Good day! The Book and Author Society (www.bookandauthor.org) is very excited to announce that, after a several-year hiatus due to a global plague, our author luncheons will be returning this fall! Please mark your calendars for October 11, from 11:30-2pm at Laurel Manor Banquet & Conference Center in Livonia--details on featured authors and ticket sales will be forthcoming later this summer. During the luncheon we will be presenting a brand new grant, created in honor of our former president and one of our founding members, Robert Gaylor. The Robert Gaylor IDEA award complements the spirit of the Gaylor Collection at Oakland University <https://library.oakland.edu/collections/special/gaylor.html>, which contains “many titles of historical significance related to GLBT lives” from the mid-20th century to the present, and represents a lifetime of careful stewardship of the records of these communities. This *$2000 grant *will be awarded to a library or literacy organization in the metropolitan-Detroit area for the *purpose of supporting a collection, technological needs, or programming to support inclusion, diversity, equity, or accessibility (IDEA).* Grant applications are due by *August 14, at the link below. *Winners will be notified prior to the luncheon and will be provided with two complimentary tickets to the luncheon. https://oakland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fnR2NrPZ80Tr7w Any questions, please feel free to contact board@bookandauthor.org or use the "contact us" form on our website. Thank you all, and we hope to see you in October! -- Katie Greer she / her Google Scholar Profile <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NiJtDi0AAAAJ&hl=en> Associate Professor Kresge Library, Oakland University 2200 N. Squirrel Rd. Rochester, MI 48309 248.370.2480