Behind every work of fiction lies some form of truth. So, what might be the truth behind Shakespeare’s tragic play, Hamlet? That’s the question that drives Portland author Myrlin Hermes new novel, The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet (Harper Perennial). Imagine that Horatio is a regular old sixteenth century bisexual guy who meets a [...]
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Reading Local Review: "The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet" by Myrlin Hermes
24th April 2010 by Alison under Uncategorized
Reading Local Interview: Lisa Schroeder
31st March 2010 by admin under Uncategorized
OK Portlanders: let’s get one thing clear, here, as there seems to be some confusion. There are two fantastic artists, both named Lisa Schroeder, who call Portland home. One Lisa Schroeder nurtures bellies with her delectable restaurant fare at Mother’s Bistro & Bar and Mama Mia Trattoria. Her medium is “Mother Food”. Then there’s “not [...]
Sailing Away From Safety: How A Book Tour Can Be Like A Storm At Sea
This essay about life on the road is provided by Jaret Ferratusco. Jaret is the founder of Patient, Folded Hands Publishing, and author of the novellas I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill and Please Don’t Leave Me. Jaret was recently featured on W + K Entertainment’s Story Time program, where he read from one of [...]
New Release: "The Big Book of Gross Stuff" by Bart King
4th March 2010 by gabe under Uncategorized
If you are a Portland author, poet, zinester, cartoonist or publisher looking to publicize your new release(s), email us (portland@readinglocal.com): the title of the release, a brief description, when it will be available, and a link to where it can be purchased or pre-ordered. We will then help you to promote your new release by [...]
tagged in author, Bart King, Big Book of Gross Stuff, Books, New Release, Portland
Portland Author Profile: Peter Fogtdal
2nd March 2010 by admin under Uncategorized
The handsome Danish author Peter Fogtdal took a break Friday to let me snoop around his apartment and ask nosy questions. He deserves a break, and a better one than I provided, after the fifteen months since his novel The Tsar’s Dwarf came out from Portland’s own Hawthorne Books. In that time he has done [...]
tagged in author, Hawthorne Books, Peter Fogtdal, Portland, The Tsar's Dwarf
New Release: "Volette I: Seven Saints & a Cigarette Butt" by Wil Peregrine
2nd March 2010 by gabe under Uncategorized
If you are a Portland author, poet, zinester, cartoonist or publisher looking to publicize your new release(s), email us (portland@readinglocal.com): the title of the release, a brief description, when it will be available, and a link to where it can be purchased or pre-ordered. We will then help you to promote your new release by [...]
Reading Local Interview: Johanna Wright
25th February 2010 by admin under Uncategorized
Portland author/illustrator Johanna Wright paints hidden worlds that only she (and children) can see. ‘Little people’ reading books atop mushrooms. A family of birds snuggling on a telephone wire. Babies swaddled in quilted cocoons. Family bands making music while straddling tree branches. Her disarming style evokes comfort and luminous warmth found only in secret hideaways [...]
tagged in author, children's books, Interview, Johanna Wright, Portland
New Release: "The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight" by Gina Ochsner
23rd February 2010 by gabe under Uncategorized
If you are a Portland author, poet, zinester, cartoonist or publisher looking to publicize your new release(s), email us (portland@readinglocal.com): the title of the release, a brief description, when it will be available, and a link to where it can be purchased or pre-ordered. We will then help you to promote your new release by [...]
New Release: "Remember to Wave" by Kaia Sand
11th February 2010 by gabe under Uncategorized
If you are a Portland author, poet, zinester, cartoonist or publisher looking to publicize your new release(s), email us (portland@readinglocal.com): the title of the release, a brief description, when it will be available, and a link to where it can be purchased or pre-ordered. We will then help you to promote your new release by [...]
tagged in author, Kaia Sand, Portland, Remember to Wave, Tin Fish Press
New Release: "A Life Transformed-By Accident" by Helen Decker Liere
9th February 2010 by gabe under Uncategorized
f you are a Portland author, poet, zinester, cartoonist or publisher looking to publicize your new release(s), email us (portland@readinglocal.com): the title of the release, a brief description, when it will be available, and a link to where it can be purchased or pre-ordered. We will then help you to promote your new release by [...]
tagged in A Life Transformed, author, Books, Helen Decker Liere, Portland
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