29th July 2010 by
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Previously this week we have taken a look at how the new Reading Local: Portland will benefit Portland authors, publishers, and bookstores. Today’s post will cover how book clubs can utilize features available on the new site. Specifically we will talk about how they can use the site to recruit new members, organize upcoming meetings, [...]
3rd May 2010 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: 1000 Words: Quitting (The Maiden, @7:00pm): 1,000 Words convenes once again for another Monday night of literary revelry. As per usual, four writers agreed to write 250 words per week for the month leading up to the reading, this time on the theme “Quitting”. The writers also agreed, wisely or not, [...]
30th April 2010 by
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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 May 1, 2010 through May 7, 2010 are: Saturday May 1- Free Comic Book Day Celebration (Bridge City Comics, @10:00am): In addition to [...]
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5th April 2010 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Story Time For Grownups: Gonna Roll The Bones (Grendel’s Coffee House, @7:30pm): “Story Time for Grownups” returns to Grendel’s with a classic story of the ultimate game of craps – against the devil. Joe Slattermill, a perpetual no- count, finds himself wagering his life and everything on a roll of the [...]
tagged in Book Clubs, Books, David Shields, Events, Grendels Coffee House, Literary, Portland, portland state, Powells Books, Sonya Chung, Storytime For Grownups, West Linn Library
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24th March 2010 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Backfence PDX presents Lucky Bastards (The Mission Theater, @7:30pm, $12 online/$14 door): What do a former casino dealer with a true crime tale, a guileless 18 year-old Alaskan adventurer, and a television game show contestant have in common? They and other Lucky (or unlucky) Bastards will be telling true tales with [...]
tagged in Amy MacLennan, Annie Blooms Books, backfence pdx, Book Clubs, Book Groups, Books, Diane Hammond, Events, Green Bean Books, Jane Knechtel, Kelli Stanley, Ledding Library, Literary, mission theater, Portland, Powells Books, Verse In Person
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26th February 2010 by
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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 [...]
tagged in 1000 Words Reading Series, Book Clubs, Book Groups, Books, Dave Eggers, David Relin, David Shiels, Events, Joelle Jones, Literary, Paul Theroux, Peniel E. Joseph, Portland, Steven Johnson, Writers Resource Fair
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19th February 2010 by
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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 [...]
tagged in a childrens place bookstore, April Henry, Ariel Gore, Arthur Bradford, Babymouse, Bag of Books Sale, Biby Gaston, Bill Berkson, Book Clubs, Book Groups, Books, Brenda Peterson, Brian Doyle, broadway books, Carl Wilson, Cedar Mill Community Library, Cindy Hudson, Citizens Read, Doa Strom, Entertainment for the People, Events, Frank Black, Gina Ochsner, Green Bean Books, Heidi Durrow, Hillsboro Main Library, hollywood library, IFCC, In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, Jake Adelstein, Jennifer Richter, Jim Wallis, Joanne Fluke, Joanne Greenberg, Keith Scribner, Kim Stafford, Kristan Kennedy, Lewis and Clark College, Literary, Logernaut Reading Series, looking glass bookstore, Marisa Meltzer, Meg Mullins, Milwaukie Ledding Library, Mother-Daughter Book Club, Northwest Author Series, Open Mic, Oregon Writers Colony, Penelope Scambly Schott, Peter Sears, Portland, portland state, Powells Books, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Reed College, Roger Wendlick, Rosanne Parry, Scot Siegel, spare room reading series, St. John's Booksellers, Stephanie Saldana, Tigard Public Library, Title Wave Used Bookstore, Tokyo Vice, Tom Hayden, Toni Partington, University of Portland, Verse In Person, Victoria Jamieson, Wilsonville Public Library
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19th February 2010 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Story and Song: A Benefit for Bradley Rosen (The Blue Monk, @7:00pm, $8): Bradley Rosen was recently hospitalized with a staph infection in his spine, and now his fellow Dangerous Writers members are holding a benefit reading to help pay for his medical bills. An impressive line up includes Tom Spanbauer, [...]
tagged in Allison Cobb, Book Clubs, Book Groups, Books, Bradley Rosen, Events, Heidi W. Durrow, Kaia Sand, Literary, Live Wire Radio, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Portland, portland state, Powells Books, Reed College, St. John's Booksellers, the blue monk
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12th February 2010 by
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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 13, 2010 through February 19, 2010 are: Saturday February 13- Sweethearts Bazaar (Cosmic Monkey Comics, @12:00pm): Come down and check out creative [...]
tagged in 100th Monkey Studio, a childrens place bookstore, Allison Cobb, And&Review, Anne Jennings Paris, Annie Blooms Books, Barbara Drake, Barry Sanders, Bill Siverly, Binford Reading Series, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Book Clubs, Book Groups, Bradley Rosen, Central Library, cheryl strayed, Cosmic Monkey Comics, Dana Stabenow, Daniel Skatch-Mills, Darlene Pagan, Death Magazine, Debra Spark, Diane Jacobs, Edith M. Hemingway, Emily Chenoweth, floating world comics, Fran Cannon Slayton, Heidi Durrow, Hillary Manton Lodge, In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, Joel Kotkin, jon raymond, Kaia Sand, Karen Finneyrock, Kim Stafford, Lewis & Clark College, Live Wire Radio, looking glass bookstore, margaret malone, marylhurst university, Milagro Theatre, Monica Drake, Mountain Writers, pacific university, Paper Tiger Coffee House, Paul Collins, Paul Flores, Portland Poetry Slam, portland state, Powells Books, Ralph Ellison, reading frenzy, Rosanne Parry, Stumptown Underground, Suzanne Young, Sweethearts Bazaar, the blue monk, The Naughty List, The Press Club, Tiga Bar, Tom Spanbauer, VoiceCatcher, Writer's Dojo, Yvette Nahmia-Messinas
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11th February 2010 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Sarah Gottesdiener and Dexter Flowers Zine Release (In Other Words Women’s Books & Resources, @7:00pm, $2): Sarah Gottesdiener and Dexter Flowers present an art book opening. Flowers and Gottesdiener have created a limited edition art book/zine. The two have been close friends and collaborators for years, and both are trying something [...]
tagged in Book Clubs, Book Groups, Books, Cover to Cover Books, Dexter Flowers, Events, Hillsboro Main Library, In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, Jedediah Berry, Laura Winter, Literary, murder by the book, Myrlin Hermes, Portland, Reed College, Ross Gay, Sarah Gottesdiener
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