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My AccountToday’s Featured Book Event:
NW Author Series: The Nonfiction Book presented by Cindy Hudson (Wilsonville Public Library, @3:30pm, $5): Do you have a specialty you believe would make a good nonfiction book? Are you passionate about a topic that you could be recognized as an expert on? Discover how to take your expertise and turn it into a published book in this 90-minute presentation that will cover the nonfiction book process from start to finish. You’ll get ideas on ways to build your recognition among your potential readers and become widely accepted as an expert on your topic while building your platform. You’ll also get tips on selling yourself and your idea in a book proposal to increase your chances of landing an agent and a publisher. Finally, you’ll get practical advice to help you write your first draft and prepare for publication.
Cindy Hudson is the author of Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs (Seal Press, October 2009). After founding two long-running mother-daughter book clubs with her two daughters, she began publishing the website MotherDaughterBookClub.com. Since then, she has been interviewed by national and regional media and has written magazine articles on the topic. She also advises clubs nationwide on how to get started and maintain their groups.
Other Book Events Today:
Free Craft Exchange (In Other Words Women’s Books & Resources, @1:00pm): Bring your unwanted arts & crafts supplies to In Other Words and pick out some new ones to take home. Everyone’s got extra crafts supplies laying around you may never use. Come trade them in for supplies for new projects! Yarn! Fabric! Beads! Brushes! Paper! Paints! You Name It! A drop box will be available at In Other Words starting Feb. 15th if you’d like to drop off supplies early and can’t make it to the Free Sale. Leftover goods will be donated to SCRAP and the Knittn Kitten.
Writer’s Mill (Cedar Mill Community Library, @1:00pm): Whether you’re hoping for publication, planning to self-publish, or writing just for fun, join us for a hands-on inspiring gathering of people who love to write. Newcomers welcome! We meet the 3rd Sunday of the month in the upstairs meeting room. To RSPV, contact Liza Peltola, Facilitator, randyliza[at]verizon.net.
Bookselling for Absolute Beginners (St. Johns Books, @2:00pm): Whether you dream of your own bookstore, want to work in one, love books, or are merely curious, this is a great opportunity to learn more. St. Johns Books owner Nena Rawdah answers the most frequently asked questions about operating a small neighborhood bookstore in the Age of Amazon. Fiddle with play money, price used books, review catalogues, and ask the questions that have been on your mind.
Burns Rubber: Babymouse #12 (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @2:00pm): Brother-sister team Matthew Holm and Jennifer L. Holm are back for the 12th title in the popular Babymouse series. Babymouse’s big dreams of becoming a race car driver come true when she and her best pal, Wilson, enter the “Race of the Century “(or at least the school year). But will she and Wilson crash and burn? Find out in Burns Rubber (Random House).
Comics Reading and Discussion Group with John Isaacson (IPRC, @7:00pm): Have you been a fan of comics for years? Have you never really read comics? Do you enjoy reading and discussing art and literature? If so, this is the group for you! We will be splitting the hour-long group in to two parts: in the first half we will read and discuss short cartoons and comics, this first half is open for drop-in—no pre-reading necessary! In the second half, the group will discuss pre-assigned comics and discuss them. The group will meet regularly every other Sunday from 7-8:15, it is free and open to the public. Readings on 2/21 include: Potential by Ariel Schrag, Tough Love by Abby Denson, and Fox Bunny Funny by Andy Hartzell
Girl Power (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In the early ’90s, riot grrrl punk exploded onto the underground music scene, inspiring girls to pick up instruments, create fanzines, and become politically active. Girl Power (Faber and Faber) examines the role of women in rock since the riot grrrl revolution, weaving Marisa Meltzer’s personal anecdotes and interviews with key players such as Tobi Vail from Bikini Kill and Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. Library Journal declares, “Meltzer’s in-depth research and interviews blend into a tightly woven yet flowing narrative….[A]bsorbing.”
Spare Room presents Bill Berkson (Concordia Coffee House, @7:30pm, $5 suggested donation): Born in New York in 1939, Bill Berkson is a poet, critic, teacher and sometime curator, who has been active in the art and literary worlds since his early twenties. Director of Letters and Science at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1993 to 1998, he taught art history, critical writing, and poetry, and directed the public lectures program there from 1984 to 2008. He studied at Trinity School, The Lawrenceville School, Brown University, Columbia, the New School for Social Research, and New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts.
He is the author of eighteen books and pamphlets of poetry — including, recently, Gloria, a portfolio of poems with etchings by Alex Katz (Arion Press), Our Friends Will Pass Among You Silently (The Owl Press), Goods and Services (Blue Press), and most recently, Portrait and Dream: New & Selected Poems (Coffee House Press).
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.
Image credit Writer Inspired.
