Celebrating Black Literary Excellence and the Future of Black-owned Bookstores
New Orleans, Louisiana
July 23 - July 26, 2026
Join us in New Orleans for our 5th annual Black Lit Weekend. Black Lit Weekend convenes booksellers, publishers, authors, literary professionals, and readers from across the country for an immersive experience rooted in connection, learning, and place. Together, we gather not only to celebrate Black bookselling excellence, but to strengthen the ecosystem that sustains us.
What Is Black Lit Weekend?
Founded to create intentional space for Black-owned bookstores and the broader Black literary community, Black Lit Weekend has grown into the premier national gathering of Black Booksellers. Grounded in relationship-building, cultural preservation, and collective power you will leave with the tools, connections, and resources to improve your bookselling practice.
Each year, we bring together those who shape, distribute, and amplify Black-owned bookstores, creating space to:
Exchange ideas and resources
Build meaningful partnerships
Strengthen the Black book economy
Honor the histories that ground us
Imagine the futures we deserve
Join Us
Whether you are a bookseller, publisher, author, or reader – your presence matters.
Come to connect.
Come to learn.
Come to build.
Join us July 23–25, 2026 in New Orleans.
Let’s honor our stories.
Let’s strengthen our ecosystem.
Let’s build what sustains us.
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