Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival

09/06/2026

08/21/2026

https://www.mvtimes.com/2026/08/20/voices-bysharisse-from-the-porch-to-the-lawn/

There are some spaces you attend, and then there are spaces you feel. The third annual Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival was one of those spaces. You could feel it before anyone even opened a book. On Saturday, August 15, the Island Inn Conference Center in Oak Bluffs became a literary gatheri...

08/13/2026

The Vineyard is ready. We are ready. And we cannot wait to celebrate Black Literature with our MV community.
27 Incredible voices.
A'Lelia Bundles • Amber Mayfield Hewett • Amy DuBois Barnett • Ashton Lattimore • Charlie Lewis Jr. • Cheryl McKissack Daniel • Courtney B. Vance • Dorothy A. Brown • Geoff Bennett • Imamu Tomlinson • Imani Perry • Jason G. Green • Jaylene Clark Owens • Jen Hayes Lee • Keisha Lance Bottoms • Kelley Cornish • Dr. Kemi Doll, • Kennedy Ryan • Kimberlé W. Crenshaw • Lakita Wilson • Michael Leach • Morgan Radford • Muhammad Abdul-Hadi • Nicole Carr • ReShonda Tate • Trymaine Lee • Walter Mosley
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