From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of March 13, 2010 through March 19, 2010 are:
Saturday March 13-
Gala Celebration Honoring Local Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (Barnes & Noble-Clackamas, @3:00pm): Come celebrate the talents of the SCBWI-Oregon. Sixteen authors and illustrators of children’s and teen’s books will be here to present and sign their books, including Emily Whitman, Carmen Bernier-Grand, Lisa Schroeder, Dale Basye and Nancy Coffelt.
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Please join us Tuesday, March 16 at The Writers’ Dojo for Read to Rebuild: A Haiti Reading Benefit, featuring six outstanding Portland writers. This is the second in a special series of interviews with each of these readers. Look for more Read to Rebuild interviews in the next few days.
Ben Parzybok is a novelist and web developer living with his family in Portland, OR. His first book, Couch, was released by Small Beer Press in late 2008. He also runs the startup Walker Tracker. A few of Ben’s other projects can be seen on the ideacog front page.
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 27, 2010 through March 5, 2010 are:
Saturday February 27-
8th Annual Teen Art Show (Beaverton City Library, @10:00am): The Beaverton City Library Once again invites area teens to display their artistic visions at our 8th Annual Teen Art Show! The show will open with refreshments on Saturday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m. and run until Sunday, March 7. During the week, the show will be open from 3:00 p.m. until the library closes, from 10:00 a.m. until close on Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. until close on Sundays. Come by to enjoy art from our community’s youth!
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Jennifer Richter is a poet and author of a prize-winning poetry collection appearing shortly from Southern Illinois University Press. Keith Scribner is a novelist and director of Oregon State University’s MFA program. Dao Strom is a novelist and singer-songwriter with both books and albums to her name. Together, they’ll respond to the prompt, “Patient,” at tonight’s Loggernaut reading at Urban Grind East. Catch them there, starting at 7:30. But catch them here first, with us…
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Arthur Bradford is the author of the story collection Dogwalkers, and creator and director of 
How’s Your News?, a documentary and traveling news show. Nathaniel Boggess is a storyteller and performer currently refining a one-man show about his terrifying dating experiences.
This Thursday, 2/25, they’ll both be part of the star-studded cast of Entertainment for People, the live performance event brought to you by the fine folks of Back Fence PDX. You can grab tickets here, and you’ll get not only fine storytelling, but also a free saintly cupcake and some awesome libations. What’s not to love?
We caught up with Nathaniel and Arthur on their way to the show…
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 20, 2010 through February 26, 2010 are:
Saturday February 20-
Bringing History to Life (Lewis & Clark College, Miller Center for the Humanities, @9:30am): Lewis & Clark College Special Collections in cooperation with the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will host a series of three lectures by Stephen Dow Beckham, Gary E. Moulton, and Roger Wendlick. Recently all three of these individuals have spent time working on historical projects in the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections, and at this event the three will share their discoveries.
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The wonderful folks over at PZS have set the date and a new location for this year’s event. The Portland Zine Symposium hosts a multitude of zinesters and artists (certainly not mutually exclusive) that share their work in a friendly and down to earth setting. Join your local PDX DIY’ers and the creative folk that make this city great this August 28th and 29th at their new location at the PSU Peter W. Stott Main Gym. Get more info at the Portland Zine Symposium Website.
PZS Mission:
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So Wordstock has had a poll up on their facebook page for a couple weeks now seeking feedback on what genre the general Wordstock loving public would want featured at this year’s festival. It looks like Short Fiction is taking the cake with about 67% of the vote. Which is a real winner in my book to be featured. I think Short Fiction deserves a bit more attention, not because it’s dying or anything dramatic as many articles today make its current state out to be, but because It’s such a strong tool for fiction writers and often produces some of the tightest works of prose. I’d be a fan of most of the genres in the poll, but I think Short Fiction could use a day in the sun. Admittedly, however, it’s not nearly as popular as its cousin the novel.
Anyway, if you still haven’t voted in the poll you should do so now on their facebook page.
From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 13, 2010 through February 19, 2010 are:
Saturday February 13-
Sweethearts Bazaar (Cosmic Monkey Comics, @12:00pm): Come down and check out creative work from Portland artists Sean Christensen, Katy Ellis O’Brien, Alicia Moreland, Andrice Arp, Theo Ellsworth, Amy Kuttab, Stumptown Underground, and more! You’ll find romance inspiring creations like the hand-dyed vintage slips, prints of anthropomorphic animal characters, buttons, ninja turtle fantasies, octopus wallets, and all kinds of zines from the featured artists — all at affordable prices for your last minute, gift giving budget! We’ll have all these arts and crafts set up on tables around Cosmic Monkey Comic’s spacious store.
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Looking for a Valentine’s Day treat, or a way to ring in the Chinese New Year? The Writers’ Dojo invites you to join them for free CH Wine & Moonstruck Chocolate tomorrow, Saturday February 13. 6-10 pm
While you’re there you can check out their new (reduced) membership rates, and see what events they have coming up.
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You can help Wordstock decide what type of authors or books you want to see at the Festival. Right now on the Wordstock Facebook page you can vote in a poll they have setup to get feedback regarding what kind of categories of authors or books you want to see at the festival. The categories are merely what Wordstock will focus on as the main genres. Go check out the poll and give them some feedback. Let them know what you want.
Wordstock Genre Poll
From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 6, 2010 through February 12, 2010 are:
Saturday February 6-
Kristin Hannah (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @2:00pm): Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother? From the author of Firefly Lane comes Winter Garden (St. Martin’s Press), a powerful novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Publishers Weekly raves, “Readers will find it hard not to laugh a little and cry a little more as mother and daughters reach out to each other just in the nick of time.”
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of March 13, 2010 through March 19, 2010 are:
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