/24-7PressRelease/ - LOS ANGELES, CA, May 14, 2008 - As part of Book Expo America weekend, The Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX) will host a reception on Saturday, May 31, 2008 inside the 626 Art Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
The LABBX will showcase their activities for their upcoming event in June. Plans include a spoken word segment, a â He Said, She Saidâ relationship forum with authors Pearl Jr. and Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd, as well as formal introductions by the LABBX founder, Itibari Zulu and current executive director Charles L. Chatmon. The LABBX will honor the founders of the African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America; Tony Rose, the publisher and CEO of the Amber Communications Group, Inc. and Adrienne Ingrum, the president of Adrienne Ingrum, LLC.
Chatmon believes the reception will bring about more awareness of both the L.A. Black Book Expo and the AA Pavilion for both parties. â When I attended BEA five years ago, it was hard to find an entity supporting Black authors outside of a few independent publishers. What Mr. Rose and Ms. Ingrum has done is nothing short of fantastic. Our goal at the LABBX is to build strong literary relationships that transcends every border, every coast and genre.â The current head of the LABBX also feels the reception would be a great start to kickoff the annual book expo moved back to its traditional date of June (the 14th) instead of late summer last year. â We feel itâ s important to not only attract as many potential patrons as we can, but to reach our youth, the next generation of authors, writers and poets. Without them, our legacy of literature will not go on.â
The 626 Art Gallery is located on 626 South Spring Street in Los Angeles, California, 90014. The reception begins at 5:00 PM and will end at 8:00 PM. Admittance is free and all are invited. For more information, please call Charles Chatmon at (323) 385-7103 or you may call Cheryl Rentie at (213) 614-8872.
About the African-American Pavilion
BookExpo America, one of the largest book trade exhibits in the world provides independent African American book publishers, self publishers, authors, African American imprints at major publishing houses, distributors, literary agents, publicists, librarians, and bookstore owners with exposure to more than 80,000 book buyers and booksellers from across the world. With over 20,000 BEA attendees crossing up and down the African American Pavilion aisles, the buying and selling is tremendous, and the African American Pavilion provides our exhibitors the lowest discounted booth prices at the BookExpo America.
The 5,000 square feet of exhibit space will showcase African American books, authors, products and publishers. In addition to the business opportunities the pavilion provides, festivities include: music, food and refreshments at all the events as The African American Pavilion celebrates "its" FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
Many licensing, distribution, and sales success stories have emerged from the roster of African American Pavilion exhibitors since 2004.
About the Los Angeles Black Book Expo
Touted as best Black book expo west of the Mississippi, the Los Angeles Black Book Expo originated in 2004 to celebrate the written word, promote literacy and to showcase new and established authors, storytellers, spoken word artists, children's book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, editors and book reviewers local and nationwide.
The Los Angeles Black Book Expo is an annual event promoting the best in African-American literature, It is the largest black book expo West of the Mississippi. For further information, please contact us at (323) 385-7103.
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