Today’s Featured Book Event:
Writers Resource Fair (Central Library, @12:00pm): Writers and potential writers are invited to meet representatives of organizations offering support and opportunities for writers. Attend the Small Press Book Sale. Visit the Sterling Room for Writers. Tour the John Wilson Special Collections. Light refreshments provided. Visit the Resource Fair website for further details.
Other Book Events Today:
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Over 30 organizations offering “support and opportunities for writers,” will be present this Sunday (2-28) at the Writers Resource Fair held downtown at the Central Library. The fair is a wonderful opportunity to network with literary minded individuals, and celebrate the regions “lively literary scene.”
The incredible lineup of particpating organizations includes:
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Ralph Ellison Book Release and Reading (Lewis & Clark College, Agnes Flanagan Chapel, @7:30pm): At his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind roughly two thousand pages of his unfinished second novel, which he had spent nearly four decades writing. Long awaited, it was to have been the work Ellison intended to follow his masterpiece, “Invisible Man.”
In order to bring “Three Days Before the Shooting…” to life, John Callahan, the literary executor for Ellison’s estate, enlisted the help of Adam Bradley. A former student of Callahan’s, Bradley is now a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Together, Callahan and Bradley sorted through Ellison’s collected notes, files, and manuscript pages. A profile in The Washington Post details Callahan and Bradley’s collaboration as they edited the posthumous novel, released January 2010.
Other Book Events Today:
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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 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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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Kevin Sampsell (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): From writer and Future Tense publisher Kevin Sampsell comes A Common Pornography (Harper Perennial), a searing memoir, told in vignettes, that captures the history of an American family. Intertwining recollections of small-town youth with darker threads of family history, Sampsell reveals how incest, madness, betrayal, and death can seem positively normal. “Embarrassing and honest, heartbreaking and hilarious,” hails Willy Vlautin, author of Northline and The Motel Life. “A great memoir from one of the Northwest’s best writers.”
Other Book Events Today:
Title Raves-Book Blogs (Central Library, @12:00pm): Explore the online book scene with local literary bloggers Laini Taylor, Alison Hallett, Gabe Barber and Emily-Jane Dawson.
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Who is this masked man behind Reading Local anyway? You can find out tomorrow (2/1 at noon) if you hop on over to the Central Library and attend Title Raves, wherein the Portland Mercury’s Alison Hallett, award winning author Laini Taylor, Multnomah County Library blogger Emily-Jane Dawson, and myself will be raving about our favorite books and the blogs that discuss them. You will have the opportunity to rave about your reading faves as well, be they books or blogs!
I was asked to provide a list of the books and blogs I would be raving about, so I thought I might share them here as well:
Books- Couch by Ben Parzybok; Dot-to-Dot, Oregon by Sid Miller; Chasing Smoke and Lost Dog by Bill Cameron; Everything Was Fine Until Whatever by Chelsea Martin; Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead – The Frank Meeink story, as told to Jody M. Roy.
Blogs- Portland Mercury’s Blogtown; Rose City Reader; Oregonian Books; Paper Fort; Pinball Publishing’s Coin-Op; Galley Cat; Tin House Books Blog; and the Hawthorne Books Blog.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
William Stafford Commemorative Birthday Event–Readings & Presentations (Central Library, @2:00pm): Central Library hosts readings and presentations commemorating Oregon’s late poet.
Featured Participants: Joel Nightingale Berning presents William Stafford as a Minister. Mr. Berning is a third-year Master of Divinity student at Union Theological Seminary in New York City; Kate Gray published her first full-length book of poems, Another Sunset We Survive, in 2007, and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award; Carlos Reyes is a noted poet, writer and translator whose latest book of poetry, The Book of Shadows: New and Selected Poems, was published in 2009; Penelope Scambly Schott has published several books, including A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth, which won the 2008 Oregon Book Award for Poetry; Joseph A. Soldati, host for the program, has published poems and essays. Recent among his published books is Apocalypse Clam.
Other Book Events Today:
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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 January 30, 2010 through February 5, 2010 are:
Saturday January 30-
Ink Splash (Writers’ Dojo, @10:00am, $15 suggested donation): Ink Splash is an annual workshop for young writers offered in conjunction with the submission period for Ink-Filled Page’s Youth Issue. Join the editors and special guest poetry ambassador Celeste Thompson for an inspiring day of literary creation. The day will include poetry writing prompts as well as personal creation time. We’ll also workshop one of your poems or stories, highlighting your writing talent and offering suggestions for further exploration. Light refreshments will be provided. This workshop is geared toward young adults in grades 6–12. Bring: Four copies of a poem or story to workshop.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
NW Author Series: How to Use a Critique Group presented by Amber Keyser, PhD (Wilsonville Public Library, @3:30pm): In this workshop, we’ll discuss the characteristics of a productive writing group and how to find one. Through hands-on activities, we’ll explore how to give and receive constructive criticism. Finally, we’ll focus on how critique and revision will help you produce your best possible work and have fun doing it. Several members of Amber Keyser’s critique group, Viva Scriva, will be on hand to share the inner workings of this productive bunch of writers.
Amber Keyser, an evolutionary biologist turned freelance writer, uses both story and science to understand how the world works and why we do what we do. Her books for children include An Algonquin Heart Song: Paddle My Own Canoe(The Friends of Algonquin Park) and two graphic novels from Capstone Press, Cells with Max Axiom and Genes with Max Axiom (due out in 2010).
Other Book Events Today:
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Writers Talking: Jess of Get Sconed! (Central Library, @1:00pm): Jess is the author of the award-winning vegan blog “Get Sconed!,” one of the longest-running vegan food blogs. She is the coauthor of Stumptown Vegans, a site for restaurant reviews and podcasts. She is also a recipe tester for Post Punk Kitchen cookbooks. Jess has been in Portland since 2004. She will talk about her blog, eating locally, and being a Portland vegan. Samples will be available! Samples will be available!
You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.
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Tomorrow’s Featured Book Event:
Writing Abraham Lincoln (Central Library, @2:00pm): A reading and discussion with professor Tony Wolk and his students from a recent Portland State University course entitled “Lincoln and Literature.” In addition to reading from their stories — which feature an imagined Lincoln — they will briefly discuss our obsessive fascination with Lincoln, especially in this the year of his 200th birthday. Wolk is the author of three novels featuring Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln: A Novel Life, Good Friday and Lincoln’s Daughter.
Other Book Events Tomorrow:
What’s Your Story (Sellwood-Moreland Library, @1:00pm): There are only a couple months left to capture your Oregon story and add it to the State archives. What brought your family to Oregon? Do you love the rain? Do you savor Oregon summers? This workshop will give you the storytelling and improv skills to share your unique tale. We’ll capture it on podcast and help you upload it to the Oregon 150 site. Be a part of Oregon’s birthday celebration and don’t miss this opportunity to tell us your story!
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Tomorrow’s Featured Book Event:
Cartoonist Talking: T. Edward Bak (Central Library, @6:30pm): Bak will read excerpts from his special work-in-progress, “Wild Man,” share original artwork and provide a preview of upcoming “Wild Man” episodes. “Wild Man” is about naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller.
Other Book Events Tomorrow:
Eighth Annual Jefferson High School Multicultural Film Festival (North Portland Library, @4:45pm): The North Portland Library is proud to co-sponsor Jefferson High School’s Multicultural Film Festival showcasing eight diverse movies. Watch “What Would Jesus Buy?” and join us for a disccusion following the show. Follow Rev. Billy and the church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse.
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