Buxton Books is thrilled and honored to welcome children’s authors Kwame Alexander and Chris Singleton into the bookstore on Saturday, May 7 at 3pm for a conversation on race, hope and love. The event is open to everyone but we, along with Kwame and Chris, would especially love to see kids in the audience! This is a fantastic opportunity to help open, or further, a dialogue between you and your children about some very important topics. Plus, Kwame and Chris are sure to be amazing together!

After these two remarkable men finish their talk, there will be time for an audience Q&A as well as a book signing (books by both authors will be available for purchase that day). This is a FREE event, but RSVPS ARE REQUIRED. Please email becky@buxtonbooks.com to reserve your spot.

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 36 books, including Swing, Becoming Muhammad Ali, co-authored with James Patterson, Rebound, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and his Newbery medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover TV series on Disney+. The fall of 2022 will see the release of book one of a new trilogy, The Door of No Return.

Chris Singleton

Chris Singleton is a former professional athlete drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2017. Following the loss of his mother in a racially motivated mass shooting, Chris has now become an inspirational speaker and best-selling author who has shared his message of unity and racial reconciliation with NFL and NBA teams as well multiple Fortune 500 companies across the country. He shares with over 70 organizations and over 30,000 students annually and resides with his spouse Mariana and his sons CJ and Caden in Charleston, SC.