Lewis Black at BEA!

So here it is ladies and gents, the first big guest announcement for BookExpo - For our Saturday night fundraiser, we've got comedian and Daily Show regular Lewis Black set to perform. We've rented the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A. and the place is amazing - it's a beautiful, family owned theatre that is going to be an awesome venue for the gig.

His new book, Me of Little Faith, which is being published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), on June 3, 2008. The book explores religion and faith and Black examines how the rules and constraints of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all.

BEA’s annual Saturday night fundraiser is a signature event for BEA Cares, the arm of BEA that funds not for profit ventures within the bookselling and publishing world whose primary or secondary missions include the protection of free speech, the promotion of literacy for all ages and the development of new readers. All proceeds from the Saturday night event support American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the AAP's Get Caught Reading campaign.

Tickets will go on sales in a few weeks! This is gonna be fun!!

-L