Tonight 5-5: Oregon Literary Review presents First Wednesdays at Blackbird Wineshop

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Oregon Literary Review presents First Wednesdays (Blackbird Wineshop, @7:00pm): Oregon Literary Review co-hosts First Wednesdays, a series of readings, performances and wine-tasting. This show is 21 and over. The readers for May 5 are Rebecca Harrison, Jean Johnson, Amy Temple Harper, and Jillian Starr.

Other Book Events Today:

Friends of Hillsboro Library Spring Book Sale (Hillsboro Main Library, @10:00am): The Friends of the Hillsboro Public Library are having the Spring Book Sale in the Meeting Room during regular library hours. For more information about the Friends, visit their website.

Monograph Bookwerks Opening (Monograph Bookwerks, @11:00am): Portland’s newest bookstore opens for business! Monograph Bookwerks, started by local artists John Brodie and Blair Saxon-Hill, adds to Alberta’s burgeoning literary community, and will be dedicated to modern and contemporary artists.

Stuart Woods (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): Lucid Intervals (Putnam) is Stuart Woods’s latest page-turner featuring the New York City attorney Stone Barrington. Fans of Woods’s long-running series will not be disappointed by this fun-filled romp.

Sheila Lowe (Murder by the Book, @7:00pm): Claudia Rose is a forensic handwriting analyst, not unlike the creator of this series, Sheila Lowe. Although her next book won’t be out until July, we have a golden opportunity to meet her now. Poison Pen, Written in Blood, and Dead Write (each $6.99) are the three books now available. Your fate, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, but within your own hand.

CFI/Freethinkers Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): This month’s nonfiction book group meets to discuss the second half of Future Bioethics by Ronald A. Lindsay. Join us!

Adult Book Group (Tualatin Public Library, @7:00pm): May’s selection is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Our book discussion group is an informal and relaxed gathering, with a respectful, congenial, and inquisitive atmosphere. Every member of the group takes two to three minutes to give their overall impression of the book. After everyone has given their opening summary, the group is ready to engage in a more thorough discussion. Everyone will be given an opportunity to participate in the discussion, however participation is not a requirement. Listeners are welcome!

Roddy Doyle (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): The Dead Republic (Viking) is the conclusion of Roddy Doyle’s bestselling trilogy that began with A Star Called Henry. Irish rebel Henry Smart ends up in Hollywood collaborating with legendary director John Ford on a script based on Henry’s life.

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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 Jillian Starr.