Today 6-11: Day One of the Rose City Used Book Fair at the Friendship Masonic Center

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Rose City Used Book Fair (Friendship Masonic Center, @2:00pm-8:00pm, $2 or $1 + 1 can of food): An unpretentious book fair featuring 1000’s of books from over 26 different Independent Booksellers. Used books, bargain books, collectible books, prints, ephemera, appraisals, seminars, and door prizes will all be available. Check out the event website for full details.

Other Book Events Today:

Jeffery Deaver (Murder by the Book, @12:00pm): In Jeffrey Deaver’s The Burning Wire gigantic explosions rock New York City, and the perpetrator has begun to send demanding letters. Can Lincoln Rhyme catch this killer at the same time he is closing in on his archnemesis, “The Watchmaker”? The strain may be too much for Lincoln’s fragile condition. With assists from long-time sidekicks Amelia Sachs and Ron Pulaski, Lincoln tries to save a city without sacrificing himself

Dirty Queer Open Mic (In Other Words Women’s Books & Resources, @6:30pm, $1-$5 Suggested Donation): Dirty Queer is an X rated open mic: a place to celebrate sexuality and strut your creative stuff! Hosted by renegade writer and poet Sossity Chiricuzio, Dirty Queer is proven itself to be a thought provoking evening of excitement, laughter and full body shivers. We’re looking for queer erotic entertainers of all sorts: dancers, jugglers, singers, musicians, comics, poets, storytellers, magicians, gender performers … if you can do it in 5-10 minutes or less (w/ minimal props/equip), this open mic’s for you! It’s highly recommended to bring your own folding chairs if you can, as we average 85 people/month. Everyone who attends has a chance to win door prizes from local businesses! Caveats: 18+, consent is key, no hate speech.

Jeffery Deaver (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): In Jeffery Deaver’s The Burning Wire (Simon & Schuster), Lincoln Rhyme is back and on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear.

Peter Donahue (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Appearing in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, Peter Donahue presents his new novel, Clara and Merritt (Wordcraft of Oregon), a story that unfolds amidst the violent strife between Longshoremen and Teamsters in Seattle in the 1930s and ’40s.

Image credit Cresco Library.

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You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County.