# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Richmond African American Book Festival
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The African American Book Festival was built to give the cemented and newly emerging authors, bookstores, and publishers of our culture a platform to spread the messages that are embedded in the pages of their iconography. With one goal in mind, we want to educate, entertain, and impact the Richmond community through African American literature, by shining light on the stories told in their books.This event is a great opportunity for community members to meet and engage with their favorite black authors. There will be several featured authors.Come out to support your authors, meet them face to face, get pictures, buy books at discounted prices, network with other professionals, and bring back reading books into normalcy and support authors in spreading their messages.What you can expectThis event will feature author and publisher exhibits, author discussions and book signings, entertainment, networking and door prizes. The event will attract a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries and individual readers. Books available will be suitable to all ages; from children, teenagers, young adults to adults. Authors will present fiction, poetry, nonfiction, memoirs, self-help, and spiritual offerings.This event is free and open to the public. Come enjoy this free community Festival that celebrates the beauty, power, passion, and excitement of the written work.Authors, publishers, and bookstores, DON'T MISS OUT!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/richmond/richmond-african-american-book-festival/80003211991585
- **Event Categories**: festivals, art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Frichmond-african-american-book-festival-tickets-1805359481809%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator

## Event venue details

- **city**: Richmond
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Richmond Diversity Center
- **lat**: 37.5407246000
- **long**: -77.4360481000
- **full address**: Richmond Diversity Center, 1407 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 8
- **organizer**: Roy Wyatt (https://allevents.in/org/roy-wyatt/27360318)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb696a45a8e0e96.jpg
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Richmond+African+American+Book+Festival&date=11+Apr

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Richmond Diversity Center, 1407 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Roy Wyatt
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Richmond African American Book Festival ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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