#blackauthorchat

Join Ferguson Response & pledge to spend 12 months reading ONLY BLACK AUTHORED BOOKS. The Black Author Challenge is a year long commitment to read ONLY books written by Black Authors. Use hashtag #BlackAuthorChat during the Twitter Chat to join the discussion & promote this action. For full challenge information visit: http://fergusonresponse.org/black-author-challenge/ This challenge is inspired by author Sunili Govinnage who published a piece "I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me":http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/20/i-only-read-non-white-authors-for-12-months-what-i-learned-surprised-me For this challenge you are not limited by type of book (fiction or non-fiction), genre (sci-fi, historical, fantasy, crime thriller, BDSM themed) or language. Only that the author be black. Ferguson response will set up twitter chats on the 2nd Friday of every month to discuss what you have learned or gotten out of participating in the challenge and share the books your have read with other challenge members. To officially join the challenge complete the form located here: http://bit.ly/BlackAuthorChallengeForm

For more information on the Black Author Challenge CLICK HERE.