DuEwaWorld News! by DuEwa Frazier

Join me at Capital BookFest in Maryland on October 2, 2010! Meet your favorite authors and have your books autographed! I am reading and signing copies of my new book T EN MARBLES AND A BAG TO PUT THEM IN: POEMS FOR CHILDREN . I will be at the KIDSZONE @3:40pm. See the children's author schedule below and visit the official website for the Capital BookFest! Capital BookFest Largo—Schedule Borders Books (Indoors and Outdoors) 931-A Capital Centre Blvd, Largo, MD Saturday, October 2, 2010 10a.m. – 7 p.m. Schedule Subject to Change Authors will sign books immediately following their presentation. For author bios and photos, visit the Fan Page. ALL PROGRAMS ARE HELD INSIDE BORDERS BOOKS. KIDSZONE 11 – 11:40 Cassandra Hill- It’s Your Birthday Shyann 11:50 – 12:15 Charisse Carney-Nunes- Nappy and I am Barack Obama 12:25 – 12:50 ROSCOE ORMAN- SESAME STREET DAD: EVOLUTION OF AN ACTOR 1:00 – 1:30 Tony Medina – I & I: Bob Marley 1:40 – 2:00 ...

2010 Brooklyn Book Festival Sunday, September 12, 2010 10AM - 6PM ALL EVENTS FREE Programs taking place in the Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom and St. Francis College Auditorium are ticketed. Free tickets will be distributed one hour before the start of the program from the Brooklyn Book Festival Information Booths Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Events September 10, 11 and 12 Celebrate all weekend with parties, music, film screenings, children’s theatre, literary games and author appearances at the Brooklyn Book Festival’s Bookend Events Click here for schedule

The 2010 edition of Reverie: Midwest African American Literature is here! This edition of Reverie is a Special Tribute Issue to Allison Joseph, the 2010 Aquarius Press Legacy Award Recipient. Carolyn Rodgers, Tony Medina, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Patricia Spears Jones, Treasure Williams, Christopher Stackhouse and yours truly are among the fifty contributors. My poem "Lemon Ghazal" is featured. Reverie is edited by Randall Horton, PhD. Patricia Biela, Qiana Towns, M.A., M.F.A., and Karen Garrette. Support Reverie and purchase your copy today!

I just came across a new resource - AuthorBuzz, which could give a new author quite a return on their investment in promoting their book. Every author needs an arsenal of marketing weapons. The competition is steep, this may help you make through the book marketing jungle! LOL What is AuthorBuzz? AuthorBuzz is a marketing service that puts authors directly in touch with readers, reading groups, booksellers and librarians, allowing them to offer excerpts, phone chats or visits with reading groups, material for newsletters, info about contests and freebies, mentions of new reviews — anything and everything authors want to buzz directly to the people who buy, read and sell their books. And for authors, illustrators and publishers of children’s and teen books, see KidsBuzz.

It was a great honor when my book Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees was nominated in the poetry category for the 2007 AALAS awards! Well it's time for another round of voting for the outstanding books which have been nominated this year. I voted for my favorites, and a few of the authors who are nominated are in my network which is great! The authors I voted for include: Victoria Christopher Murray, Jerry Craft, and of course the beloved Sonia Sanchez ! See below to cast your votes! The African American Literary Awards Show is an entertainment event production and marketing company with a focus on writers and authors. AALAS produces an annual Literary Awards show to recognize, honor, celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the publishing, arts and entertainment industries. The 6th Annual African American Literary Awards Show will salute Dr. Cornell West, Terrie Williams,...

Young adult author, playwright and poet, Zetta Elliott will discuss her latest book A WISH AFTER MIDNIGHT during a live interview on Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio hosted by DuEwa Frazier on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 5pm EST. Zetta Elliott will discuss the themes within A Wish , her writing life and outreach to young readers. Tune in to listen LIVE and CALL IN with your questions for Zetta at (646)716-9474. Visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/duewafraziershow for more information on this and other author interviews!

The 2010 Harlem Book Fair Presents "Jumping Off the Page: Young Readers, YA Books, and the New Literacy" Young Adult Book Panel Discussion Young adult authors discuss the impact their books have on young readers. The authors will share the ways in which they both educate and entertain today’s teen readers. The authors will give a signing immediately after the panel in the mezzanine area of the library. Moderator: DuEwa Frazier Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 11:00am - 12:00pm Countee Cullen Library 104 West 136th Street (near Lenox Ave.) New York, NY 10030 Trains: 2,3 to 135th Street Contact: 800-796-4369 duewa_frazier@litnoirepublishing.com or 212-490-2070 Web: www.qbr.com and www.nypl.org/locations/countee-cullen