Queens, New York - Blackstarnews.com Named as Media Sponsor for 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair
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Queens, New York - Blackstarnews.com Named as Media Sponsor for 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair
Blackstarnews.com named as media sponsor for 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair. The 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair will be held on August 19, 2006 at the Rufus King Park, Queens, New York. The Queens Book Fair will begin at 11:00 am and end at 7:00 pm. Last year the Queens Book Fair was held on April 30, 2005 and was featured in Newsday, May 3, 2005, article “This book fair’s for the self-published” New York City Edition Neighborhoods section pg. A52.
Queens, NY — Blackstarnews.com named as media sponsor for 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair. The 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair will be held on August 19, 2006 at the Rufus King Park, Queens, New York. The Queens Book Fair will begin at 11:00 am and end at 7:00 pm. Last year the Queens Book Fair was held on April 30, 2005 and was featured in Newsday, May 3, 2005, article “This book fair’s for the self-published” New York City Edition Neighborhoods section pg. A52.
Self-published authors from around the country flocked the 2005 Queens Book Fair, along with book lovers around the tri-state area.
About Black Star News:
Black Star New’s Publisher and Editor-in-Cheif Milton Allimadi is a first generation immigrant from Uganda received his journalistic training at The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. After stints at The Journal of Commerce and The Wall Street Journal, Allimadi reported for the New York Times as a metro news stringer. At the New York Times Allimadi honed, among other things, his reportorial skills.
After two years at the New York Times, Allimadi’s passion for community-based and investigative news reporting took him to the legendary The City Sun newspaper, an African American weekly newspaper published by the late Andy Cooper, who served as Allimadi’s mentor.
As an editor of The City Sun, Allimadi exposed corruption, police brutality and thereby developed a reputation as a hard-nosed editor and reporter. In late 1996 The City Sun shut down as a result of Cooper’s failing health conditions.
Allimadi vowed to continue The City Sun’s legacy. His commitment to delve deeper into the political, economical and social issues affecting African and Caribbean immigrants, as well as African Americans, inspired the inception of The Black Star News – a publication that prides itself as the voice for the under-represented peoples. In 1997, Allimadi founded The Black Star News with financial support from Bill and Camille Cosby.
Today, the news content and quality of The Black Star News is highly respected. Following its motto of “Speaking Truth to Empower,” The Black Star News has broken several major news scoops which has garnered for it several awards from the Independent Press Association and national media coverage.
The News outlets that have featured or mentioned The Black Star News include CNN financial news, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New York Press, The New York Post, The New York Observer, New York magazine, The Village Voice, The Washington Times, and Brill’s Content Magazine.
Mr. Milton Allimadi is also the author of the best-selling book “The Hearts of Darkness, How White Writers Created the Racist Image of Africa,” (Black Star Books, 2003, ISBN 0-9740039-0-5) available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor and other major book sellers.
The Queens Book Fair committee is looking foward to working with Blackstarnews.com during the upcoming months preceding the 2006 Queens Book Fair.
To be placed on our email list for the 2006 Queens Book Fair or to join our authors club you may log on to our web site at http://www.cbbooksdistribution.com/ or you may email us.
The Queens Book Fair is offering a $25.00 bonus discount for all authors who register before the June 25th deadline. Log on to our web site at www.cbbooksdistribution.com for more information or to inquire about the 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair early registration bonus.