Signings & sightings.BALTIMORE, MD THE 10th Annual Baltimore Book Festival takes place from September 28-25, 2005. Friday, 5-9 P.M. and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-7 P.M. at Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, estate, United States Mount Vernon, NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. Place, 600 block North Charles Street Charles Street is the name of a north-south street in the city center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins in the north at Leverett Circle, where it intersects Cambridge Street and Storrow Drive, and gives its name to the Charles/MGH station of the MBTA. . The mid-Atlantic's premier celebration of the literary arts features nationally known authors, poetry readings, live music and more than 100 booksellers and exhibitors. The Ripe Harvest Foundation will feature African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. authors, including Rashonda Tate Billingsley, Ian Smith Noun 1. Ian Smith - Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) Ian Douglas Smith, Smith and Camika Spencer. For more information and a roster of writers scheduled to appear, log on to www.baltimorebookfestival.com. DAYTON, OHIO Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. Butterfly Press will hosts its Second Annual Pen to Paper Literary Symposium on Friday, September 30, 2005, and Saturday, October 1, 2005. Inspiring writers and people interested in being published are invited to participate and learn about self-publishing. The symposium will be held at the Holiday Inn, 257-5523 Salem Avenue. For details and inquiries, go to http://butterflypress.net/symposium/. HOUSTON, TX Gender and Race in Twentieth-Century Literature will be the subject of a panel, at the South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA SCMLA South Central Modern Language Association ) conference, Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , October 27-29, 2005. For information, go to http://www.ou.edu/scmla/Houston.htm NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe will be the host of several author events this fall. Here's a look at the lineup: Tananarive Due will be promoting her new book, Joplin's Ghost, on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 6 P.M. On Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 6 P.M., Candace Allen will be discussing and signing her debut novel Valaida. Super model icon Iman will offer makeup tips and discuss her new book, Beauty of Color, on October 15, 2005. And award-winning science fiction writer Octavia Butler will be signing her novel Fledgling on Tuesday, October 25, 2005. For further information, call Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe at 212-665-7400, or log on to www.huemanbookstore.com. WASHINGTON, D.C. The 2005 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2005, on the National Mall, between 7th and 14th Streets, from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. (rain or shine). The festival is free and open to the public. The popular "Let's Read America" Pavilion will offer reading activities that are fun for the whole family. For more information about the 2005 National Book Festival, call toll-free 888-714-4696 or visit the festival's Web site at www.loc.gov/bookfest. NATIONWIDE Educator Appreciation Days at all Borders Books & Music stores and Waldenbooks. Educators receive discounts. Thursday--Monday, October 13-October 17. |
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