We have lots of other incredible keynote and workshop offerings as well, with all sessions featuring live captioning. 2021 Festival postponed. All announced programming for this season will be held exclusively online and at no cost to viewers. National Book Foundation Announces 2021 Spring Season of NBF Presents, NBF Presents: Colleges, Libraries & Festivals. Presented in partnership with the Tucson Festival of Books. NBF Presents’ season finale recognizes the historical and literary significance of Black trans and nonbinary narratives with National Book Award–honored author Kacen Callender (King and the Dragonflies, 2020 Young People’s Literature Winner), and a discussion on trans and nonbinary stories that make room for both queer pain and joy. The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world’s largest African-American retailer online. Like the men they portray, these books came into being in very different ways. Then, on Saturday, February 27, poets Tommye Blount (Fantasia for the Man in Blue, Finalist, Poetry) and Natalie Diaz (Postcolonial Love Poem, Finalist, Poetry) join John Hennessy, poetry editor of The Common and judge for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. NBF YouTube channel A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, her most recent poetry collection is “An American Sunrise: Poems,” from which she here reads the poem “Running.”, Posted in: Authors, Books, National Book Festival Highlights, Poetry, Programs. Be sure to stay until the end of the program for a very brief introduction to the vast holdings on civil rights that reside here at the Library of Congress. Now the 2021 Bay Area Book Festival itself is going virtual! Annual subscription to a world of digital events. Authors may register with a $100 deposit online HERE. Moderated by Eric Deggans (NPR’s TV critic and media analyst-contributor for MSNBC and NBC News), who has written and spoken extensively on race himself, the session reminds us why it is important to look hard at this difficult passage through history. You can get up-to-the-minute festival news, highlights, and other important information by subscribing to this blog. NBF Presents: The Work of Fiction. The DSM Book Festival has announced its schedule for 2021. Les Payne, a veteran journalist who dedicated much of his life to following and meticulously recording the life of Malcolm X, died before his project was finished. We were thrilled to welcome authors and attendees from across the country and world for the 2020 Virtual Brooklyn Book Festival. Bristol. Moderated by John Ydstie, a former NPR correspondent. Saturday, March 13, 7:00pm ET These are free events but please RSVP directly at the Foundation or partner website as directed. In the meantime, please enjoy our captioned programs from the 2020 Festival on our events page . Published under the supervision of the director of festival, Kurosh Javidi, the book also carries introductions by three Ferdowsi experts, Jalal Khaleqi-Motlaq, Jalaleddin Kazzazi and Qadamali Sarami. Big Bang Week A Dark Skies Festival from Scotland's National Book Town 3-6 March 2021 Coming Up Next FOR FULL PROGRAMME CLICK HERE With a host of speakers and authors lined up to feature in the six-day digital festival and offer a glimpse into their works, inspirations and writing processes, DLF 2021 aims at bringing multiple genres and diverse voices to the fore. Tuesday, February 16, 8:00pm ET Photo: Clark Day. The 49th annual National Storytelling Festival is October 1-3, 2021. “We’re thrilled to celebrate National Book Award–honored authors each year—especially years like this one—and work alongside the National Book Foundation to amplify outstanding books, support independent book sales, and engage our audiences with thought-provoking conversations.”. National Book Award–honored authors and translators confirmed to appear at NBF Presents events in the spring season include Rumaan Alam, Tommye Blount, Jericho Brown, Kacen Callender, Toi Derricotte, Natalie Diaz, Camonghne Felix, Terrance Hayes, Sophie Hughes, Victoria Jamieson, Laila Lalami, Megha Majumdar, Fernanda Melchor, Omar Mohamed, Tamara Payne, Deesha Philyaw, Douglas Stuart, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, David Treuer, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Isabel Wilkerson, Charles Yu, and more to come. Tuesday, June 15, 6:00pm ET Photo: Bruce Guthrie. It should come as no surprise that everyone on the Writer's Digest team loves books. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds talks about his book, “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You,” during this year’s festival. Peniel E. Joseph is a historian, a leading voice on race issues, and the founder of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin. Bristol. NBF YouTube channel The festival is made possible by the generosity of sponsors. Catch up on Hay Player. “We are thrilled to offer a second virtual season of NBF Presents and once again bring engaging and timely arts content to audiences wherever they may be watching.” said Jordan Smith, Interim Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, “Our hope is that the words of these authors resonate with viewers and fuel important community conversations.”.