Richmond African American Book Festival

Last year's African American Book Festival was such a HUGE SUCCESS! With almost one thousand attendees, it was the largest Book Festival Richmond has ever seen and we're excited to bring it back again, each and every year - but with more space, vendors, and activities. THE FESTIVAL ALSO MADE STYLE WEEKLY, RVA's alternative for news, arts, events, culture, restaurant reviews and classifieds. You can access the article by clicking here.

The African American Book Festival was built to give the cemented and newly emerging authors, bookstores, and publishers of our culture a platform to spread the messages that are embedded in the pages of their iconography. With one goal in mind, we want to educate, entertain, and impact the Richmond community through African American literature, by shining light on the stories told in their books.

This event is a great opportunity for community members to meet and engage with their favorite authors. There will be several featured authors.

Come out to support your authors, meet them face to face, get pictures, buy books at discounted prices, network with other professionals, and bring back reading books into normalcy and support authors in spreading their messages.

What can you expect?

This event will feature authors, bookstores, publisher exhibits, author discussions and book signings, entertainment, networking, food, door prizes, music and entertainment. The event will attract a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries and individual readers - both local and nationally. Books available will be suitable to all ages: from children, teenagers, young adults to adults. Authors will present fiction, poetry, nonfiction, memoirs, self-help, and spiritual offerings.

This event is free and open to the public. Come enjoy this free community festival that celebrates the beauty, power, passion, and excitement of the written work.

Get your books in front of tons of customers at one of Richmond's largest venues.

Additional businesses related to literature and publishing may also register, i.e., copywriter services, editing/proofreading services, bookmarks, etc.

After registration, a Vendor's Packet will be sent, including a request for Author photos, book titles, and images for promotion.

Host or Publisher Virginia Business Expo Associates