Shopping Bag
My AccountCorrection: The Grove Review Release Party at the Writers’ Dojo will take place July 15th, not tonight as this post previously stated. My sincerest apologies for the mix-up!
Today’s Featured Book Event:
Zach Dundas (Annie Bloom’s Books, @7:30pm): Zach Dundas’ The Renegade Sportsman is a fascinating and hilarious journey into the underbelly of this country’s sporting culture – where fans and competitors alike get rowdier, dirtier, and louder than their mainstream counterparts – to rediscover the true spirit of American sports.
Other Book Events Today:
Wendy Smith (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @4:00pm): ACP is thrilled to host the launch party for local author Wendy Smith’s first Middle Grade novel After All, You’re Callie Boone. For more information on Wendy check out her website.
Renée Watson (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @4:00pm): It’s a super double event Thursday! We’re hosting another book launch, this time for Renée Watson. Come celebrate the release of A Place Where Hurricanes Happen and get your signed copy! Renée will read her poetry and excerpts from her books.
Roland Smith (Tigard Public Library, @6:00pm): Come to hear one of Oregon’s most popular authors talk about Tentacles, the sequel to Cryptid Hunters, followed by a question and answer session. Participants will receive a free copy of Tentacles while supplies last!
Open Mic (Lake Oswego Library, @6:30pm): The 2010 Open Mic season has begun—and what a great beginning! January featured performances by a classical guitarist, storyteller, and poets. Please join us for an evening of local talent! Sign up begins at 6:30pm and performances begin at 7:00pm.
Zoe Carter (Barnes & Noble-Vancouver, @7:00pm): Our Non-Fiction Book Group continues with a special visit from popular writer Zoe Carter, author of the well-reviewed and highly regarded book Imperfect Endings: A Daughter’s Tale of Life and Death. All are welcome to this unique event!
Blake Charlton (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): In Blake Charlton’s debut novel Spellwright (Tor), Nicodemus is a young, gifted wizard with a problem. Magic in his world requires the caster to create spells by writing out the text — but he’s dyslexic, and thus has trouble casting even the simplest of spells.
Mishna Wolff (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. Her hip, funny memoir I’m Down (St. Martin’s) will have readers questioning what it means to be black or white in America.
Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts! (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Featuring an introduction by Lynne Margulies, who was comedian Andy Kaufman’s girlfriend at the time of his death in 1984, Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts! (Process) contains the hilarious, astonishing letters and photos mailed to Kaufman by female wrestling contenders in 1977.
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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 Annie Bloom’s Books.
