June 4, 2010
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Today’s Featured Book Event:

Great Northwest Bookstore Benefit Book Sale (3025 SW 1st Ave, @10:00am-6:00pm): Benefit to help Phil Wikelund pay for demolition on the site where Great Northwest Bookstore burned down earlier this month. 1000s of books, 75 cents – $3, $5/bag on Sunday. Donations welcome. Full details at GNWBookSale.com.

Other Book Events Today:

Robin Oliveira (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In My Name Is Mary Sutter (Viking), Robin Oliveira’s debut novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife who dreams of becoming a surgeon in 19th-century America. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine, Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C., to pursue her medical career.  Click here for Reading Local’s review of My Name is Marry Sutter.

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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 GNW Book Sale.

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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