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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Return-Path: [log in to unmask] >Date: 09 Apr 96 12:54:56 EDT >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Precedence: bulk >From: [log in to unmask] (John C. DeSantis) >To: The Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Librarians Network <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: ALA GLB Book Awards Breakfast >X-Listprocessor-Version: 7.2 -- ListProcessor by CREN >X-UIDL: 829074867.011 > Thought some of you New York area colleagues might be interested in this. Sorry if there are any cross-postings. Roland Hansen: >The first and most enduring award for lesbigay books, the Gay, Lesbian, and >Bisexual Book Award, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, >Lesbian, and Bisexual Task Force will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 1996. >Since Isabel Miller's _Patience and Sarah_ received the first award in 1971, a >total of thirty-six books have been honored for "exceptional merit relating to >the gay/lesbian/bisexual experience." > >To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the awards, the GLBTF will sponsor a >gala breakfast at this year's ALA Annual Conference in New York, during which >the ceremony and presentation of the 1996 awards will take place. Both winners >of the 1996 awards, Jim Grimsley for _Dream Boy_ (Literature) and Urvashi Vaid >for _Virtual Equality_ (Nonfiction) will be present to accept their awards and >read from their works. In addition, we will have keynote speeches from >prominent gay and lesbian authors. A buffet breakfast will be served prior to >the ceremony. All attendees will receive a 25th anniversary commemorative >program booklet. > >The event will take place on Monday, July 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at >Loew's Hotel, Embassy Room C & D. (The GLBTF annual program will follow the >book awards ceremony). Advance reservations are available for $30 and must be >purchased by June 25. A limited number of seats will be available for $35 at >the door. Make checks payable to ALA/SRRT/GLBTF and send them to: >Roland Hansen, >SRRT Treasurer, >School of the Art Institute of Chicago >Flaxman Library >37 S. Wabash >Chicago IL 60603 > >If you wish to have your name listed in the program booklet as an individual >sponsor (up to 20 characters), you may do so in two categories: $10 and $25. >Please send the appropriate amount payable to ALA/SRRT/GLBTF to: >Kathy Anderson >Atlantic County Library System >Reference Center >40 Farragut Ave. >Mays Landing, NJ 08330 > >The gala breakfast is in part a fund-raiser for the book awards, which need to >be self-supporting by the year 2000. We expect the GLB Book Awards Breakfast >to become an annual event. Please show your support for our awards by planning >to attend this exciting event. Feel free to direct any questions to me. > >John DeSantis >Chair >ALA GLB Book Award Committee >[log in to unmask] >(603) 646-3605 > >