Welcome to
the Rochester Black Authors Association

We're bridging the gap between readers of the world and black authors.

Learn more about what we do and how you can be a part of it.

We strive to bring authors a platform where they are the star, no matter how many stars are on stage.

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We had a great time at the 2024 Rochester Black Authors Expo.
We need your feedback, your opinions, your insights, and suggestions to make the 2025 9th Annual Rochester Black Authors Expo even better. 

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We welcome all feedback - good, bad, or in-between.


Your Words Matter!

We're looking for youth poets and writers to share their creative words with the world! 

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Come Celebrate...YOU!

Are you Black? Are you an author? Then this day is for you! Thank you for picking up a pen or pencil. Thanks for typing your stories, thoughts, perspectives, and experiences. We applaud your courage and persistence. Your writing matters. We need your literature. Your words hold power. Enough power to change the world. Thank you for infusing your Black mind into literature that will influence the masses. You deserve to be celebrated. We salute you.

Learn More!

The Black Authors ROC Podcast

Authors, Writers, & Publishers VLOG

Celebrating Authorpreneurs and the Business of Books

Addressing the Emotional Needs of Our Children

Episode 5

A Trip Around the World for a Book Title

Episode 13

The Mentality of Writing

Episode 12

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From the Islands to the States

Episode 14

Meet the President of the RBAA

Episode 16

A Chat with Cairo Tanksley

Conversation with our late founder's daughter.


Address

#1081 1100 Jefferson Rd Suite 12
Rochester , NY 14623, US

About us

Rochester Black Authors Association is committed to promoting and celebrating reading, writing, and literacy in the Black community. We are a collective that aspires to connect Rochester readers with writers from around the world.

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