The 2022 Black Readers Conference: “The Power of Untold Black Historical Fiction”
The transformative power of witnessing and testifying on behalf of our Ancestral stories.
Hello Family,
Please join Sadeqa Johnson—award-winning author of Yellow Wife and the upcoming The House of Eve—and I as we discuss “The Power of Untold Black Historical Fiction” at this year’s Black Readers Conference (BRC).
Saturday, October 29, 2022
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
To purchase tickets, please visit: Black Readers Conference 2022
I had the opportunity to read and blurb Johnson’s The House of Eve. Here’s what I had to say about it:
“Sadeqa Johnson is expert at excavating the parts of the past that we would rather not confront. She dusts off these harrowing histories, shines them up, and gives them their proper glory. She mines this terrain with soaring grace, shining intellect, and a love that resonates on every page. Thanks to Johnson's enviable ability to craft narratives that not only educate and elucidate, but also enamor, the stories of Ruby and Eleanor, and the Ancestors and Elders they represent, will remain with me always. The House of Eve is a powerful witnessing, an indispensable testimony, and a remarkable addition to Johnson's already stunning bibliography.”
To see of full listing of this year’s participants, please visit the Black Readers Conference Speakers 2022. I hope see see you there!
The Black Readers Conference exists to empower and convene a community of Black Readers (book clubs, bloggers, podcasters, BookTubers, and Bookstagrammers, etc.) through various avenues of literature, social events, and community service. I am extremely humbled that the BRC has included my novel, The Prophets, in its canonical listing of “The 100 Best Books by Black Authors”—alongside some of the greatest works I have ever read.
Blessings upon blessings,
Robert