Twitter is making some great strides as of late, including their new retweet function and the extremely useful “Lists.” Lists are an incredibly easy way to organize the tweeps you follow or just happen to come across. So I have begun to use this new tool to organize the different Portland literary entities (writers, bookstores, libraries, reading series, organizations, etc.) that have a Twitter account. You can see those lists and follow them on my @readportland Twitter account.
FYI, I just started creating these yesterday so if you don’t see yourself on the requisite list please DM or @ reply and I will get you added. Or if you have an idea for a list, please share that as well. Happy tweeting!
Mark this down on your calendars as a must attend event. Monday, November 16th at 6:00pm Al Stavitsky, Portland Director of U of O’s School of Journalism and Communication, will moderate a discussion on how “digital books change us as writers, publishers, and readers.” A panel full of heavy-hitters includes: Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love; Dennis Stovall, director of publishing and publisher of Ooligan Press at PSU; and Vailey Oehlke, director of Multnomah County Libraries.
Here is the teaser from U of O:
Electronic book devices such as Amazon’s Kindle and Sony E-reader are part of a new wave in digital publishing–one that’s drawing attention in the media and creating an uncertain world for publishers, authors, journalists, librarians and booksellers. How do digital books change us as writers, publishers, and readers?
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Friends of Hillsboro Library Fall Used Book Sale (Hillsboro Library-Main Branch, @12:00pm-6:00pm): The Friends of the Hillsboro Public Library are having the Fall Book Sale in the Meeting Room during regular library hours. For more information about the Friends, visit their website at www.hillsborolibraryfriends.org.
You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County.
Today’s Featured Book Event:
Reading with Neeli Cherkovski (The Writers’ Dojo, @7:30pm): Neeli Cherkovski reads from his new book of poems, From The Canyon Outward. Cherkovski lives and writes in San Francisco. His poertry books include Animal, Elegy for Bob Kaufman, Leaning Against Time, which earned an PEN Award for Excellence in Literature, Fronteras Rotas, published in a bi-lingual edition, and the newly released From the Canyon Outward. Another collection, The Manila Poems, is forthcoming. He has also written biographies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowskii, and is the author of a book of critical memoirs, Whitman’s Wild Children. For many years, Cherkvoski served as writer-in-residence at the now closed New College of California where he also taught literature and philosophy. He continues to teach poetics at various locales throughout the SF Bay Area and is completing a new memoir.
Other Book Events Today:
Friends of Hillsboro Library Fall Used Book Sale (Hillsboro Library-Main Branch, @10:00am-8:00pm): The Friends of the Hillsboro Public Library are having the Fall Book Sale in the Meeting Room during regular library hours. For more information about the Friends, visit their website at www.hillsborolibraryfriends.org.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Spooky Write-Off (IPRC, @7:00pm): Halloween is coming up, and the IPRC is hosting another Write-Off. The theme is Ghost Stories–but not as you have ever experienced them before! We are giving you the theme but not the genre. In each competitive round, a new genre will be picked from a hat (ie. an ode, a movie script, how-to, obituary), and contestants will write their brains out–about ghosts, in the given genre under a time limit. Cool prizes go to the contestants who demonstrate the most versatility and originality (and the most screams!).
Moe Bowstern of Xtra Tuf and IPRC director Justin Hocking will co-host the event, and a panel of judges will award prizes for the most terror-ific writing. We can guarantee a very entertaining evening. Participation is open to anyone up for the challenge, and attendance is free and open to all!
Other Book Events Today:
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
George Wright presents Driving To Vernonia (Broadway Books, @7:00pm): George Wright will be here tonight to read from his newest novel, Driving to Vernonia. The story is told by Edmund Kirby-Smith, who is approaching his fiftieth birthday. Just when his life should be at its peak, he loses everything. With compassion and daring, Wright explores one man’s loss of self and chronicles his journey to reconnect with his past and reclaim what is there. Driving to Vernonia is a penetrating story of deprivation, laced with love and anger, violence and self-discovery. Wright is also the author of the Oregon Trio: Baker City 1948, Tillamook 1952, and Roseburg 1959 — three novels set in small-town Oregon in the forties and fifties.
