Today’s Featured Book Event:

Live Wire Radio (Mission Theater, @6:30pm, $15): Guests include: Congressman Earl Blumenauer – Bicycle and bow-tie wielding Representative for Oregon’s 3rd District, Earl has devoted his life to public service; Steve Almond – Author of Candyfreak, My Life in Heavy Metal, (Not That You Asked) and his latest Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life; Bill Oakley- Writer of The Simpsons, Creator of Mission Hill, The Mullets and consulting producer on Futurama; Stacy Bolt – Writer, Blogger and always a fan favorite essayist. Musical guests: The Baseball Project with Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows), Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3), Peter Buck (R.E.M., The Minus 5) and Linda Pitmon (Golden Smog, Miracle 3); and Damien Jurado.

Other Book Events Today:

Oolicon: Writer Workshops (Portland State, Smith Memorial Student Union, @9:00am, $32 Single Workshop-$130 Full Day): Oolicon: Write to Publish is a two-day conference that aims to demystify the publishing process for writers of all levels of experience. Day one of the event will include workshops for aspiring authors and publishing professionals. Workshops will address subjects such as the state of publishing, the writer/agent relationship, young adult trends and audience, and sustainable publishing. Panelists include Greg Netzer, the director of Wordstock, Laura Whipple from Pinball Publishing, Aaron Coulter from Dark Horse Comics, and Andi Zeisler from Bitch Media. Visit the Write to Publish website for a complete schedule of workshops.

Voices in Verse (Cedar Mill Community Library, @10:00am): Bring along a cup of coffee and share your own poetry or listen to others read their favorites. The group meets on the fourth Saturday morning of each month in the library’s upstairs meeting room.

Muhammad Yunus (Bagdad Theater, @2:00pm, $26 Includes copy of Building Social Business): Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism. In his book Building Social Business (Public Affairs), Yunus shows how this concept has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, demonstrating how it holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise. Co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.

Phillip Margolin presents Supreme Justice (Borders-Tigard, @2:00pm): Phillip Margolin is back with the exciting, heart-pounding follow-up to his bestselling book Executive Privilege. And the whole gang is here! Brad Miller, Dana Cutler, and Keith Evans take readers inside the U.S. Supreme Court when they are called upon to untangle a five-year-old case involving a ghost ship and the President’s nominee to be the next Justice.

Stumptown Underground Release Party (Whiffies Fried Pies, @6:00pm): Whiffies Fried Pies hosts the release party for Stumptown Underground‘s 9th anthology, All in the Family.  Find the issue preview here.  You’ll be able to meet and greet with the issue’s contributors, purchase copies of “All in the Family” for $5 , and get fierce on some ping pong and pies! Editor Andy Johnson will be bringing his ping pong table, you bring your lucky paddle and maybe you can attempt to beat him, but he’s serious about ping pong, so watch out. We’ll be doing it tournament style, winner gets a free copy of the new issue!

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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 Earl Blumenauer.

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