Happy New Year!
If you’re a writer or book lover looking for an event that could stimulate your creativity and engage your curiosity, you might want to check out the upcoming Telling the Stories of Black Lives through Biography Conference.
Set for March 21-22, 2025 in Montgomery Alabama, this first-of-its-kind national conference is sponsored by the Biographers International Organization (BIO) in partnership with Troy University.
Author and journalist A’Lelia Bundles (Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, 2025) will serve as the conference’s keynote speaker.
Fellow biographer and historian David Greenberg (John Lewis: A Life, 2024) is set to deliver the luncheon address.
Conference attendees can explore the joys and challenges of producing biographies of Black subjects through panel discussions, talks and tours of Montgomery’s civil rights memorials. The conference is a must for writers and/or readers of biography and history, along with teachers and students from throughout the Southeast region.
So don’t miss this exciting two-day, deep dive into biographical storytelling – with an African American twist!
