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 [...]
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Hawthorne Books Joins The Blogosphere
Earlier this month while we were all distracted by Holiday sales and flashing lights, Portland publisher Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts started a blog. You should go check it out, and then add it to your reader. Oh, and they are also on Twitter and Facebook too.
Portland Based Editor Needed For Culturally Sensitive Novel
I received a note in my inbox the other day from Melody Stromquist of Small Business Affinity asking if I could help find a Portland based editor for a client of hers. Here are the details and contact information for anyone interested: Looking for local editor in Portland Metro area. New self publishing house has [...]
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Files For Liquidation
As reported in The Oregonian, “coffee table book” publisher Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. filed for liquidation in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland this past Friday: “They’re having a hard time like everyone else,” said Michael Powell, owner of Powells Books, who sat on Graphic Arts’ board until early this year. “They did every [...]
A "Bakery For Books?" I Like The Sound of That!
Yesterday on Neighborhood Notes, Liz Hummer posted a fantastic piece (great pics included!) about the newly opened Publication Studio. Here is a small taste: But since September, Matthew Stadler and Patricia No have been bringing the corner to life every morning, rolling the presses of their industry-changing venture, Publication Studio, from dawn to midday. Stadler [...]
Interview with Jaret Ferratusco Founder of Portland's Newest Press: Patient, Folded Hands
Several presses have established themselves in Portland, with a wide variety of genres represented by each. The newest on the block is Patient, Folded Hands, a small press started by Jaret Ferratusco the “quiet little proprietor of Corpse On Pumpkin Photography.” Jaret plans to release dark fiction that gets at the “underbelly of civilization,” stories [...]
Portland’s City of Hamburgers on the Menu in Big Apple
This post is authored by contributor Nicole Krueger. You can keep track of what Nicole is up to on her wonderful blog Books and Bards. DISCLAIMER: Nicole Krueger is professionally affiliated with Inkwater Press. Imagine a plateful of hamburgers and hot dogs springing to life, dancing and cavorting to the tunes of a live “oom-pa-pa” [...]
New Releases From Future Tense and Underland Press Available For Pre-Order
Put Your Head In My Lap, a new collection of stories from Claudia Smith is now available for pre-order on the Future Tense website. Featuring cover art from local artist Hayley Barker, Put Your Head In My Lap is described as “a new collection full of emotionally taut and sweetly melancholic stories that evoke the [...]
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