Brian in Mesa

The following is a project put together by a good friend of mine. Please sign up if it interests you, or pass the info along if you know someone who might be interested in attending.

Thanks, BIM

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Project Book Babe
An event to raise money for the Book Babe's fight against cancer.

Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Marcos De Niza High School
Street: 6000 S. Lakeshore Dr.
City/Town: Tempe, AZ
Email: info@projectbookbabe.com

Description

The Book Babe has been in the book industry for a decade. Sadly she was recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Many of the authors she works with have pulled together to raise funds while she goes through treatment.

On Saturday, April 4th at 2:00PM we will be holding an event to raise money for the Book Babe's fight against cancer. The event will feature a panel with 11 popular youth and teen authors and two solo acoustic musical performances. There will also be a raffle at the event to win items from the attending authors and an online auction. Participating in the event are...

AUTHORS:

Frank Beddor (The Looking Glass Wars series)

Chris Gall (There’s Nothing to Do on Mars, Dear Fish, Dinotrux)

P.J. Haarsma (The Softwire series)

Shannon Hale (The Princess Academy, The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days)

J.S. Lewis (The Revenge of the Shadow King, Rise of the Black Wolf, Fall of the Templar)

Dean Lorey (The Nightmare Academy series)

Stephenie Meyer (Twilight saga)

Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series)

James A. Owen (Here, There Be Dragons, Search for the Red Dragon, The Indigo King)

Janette Rallison (Just One Wish, My Fair Godmother, It’s A Mall World After All)

Laini Taylor (Faeries of Dreamdark series, Lips Touch)

MUSICAL GUESTS:

There will be two short solo acoustic performances by the following artists….
Adam Kump- from Phoenix, AZ.
Adam Watts Band- from Orange County, CA.

REGISTRATION: Purchase at www.projectbookbabe.com. Quantities are limited.

Bronze Member - $25: Admission to the event with seating in the back of the auditorium, signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*

Silver Member - $50: Admission to the event with seating in front of the bronze member seats, a signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*, and a commemorative poster signed by all ten participating authors

Gold Member - $100: Admission with seating in front of the silver member seats, a signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*, a commemorative poster signed by all ten participating authors, and a signed hardcover book from Stephenie Meyer**

Platinum Member - $300: Admission with seating in front of the gold member seats, a signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*, a commemorative poster signed by all ten participating authors, signed hardcover book from Stephenie Meyer**, and access to a private reception and signing after the event with books from all ten authors, which they will personalize***

*Excluding Stephenie Meyer and Chris Gall. Books are given out at random and cannot be exchanged.

**Titles by Stephenie Meyer are handed out at random and cannot be exchanged.

***One book from each of the ten authors is guaranteed; however, particular titles cannot be requested.

Registration is online only at www.projectbookbabe.com.

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"It's like a truck driver, whose livelihood depends on his vehicle, being asked to choose between a truck he's driven for four years and one he's only test driven a few times over the last five months, with his decision affecting the next year of his career. If he doesn't even hint towards the truck he's familiar with, one would have to assume something is wrong with it." - Espo
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Brian in Mesa

Stephenie Meyer is generously providing many exciting items for the Project Book Babe auction!

These six items will only be available at the event on April 4th:

*Stephenie Meyer’s Prom Dress: Made by Essence Collection, strapless with matching bolero jacket, red and jewel encrusted. Stephenie wore this dress at the Eclipse Prom event.

*Forever Dawn Epilogue: It will be bound and have a special note from Stephenie. The word count is 3,105.

*The Host Manuscript & Eclipse Manuscript: Both manuscripts are in varying stages of the editing process. There are notes from both Stephenie and her editors written in the margins.

*Twilight ARC: It’s well loved and one of the last ARC’s in Stephenie’s collection. It, too, is signed. ARC=Advanced Reader Copy.

*Lunch With Stephenie: Self explanatory.


The following autographed books will be available online to all bidders:

*Twilight Saga Box Sets

*Japanese Editions of Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse: Illustrated and signed. The set includes 9 books (three volumes for each title).

*One set of Audio Books: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and The Host


Visit www.projectbookbabe.com for auction items and to purchase event tickets. Thanks for your support!

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"It's like a truck driver, whose livelihood depends on his vehicle, being asked to choose between a truck he's driven for four years and one he's only test driven a few times over the last five months, with his decision affecting the next year of his career. If he doesn't even hint towards the truck he's familiar with, one would have to assume something is wrong with it." - Espo
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Ryanwb

That is really, really awesome.