Black Literature Group (BLG) discussion

Welcome to BLG.

Please introduce yourself?
Tell us about your interest in Black Literature?

Fantastic group Sue! So pleased about it. Hello members I'm Kelly and in December 2013 I challenged myself to read 1 black author's book a month. I've found some real gems so far.look forward to reading with you all a future challenges.

Hi Kelly, I am so glad you have joined, I was going to invite you as we know each other from another book group. When I looked at other black literature group they did not really attract me, so I thought I would create my own as I am an experienced moderator. I will be joining you in reading one ethinically relevant book each month.

My name is Sue and I am from West Indian orgin. I have read a lot of other mainstream literature but have a deep seated need to read black literature. When I was at school there was not enough black history being taught, although for english literature we did read 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, which is one of my all time favourite novels.

Happy Reading Everyone .

Hi All, I am new to good reads . I figured the 1st thing I would do is find some people who share common interests. So here I am. My name is Shay and I am from Toronto . I look forward to interacting with you both

Hi Shay, welcome to the group, so glad you have joined us.

Cheryl wrote: "Hiya to All!!

I fancied the idea of joining your book club because 1) it is relatively new and I havent missed a great deal of books 2) I love to read and really want to increase my knowledge of B..."

Hi Cheryl welcome to the group, looking forward to your contribution to the group. As you said it is a new group and we are all just finding our feet.

Hello everybody. I am Brandon, I am from New York City(born and raised) and my family is from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. I work in healthcare. I am new to GoodReads

Even though I read mainstream books and works by authors by of other minority communities (Hispanic, Asian, etc.), I love to read the experiences of our people both in Africa and in the diaspora. I have read many books by African American authors and hopefully this group would add to that knowledge.

Brandon wrote: "Hello everybody. I am Brandon, I am from New York City(born and raised) and my family is from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. I work in healthcare. I am new to GoodReads

Even though I read m..."

Hi Brandon welcome to the group. Thanks for that lovely introduction. Just as you are new to Goodreads, this is group still fairly new and is still in the process of finding its feet.

My name is Royce Coleman. I'm a 28 year old self-publisher. I write non-fiction as well as fiction. Happy to join another community.

Hi, all. I'm Ahmad, 30. Currently pursuing an MPhil in Literatures in English, also an aspiring writer.

Hello everybody. My name's Elodie. I live in the FWI. I have an interest in any type of quality literature, and am looking for daring, West Indian writers and other black writers too. This looks like just the place to do so.

Royce wrote: "My name is Royce Coleman. I'm a 28 year old self-publisher. I write non-fiction as well as fiction. Happy to join another community."

Welcome to the group Royce, your novel looks interesting.

Ahmad wrote: "Hi, all. I'm Ahmad, 30. Currently pursuing an MPhil in Literatures in English, also an aspiring writer."

Welcome Ahmad.

Elodie wrote: "Hello everybody. My name's Elodie. I live in the FWI. I have an interest in any type of quality literature, and am looking for daring, West Indian writers and other black writers too. This looks li..."

Hi Elodie, welcome to the group. Hope you can find some reads with us that suit your purpose, you can also suggest books for us to read and discuss.

Msgracie wrote: "Greetings all:
I am glad to find and join this group-thank you Sue for creating and moderating.
I enjoy faith-based fiction and most genre fiction, (mystery being my favorite and science fiction be..."

Welcome to the group Msgracie, lovely introduction and hope you enjoy being a member of the group.

Msgracie wrote: "what do you think of the book so far? or is this the wrong folder to ask?"

I have not started this novel yet, but I hope to soon. Hope come August I shall have more time to devote to our book club. Thanks for pointing out to me that I have not set up a discussion folder for the currently reading book but I have now.

Greetings,

I'm Jeron McCall, an author who has self-published two novels. I have an interest in Black literature because I feel that it doesn't get enough attention, and it constitutes the prevailing theme in both of my novels.

Hi Everyone! We are Akashic Books, an independent book publisher and we have some great Black literature titles on our list. We want to join the discussion and hear what you have been reading, which authors you enjoy most and change ideas of how we can keep improving Black Lit titles in the market.
Also, we always have Giveaways for you! ;-)

hi, im michelle
I live in Houston texas
I enjoy reading all types of books, and I have started writing some of my own