Black Authors Matter TV
Black Authors Matter TV is a weekly, live-streamed program where authors (new and old), publishers, bookstore owners, book club facilitators, book marketers, and other movers and shakers in the African-American literature arena are interviewed. BAM TV is live-streamed every Tuesday on the National Black Book Festival's Facebook page from 7 to 9 pm CST.
Episodes
199 episodes
March 17th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - March 17th Guests: Jessica N. Watkins, Geoff Bennett, Jeannine A. Cook, Clyde W. FordJessica Watkins - Best-Selling Author/FilmmakerGeoff Bennett - Author of Book on Black ComedyJeannine A. Cook - ...
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1:59:58
March 10th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - March 10th Guests: Sadeqa Johnson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Tracy Clark, Zee ReneeSadeqa Johnson - Best-Selling Historical Fiction Author Valerie Wilson Wesley - Best-Selling Mystery AuthorTracy Clark...
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2:00:21
March 3rd 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - March 3rd Guests: Mary Romney-Schaab, Denny S. Bryce, Calvin Stovall Jr, Tracye RobinsonMary Romney-Schaab - History AuthorDenny S. Bryce - Best-Selling Historical Fiction AuthorCalvin Stovall Jr. - NAAC...
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2:01:47
February 24th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - February 24th Guests: Tracy Mungo, Yasmin Angoe, Veronica Brown, Brionni NwosuTracy Mungo - Historical Fiction AuthorYasmin Angoe - Mystery/Suspense AuthorVeronica Brown - Memoir AuthorBrionni Nwosu ...
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1:59:31
February 17th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - February 17th Guests: Amy Dubois Barnett, Laila Lewis, Char Adams, Justin C. KeyAmy Dubois Barrett - Media Exec/Award-Winning AuthorLaila Lewis - Youth AuthorChar Adams - Author of Book on Black-Owned Bo...
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1:57:43
February 10th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - February 10th Guests: Vanessa Riley, Constance W. Porter, K. C. Marshall, Christina Hammond ReedVanessa Riley - Best-Selling Hist Fic/Romance AuthorConstance W. Porter - Historian and AuthorK. C. Marshal...
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1:58:35
February 3rd 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - February 3rd Guests: ReShonda Tate, Elle Wright, Nikesha Elise Williams, James MettsReShonda Tate - Best-Selling/Award-Winning AuthorElle Wright - Award-Winning Romance AuthorNikesha Elise Williams - Deb...
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2:01:19
January 27th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - January 27th Guests: Nicole Glover, Suzetta Perkins, Edwina Dorch, Beronda MontgomeryNicole Glover - Fantasy/Mystery AuthorSuzetta Perkins - Best-Selling NovelistEdwina Dorch - Novelist and Psychologist<...
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1:58:54
January 20th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - January 20th Guests: Brandon Massey, Wade Hudson, Rebekah S. Cole, Demetrius FrazierBrandon Massey - Best-Selling Mystery/Thriller AuthorWade Hudson - Publisher and Best-Selling AuthorRebekah S. Cole - F...
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2:00:51
January 13th 2026 - Full Show
BAM TV - Jan. 13thBlack Authors Matter TV - January 13th Guests: Tameka Fryer Brown, Shelia M. Goss, William J. Rogers, Jewell Parker RhodesTameka Fryer Brown - Best-Selling Children's AuthorShelia M. Goss - Best-Selling Au...
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2:06:35
January 6th 2026 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - January 6th Guests: Erin Crosby Eckstine, Tracee Lydia Garner, Edrick Scarvers, Pat GoffeErin Crosby Eckstine - History Fiction AuthorTracee Lydia Garner - Multi-Genre AuthorEdrick Scarvers - Book Readin...
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2:02:24
December 16th 2025 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - Dec 16, 2025 Guests: Kevin Brown, Jennifer & Zariah Richardson Wilhite, Kimberly Brown, Rachel Howzell HallKevin Brown - Author/Educator/ScholarJennifer & Zariah Richardson Wilhite - Children's Autho...
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2:01:18
December 9th 2025 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - December 9th Guests: Angela Flournoy, Teresa Sebastian, Mike MaydenAngela Flournoy - Best-Selling AuthorTeresa Sebastian - Award-Winning Historical Fiction AuthorMike Mayden - Author of Negro League Base...
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2:02:20
December 2nd 2025 - Podcasr
BAM TV - December 2ndBlack Authors Matter TV - December 2nd Guests: Beverly Jenkins, Brenda Jackson, Jerry Craft, Rhonda Jackson GarciaBeverly Jenkins - Best-Selling Historical Fiction AuthorBrenda Jackson - Best-Selling Roman...
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2:02:02
November 18th 2025 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - November 18th Guests: Patti Flinn, Dana A. WilliamsPatti Flinn, Bio Fiction AuthorDana A. Williams, Author of Toni Morrison Bio
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1:04:30
November 11th 2025 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TVNovember 11th Guests: Odis Muhammad, Angela Henry, James Johnson, Isaah Alford
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1:59:10
October 21st 2025 - Podcast
October 21st showGuests: Danielle Allen, Dr. Tammi Fleming, Kym Oglesby, Toni BonitaDanielle Allen - Best-Selling Romance AuthorDr. Tammi Fleming - Author/Leadership StrategistKym Oglesby - Founder, Black Authors Associati...
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2:00:43
November 4th 2025 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - November 4th Guests: Kiki Swinson, Sherrele Goloversic, Dr. Tammy Smithers, Lolita AllenKiki Swinson - Best-Selling Author & ScreenwriterSherrele Goloversic - Owner, The Book Readers Venue, Humble, TX...
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2:00:12
October 14th 2025 - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - Oct. 14th Guests: Susana M. Morris, C. M. Radrick, Cathy StatonSusana M. Morris - Author of Octavia Butler BioC. M. Radrick - Mainstream Fiction AuthorCathy Staton - Motivational Author
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1:33:43
October 7th 2025 - Full Show - Podcast
Black Authors Matter TV - October 7th Guests: Rachel Jamison Webster, S. S. Miller, Radiah Hubbert, Cynthia GreenRachel Webster - Professor and History AuthorS. S. Miller - Author and PoetRadiah Hubbert - Book Reviewer<...
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2:01:09
September 30th 2025 - Full Show
BAM TV - Sept. 30thBlack Authors Matter TV - September 30th Guests: Robin Allison Davis, Helena Haywoode Henry, Jerid P. Woods, Shaun HeckstallRobin Allison Davis - Memoir AuthorHelena Haywoode Henry - Y.A. Fiction Author
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2:00:09
September 23rd 2025 - Full Show
BAM TV - Sept. 23rdBlack Authors Matter TV - September 23rd Guests: Trymaine Lee, Lorna Lewis, Kreceda Tyler, Shenitha BurtonTrymaine Lee - Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award Winning Journalist and AuthorLorna Lewis - Best-Selli...
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1:59:41
September 16th 2025 - Full Show
BAM TV - Sept. 16thBlack Authors Matter TV - September 16th Guests: LaDarrion Williams, Zina Francis, Harold Phifer, Lester PatrickLaDarrion Williams Playwright, Filmmaker, Best-Selling Fantasy AuthorZina Francis...
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