4th Annual West Hollywood Fall Into Reading Book Fair to Feature Famed Authors, Performance Stages, Rarely Showcased Harry Potter Artwork, Food and Festivities

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 Fair Will Celebrate West Hollywood's 20th Anniversary with Giant Cake
               and Live Music on Sunday, October 2, 2005


WHAT:    The Fourth Annual West Hollywood Book Fair will take place
         this Sunday, October 2, 2005 at West Hollywood Park, 647 N.
         San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood.  The Fair will
         feature more than 200 authors signing books and participating
         in discussion panels on a variety of topics.  To be showcased
         throughout the day are newly-released "Harry Potter" fine art
         giclee prints by the Harry Potter book series illustrator
         Mary GrandPre.  The newly-released Harry Potter images are
         currently not displayed anywhere else in the Los Angeles area
         and will offer a unique opportunity for Harry Potter fans to
         view the work up close.

         The diverse activities include: a "small stage" featuring
         dramatic performances; celebrity children's storytelling at
         a huge "Alice in Wonderland"-sized chair; slam poetry and
         spoken word performances; readings from novels and short
         stories; cooking demonstrations and food samples by the
         "Border Girls" and other popular chefs at a cooking pavilion;
         writing workshops; spoken word performances; a pet psychic
         booth and Italian-style street chalk painting area open for
         public participation.  The Fair will culminate in a community
         party celebrating the City of West Hollywood's 20th
         Anniversary of Cityhood at 6 p.m. complete with live music,
         dancing and a giant 6'x4' community birthday cake to be
         assembled on location.

         The event is free.  Free parking for the event will be
         available at the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue,
         across the street from West Hollywood Park.

WHO:     More than 20,000 book lovers throughout the day; political
         humorist and television show host Bill Maher; newly-released
         "Mirrormask" screenplay writer and popular fantasy novelist
         Neil Gaiman; actor Michael York, star of "Cabaret"; "Saturday
         Night Live" alumnus Julia Sweeney; Holly Robinson Peete, star
         of the new fall series "Love, Inc."; "Queer as Folk" cast
         member Peter Paige; "Simpsons" character voice and "Bob
         Newhart" actor Marcia Wallace; Alec Mapa, star of "Half and
         Half"; former "Frasier" cast member Dan Butler; Tony-award
         winning actress Tonya Pinkins; popular chef and "Border Girl"
         Susan Feniger; 2005 Newberry Medal Winner Cynthia Kadohata
         ("Kira Kira"); Bebe Moore Campbell, author of "72 Hour Hold";
         respected West Hollywood author Christopher Rice ("Light
         Before Day"); popular Latino authors Maria Amparo Escandon
         ("Gonzalez and Trucking Co.") and Luis Rodriguez ("Music of 
         the Mill"); mystery author Denise Hamilton; teen author James
         Howe ("Totally Joe"); political cartoonist and guerilla
         artist Robbie Conal; poet and author Eloise Klein Healy
         ("Passing"); Nigerian exile and author Chris Abani
         ("Graceland"); legendary gay author Felice Picano and many
         more!!

WHEN:    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2005
         10 AM - 7 PM

WHERE:   West Hollywood Park
         647 N. San Vicente Boulevard
         West Hollywood

The West Hollywood Book Fair is co-presented by L.A. Weekly and co-sponsored by Target, Adelphia, West Hollywood Convention and Visitors Bureau and ClearChannel.