Tuesday, March 26, 2024

We Welcome One of Our Sponsors : Buffalo Boss

 




We are honored to have Buffalo Boss as one of our sponsors. The combination of great food, great spaces, great service and a little hip hop swagger has made the Buffalo Boss one of the most exciting wing restaurants in the marketplace. 

Visit them at https://www.buffaloboss.com or in person at 540 N 27th St, Milwaukee, WI



Thursday, March 7, 2024

Welcome One of Our Sponsors : Honey Bee Sage Wellness & Apothecary

 


We are honored to have Honey Bee Sage Wellness & Apothecary. 
They offer a plethora of products that  focus on healing and wellness. 
Honey Bee Sage Wellness & Apothecary also have a cafe that serves tea and mocktails.
Visit them at : https://honeybeesage.com/ or in person at

1819 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Ticket are on sale now! 16th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest

 






Please register here : https://bit.ly/gmbfreg2024


Great Midwest Book Fest is a three-hour book fair that is open to the public with a $10 admission. The event will start with the authors giving a brief introduction of themselves followed by a short Q&A from the attendees. Two lucky winners that attend the book fest will win one of two book baskets. This year's headline authors will be New York Times Bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby and USA Today Bestselling author Naleighna Kai. Other authors include :


Tony Lindsay


Jeffery Roshell


Kay Shanee


Vivian King


Barron Smith


Eugene Pitchford


Antwan Floyd Sr


K.C. Taylor


Lakisha Mitchell-Bluffington


Kevin Bey


Each attendee who buys books from a participating author at the event will get a chance to get up to three free books in their SWAG bags! 

****SWAG BAGS : Buy 1 book from a book event author you get a SWAG bag with 1 free book.

Buy 2 books from 2 different book event authors you get a SWAG bag with 2 free books.

Buy 3 books from 3 different book event authors you get a SWAG bag with 3 free books. ***


Sponsorship Opportunities : 16th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest

 












Below are the different sponsorship opportunities that are available for this year’s book fest. Please contact me at radiah@urban-reviews.com if you are interested. The size of the program book is 8.5 x 11 letter size and is in full color. All ads must be 300 dpi in quality. All sponsors will be listed in the Great Midwest Book Fest program as well as online marketing. All ads and promo items are due no later than May 17, 2024.


Author and Literary Sponsorships

Inside Front Cover : $250 : One page ad inside front cover. Includes two months of free Author of the Week advertising that will be featured on urbanreviewsonline.com website as well as Twitter, Instagram, Threads,Facebook, and Tik Tok.


Back Cover : $200: One page ad back cover. Includes a one page ad in the Great Midwest Book Fest program book and one month of free Author of the Week advertising that will be featured on urbanreviewsonline.com website as well as Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, and Tik Tok.


Platinum Sponsor : One page ad : $125 : Includes a one page ad in the Great Midwest Book Fest program book and one month of free Author of the Week advertising that will be featured on urbanreviewsonline.com website as well as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok ($100 value)

Silver Sponsor : Half page ad : $100 : Includes a half page ad in the Great Midwest Book Fest program book and 3 weeks of free Author of the Week advertising that will be featured on urbanreviewsonline.com website as well as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok. ($75 value)


Gold Sponsor : Donate either a minimum 10 books or promo items for the SWAG bags . Promo items and be promo cards, bookmarks, etc. Includes 2 weeks of free Author of the Week advertising that will be featured on urbanreviewsonline.com website as well as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok. ($50 value)


Bronze Sponsor : Donate one signed copy of your book to be featured in the Great Midwest Book Fest giveaway basket. Includes 1 week of free Author of the Week advertising that will be featured on urbanreviewsonline.com website as well as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok. ($25 value)


Non-Literary Sponsorships

If you have a business that you would like to promote to our attendees please contact Radiah Hubbert at radiah@urban-reviews.com. It can be any type of promo items including gift cards to your business, business cards, etc. In return, your logo and website will be included in all Great Midwest Book Fest marketing.


Monday, January 15, 2024

Open Call for Authors Now Open! ( ALL AUTHOR TABLES ARE SOLD OUT!)





ALL AUTHORS TABLES ARE SOLD OUT! Full author line up and registration link coming soon!


UrbanReviewsOnline.com presents the 16th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest. 

The Great Midwest Book Fest will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2024 from 1pm to 4pm at 

Xchange Event & Creative Space 3334 N. Holton Street, Milwaukee, WI.


 Great Midwest Book Fest is a three-hour book fair that is open to the public with a $10 admission. This year's headline authors will be New York Times Bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby, USA Today Bestselling author Naleighna Kai and more! 


There will be 10 to 12 authors selling their own books. The first hour will be dedicated to author introductions. Each author will get five minutes to either read an excerpt of their book or to tell attendees more about themselves or their books. This will be followed by a 10-15 minute Q&A session with the attendees.  Please be advised that this is a local book event (not a conference), so please think about overall costs when deciding to participate in this event (i.e. airfare, hotel, food, etc)


The participation fee for an author table is $150. You will have your own table to decorate any way that you would like. You will be included in all of our online marketing materials, postcards, posters, and any other media that we will have throughout our city. You must have an ACTIVE social media presence. It can be your own website or any social media platform where readers can connect with you and be able to purchase your books. If you are interested, please respond back to this email radiah@urban-reviews.com ASAP and I will send you an Paypal invoice. Once all spots are filled, invoices will be cancelled. Thank you!