Storytelling

● Community

● Love

● Storytelling ● Community ● Love ●

A Cultural Homecoming for Black Readers & Authors

New Orleans, LA | 2026

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About Us

One Love Reunion is more than a literary conference — it’s the joyful cultural homecoming where Black authors and readers celebrate love, storytelling, and community across generations.

The Write Track

An intensive author program designed to offer unpublished and published romance and women’s fiction authors focused courses to develop their craft and advance their careers. Courses will be presented by peers and other industry professionals while editors and agents take appointments throughout two days of the One Love schedule.

Workshops

What readers have been waiting for—the opportunity to hear their favorite authors talk about crafting their best scenes, building the perfect book Bae, or debating their favorite tropes. Through carefully curated panels and sessions, we’re providing relevant discussions and fun interactions.

Book Signing

The booklovers' dream culminates with four hours of chatting, book signing, picture-taking, and shopping. Memories and meaningful connections are made with authors, readers and industry professionals.

Our Founder

A.C. Arthur

A.C. Arthur has worked as a paralegal in every field of law since high school, but her first love is and will always be writing romance. She’s written and won awards for her acclaimed Donovans and Shadow Shifters contemporary and paranormal romance series and collaborated with Alloy Entertainment. Under her pen name, Lacey Baker, she is a USA Today Bestselling Author and wrote the novelization for the Original Hallmark Channel Movies, A Gingerbread Romance and Christmas In Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing.

July 22-25, 2026
New Orleans, LA

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Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Are you interested in putting your brand in front of a room of 200+ authors and readers? Here is your opportunity to partner with us! Review our partnerships deck and fill out the form below. We hope to collaborate with individuals, organizations, and brands who share our mission of celebrating and elevating Black stories by blending literature with the joy and connection of Black cultural traditions.