Borders Books & Music has withdrawn as a prospective tenant from the Schlosser Sixth + Lamar Development. For the reasons why, turn back to p.32… Social/literary critic and UT professor Ann Cvetkovich (An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Culture, Duke University Press) will be at Book Woman on Friday at 7pm… At 8pm that night, Bookslut.com will celebrate its first birthday at Opal Divine’s… The Austin Public LIbrary’s fifth annual Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros, “Austin’s only bilingual celebration of books,” with readings, dancers, music, and free books for families, is Saturday at 10am at the St. John’s Community Center.

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