Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo comes to Tampa Heights this weekend

Nearly two dozen authors are on the agenda.

By Ray Roa on Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 1:00 pm

Photo via Shantasha Naomi Laing Poetry/Facebook

Shantasha Naomi Laing, who appears at Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association Community Center in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 28, 2024.

Banned Books Week wraps Saturday, and discussion about those works is just part of the agenda this weekend for this expo in its third year.

“Our theme for this year’s event is ‘Bringing Black Books Beyond,’” organizers wrote about their desire to push melanted authors past obstacles like censorship, social media, and AI. “We want to celebrate, support, uplift, and educate our modern day griots!”

Nearly two dozen authors (including Shantasha Naomi Laing, pictured) are on the agenda, alongside workshops about making a living as a writer, self-publishing, and more.

There's no cover for the 3rd Annual Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo happening Saturday, Sept. 28 at Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association Community Center in Tampa.

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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