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Go here to see photos of Ernest Hardy at the PEN/Beyond Margin Awards on Monday night (Oct. 15, 2007). A big thank you goes to Sharon Bridgforth for documenting!

Sharon also got pictures at "RedBone Women Speak" in Austin, TX on Oct. 7, 2007. Go here for scenes of the RedBone lovelies. Nice!

RedBone Press is most pleased to invite fans and friends of Ernest Hardy (author of Blood Beats: Vol. 1) and RedBone Press to the 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Award ceremony, 7-9 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2007 at Donnell Library Center, 20 West 53rd St. (betweeen 5th and 6th avenues), New York City. Hosted by Jaime Manrique and Sonia Sanchez, the event is free and open to the public.

The PEN/Beyond Margins Awards celebrate outstanding books by writers of color. Also receiving awards are Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie (Half of a Yellow Sun, published by Knopf), Harryette Mullen (Recyclopedia, published by Graywolf Press), and Alberto Alvero Rios (The Theater of Night, published by Copper Canyon Press).

Also coming up: Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) hosts a book discussion 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 for Ernest Hardy, where he will talk about Blood Beats: Vol. 1. Come to GMAD, 103 East 125th St., Suite 503, New York City. 212-828-1697.



Plus Ernest Hardy reads from Blood Beats: Vol. 1 and gives a sneak peak from Blood Beats: Vol. 2, his upcoming second collection of cultural criticism, 6-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at Grand275, 275 Grand Avenue at Lafayette in Brooklyn. 718-398-4402.

Books will be sold at each event. Come help us celebrate our first PEN Award winner!

Look for Spirited co-editor Lisa C. Moore at Baltimore Black Gay Pride this weekend: Reading from Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity with contributor Tracee Ford as part of the "Authors Corner," 12-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct 6, 2007 at Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, 101 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21201. And selling and signing copies of Spirited at the Baltimore Black Gay Pride Fall Festival, 4 p.m. until, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 at Club Bunns, 608 W. Lexington St., Baltimore.

See you there!

...and they have a lot to say! RedBone Press celebrates Samiya Bashir's move to Austin, Texas, with a book talk by all three RedBone Press women authors: Samiya Bashir (Where the Apple Falls), Sharon Bridgforth (the bull-jean stories and love conjure/blues) and Ana-Maurine Lara (Erzulie's Skirt). The event will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 at Book*Woman, 918 W. 12th St., Austin, Texas 78703. 512-472-2785. Below is a downloadable pdf. Spread the word--and yes, come, bring a friend, and buy books!

RedBoneWmnSpeak.pdf