In this conversation, Troy Johnson, President, AALBC, talks with Ruth J. Morrison, CEO and Executive Producer, What's The 411TV, about the upcoming book and literary events in New York City during the latter part of April and May 2017:

• PEN World’s Festival a week-long celebration of authors from all over the world
• Queens Book Festival
• Bronx Book Festival
• BookExpo America, North America’s largest book industry event, May 31 – June 2, 2017
• BookCon immediately follows BEA in New York City on June 3-4, 2017. Kevin Hart is one of the headlining authors scheduled to attend BookCon 2017.