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Today 10-31: Celebrate Halloween at Your Neighborhood Indie Bookstore

By: Gabe Barber

Today’s Featured Book Events:

haloweenHalloween Party w/ Susan Fletcher, Laura Whitcomb, and Pam Smith-Hill (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @11:00am): Celebrate Halloween with us and some of our favorite young adult authors! Three talented, local writers read scary selections and answer your questions. Spooky stories, costumes and more!

Halloween Party (Second Glance Books, @12:00pm): Join us on Halloween for tricks, treats and stories. Every kid in costume gets a free book, all day! We will have lots of treats for trick or treaters and their grown up friends too. Katie will be here from 12-3 telling spooky stories. We will have a few surprises in store too. Hope to see you all there!

Halloween Party w/ Lee White (Green Bean Books, @3:00pm): Lee White will read from his wonderfully illustrated books, Druscilla’s Halloween and The Library Ghost.  He’ll even teach you how to draw a perfectly creepy witch!  Wear your costume!  Trick or Treating all day from 11-6pm!  Extend the fun and Trick or Treat at Igpei Toys, Milagros Boutique and Grasshopper too!

Other Book Events Today:

Friends of Hillsboro Library Fall Used Book Sale (Hillsboro Library-Main Branch, @10:00am-6:00pm): The Friends of the Hillsboro Public Library are having the Fall Book Sale in the Meeting Room during regular library hours. For more information about the Friends, visit their website at www.hillsborolibraryfriends.org.

Anthony Alvarado & Tony Morgan (Cosmic Monkey Comics, @5:00pm): Meet writer Anthony Alvarado and artist Tony Morgan who will be signing copies of their new book – “Throwing Bones.” Featuring a reading by the author.

BACK FENCE PDX Presents: “I’ve Got Confidence” (IFCC, Doors @7:00pm/Show @8:00pm, $10 Tickets): Free cupcakes. Delicious vodka. People in costumes. Hilarity. What better way to spend Halloween weekend!?!?!?

Starring- EASTLAND ACADEMY: Funny, smart sketch comedy duo Frayn Masters, co-host of Back Fence PDX, and Shelley McLendon of The Liberators; AND SexyNurd: auGi Of Mortified performing his brand new one man show!

Free cupcakes from Saint Cupcake AND Vodka drinks from New Deal Vodka (with any size donation, like even a quarter) and beer, wine for sale. Come in costume to win prizes!

You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah CountyClackamas County. For other book events this week, please check the list.

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