Signings & sightings.

ATLANTA, GA

E. Lynn Harris will be signing
and reading from his latest,
What Becomes
of the Brokenhearted.
July 18, 7:00 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
3637 Peachtree Rd. NE
404-237-0707

Author Jill Nelson will be
reading from and signing her
new book, Sexual Healing.
July 24, 7 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
3637 Peachtree Rd, NE
404-237-0707

National Black Arts Festival
July 18-27
"Connect. Inspire. Transform"
is the theme of the 2003 art
and cultural event, which
takes place throughout the
city and features poetry,
visual arts, dance, theatre,
film and music. For more
information, call 404-730-7315,
or log on at
www.nbaf.org.

First Annual National Book
Club Conference
Featuring Walter Mosley,
Lalita Tademy and Omar
Tyree and more.
August 1-3
Westin North Atlanta
7 Concourse Pkwy.
To register call 888-406-6222,
or visit www.national
bookclubconference.com

BERKELEY, CA

Escapade, A Soulful
Circle Book Club, presents
"A Triple Header Event":
Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson
and Francis Ray
August 16, 11 A.M. to
3:00 P.M.
Radisson Berkeley
Marina Hotel
200 Marina Blvd.

BOSTON, MA

Author Jill Nelson will
be reading from and
signing her new book,
Sexual Healing.
July 1, 2:30 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
10-24 School Street
617-557-7188

CHICAGO, IL

Author E. Lynn Harris
will be signing and
reading from his memoir,
What Becomes of
the Brokenhearted.
July 22, 7:30 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
2210 West 95th Street
773-445-5471

DALLAS, TX

Sexual Healing author
Jill Nelson will be reading
from and signing her
new book.
August 6, 7 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
10720 Preston Road,
Suite 1018
214-363-1977

DETROIT, MI

Author Nelson George will
be signing his latest title,
Night Work.
July 2, 5:30 P.M.
Shrine of the Black Madonna
13535 Livernois Avenue

DEARBORN, MI

Best-selling author E. Lynn
Harris will be signing and
reading from his memoir,
What Becomes of the
Brokenhearted.
July 24, 7:00 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
5601 Mercury Drive
313-271-4441

INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Author Donnell Alexander
will be reading from his book
Ghetto Celebrity: Searching
for My Father in Me.
August 7, 12 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
11 South Meridian Street,
Suite 110
317-972-8595

LITHONIA, GA

July 19, 3 P.M.
Author Lori S. Robinson will
be discussing and signing
her new book, I Will Survive.
Borders Books & Music
8000 Mall Parkway

NEW YORK CITY, NY

Brain Keith Jackson,
author of Queen of Harlem,
will be reading from
and signing his book.
July 8, 12:30 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
100 Broadway

E. Lynn Harris will be signing
and reading from What Becomes
of the Brokenhearted.
July 9, 12:30 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
100 Broadway

Kadiatou Diallo will be
discussing and signing
her book My Heart Will
Cross This Ocean
July 10, 12:30 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
100 Broadway

Author Jill Nelson
will be signing
her new book,
Sexual Healing.
August 4, 12:30 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
100 Broadway

PHILADELPHIA, PA

Karen Quinones-Miller, author
of Using What You Got,
will be reading and signing
her latest book.
July 1, 6 P.M.

Borders Books & Music
1 South Broad Street
E. Lynn Harris will be reading
from What Becomes of
the Brokenhearted.
July 16, 12:00 P.M.
1625 Chestnut Street
215-557-8443

Jill Nelson will be reading
from and signing
Sexual Healing.
July 29, 7 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
1 South Broad, Suite 100
215-568-7400

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jill Nelson will be from and
signing her, Sexual Healing.
July 17, 1 P.M.
Borders Books & Music
600 14th Street NW

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
National Black
Theatre Festival
August 4-9.
Sponsored by the North
Carolina Black Repertory Co.
at various theaters. For more
information visit www.nbtf.org.

TORONTO, CANADA

August 31
Up From the Roots puts
on its Battle of the Border
slam, which will feature
artists from the U.S. and
Canada. This slam will be
part of the Toronto Urban
Music Festival. This marks
the seventh year for the
festival, which has featured
such artists as Jill Scott,
Bilal, and Mos Def. For list
of performers and more
information, log on to
www.upfromtheroots.ca.

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