Programming for African-American Book Industry Professionals Sponsored by African-American Booksellers Committee, this program will be held at the Jacob J. Javits Convention Center. Registration for the Programming for African-American Book Industry Professionals is not required. For more information on the AABC, please contact Ms. Clara Villarosa. This program is open to all BEA attendees. Thursday May 31, 2007 11:30 a.m.  Opening Session and Luncheon, Room 1E12 & 13 Welcome Clara Villarosa, Hue-Man Resources Harlem, New York Lunch Sponsor: Atria Books Author Presentations Writing Outside of Your Comfort Zone featuring: Zane (non-fiction), Dear G-Spot; Nathan McCall (fiction), Them; Blair Underwood with Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes (mystery series), Casanegra RSVP for Luncheon, [email protected] 1:00 p.m. Keynote Address, Room 1E09 Victoria Rowell, author of The Woman Who Raised Me (William Morrow Publishers) 2:15 p.m. Workshop, A Conversation with Charlie Rangel Member of Congress and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and author of And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press) 3:45 p.m. Workshop, Who's Buying the Books? A panel of buyers of African-American books from Borders/Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Wal-Mart 5:30 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m.  Reception, Room 1E12 & 13 Sponsors: Amistad/HarperCollins; Ballantine Books/One World; Earl Cox and Associates; Hachette Book Group, USA; Harlem Moon; Ingram Book Company; Inner City Business Ventures; Kimani Press/Harlequin; Literally Speaking Publishing House; Moody Publishers; Simon & Schuster/Atria; and St. Martin's Press.