Emily Whitman at Looking Glass Bookstore

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Emily Whitman Reading (Looking Glass Bookstore, @7:00pm): Emily Whitman’s riveting debut novel (”Radiant Darkness”) for young adults offers desire, love, heartbreak and sacrifice. But most of all, it has Persephone, a voice of the ages, showing us that teenage goddesses yearn for their independence just as much as mortal teens do…

Persephone lives in the most gorgeous place in the world. But her mother’s a goddess, as overprotective as she is powerful. Paradise has become a trap. Just when Persephone feels there’s no chance of escaping the life that’s been planned for her, a mysterious stranger arrives. A stranger who promises something more-something dangerous and exciting-something that spurs Persephone to make a daring choice. A choice that could destroy all she’s come to love, even the earth itself. In a land where a singing river can make you forget your very name, Persephone is forced to discover who-and what-she really is.

Emily Whitman lives on a tree-lined street in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two children, and a gray cat. Her earliest career goal was to be a professional whistler. In a more practical vein, she has worked in library reference, led storytimes, and written for educational publishers. This is her first novel.

Other Book Event’s Today:

Title Wave Bag of Books Sale (Title Wave Used Bookstore, 10:00am-4:00pm): Fill a bag with books for $10. (We provide the bag). Used merchandise only. Limit 10 bags per customer. Books must fit in bag completely. Sale applies to books and audiobooks only.

Literary Networking Event (Ink and Paper Group, @5:00pm): Publishers, editors, designers, artists, videographers, marketers, writers, and a stray cat or two… We need to get together and talk about business, life, and maybe a bit about how we can help each other through these tough times. No big agenda. No presentation.

This is an open house event brought to you by Ink & Paper Group and our friends at PubWest. Join us for a few cool ones, snack on some delicious Mexican food (hey, Cinco de Mayo is only a few days away), and reconnect with friends and colleagues. Or make some new connections. Watch your e-mailbox for an evite. We hope to see you May 1st! We’ll save a seat on the veranda for you. Really.

Sign up for this event on Ink & Paper’s Classes page or pay at the door. Five bucks!

Paul Dickson on Baseball (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (W. W. Norton) has become an indispensable resource for those who love the game. From beanballs to basebrawls, the most important rules governing the game have never been officially written down — until Paul Dickson’s latest, The Unwritten Rules of Baseball (Collins).

Please check your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County. For other book events this week, please check the list.