Tuesdays this September and October, the 6th Annual Zinesters Talking Series provides you with an opportunity to talk and interact with independent publishers sharing their work. For detailed listing of presenters and locations, see the Multnomah County Library website. Zines may be available for purchase. Space at library programs is limited. Seating is provided on [...]
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Reading Local Interview: Julia Holmes
Julia Holmes’s first novel, Meeks, is just out from Small Beer Press and has been getting plenty of attention. Publishers Weekly calls it “a highly imaginative debut,” and The L.A. Times says, “with humor and heartbreak, Holmes’ novel unfolds like a game in which the deck is irredeemably stacked.” Holmes’s eligible bachelors are mayflies: they [...]
Event Recap: Mayor Adams Delivers Proclamation Recognizing Portland Zinesters
Mayor Adams delivered a proclamation this morning from the City Hall’s Council Chamber in recognition of next weekend’s 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium, and the importance of zines and the DIY community. I had never actually been inside City Hall, so I figured this would be as good a time as any, and decided to [...]
Event Preview: Phil’s Fire Fund-The Great Northwest Bookstore Demolition Benefit
As you’ll no doubt recall, The Great Northwest Bookstore and it’s wonderful collection of rare and out of print books, went up in flames this past May. In an effort to help owner Phil Wikelund raise money to finish the demolition of the First Presbyterian Church that housed the store, McMenamin’s will host a benefit [...]
Event Preview: “Rock Out to Walk Out” with Powell’s Union
While on the picket line during ILWU Local 5’s first contract campaign, a tired Powell’s Books employee started a chant to lift the spirits of his fellow workers: “We like to party, but the fight comes first.” Now, after ten years, ILWU Local 5 (whose membership is comprised of workers at Powell’s Books and Aramark) [...]
Volunteer for Wordstock 2010
Calling all Wordstock Volunteers Past, Present, and Future! Wordstock 2010 is right around the corner, and we need you! Current volunteer opportunities include escorting authors to their readings, assisting with book signings, managing stages, staffing information booths, selling merchandise, and much more. If you would like to help us put on a great festival, click [...]
Event Recap: Willamette Writers Conference Going Strong in 41st Year
It takes nerves to pitch your idea to a panel of four literary agents and dozens of audience members. But that’s what hopeful writers did at the start of the 41st annual Willamette Writers Conference last Thursday night. Most of these brave souls left with some advice, a few came close to tears, and one [...]
1,000 Words Reading Moves To The Waypost For It's Next Installment: Excess
1,000 Words returns tomorrow (8-5, 7pm-9pm) for their inaugural reading at The Waypost (3120 N Williams). They’ll present the newest chapter in a Oulipean experiment: five exemplary local writers wrote on the theme EXCESS, penning 250 words per week in response to the theme and prompts created/found/stolen by series curator Mel Favara. The results, as [...]
Event Preview: 41st Annual Willamette Writers Conference
Many authors and aspiring authors are gearing up for the annual Willamette Writers Conference, coming up on August 6th-8th. The conference includes the opportunity to pitch ideas for screenplays and books to agents from national and local publishing houses, as well as workshops, a silent auction, and banquet dinners. For the third year in a [...]
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