St. Pete Reads!
Lit Fest
Media Kit
For media inquiries or to request an interview with St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest staff, please contact litfest@culturedbooks.org
St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest
2023 Featured Authors
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Natalie Daise
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Roberto Germán
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Ana Siqueira
Bella's Recipe for Success ,Our World: Brazil and more!
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Jasmine Paul
A Boy, a Budget, and a Dream , Granny's Vintage Camera and more!
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Anastasia Magloire Williams
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Miesha Brundridge
Vibrant young minds actively engage with the 2022 Lit Fest partner table, where the Barbershop Book Club sparks a literary connection.
2022 St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest banner at The Woodson African American Museum of Florida.
2022 St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest partners; Antonio Brown (Barbershop Books Club) and Terri Lipsey Scott (The Woodson African American Museum of Florida) take a phot in front of Lit Fest banner.
Lola Morgan author of The Butterfly and the Bully and founder of The Modern Griot Corporation
2022 St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest interactive community art piece. The Big Book!
Youth participants engaging with author Antwan Williams author of Mansa's Little Reminders.
Jamecia Buggs author of I Can Yoga leading a community yoga session.
"Everything You Wanted To Know About Childhood Reading" panel featuring Unisha Bullard, Tabree Fort, MArcus A. Brooks, and Ronesha Roberson
Author Antwan Williams (Mansa's Little Reminder) book signing.
Author Antwan Williams (Mansa's Little Reminders) presentation.
Author G. Neri (Ghetto Cowboy and Polo Cowboy) book signing.
Author Jamecia Buggs reading her book "I Can Yoga"
Author G. Neri (Ghetto Cowboy and Polo Cowboy) book signing.
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch reading "I Am Enough" to youth at 2022 St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest. Photo credit: Maria Flanagan, City of St. Petersburg.
Mayor Ken Welch with "The Chonky Alphabet" author Vicki Saunders. Photo credit: Maria Flanagan, City of St. Petersburg.
2022 St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest Tee created by India Torrez. Photo credit: Maria Flanagan, City of St. Petersburg.
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Cultured Books Literacy Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Shaping The Early Mind and Barbershop Book Club conducted the St. Pete Reads! : Family Literacy Engagement Study in the spring of 2022.
The purpose of this study was to receive community insight about family literacy engagement. Specifically, how it relates to the role community plays in the success of early learning and social development among Black youth and families.
We sought input from youth, parents/caregivers and literacy stakeholders of African descent and other BIPOC global majority groups in America.
The conversations informed us that; parents/caregivers wanted help supporting and advocating for their child, more information about literacy programs in South St. Pete, and wanted more literacy programming.
St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest was born to create an enriching environment where families can engage with authors and interactive literacy based activities while also learning about the many resources available to them.
The first St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest took place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at The Woodson African American Museum of Florida and it was proclaimed by Mayor Welch to be St. Pete Reads! Literacy Day.
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St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest is a vibrant celebration, coinciding with National Family Literacy Month, and is observed as St. Pete Reads! Literacy Day, proclaimed by the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, on the first Saturday of November. NOVEMBER 5TH, 2023 | 10AM -4PM THE WOODSON AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLORIDA
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St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest is for you, me, we; for all of us! A commUNITY celebration of literacy!📚🎉