National Black Book Festival

09/08/2026

Decades after an alien refugee's arrival gave rise to superpowered beings, ORION, humanity's orbiting crisis aversion organization, faces its darkest hour as the world's protector.

When religious extremists seize The Bastion, the Western Hemisphere's most advanced research center, ORION's elite team deploys to break the siege. But the mission goes sideways—fast. ORION's enemies close in from every direction—and the United Nations prepares to destroy ORION's orbital headquarters—the team must overcome their egos, grief, and dark secrets. But even if they win the battle, they may have already lost humanity's trust…And something far worse looms in the darkness of space.

Order "Orion: Heavenfall" by author Corey Frazier online here:
https://www.coreyafrazier.com/writing/order

09/08/2026

Tune in Tuesday, Sept. 15 @ 7 pm CST/8 pm EST

09/07/2026

Ask ChatGPT "What's the best Black book festival?" Answer: My pick for best overall is the National Black Book Festival.

09/07/2026

"God Can Hear Me" is a heartwarming children’s book that reminds young readers that they are never alone and that God is always listening.

Through a simple, faith-filled story, children discover that they can talk to God anytime, whether they are happy, sad, afraid, confused, or simply want someone to talk to. The story encourages children to develop a personal relationship with God through prayer and to trust that even when they cannot see Him, God can hear them.

Written by Jamario Porchia, "God Can Hear Me" offers families, churches, and educators an encouraging way to introduce children to prayer, faith, and the comforting truth that God is always near.

Order your copy on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/God-Can-Hear-Jamario-Porchia/dp/B0GV6W55FH/

09/07/2026

Amina Ali did everything right.

She earned her degrees, stayed focused amidst all the chaos, and kept her head down when it would’ve been easier to fold. Now she’s back in Amberline Heights, a city just outside of Washington D.C., where culture and success intertwine.

She has a vision for her life, but her present reality is different than what she imagined. She lands a job most people would kill for, only to find herself navigating microaggressions from colleagues who don’t look like her, don’t think like her, and initially don’t accept her. She’s dealing with that while still trying to stay motivated.

Because Amina didn’t come this far to let anyone knock her off her game.

Order your copy of "Definitely Earned It" by Janelle Lenore at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Definitely-Earned-Janelle-Lenore/dp/B0GVK69DBL/

09/07/2026

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09/05/2026

09/04/2026

Through her own lived experience, author Lisa Lewis explores how faith can be quietly weaponized into self-abandonment, the real cost of staying after you already see the truth, and what healing looks like when it is honest instead of aesthetic. "The Cost of Staying" will not tell you what to do. It will give you language for what you have already lived.

Order your copy on Amazon: https://a.co/d/07EYzocS

09/03/2026

"Bloodline," by author Stacy Blackwell, is a powerful family drama that explores the lasting effects of colorism, family secrets, favoritism, and generational wounds. Within a family divided by differences in skin tone, love and acceptance are not always given equally, leaving emotional scars that follow them into adulthood.
As buried truths begin to surface, relationships are tested and painful memories can no longer be ignored.

"Bloodline" is an emotional story about family, healing, forgiveness, and breaking destructive cycles. It examines how the people who are supposed to love us the most can sometimes cause the deepest wounds—and whether a family divided by its past can finally find a way to heal.

Order your copy of "Bloodline" on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYFSSQJ1

09/03/2026

"I’ve just started reading 'The Second Exodus,' and I’m already captivated."
-- 5-star Amazon review of "The Second Exodus"

It's 2042 and Africa has risen as a global economic and technological power and extends an unprecedented invitation to the descendants of the African diaspora: Come home.
Millions must confront a question generations in the making: What does it mean to go home if you've never been?

Software architect Kario Freeman answers the call, believing he is simply returning to his ancestral roots. Instead, he discovers the Ancestral Network, a mysterious convergence of ancient wisdom, human consciousness, and advanced technology that suggests the Return is part of something far greater than migration.

But powerful governments see the movement as a threat. As millions prepare to leave the nations their ancestors were carried to centuries earlier, covert forces move to undermine the Return before it can reshape the global order.

"The Second Exodus" by author Melvin Wilcox is an Afrofuturist epic of identity, resistance, rediscovery, and a people reclaiming their connection to home. Order you copy on Amazon:
https://a.co/d/08MUdNPH

09/02/2026

Black Authors Matter TV - September 1 Guests: LaToya Watkins, Nicole Basnight, Shakir Rashaan, Netra Antionette

09/01/2026

At NBBF, we offer all of this for FREE.

08/27/2026

Tune in Tuesday, Sept. 1 @ 7 pm CST/8 pm EST

08/26/2026

"God Can Hear Me" is a heartwarming children’s book that reminds young readers that they are never alone and that God is always listening.

Through a simple, faith-filled story, children discover that they can talk to God anytime, whether they are happy, sad, afraid, confused, or simply want someone to talk to. The story encourages children to develop a personal relationship with God through prayer and to trust that even when they cannot see Him, God can hear them.

Written by Jamario Porchia, "God Can Hear Me" offers families, churches, and educators an encouraging way to introduce children to prayer, faith, and the comforting truth that God is always near.

Order your copy on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/God-Can-Hear-Jamario-Porchia/dp/B0GV6W55FH