2 weeks Ago By OLIVIA ALLEN - Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS)
The Women of the Davenport NAACP is hosting a free "Meet Local Authors" event on Saturday from 3-5 p.m. in partnership with the Quad Cities Black Authors Collective.
Local authors will discuss their works, answer community members' questions and sign and sell books. The event will take place at the Friends of MLK Center, located at 501 Brady St. in Davenport.
Meet Local Authors flyer A flyer for the "Meet Local Authors" event on Saturday, March 15, hosted by the Women of the Davenport NAACP. Saturday's event will feature 12 local authors, including artist and community activist Shellie Moore Guy and Burl Randolph, Jr., a writer, editor and publisher.
He also is the founder and CEO of the consulting company MyWingman, LLC. The QC Black Authors Collective was formed after the first Black Authors Forum in 2022, part of the Polyrhythm Heritage and Jazz Festival at the time. For more information, visit the group's Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/QCBAC . ------------ See clips of children's author Adam Rubin give Jurnee Brown kudos Jurnee Brown, a fifth-grader at Truman Elementary School in Davenport, was selected for a writing challenge hosted by children's author Adam Rubin and BookBreak, an organization that connects bestselling authors with K-12 schools nationwide for monthly book talks and other engaging discussions.
Shellie Moore Guy has been researching and accumulating history on the 108th Regiment © 2025 Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Visit www.qctimes.
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