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23rd-Annual NBCC: July 30th – August 1st 2027 in Atlanta

The NBCC is a place where readers and authors come together and depart friends. Nothing can capture the true essence and joy our weekend of Literary Bliss offers, but this clip does show a tad bit of how we roll–and you should, too.

If you are a reader who enjoys meeting authors and like-minded, fun people from all across the country, the NBCC is not to be missed. Enjoy our website. Check out the video and photos. Your interest in joining is bound to increase. Secure your spot on our Registration page before we sell out, which we have done for 22 years consecutively.

2027 National Book Club Conference

July 30th – August 1st 2027 in Atlanta

Join us for the 23rd-Annual NBCC, which has long been described as the premier annual literary event featuring Black authors and readers. It’s called “Literary Bliss” because the weekend is full of access to some of the most acclaimed talent and dynamic unheralded authors with avid readers and book club members from across the country. It’s a reader’s paradise and an author’s delight.

Dr. Daniel Black

Dr. Daniel Black is the powerful author and dynamic orator who has written several acclaimed novels celebrating Black culture and ancestral memory. His head-spinning works include The Coming, Perfect Peace, They Tell Me of a Home, The Sacred Place, Don’t Cry for Me, Isaac’s Song, Twelve Gates to the City and Listen to the Lambs.   He will be honored with the Walter Mosley Author of Distinction Award at the 2027 NBCC.   His next offering in the spring of 2027 is The Arrival, described […]

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, Emmy® Award-winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 47 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night, Black Star, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, J vs K, an illustrated novel he penned with Jerry Craft, and the motivational primer for graduates, creatives, and professionals, entitled Say Yes, Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), and The Undefeated, the National Book Award nominee, Newbery Honor, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated […]

Lauren Francis-Sharma

Lauren Francis-Sharma is the immensely talented author of three award-winning novels. Born in Baltimore to parents from Trinidad, Lauren has built an acclaimed literary career by unearthing hidden histories and untold truths.   Her three published works are fanstastic: ’Til the Well Runs Dry, Book of the Little Axe and Casualties of Truth. Her work spans continents and centuries— from a small village on Trinidad’s North Coast to 18th-century Montana to post-apartheid South Africa—yet always circles back to questions of identity, justice, and forgiveness.   […]

Clay Cane

Clay Cane is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist, radio host, and political analyst. More than 3 million listeners tune into The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM each week, his commentary is heard on television networks such as ABC, MSNBC, FOX and CNN, and his work has been featured in The Washington Post, CNN.com, and BET. He is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult, Live Through This, and Burn Down […]