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Uncle Bobbie's Events

Featuring author talks, new releases, community events, and more.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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EARLIER THIS YEAR

2ND ANNUAL bell hooks SYMPOSIUM

Join us for the 2nd Annual bell hooks Symposium at Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books. A panel of leading intellectual, cultural, and political voices will discuss bell hooks’ unparalleled impact as a scholar, writer, teacher, mentor, comrade, sister, and friend. Powered by thoughtful critique and deep love, the wide-ranging discussion will include topics such as Black feminism, radical politics, critical education, spirituality, masculinity, and love.

JONATHAN ABRAMS THE COME UP

Check out our Instagram Live conversation with the author of "The Come Up", Jonathan Abrams. We discuss 50 years of Hip-Hop history and culture and the impact that it has had on all of us.

6TH ANNUAL MALCOLM X SYMPOSIUM

Check out the replay of our 6th Annual Malcolm X symposium.

BRITTNEY MORRIS THE JUMP

Bestselling young-adult author Brittney Morris joined Uncle Bobbie's to discuss her latest book, “The Jump”. The Jump follows a group of Seattle teens who enter a city-wide cryptology contest run by a mysterious entity called The Order, which will offer the winners high-tech resources that the teens plan on using to stop the placement of an oil refinery in their neighborhood. Brittney was joined in conversation by author and literary agent, Eric Smith.

6TH ANNUAL MLK RADICAL SYMPOSIUM

Uncle Bobbie's is proud to bring you our 6th Annual Radical MLK Symposium. Join us as Dr. Marc Lamont Hill leads an esteemed panel featuring Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, Dr. Obery Hendricks, Rev. Dr. Leslie Callahan & Dr. Jared Ball.

Upcoming Events
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FREE LIBRARY AUTHOR EVENTS

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Uncle Bobbie's — The Official Bookseller for Free Library of Philadelphia Author Events

The Author Events program at the Free Library of Philadelphia offers the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue with today’s most celebrated voices in the humanities and sciences. Called “the region’s preeminent forum for writers and ideas” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Free Library’s Author Events program has earned three “Best of Philly” designations from Philadelphia magazine (in 1997, 2001, and 2009). Since its inception, the Author Events program has grown and now presents more than 125 authors each year in addition to the Field Family Teen Author Series.

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