Guest Author Speakers
Ann Brooks
Panel: From Page to Publish
10:00AM
BBB is excited to announce the following lineup of guest authors.
Courtney Martin
Panel: From Page to Publish
10:00AM
Mark McCraw
Panel: From Page to Publish
10:00AM
Virginia Kelly
Panel: From Page to Publish
10:00AM
M.R. Street
Panel: From Page to Publish
10:00AM
Chelsea Perry
The Bristle Whistle
10:00AM
Lana McAra
Fiction From Life's Lessons
11:00AM
Katherine Nelson Born
Panel: AI and Creativity
Panel: Community through Poetry
12:00PM & 3:00pm
Andrya Allen
Panel: AI and Creativity
12:00PM
Panel: AI and Creativity
Lori O'Gara
12:00PM
Brendan O'Gara
Panel: AI and Creativity
12:00PM
Ashley
Wellman
From Pain to Purpose, Homicide Expert to Children's Author
2:00PM
Claire Massey
Panel: Community Through Poetry
3:00PM
Panel: Community Through Poetry
Andrea Walker
3:00pm
12-12:45 Main Stage
The ensemble's esteemed readers will theatrically read stories and poems from their “When Black Folks Was Colored” book series, which spans 6 volumes, and from "Images in Black- A Pictorial History of Black Pensacola" Volumes 1 and 2. The books will be available for purchase from 10AM to 4PM at the Heritage Society Gallery, located across the street from the venue at 200 Church Street, Downtown Historic District.
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Readings will take place in Bowden Classroom 2.
Kyle Anne Robertson
Fiction: Not So Little Things
10:00AM
Barbara Jenkins
Non-fiction: Walk Across America
10:30AM
Taylor Phillips
Non-Fiction: A Woman's Place in the Clouds: Women in Aviation
11:00AM
Paula Delgado-Kling
Biography: Lenor: The Story of a Lost Childhood
12:00PM
Nancy Nau Sullivan
Mystery: A Deathly Irish Secret
12:00PM
S. Usher Evans
Fantasy: Drinks and Sinkholes
12:30PM
Sarah Robinson
Memoir: As A Result
2:00PM
Vernet Nettles
Poetry: Unspoken Words
2:30PM
Mary Gutierrez
Poetry: Green Girl Memoir
3:00PM