Several of the poets featured on the recently released CD The Los Angeles Bards: Live in Pasadena, produced by Hen House Studios and the Baseball Reliquary, will read selections from the recording at Borders Books throughout the month of April. The readings are being presented in conjunction with the 2003 Los Angeles Poetry Festival (http://www.lapoetryfestival.org).
            The CDs will be available for sale at all events. Poets featured will include Michael C. Ford, Fred Voss, Joan Jobe Smith, Joel Lipman, and special guests. All readings will begin at 8:00 PM and are free of charge.

 FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2003
Borders Books, 1415 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Phone (310) 393-9290.

 FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2003
Borders Books, 9301 Tampa Ave., Northridge, CA 91324. Phone (818) 886-5443.

 FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2003
Borders Books, 475 South Lake Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101. Phone (626) 304-9773.

             For additional information on the above events, contact Lita Weissman at Borders Books (phone 818-886-5657; e-mail lweissma@bordersgroupinc.com) or Megan Jacobs at Hen House Studios (phone 310-577-9150; e-mail mail@henhousestudios.com).