
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