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DISCUSSION
SCHEDULE
AMERICAN NEGRO THEATRE

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The HBF Panel Discussions are located in the Schomburg Library and Countee Cullen Library. Entrance to all discussions, workshops, and presentations are by donation only. Schedule is subject to change.

SATURDAY, JULY 21
SCHOMBURG/AMERICAN NEGRO THEATRE

12:00 – 1:15p      WRITING WORKSHOP with Grace Edwards 

Grace Edwards teaches creative writing, and has been a member of the Harlem Writer's Guild since 1970.  Her first novel, In the Shadow of the Peacock, was originally released in 1988. Do or Die is the fourth novel in the Harlem-based mystery series featuring former cop Mali Anderson. If I Should Die was released in 1997 and earned an Anthony Award nomination for Best First Novel. A Toast Before Dying won the 1999 Fiction Honor Book award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. No Time to Die, the third in the series, was released in 1999. Film and TV rights to the series have have been sold.

1:30 – 2:45p        HOW MARY FOUND HER G-SPOT THROUGH WRITING:
                              A Chat with Mary B. Morrison

Mary B’s novel, Somebody’s Gotta Be on Top, was the #1 National Best-seller on Essence® for both January and February 2005. Her first novel, Soul Mates Dissipate quickly became an Essence® national best-seller. Mary has also written a non-fiction self-help book,Who’s Making Love; a poetry book, Justice Just Us Just Me; and several fiction novels, Never Again Once More, He’s Just a Friend, When Somebody Loves You Back, Nothing Has Ever Felt like This . She is co-authoring a novel with New York Times best-selling author, Carl Weber and recently completed her first screenplay for Soul Mates Dissipate. 

3:00 – 4:15p        OPEN

4:30 – 5:45p        Books to Screen: Drawing Inspiration From Our
                               Literary Canon

Moderator: Maitefa Angaza, Managing Editor, African Voices
Panelists: Grace Edwards (Do or Die), Rachel Benjamin, Filmmaker; Omar Tyree (What They Want).

A panel of leading writers, scholars and cultural leaders will discuss the importance of filmmakers using the wealth of literature from the Diaspora as inspiration for films and authors negotiating film rights with publishers.