The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project that features a collection of over five thousand books written by Black women and Black non-binary writers, a free store, a period pantry, a virtual Reading Club, a weekly book swap, and a wide array of workshops and free public programs.
We are a literary hub, social site, Black Feminist archive, and community care space in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. All races, ages, and genders to read, write, work, rest, dream, and learn in our space.
All are welcome to attend our art and writing workshops, film screenings, performances, readings, book signings, teach-ins, storytime sessions, and critical conversations. Follow us on Instagram or Eventbrite to see what we have coming up this week!!
Reading Room Address:
226 Marcus Garvey Boulevard
Brooklyn, NYC
Days/Hours
Saturdays & Sundays/1 - 6
To support the growth and sustainability of this project join our Patreon community or make a one-time donation to us at givebutter.com/TFBWL.
1988 Nassau Bahamas, Essence Writers' Retreat.
Seated (from left) Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Betty Winston Baye, Stephanie Stokes Oliver, Sonia Sanchez, Thulani Davis, Ntozake Shange, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Bebe Moore Campbell. Second row, from left Toni Cade Bambara, Elsie Washington, Barbara Smith, Marlene NorbeSe Philip, Bonnie Allen, Sherley Anne Williams, Cheryll Y. Greene, Ayesha Grice, Phyl Garland, Ivy Young, Elaine Brown. Last row, from left Susan L. Taylor, Lena G. Sherrod, Renita Weems, Jean Wiley, Audrey Edwards, Jill Nelson, Vertamae Grosvenor, Octavia Butler, & Lucille Clifton.
Photo via Octavia E Butler Legacy Network.
Natalie Cole reading, 1975
Photo via Johnson/Ebony Archives