Journalist, author and storyteller Catenya McHenry will moderate an author session at the 2026 Texas Book Festival on November 15, 2026 from 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM at the Capitol Extension Room: E2.012 (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701).
This cross-genre discussion, “On Our Own Terms: Navigating Black Womanhood Across Genres” features two Black women authors, Amena Brown author of Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl and Amy Dubois Barnett author of If I Ruled the World. Both authors will sign copies of their book at 1:15 PM at The Main Book Signing Tent. The Book Festival is FREE. Get all the details here.
Brown’s essay collection Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl blends memory with wisdom and cultural critique in a humorous love letter to Black women.
Barnett’s juicy novel If I Ruled the World follows an ambitious young Black woman finding her place in Y2K New York City after racist comments lead her to change course in her career.