Other Book Events Today:
Zinesters Talking (North Portland Library, @6:30pm): Local independent publishers read from their zines in the fifth annual Zinesters Talking series. MExplore emotional terrain in “The Empire Builder” with A.M. O’Malley and find out what’s in “Free Box the Magazine” with Bece Kidder. Bring your own giveaways to deposit in a special free box at the event — or come ready to peruse the free box for goodies to take away!
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place Fall 09 Release Reading (Looking Glass Bookstore, @7:00pm): Featuring poets: Bill Siverly, Michael McDowell, Carlos Reyes, Eleanor Berry, Kathie Durbin & Melanie Green.
Join us for a reading with 6 incredible local poets featured in the Fall 2009 issue of Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place. Windfall features poetry which captures the spirit of place as part of the essence of the poem. We particularly emphasize poetry of the Pacific Northwest which is attentive to the relationships between people and the landscapes in which we live.
Other Book Events Today:
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Sarah Baker Munro (Broadway Books, @7:00pm): Sarah Baker Munro, author of the recently published book Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon, joins us tonight to talk about the beauty and history of our own historical treasure — a National Landmark since 1977 –Timberline Lodge. The book, published by local Timber Press, is illustrated with historical photos and stunning new color photos by Aaron Johnson. In compiling this gorgeous book, historian Munro drew on oral histories, personal correspondence, and rare documents from public and private archives. The book also presents biographical sketches of nearly 60 artists and describes more than 250 works of art in the Timberline collection.
Other Book Events Today:
Zinesters Talking (Hollywood Library, @6:30pm): Local independent publishers read from their zines in the fifth annual Zinesters Talking series. Glamorize your life “Golden Girls”-style with Scott and Zach, the editors of “Miami, You’ve Got Style” (and “Degrassi Digest”) and take a hilarious trip with Dr. Danny Q. Swank and his “Tales from the Bus.”
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Hat tip to Dave from the institution that is Dave Knows: Portland for the kind words about Reading Local’s coverage of the events surround this weekends Wordstock Festival, and additionally for making me aware of the Friends of Multnomah County Library’s 36th Annual Fall Used Book Sale that starts tomorrow from 6pm – 9pm for members of the Friends (you can sign up at the event, click here to see the full benefits of becoming a member).
Saturday (10-10) is the first day the general public can get their hands on the over 100,000 donated items including Books, CDs & DVDs, Audio & Video tapes, and Maps & Sheet Music. Children’s books and pocket-sized paperbacks start at 50¢, and hardcover books and large paperbacks start at $1.50. The genre of books available includes: Art • Biography • Children’s • Cooking • Gardening • History Home Repair • Literature • Math • Mystery • Old Books • Popular Fiction • Reference • Science • Sports • Travel • and more …
All proceeds from the sale benefit the award winning Multnomah County Library.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Ralph Nader (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! (Seven Stories), former presidential candidate Ralph Nader asks: What if America’s wealthiest individuals decided to work for the collective good?
Other Book Events Today:
Friends of the West Linn Public Library Used Book Sale (West Linn Library, @12:00pm-5:00pm): It’s time for the annual Used Book Sale from the Friends of the West Linn Public Library. Cookbooks, gardening books, novels, and more!
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
A Children’s Place Bookstore 35th Anniversary Celebration (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @10:00am): ACP is thrilled to announce our 35th Anniversary! On October 3rd and 4th we are having a huge birthday bash! All weekend (Sat & Sun) we will have a “Choose Your Own Discount” anniversary sale. We are also excited to celebrate our birthday with some of our favorite local authors and illustrators. Below is a list of activities we have planned for the weekend.
Saturday:
10am Sidewalk Chalk Party w/ David Hohn
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In Boilerplate (Abrams), husband-and-wife team Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett have richly imagined the world’s first robot soldier (created in 1893) and inserted him into accurate retellings of history, profusely illustrated with graphics mimicking period style.
Other Book Events Today:
Friends of the West Linn Public Library Used Book Sale (West Linn Library, @10:00am-6:00pm): It’s time for the annual Used Book Sale from the Friends of the West Linn Public Library. Cookbooks, gardening books, novels, and more!
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