Blavity Books is returning to Blavity Inc.’s AFROTECH Conference this year, which is being held from Oct. 27 to Oct. 31 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. This year, Blavity Books is partnering with Houston-based community bookstore Kindred Stories, which will be the official book seller at the conference.

Ahead of AFROTECH Conference 2025, read on for more about the bookstore and how it celebrates Black authors.

What is Kindred Stories?

According to its website, Kindred Stories is a “community space and bookstore that doesn’t just highlight Black literature but celebrates our stories in all their diverse and genre-spanning glory.” The bookstore highlights works from Black authors and other “marginalized” voices with displays that capture “a unique aspect of Black storytelling and craft.”

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After participating in the Project Row Houses’ Incubation Program, owner Terri Hamm opened Kindred Stories’ storefront in September 2021, Black Enterprise reported. The bookstore moved from its original Third Ward location to a bigger space in the Eldorado Ballroom in May.

“Last Tuesday, we invited about 20 of our top community members that, you know, are always in the store and have really supported us all of the year,” Hamm told Culture Map Houston at the time. “We packed up all the books in the space in an hour and then, we moved everything in an hour. So it was like the beautiful way to close out that space in the midst of the community that has really supported us throughout three-and-a-half years there. And we spent the last four days kind of unboxing and just getting all set up.”

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How to get tickets to AFROTECH Conference 2025

For more information on AFROTECH Conference 2025 and its partnership with Kindred Stories, check out the AFROTECH Conference 2025 website.

To secure conference tickets, visit the AFROTECH Conference 2025 ticketing page.

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