[OPLINLIST] FW: June is GLBT Book Month

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From: Michael Dowling [mailto:mdowling at ala.org]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 11:34 AM
To: ALACro-l at lists.ala.org
Subject: [alacro-l] June is GLBT Book Month

June is GLBT Book Month
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June is here and we are inviting librarians, booksellers, community advocates and ally organization to get involved.  Visit our new website established specifically for GLBT Book Month: http://www.ala.org/GLBTBookMonth.  This site will contain suggestions for ways to celebrate GLBT Book Month in your community, links to awards list of GLBT materials, listings of GLBT-themed events at ALA conferences, as well as highlight what we are doing. The site is new, so check back often for new information and resources as they are added.
To begin with a bang, ALA Graphics has both posters and bookmarks for sale featuring artwork from "This Day in June" written by Gayle E. Pitman, illustrated by Kristyna Litten, and published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association. Pitman's book about gay pride is the 2015 winner of the Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award.

We wish to thank Publishing Triangle for beginning GLBT Book Month in the early 1990's. As we take the torch from them, we hope to continue to spread the influence of this initiative for years to come!
Spreading the word about this event is one of our top priorities at the moment. Please share this information with your friends, and colleagues, so that everyone knows that June is GLBT Book Month. We see this as an opportunity to highlight the phenomenal work that is being done in GLBT literature.

If you have any questions put them on the GLBT Book Month page and/or contact ALA's Public Information Office.


Ann K. Symons
Chair, American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round Table
http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/
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