Harlem Book Fair Schedule

2009 June 24
by D. Bell

hbfFriday, July 17th, 7pm

Masters of Ceremony: Haki Madhubuti and Helena D. Lewis

Program: (Per) Verse Poets: Spoken Word On Center Stage (Performances by Invitation Only) Music by: Atiba Wilson & Songhai Djeli

Saturday, July 18th

Sunday, July 19th

Harlem Book Fair Outdoor Exhibits & Author Panel Discussions
Time: 11am-6pm
Locations: West 135 Street btw Malcolm X & Frederick Douglass Boulevards; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Countee Cullen Library; & Thurgood Marshall Academy

ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Check the QBR websites for updated, detailed program information.

Schomburg Panel Discussions
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Check the website for updated, detailed program information.

The Wheatley Awards Honors Our Poets
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Program and Awards – $10.00
Awards Dinner Reception, Program & Awards – $20.00 (By reservation only)

Invited Awardees:
Cornelius Eady
Yusef Komunyakaa
Nikki Giovanni
The Last Poets

Posthumous Award: John Hope Franklin, Author and Historian
Flora Mwapa African Literature Award: TBA