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Notes From The Publisher*******************
Small Press Awards*************************
Literary Event*****************************
On Our Bookshelf***************************
AA-AHA, Inc. News**************************

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We're happy to announce that we have a winner in our 'Marguerite
Press Small Press 2002 Awards'. And the winner
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Free To Soar, owner Vanessa Davis Griggs! We here at Marguerite Press
thank all of them for participating and we will forward a certificate
of participation in a few weeks. AND...the winner will be also listed on the Marguerite Press website: www.angelfire.com/in4/delores.thornton. AND...the 3 presses will be featured in the May edition of the BlackBoard Times, which will be seen by Thousands at the BEA, in New York.
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Marguerite Press Presents
A Late Spring Literary Thing!
Sponsored by the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library

The first author panels will be at Central Library on Friday, May 31,
2002. Time 1--3:30 P.M.

The second session will be at the Glendale branch, from 6--8:30 P.M.

There will be three local poets:
D. Delreverda-Jennings
Lana Lewis-Talib
Latifah Hameen

There will be nine authors (6), locals are listed first.
Crystal Rhodes, author of 'Sin'.
Catherine McGee-Livers, author of 'The Biblical History Of Black
Mankind'.
Francine Yates has a work in progress, and will read from it.
Delores Thornton, author of 'Babe' 'Ida Mae' and the
upcoming 'Anybody Seen Junebug?'
Margaret Cobb, author of 'Are You Mrs. Or Mis(s)Understood?'
Hetty Gray, author of 'Net Prophet: The Bill Garret Story'
Tracy Price-Thompson, author of 'Black Coffee'
Gloria Mallet, author of 'Shades of Jade'
Jacquie Bamberg Moore, author of 'All I Need'
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On Our Bookshelf:
My Shoes Fit Just Fine by Brenda James Griffin
Prodigal Husband by Jacquelin Thomas
Sugar by Bernice McFadden
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From African American Authors Helping Authors:
Just a note that the 'First Annual Self-Published/Small Press
Awards', will toast its winners next week. Marvin V. Arnett, Althea
Christina Hughes and jessica Care moore. We hope to see a lot of you
at the SPA Banquet, at the Langston Library, where none other than
Parry 'EbonySatin' Brown will be our keynote speaker! Come dressed to
kill! This affair will be filled with Class; semi-formal to formal.
Put on your very best, you won't be overdressed for this one folks.
There will be honors bestowed, a fancy feast and a wonderful program.
www.aa-aha.org. Delores Thornton/Founder and SPA/Chair.
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See you all next month!

Blessings~

Delores Thornton
www.deloresthornton.com