Since it opened,

the Barnes and Noble in Fayetteville has offered citizens in the community

unique opportunites to meet some of their favorite authors, as well as

to participate in workshops, seminars and meetings. This Saturday will

be no different, as there will be two programs occuring simultaneously

at the store.

Members of

the Atlanta Hawks basketball team will be in attendance from 4-8 p.m.

for a special children's storytime and game night. The members of the

Hawks will be the storytellers duirng that time.

There will

also be author presentations and signings from 5-7 p.m. from some of the

more outstanding contemporary African-American authors. The authors that

will be present Saturday are Shandra Hill, Alita Anderson and Pearl Cleage.

Hill will be

discussing and signing copies of "Actions Speak Louder," which

features a message about finding one's strenght during difficult situations

and leaving abusive relationships. Hill, who has worked as both a broadcast

and print journalist, has written for such magazines as Glamour and Atlanta

Good Life, as well as writing for WSB-TV and reporting for CBS affiliates

in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Montgomery, Ala. She will speak at 5 p.m.

Following Hill

will be Anderson, who will be discussing and signing "On the Other

Side." The book is a anthology of hymns, original artwork by Anderson,

and narratives from Anderson and other African-Americans who have recovered

from selfishness, illness and drug abuse, seemingly through the love of

others or the hand of God. Anderson is a graduate of Yale Medical School

and displays both impressive artistic and editorial skills. Anderson will

address the crowd at 5:30 p.m.

Closing out

the evening will be Cleage, who has done exemplary work as a journalist,

poet, playwright and novelist. Her plays include "Flyin' West"

and "Blues for an Alabama Sky," which first garnered her attention

in the early 1980s. Her novels have brought her even more acclaim. "What

Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day," which was her debut, was an

Oprah's Book Club selection, a New York Times bestseller and a BCALA Literary

Award winner. Other books penned by Cleage include "I Wish I Had

a Red Dress," "Mad at Miles," and "Deals with the

Devil." Her newest book will be released Tuesday, Sept. 26. It is

titled "Some Thing I Never Thought I'd Do." Cleage will be speaking

at 6 p.m.

The authors

are uniting to raise money for Mothers Rebuilding Atlanta, an eduactional

program that formed five years ago, which provides training in construction

for women, out of school youth, seniors and heads of households wishing

to acquire higher income opportuinities. Twenty percent of the proceeds

from this evening will be donated to the program.

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