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. According to Ms. Jance’s website, she wanted to be [...]
22nd November 2009 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Matthew Simmons and Daniel Bailey (Ampersand, @7:00pm): Tonight marks the first in what we hope to be periodic readings at Ampersand. Fiction writer Matthew Simmons will read from A Jello Horse, which was recently published by Baltimore-based Publishing Genius & got a great review in The Believer. Poet Daniel Bailey will [...]
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Today’s Featured Book Event: I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill Release Party (Opposable Thumbs Gallery, @6:00pm): PATIENT, FOLDED HANDS PUBLISHING is a new Portland-based publisher of dark fiction. We will be celebrating the first book of this brand new company with the release of ‘I Grew Up In Amaltherey Hill‘, a lonely novella by Jaret [...]
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13th November 2009 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Vox: A Spoken-Word Chorus Presents Portland’s Actors Reading America’s Poetry (The Waterbrook Studio, @7:30pm, $10-15): Portland actors: Gary Brickner-Schulz, Adrienne Flagg, Eric Hull, Theresa Koon, Quigley Provost-Landrum, Kerry Ryan, and John Vergin will read poems from: Allen Ginsberg, Gertrude Stein, Robert Burns, William Shakespeare, Michele Glazer, William Stafford, Li-Young Lee, Jorie [...]
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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. How do you know if someone who’s been dead [...]
8th November 2009 by
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The Children’s Book Bank will hold an Open House Today (11-8) from 1:00pm-4:00pm, featuring Author Readings, Children’s Activities, Tasty Treats, and a Volunteer Appreciation Raffle. Four local award-winning children’s book authors will be reading and selling books at the event. The authors will donate $2 from the sale of each book to the Children’s Book [...]
5th November 2009 by
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The Nature of Words, Central Oregon’s Premier Literary Event, officially started their “long-weekend” of events last night with the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition Awards & Reception. It continues tonight with guest author readings and signings with Karen Karbo, Matthew Dickman, and Sherman Alexie at Bend’s Tower Theatre. Tomorrow’s (11-6) events include Sherman Alexie Unplugged [...]
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5th October 2009 by
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Today’s Featured Book Event: Emily Doskow presents The Sharing Solution (Broadway Books, 7:00pm): Tonight we are pleased to welcome Emily Doskow to Broadway Books to discuss ways we can live more sustainably by sharing resources of all kinds — sharing a car with a neighbor, sharing yard space for food cultivation, starting a tool lending [...]
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