African-American

TIME magazine’s just-released Black History Month edition, The Renaissance is Black, celebrates the power of Black art. A special project created in partnership with Ibram X. Kendi, the cover story features breakout Penguin Young Readers...

Wrath: A Novel by Victoria Christopher Murray The award-winning author of Lust, Envy, and Greed—soon to be Lifetime movies—delivers a passionate and unforgettable exploration of a marriage caught in the crossroads of rage. When...

HONEY GIRL BY MORGAN ROGERS  Perfect for readers of QUEENIE, this #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut follows a young black woman just finishing her Ph.D in astronomy who impulsively gets married in Vegas and decides...

PYR to Publish Poetry Collection by Amanda Gorman, the Featured Poet at Today’s Presidential Inauguration Viking Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, will publish THE HILL WE CLIMB, a debut poetry...

Next Monday, Martin Luther King., Jr. Day, bookstagrammer @creemyles , @penguinrandomhouse, and @belletrist will kick off Black Like We Never Left, a week-long virtual read-a-thon celebrating Black fiction. This year’s event will highlight the work of Nobel...

HONEY GIRL BY MORGAN ROGERS Perfect for readers of QUEENIE, this #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut follows a young black woman just finishing her Ph.D in astronomy who impulsively gets married in Vegas and decides...

Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC and Roc Nation, the preeminent modern entertainment company founded by Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter, are thrilled to announce a new publishing partnership to be called Roc Lit 101....

Simon & Schuster announced that it is publishing Watermelon and Red Birds, an essential cookbook for the all-American celebration of Juneteenth, by food writer and cookbook author Nicole Taylor, slated for publication in 2022. Nearly...

From civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges comes a powerful new book, THIS IS YOUR TIME, published by Delacorte Press today, November 10. This is the first book from Bridges in over twenty years and was...

Love, Lies & Fight by Terri D and Julie Bellatrix What do you do when the love is gone? The lies are revealed. You Fight. Valerie appeared to have the perfect family life while...

Lisa Kessler chats with author LaQuette about her books, her writing and her life! You can listen to the podcast HERE LaQuette is a romance author of bold, provocative love stories featuring multicultural characters....

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM BLACK PEARLS MAGAZINE LoLo Smith is a children’s book author on a mission to positively reshape the way children of color see themselves. As an elementary school teacher, she was...

A PROMISED LAND, First Volume of Barack Obama’s Presidential Memoirs  The presidential memoirs of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, will be published in two volumes. The first volume, titled A...

Phoebe Robinson, founder of Tiny Reparations Books, and Christine Ball, SVP, Publisher of Dutton and Plume, have announced the first acquisitions for the new imprint. Editor Amber Oliver, a recent addition to the editorial team, will...

FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE: ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY BY PATRICIA A. SAUNDERS (Reprinted with permission from Black Pearls Magazine) Click here to hear the author discuss their books and to hear an audio preview of the...

The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is happy to announce the three finalists for the 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize, which awards...