From the Director's Chair: LABBX Panels and Workshops

Alright, we’re closing in on our fifth L.A. Black Book Expo, and if you’ve been patient, we can start showing you who will appear on our panel discussions and workshops. As we move forward toward August 22, there will be more names added to the LABBX website and here on the blog. For now, let’s show the following participating authors speaking for 2009:



PANELS:
Relationships “He Said, She Said”
Deanna of KTYM 1460 AM’s “Ask Deanna”
Anthony Rucker

WORKSHOPS:

Creative Writing Workshop
Ray Driver and Deborah Bellis, Reflections Publishing



“Going from, 'I write' ...To, 'I'm an author'” for beginning writers
Sophia Simmons, author of Love Again

Screenwriting & Social Media Strategies for Authors and Artists
DMA (Donna Marie Anderson), television and new media producer


Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II
Ivan Houston, author and business icon


The Spiritual Side of Sports
Anthony Prior, former NFL player, The Slave Side of Sunday



Noted author Michael Datcher will also speak at LABBX. (Just Added)

There’s still time to register for the L.A. Black Book Expo, as our extended deadline isn’t until Friday, August 14. If you haven’t signed up by then, now is the time to do so.

If you’re not planning to attend in person, but would still like to make an appearance, log on to the Expo’s website at www.labbx.com and place an ad with us in our souvenir booklet on the registration page.

More updates to come!

Charles L. Chatmon
Executive Director
Los Angeles Black Book Expo