Have you done anything this month to participate in the African American Read-In? There’s still time! Why not join Edi, Doret, and Vasilly—on Monday they’ll be discussing Jewell Parker Rhodes’ award-winning middle grade novel, Ninth Ward. You can find more information here.
If you’re in Toronto, make sure you stop by the African Canadian Children’s Literary Festival! I just discovered this event thanks to self-published author Angelot Ndongmo who is one of the festival presenters.
Lastly, my excellent week ended with a special delivery:
I’m sad I missed the event! Happy that I was away that weekend too though and so it wasn’t only that I was so behind in blog reading that made me miss it!
I reached out to the ACCLF and hope to collaborate with them—maybe in April. I’d never even heard of their festival…