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BIPOC Book Fair Coming to Seattle



Join us for a book fair that celebrates children’s books by authors of color.

The wonder of stories including us!

Sunday May 19 2024, 12 – 3 P.M.
in 
Seattle Public Library’s Douglass-Truth Branch Meeting Room

We’re putting on a BIPOC book fair featuring a wide selection of books for children of all ages. EACH CHILD AND EACH TEEN ATTENDING RECEIVES A FREE BOOK OF THEIR CHOICE!

All books will be by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) authors and all will feature BIPOC characters, making this a wonderful celebration of stories and values from diverse communities. Local BIPOC authors be on hand to meet the youth and sign books.

Thanks to our partners Mam’s Books and the Seattle Public Library.

(This program is the final event in guest curator Nisi Shawl’s series “Reading and Writing the ‘Other,’” which highlights the importance of stories created for everyone.)

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Verb Noire announces its first publication

New publishing venture Verb Noire has recently announced its first publication: River’s Daughter, a novel by Tasha Campbell.

Abigail Richard’s earliest memory is of wading with her mother in the cool waters of the creek near their home. The dark-skinned daughter of a mixed marriage in a post-Civil war pioneer town, Gail finds herself ostracized in a way her pale-skinned brothers never are–for her skill in swimming, her mother, and her color. It is only when her mother leaves her behind and she is forced to protect herself against other people’s manipulations that Gail dives to the water’s depths for protection–and finally learns where she truly comes from.

The mission statement of Verb Noire is To celebrate the works of talented, underrepresented authors and deliver them to a readership that demands more. What does that mean? That if you’re a talented writer with an awesome, original story about a POC girl/guy/transgendered character, there is a place for you. And that if you’re a sci-fi/fantasy fan who has grown tired of the constant whitewashing of these genres, there is a place for you, too.

To support Verb Noire, click this link.

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Verb Noire: new publishing venture

The mission statement of Verb Noire:

To celebrate the works of talented, underrepresented authors and deliver them to a readership that demands more.

What does that mean? That if you’re a talented writer with an awesome, original story about a POC girl/guy/transgendered character, there is a place for you. And that if you’re a sci-fi/fantasy fan who has grown tired of the constant whitewashing of these genres, there is a place for you, too.

Here’s the Verb Noire donation link.