Emerging Authors
Meilan Carter
Aya De Leon
Lisa D. Gray
Jenny Irizary
Ayodele Nzinga
Lizette Wanzer 

Established Authors
Elmaz Abidnader
Faith Adiele
Natalie Baszile
Eunetta T. Boone
Kelly E. Carter
Elaine Lee
Jacquline Luckett
Renee Swindle

This is a chance to bring women writers together with readers and to showcase the deep and diverse pool of talent here in the Bay Area.

Maxine Hickman, President NCBW SF

Natalie Bazile and Elmaz Abinader at the first reading in September. (top photo) OVOS curator and host Lisa D. Gray chats with Natalie Bazile about her book "Queen Sugar". (bottom photo)

Upcoming Dates                        
June 17, 2014              
Mercury Cafe, 201 Octavia Street, San Francisco, CA

Every three months, four women authors of color come together to share their work with you, their readers. Two established authors and two emerging authors select their best work and read from it for up to ten minutes each.

The highlight of the evening is a book chat with one of the established authors. Authors focus on everything from fiction to travel writing and poetry to memoir. Their stories paint vivid pictures of what it's like to live in the world as a woman of color and explore themes and topics everyone can relate to and understand.