Social Media”, and  feature workshop   “Financial Fitness” is being presented by Shayne Lear author of “Money On Purpose Finding A Faith – Filled Balance”.

Philly Winter Urban Book Festival Premier authors  are: “Muffin, Npf , author of “North Philly’s Finest”, Christopher Gaskins, author of “Liberation of Fear & Love: A Collection of Poetry”, Akosua Ali Sabree, author of “Emancipating Your Spirit” , Eugene Bell, author of “What Are You Waiting For” , Nanette Buchanan, author of “Bonded Betrayal” and Niema Golphin, author of “Discovering Your Greatness Now”.  These are just a sample of the cast of 20 excellent  authors who will be present to share their literary works and create long-lasting memories of yet another wonderful year of the Philly Winter Urban Book Festival.