Reading Local: Portland

Another HUGE Thank you to a couple of sponsors who have donated in kind to the prize raffle for our Read to Rebuild Event.

Little Red Bike – They have given us the sweetest donation yet. A jar of Homemade Jam! Thanks Little Red Bike!

- Check out the Little Red Bike Cafe Blog. Wow that Blog makes me Hungry.

Murder by the Book – They have donated a wonderful Gift Certificate worth $25. Thanks Murder by the Book!

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We are so close to the event now and you know how excited we are, so I won’t go into it all again today. But we’ve got a really exciting sponsor announcement for our Read to Rebuild prize raffle.

Dark Horse Comics – The wonderful and whimsical and always generous DHC has donated over $300 worth of materials in kind to our prize raffle.
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I can tell you that those of us here at Reading Local are delighted that we can bring together such a stellar lineup of local writers for such a wonderful cause. I know I’ve been saying it every day for the past couple weeks, but for me it never gets old. Seeing how vibrant the Portland literary scene has been, how open-hearted, and generous is an experience unto itself. Even when some outfits wonder if they will still be in business next year they’ve managed to give to others, in this case, Haiti. And that is what makes the PDX literary scene Mighty!

Hawthorne Books - They’ve donated a large stack of SIGNED copies of their titles including Tom Spanbauer’s Faraway Places

Hawthorne Books is committed to independent publishing. While our interest in American literary fiction and narrative nonfiction shapes our catalog, one of our goals is to discover more international titles and books in translation. All of our titles are published as affordable original trade paperbacks but feature details not typically found even in case bound titles from bigger houses: acid-free papers; sewn bindings that will not crack; heavy, laminated covers with double-scored French flaps that function as built-in bookmarks.

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We’ve spent the last 11 days so far saying a quick thanks to all the wonderful sponsors that have so kindly donated in kind as part of our drive to create a ridiculously awesome prize raffle that will help us meet our goal of raising $3000 for Mercy Corps’ efforts toward Haiti support at the fabulous literary event Read to Rebuild. Not only have we seen support, but we’ve also seen way more support than we thought might be available due to a slow economy. This literary community has really shown its shining face to us and we are forever grateful.

Second Glance Books - We are grateful for your pledge of a $20 Gift Certificate to your store. I can’t think of a better way to spend my time than in your store finding books I can’t do without. Thank You!

Second Glance Books is a bricks & mortar bookstore located in Portland’s Hollywood district. Our specialties are fiction & literature, mystery , science fiction, romance, children’s books and cookbooks. We offer a wide selection of general nonfiction including history, metaphysics, health, sociology, biography, etc. We welcome inquiries and special orders. Second Glance Books is a member of the Portland Area Used Bookseller Association.

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We’re coming so close to the big event and have been receiving so many generous donations to the prize raffle that will take place at our Read to Rebuild Haiti Benefit Reading Hosted by Writers’ Dojo. Join us in less than a week and make a donation or several, for your chance to win. Here are just two more we’re grateful to receive.

Annie Bloom’s Books – They’ve thrown in a solid $10 Gift Certificate to their store! Thanks Annie Bloom’s!

Annie Bloom’s Books first opened its doors in Multnomah Village in 1978. Thirty years later, and we’re still thriving!

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And we’re back with another edition of the Read to Rebuild – Sponsors! This whole event is really building steam and we are more than excited to be sharing with you all the wonderful folks in our community that have come together to support us at Reading Local: Portland, the Writers’ Dojo, Mercy Corps and the people of Haiti. 

Floating World Comics – They’ve kindly donated 2, count ‘em, TWO copies of The Watchmen by Alan Moore.

That’s right friends, bring those readers who love a little more pop culture in their lives, buy a few raffle tickets to support Mercy Corps efforts in Haiti, and you too could win a copy of The Watchmen. It’s going to be a solid event, with a wonderful reward. Have you RSVP’ed on our Facebook event Page?

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Welcome to another short roundup of a few of the links I found intriguing from the last week. I need to spend a little more time reading this week to give you a more comprehensive list, but I hope you enjoy the links here. 

Tin House Books Blog
Barry Hannah, 1942-2010
-A wonderful interview between Tom Franklin and Barry Hannah from last summer. 

Rose City Reader
Pro-Choice
-A blog post with a great title about how the Rose City Reader chooses her next book. I am always curious how people find and decide to open their next book.

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We have another Sponsor we’d like to thank for donating to the prize raffle for our fine benefit Read to Rebuild. As we have stated before, it takes a whole community to pull off such an event and we are grateful to have such a wonderful community to support us as we try to support them.

Thank You Title Wave!!

Title Wave Books – They have offered up 2 $25 dollar gift certificates, a Title wave T-Shirt and a Hoodie.

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Another generous donation to our growing prize raffle. If you haven’t heard of our Read to Rebuild: Haiti Benefit Reading yet, now is the time to check it out. The sponsors are coming in and we are more than grateful to share a brief word about each of them. Our horde of prizes keeps growing and we are excited about we can offer for the price of a few raffle tickets and helping Mercy Corps rebuild. And that’s a small price to pay. 

Green Bean Books – It is with kind hearts they offer a full gift basket for kids with a Spring theme. (We’ll have more details about the basket at the event.)

They are a unique, community based, independent children’s bookstore located in the Alberta Arts District of Portland, Oregon. They offer an excellent selection of affordable, new and used children’s books. Books for babies through adults and all stages in between can be found at Green Bean Books.

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We would like to send a big thank you to another of our prize raffle sponsors. There’s nothing better than a scrumptious pastry or tasty coffee at your favorite coffee house, but what if you had the opportunity to go to that favorite coffee house and snag a whole, delicious, warm, fruit or dessert filled, crispy crust, melt in your mouth, nectar of the gods, PIE! That’s right, the generous crew at Random Order Coffeehouse has provided Reading Local Portland with a Gift Card that will pay for one of their amazing pies. Join us at our Read to Rebuild benefit on March 16th and make a donation or several for your chance to win this gift card and a whole treasure trove of other wonderful prizes. All proceeds go to Mercy Corps in their efforts to support Haiti so they may rebuild. THANKS RANDOM ORDER COFFEEHOUSE!

Random House Coffeehouse – Provided $28 Gift Card, the price of a PIE to the prize raffle.

RandomOrder Coffeehouse & Bakery is a vibrant neighborhood cafe specializing in extraordinary home style pies and pastries.

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We are excited to announce a really amazing donation to our prize raffle for the Read to Rebuild Haiti Benefit.

Broadway Books - They have quite generously donated a $100 Gift Card to their store to our prize raffle at the Haiti Benefit Reading. We can’t tell you how grateful we are to them for such a generous gift. As we have put this event together, we are constantly encouraged by the amount of support we have received for such a small group putting together such a great Event. We are happy every day to be a part of this passionate and kind-hearted community. Check out their store and buy some books. THANK YOU BROADWAY BOOKS!

Their Story -

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I’m not sure if you’ve heard yet, but Reading Local: Portland is putting on a little event at the Writers’ Dojo on March 16th. Read to Rebuild: A Haiti Benefit Reading. We’ve got a stellar lineup of readers, some wonderful speakers form Mercy Corps, a prize raffle and Free Wine.

But this sort of event would not be possible without a community. Reading Local: Portland was started to help strengthen that community. We will be listing sponsors from our community here (and on the Event Page), in no particular order, daily.  These are the generous folks that have donated in kind to our prize raffle as well as other sponsors that have kindly decided to help out.

Back Fence PDX -Back Fence PDX has kindly donated 5 Pairs of Tickets to their next Show, March 24th, to our prize raffle.

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