Bohjalian to address PLA Symposium luncheon

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For Immediate Release


December 19, 2002

Bohjalian to address PLA Symposium luncheon

Acclaimed author Chris Bohjalian will serve as the Public Library Association's (PLA) 2003 Spring Symposium author luncheon speaker, Friday, March 7, 12 to 1:30 p.m., in Chicago.

Bohjalian is the author of eight novels, including "The Buffalo Soldier," "Tran-Sister Radio," "The Law of Similars," and "Midwives," which was named an Oprah Book Club® Selection and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1997. His writing has appeared in many publications, including
Reader's Digest,
The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, and Burlington Free Press, for which he has written a column since 1992.

Bohjalian also is the recipient of the New England Book Award, as well as a New England Booksellers Association Discovery title.

Tickets are $40 for this event and require pre-registration.

For registration information regarding PLA's 2003 Spring Symposium, visit
www.pla.org or call the PLA office at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA.

PLA is a division of the American Library Association.