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Nisi Shawl writes:

You like them, and it's in a good cause:***************************************************In June, the Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle will donate 20% of their proceeds from the sale of certain books to the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund of the Carl Brandon Society. Books must be purchased in person or over the phone, during the month of June. Online purchases do not qualify.The donation will be made as part of Elliott Bay's "Books for a Change" program. Titles for June include "Dark Matter II," edited by Sheree Renee Thomas; "Fledgling" and "Kindred" by Octavia E. Butler; "The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan; "Cinnamon Kiss," "The Wave," and "Fear Itself" by Walter Mosley; "Zorro" and "City of Beasts" by Isabelle Allende; and many, many more.For a complete list of the books that are part of the June donation program, please call the store at (206) 624-6600 or (toll free) 1-800-962-5311, or go to . Then, either place an order for any of these books over the phone, or buy any of them at the store to make your selection count towards our total.The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund will support writers of color attending the Clarion and Clarion West Writing Workshops, beginning in 2007. It is administered by the Carl Brandon Society, a nonprofit organization focusing on the presence and representation of people of color in the fantastic literary genres. For more information about the Carl Brandon Society and the scholarship fund, please visit our website at .