Black Literary Festival - Ink & Impact

Prepare to be immersed in a groundbreaking celebration of Black storytelling. The 2025 Black Literary Festival at Georgetown University Qatar will ignite a literary revolution, uniting visionary academics, trailblazing media professionals, and genre-defying authors from across the globe.

In celebration of the Black History Month 2025 theme, “African Americans and Labor,” announced by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the GU-Q Black Literary Festival will spotlight the contributions and labor of Black Writers celebrating their resilience, creativity, and enduring impact while examining how their work has chronicled social justice movements and continues to challenge, inspire, and reshape the global literary landscape.