The 4th annual The Write Women Book Fest is on Saturday, October 8th!   You're invited to join us for all kinds of creative bookish, poetic, artistic, musical, foodie fun and more from 12 noon to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Marietta House Museum at 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769.  It's FREE TO ATTEND.  Please request free tickets using this Eventbrite link so we'll know you're coming!  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-write-women-book-fest-2022-tickets-288300343087   Reading (borrowed from Prince George's County Memorial Library System  https://pgcmls.info/ ) that's helped distract me from my event-planning stress:  Being Haunted  After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez  The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston  Some of It Was Real by Nan Fischer  New Beginnings   The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery   Harlem Sunset (early 20th c.) by Nekesa Afia   Twice a Quinceanera by Yamile Saied Mendez  Adversaries Join Forces  The Accidental Pin

  The 4th annual The Write Women Book Fest is 8 weeks away!  More than 100 authors, poets, musicians, artisans, publishing platforms, organizations, local businesses, a kids' tent with story times and more will be on the grounds of Marietta House Museum, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769 on Saturday, October 8th from 12 noon to 5 p.m.  IT'S FREE TO ATTEND!   Please use this Eventbrite link to let us know you're coming.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-write-women-book-fest-2022-tickets-288300343087 Hope to see you there!  Being outreach director and co-host for TWWBF2022 means my reviews are on hiatus until after the event but I'll still post pictures of the books I'm reading for pleasure, stress relief and because it's impossible for me not to read books. 

  It's a perfect day, week, month, season, year to buy, borrow, loan, trade, swap, read, write, hype and/or review books by and about Black, BIPOC and BAME (because Black people are often multi-ethnic and multi-cultural) people.  In addition to your local library, here are some independent bookstores that offer an abundance of Black Books Matter reading selections:  https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php