Jon Bon Jovi and Amy Grant Headline BEA Saturday Night Benefit

Jon Bon Jovi and Amy Grant will headline this year's Book Industry Foundation Benefit at Town Hall in Manhattan during BookExpo America. Both performers will take the stage "unplugged," to entertain BEA's audience of booksellers and book industry professionals in an exclusive performance on Saturday, June 2. The event benefits the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and the Association of American Publishers "Get Caught Reading" Campaign.

Both musicians have books to be published by Flying Dolphin Press in 2007. The adventures of Bon Jovi, a celebrated rock band for more than a quarter of a century, will be chronicled in Believe, by the band members and David Ritz. Believe will be published in November.

MOSAIC: Pieces of My Life So Far, the autobiography of multiple Grammy Award-winning Amy Grant, will be published on October 16.

The festivities for BEA's Saturday Night Benefit will begin at 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.) at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street. Tickets for the performance must be purchased in advance via the BEA registration form, which can be found online at www.bookexpoamerica.com, or on-site at the Jacob K. Javits Center. Tickets are $25 per person.