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My AccountToday’s Featured Book Event:
Diane Hammond (Broadway Books, @7:00pm): Diane Hammond will be here to read from her latest book, Seeing Stars, published by HarperCollins. Seeing Stars is a novel of hope, dreams, love and ambition. Set in Hollywood – where every child wants to be a star and every grownup wants a piece of the action – this novel explores the not-so-glamorous world of stage mothers, adolescent Tinsel Town wannabes, and desperate chances. Ms. Hammond’s previous novel (which she read at Broadway Books) was Hannah’s Dream.
Other Book Events Today:
Poetry in Motion Kickoff (Antoinette Hatfield Hall, @10:30am): After a three year hiatus, we’re excited to announce that Poetry in Motion is returning with eight new poems! Join us when we unveil poems by two Portland Public high school students from our Writers in the Schools program, three poems by Oregon Book Awards finalists and three other poems chosen by public vote. Jennifer Yocom, Director of Arts & Culture from the Mayor’s office, will present the Mayor’s proclamation for Poetry in Motion. Oregon Poets, Judith Barrington and Paulann Petersen will open the event with a reading! We hope to see you there.
Title Raves: Green Reads for Earth Day (Central Library, US Bank Room, @12:00pm): Rave about your reading Faves @your library. Local environmental activists talk about the books that sparked their eco-awareness. Share your faves with the group — and the world. Title Raves recommendations will be posted on the library’s website. Panelists include: Theressa Latoski and Norris Thomlinson, passionate permaculturists; Linda Rose and Eldon Haines, zero-energy home dwellers; and Andrew Koyaanisqatsi, solar systems installer.
Mini-Sledgehammer Writing Contest (Blackbird Wineshop, @7:00pm): Indigo Editing & Publications presents a miniature version of their popular Sledgehammer Writing Contest. After a reading by Alan Dubinsky—the winner of the last year’s contest—the audience will receive prompts and will have 36 minutes to write their own short stories. All entries will be judged on the spot and winners will take home prizes. The Mini-Sledgehammer Contest is free and open to the public.
Willamette Writers Meeting featuring Naseem Rakha (The Old Church, @7:00pm): Naseem Rakha will speak about writing as a medium for creating social change. Naseem is the author of The Crying Tree, a novel about the death penalty and forgiveness set in southern Illinois and Oregon. Naseem is an award winning journalist whose stories have been heard on OPB and National Public Radio. She lives in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Paul Verhoeven (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Paul Verhoeven, director of Basic Instinct and Black Book, has spent a lifetime studying the Gospels, parsing fact from revision in the historical documents that have been interpreted and altered over the centuries. Jesus of Nazareth (Seven Stories) is Verhoeven’s finely documented yet personal assessment of a man who was devoid of divine powers, but whose fervent belief in the kingdom of God led to the most significant ethical revival of the last 2000 years. Co-sponsored by the NW Film Center.
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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.
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