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 [...]
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Friends of the Multnomah County Library 36th Annual Fall Used Book Sale Starts Tomorrow
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 [...]
Tonight 10-4: Ralph Nader presents "Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us!" at Powell's City of Books
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, [...]
Chris Hedges at Powell's City of Books
Today’s Featured Book Event: Chris Hedges Reading (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges’s Empire of Illusion (Nation Books) charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion. Other Book Event’s Today: Shuffleupagus – A Collaborative Zine Experience (Central Library, U.S. Bank Room, @6:00pm): Think [...]
Peace Corps Journal Reading and Book Giveaway at Central Library
Today’s Featured Book Event: Peace Corps Journal Reading and Book Giveaway (Central Library, @6:00pm): Every day in the Peace Corps brings a new experience, adventure or lesson. Come listen to journal entries directly from the Peace Corps volunteers who wrote them and pick up your free copy of “A Life Inspired,” a collection of stories [...]
Top Seven Things Available on The Multnomah County Library Website
I may be preaching to the choir here, but just in case you weren’t aware of the greatness of the Multnomah County Library website, here are the top seven features that can be found: An Event Finder that allows you to sort by date, location, age group, program type, or by keyword. A whole section [...]
Donations Needed
An announcement from The Friends of the Multnomah County Library: The Friends of the Multnomah County Library needs donations of used books, CD’s, DVD’s. We depend on sales to support many library programs. Please leave the above items (in good condition) at any local branch, or at the Title Wave Book Store at 216 NE [...]
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