30th August 2010 by
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I’ve already shared how much I love Pinball Publishing’s blog Bangback, and they have delivered the goods once again by posting a terrific interview with Reading Frenzy’s “faithful proprietress” Chloe Eudaly. Reading Frenzy by the way, just achieved full funding on their Kickstarter project with 33 hours to spare!! Anyhow, here is a sample from [...]
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 [...]
23rd June 2010 by
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Interview
Are you and/ or your tween daughter in need of a good summer read? Be sure to comment with your email address at the end of this blog post for a chance to win a copy of Winnie Mack’s debut middle grade fiction book After All, You’re Callie Boone. It’s a story about 11 year-old [...]
Renée Watson has been writing and performing since she was a kid at Vernon Elementary in Northeast Portland. She credits a teacher from Jefferson High School as her biggest influence to become a writer. Now, as an artist in residence in schools in the Bronx, she uses creative writing and theater to heighten social awareness [...]
There’s something luminous about Emily Whitman. At least that’s what I remember thinking when I met her at the book signing of a mutual friend last spring. Maybe it was her sparkling eyes, or the warmth and kindness in her smile that day. But after reading her debut YA novel Radiant Darkness, I suspect Emily [...]
21st May 2010 by
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Jillian Lauren’s book, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem (Plume Books 2010), tells the story of her rise from eighteen year old wannabe New York actress to pampered harem girl in the filthy rich country of Brunei. She is a gifted writer with fascinating tales to tell. While there are some racy details, it’s [...]
14th May 2010 by
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Post by Contributor: Cara Holman Don’t miss novelist Robin Oliveira, who will be in town for a reading from her debut novel, My Name is Mary Sutter, at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm. From the book description: “Instantly becoming an in-house favorite, Robin Oliveira’s debut novel My [...]
Roddy Doyle, Booker-Prize-winning novelist (for 1993′s Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha), screenwriter, playwright, memoirist, and general all-around writer of great things, has a new novel out. The Dead Republic is the third in a trilogy of novels about Henry Smart, former I.R.A. soldier. By the time we get to this final installment in Henry’s story, [...]
29th April 2010 by
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In Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut’s War Against the GAP, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America (Putnam Adult), Evan Wright dives into American subcultures. His reportage is fair and thoughtful, no matter how offensive or way-out the subjects might be to mainstream readers. [...]
Jay Lake is the award-winning author of more than a dozen novels and hundreds of works of speculative short fiction. His newest novel, Pinion, continues the saga begun with Escapement and Mainspring, all set in an alternate world with a distinctly clockwork/steampunk flavor. Jay lives and works here in Portland, and you can catch him [...]
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