26th March 2010 by
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As good an argument for electronic readers as I have ever seen…
22nd January 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 January 23, 2010 through January 29, 2010 are: Saturday January 23- Voices In Verse (Cedar Mill Community Library, @10:00am-11:00am): Bring along a cup [...]
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15th January 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 January 16, 2010 through January 22, 2010 are: Saturday January 16- Mother Daughter Book Club (Hillsboro Main Library, @10:00am): A book discussion group [...]
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Portland is full of amazing readers, writers, publishers, and other literary folk. One of our goals at Reading Local Portland is to track down and interview every single one of them…well, okay, not every single one. But we are shooting to publish more interviews with local literati here on RLP. Sara Guest, who kindly gave [...]
10th January 2010 by
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Books,
Portland
I just came across a new blog in Portland dubbed the 100 Books Project, which will chronicle Candy Smith’s attempt to read and review 100 books in 365 days. Here are the rules she has set for herself: 1. All books must be read between January 1st 2010 and December 31st 2010. 2. All books [...]
8th January 2010 by
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From what I could find (please contact me if you have an event you would like me to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 9, 2010 through January 15, 2010 are: Saturday January 9- William Stafford Celebratory Reading (Tigard Public Library, @2:00pm): Join us for an [...]
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7th January 2010 by
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Bookstores,
Portland
As the Multnomah County Library system continues it’s switch over to an RFID tracking system, the Title Wave Used Bookstore continues to receive truckloads of books the library has decided to move out of its system. To help clear out some of this new inventory Title Wave has been running a different sale each day [...]
29th December 2009 by
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Books,
Portland
This post is authored by contributor, Teresa Bergen. Ms. Bergen is the author of the novel Killing The President, and in addition to writing, transcribes and edits oral histories, paints animal portraits, makes costume devil horns, teaches yoga, and plays bass in an indie rock band. Many Portlanders want to read classic books, but prefer [...]
14th December 2009 by
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From what I could find (please contact me if you have an event you would like me to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of December 14, 2009 through December 20, 2009 are: Monday December 14- Greg Mortenson – Stones Into Schools (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, @7:00pm, SOLD [...]
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20th November 2009 by
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Bookstores,
Portland
Everyone has different reasons for shopping at one bookstore or another. For some it’s primarily location, i.e. it’s my “neighborhood bookstore.” For others it may be about selection. Yet another reason could be the quality of booksellers employed at the store, or a connection with the store’s owner. Or perhaps price is the main driver. [...]
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