MahoganyBooks Celebrates Anacostia Grand Opening in February

WASHINGTON - Jan. 28, 2018 - PRLog -- MahoganyBooks Celebrates Anacostia Grand Opening throughout February

MahoganyBooks, an award-winning New York Times reporting bookstore that specializes in books written for, by or about people of the African Diaspora, will celebrate its grand opening throughout February with book discussions and signings, giveaways and a book drive to promote children's literacy. MahoganyBooks is the first book store to open in historic Anacostia in over two decades.

The Grand Opening Day and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for MahoganyBooks will take place on Saturday, February 10^th. Opening day activities include the following:

·       Book discussion for teens featuring New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys and Miles Morales: Spiderman Jason Reynolds.  11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

·       Juniors Read Book Drive for children 2 to 8 years. 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

·       Ribbon cutting ceremony with special guests: Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity Courtney R. Snowden, Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White (invited), Chairman of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8A Troy Prestwood, Executive Director of the Washington Literacy Center Jimmie Williams and the Anacostia Arts Center. 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

·       Meets and Greet Book Signing with author of Pulling It All Together and lifestyle expert Paul Wharton. 6:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.

·       MahoganyBooks Private Reception for local authors and industry professionals.

The month-long celebration kicks off on February 3^rd with the Booklovers' Breakfast with White House correspondent April Ryan.

MahoganyBooks will also co-host an early private screening of Marvel's Black Panther Movie on Thursday, February 15th.

A list of events can be found at bit.ly/mahoganybooksevents

Started in 2007 by husband and wife, Derrick and Ramunda Young, MahoganyBooks is the fastest growing online bookstore for people of the African Diaspora.  It has grown from being exclusively an online bookstore to being the go-to bookseller for community book events in the District, Maryland and Virginia. Over the years, MahoganyBooks has connected readers to writers for exciting and thought-provoking literary events with the likes of Misty Copeland, U.S. Representative John Lewis, Walter Mosley, Chimamanda Adichie, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and former Mayor Marion Barry among others.

MahoganyBooks also features Duende District, a mobile bookstore whose focus is the large Hispanic and immigrant communities of color, as a long-term pop-up within the store. Their collaboration creates an inclusive literary environment for populations that are largely underrepresented in other literary institutions.

Connect with MahoganyBooks at https://www.mahoganybooks.com/ or text "READER" to 444999 to be part of our special events and receive updates.