Today’s Featured Book Event:
The Matter Zine Release (IPRC, @7:00pm): The Matter is a literary anthology of short-form illustrated fiction, produced in Portland, Oregon, publishing collaborative comics and illustrated prose from creators the world over. To celebrate the long-awaited release of The Matter no. 2, we are proud to present a reading and dramatic enactment of select stories found therein. Prose is to be read aloud while the accompanying illustrations are projected overhead. Comics are to be projected panel-by-panel with the text removed, and the missing lines dramatically read aloud by a cast of players. Featuring stories by Jack Bracken, Gunther Goltz, Eli Lyon, Reid Psaltis, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, A.J. Ryer, Matt Strackbein, Yoni Wilson, and Frasier Ziffer.
Other Book Events Today:
Kristin Hannah (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @2:00pm): Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother? From the author of Firefly Lane comes Winter Garden (St. Martin’s Press), a powerful novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Publishers Weekly raves, “Readers will find it hard not to laugh a little and cry a little more as mother and daughters reach out to each other just in the nick of time.”
Philosophy Cafe (Powells City of Books, @4:00pm): Join philosophers and PCC instructors Brian Elliott and John Farnum for a discussion of topical issues from a philosophical perspective. This month’s topic: Buddhism, justice, and social action. We will be joined by James Blumenthal, a philosophy professor at OSU.
Love Your Library Silent Auction (Tualatin Public Library, @6:30pm): The Tualatin Library Foundation presents “Novel Destinations-Your Passport to Adventure” a unique silent auction extravaganza full of adventure and exploration of the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of National and International destinations. This exciting event will offer some unique items focused on travel, book and reading themes, as well as the classic auction items and some amazing surprises. The hallmark of the fundraiser will be a Valentine package raffle that is valued at over $1000.00. A limited number of tickets are available at $20.00 per person and can be purchased from Foundation Board members or online.
You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.
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