This weekend’s Black Book Bash may be an antidote to the antagonistic position policymakers and some publishers show toward Black authors and stories.
The inaugural festival will bring more than 150 authors to Jacksonville for three days of connection with literary consumers, community among authors and conversation about the state of the publishing industry.
Making an influence in book sales
Jacksonville resident Casey R. Kelley created the Black Book Bash. She expects the event will draw nearly 2,000 authors, book influencers, visitors and attendees to Downtown.
Kelley founded the Casey Kelley Media Agency last year. She created the firm to connect authors, publishers and influencers, in an attempt to spur Black literary arts, during a time when Black intellectualism in the United States is under critique…