April 2, 2010
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Today’s Featured Book Event:

Emily Kendal Frey & Zachary Schomburg (Ampersand, @7:30pm): Zachary Schomburg and Emily Kendal Frey will read from their newest collection OK, Goodnight (Future Tense Books). Pauls Toutonghi & New Yorker Justin Taylor will open the evening with select readings. Free beer will be served courtesy of Ninkasi Brewing.

Other Book Events Today:

First Friday: Poetry Night (West Linn Library, @6:30pm): April is National Poetry Month! Join local poet Amber Keyser for an evening of creative writing and FUN! This is an after-hours event, so please use the downstairs back door. First Fridays are evening events for 6th-12th graders.

Alafair Burke (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In 212 (Harper), a new Ellie Hatcher thriller about the deadly side of the Internet, former Portland deputy district attorney Alafair Burke delivers yet another “knuckle-biting journey that’ll keep you turning pages until the very end” (Faye Kellerman).

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You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah CountyClackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.

Image credit Future Tense Books.

Gabe Barber started Reading Local in January of 2009 as a vehicle for exploring Portland's literary scene. He's not an aspiring author, and you won't find his work on a bookshelf or in any prestigious lit rag. He is however, a full on book nerd, with a passion for independent literature.

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