Shopping Bag
My AccountToday’s Featured Book Event:
YA Extravaganza (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @1:00pm): Join some of the Pacific Northwest’s finest YA Authors, Anne Osterlund, author of Aurelia and Academy 7; Mary Jane Beaufrand, author of Primevera; Sara Ryan, author of Empress of the World; and Emily Whitman, author of Radiant Darkness, for readings, and a panel on writing books for young adults. Come with questions, and leave with signed books!
Other Book Events Today:
Friends of the Multnomah County Library Used Book Sale (Gresham Town Fair Shopping Center, @9:00am): Friends of the Library members only from 9am-11am, although you can become a member at the door. Open to general public from 11am-6pm. 20,000 donated books will be available in many categories, including: Popular Fiction, Biography & History, Math & Science, Children’s, Nature & Gardening, Cookbooks, Literature & Classics, Mystery & Westerns, Crafts & Hobbies, Romance, Videos & Audio Tapes, plus CDs & DVDs. Prices start at 50 cents for children’s books and pocket paperbacks and range from $1.50 to $6.00 for all other books. Proceeds support Multnomah County Library programs. For more info please visit the Friends of the Library website.
24 Hour Drawpocalypse! (Cosmic Monkey Comics, @10:00am): Portland’s Comic Month is in full swing. In celebration Cosmic Monkey Comics is proud to announce that we will be hosting our third annual 24 Hour Comic Event: Drawpocalypse 3. The store will be open for 24 hours straight from 10 AM on Saturday until 10 AM Sunday, as a collection of brave comic artists endeavor to produce 24 completed pages of comics before the clock runs out. Who will make the 10 AM deadline as early morning exhaustion kicks in, and what sort of stories will they create while they’re under the gun? This will be a great way for artists to warm up before the Stumptown Comics Fest at the end of the month. Stop by the store any time during the event…literally, ANY time.
Good Sista/Bad Sista (Midland Library, @2:00pm): Turiya Autry & Walidah Imarisha write and recite powerful, provocative, and political performance poetry with attitude. Whether on stage, teaching Black Studies at Portland State University, hosting talk radio, or visiting schools; this dynamic duo knows the power of words.
Poetry Reading and Workshop with Toni Partington and Eileen Elliot (In Other Words Books, @2:00pm): All around us stories unfold. Writing poetry can give life, breath, image, and understanding to these stories. We invite you to join us as we read poems from our books and use these poems as jumping-off points for your work. We will use writing prompts to identify your sources of interest and provide you with an observational strategy to heighten your day-to-day musings. We offer you an opportunity to live as a conscious poet who breathes in life while utilizing language to reveal its images. Facilitators: Eileen Elliott, author of Prodigal Cowgirl (2009) and Toni Partington, author of Wind Wing (2010).
Tangent presents: David Buuck, Jennifer Hardacker, & Arnold Kemp (Clinton Corner Cafe, @7:00pm): Tangent is thrilled to host a multi-media poetry event. Bay Area poet and interventionary artist DAVID BUUCK will perform, as will ARNOLD J. KEMP, a poet and visual artist who heads the Master in Fine Arts program at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. Local filmmaker JENNIFER HARDACKER will also screen her work. Admission is free.
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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 A Children’s Place Bookstore.
