Margaret Adams just buried her late husband but was widowed long before he dropped dead on the ninth hole at his beloved golf club. Now with children grown and her unhappy marriage over, Margaret goes in search of something, anything. Enter Las Vegas bowling alley, Cactus Lanes. With its beautiful neon sign, legendary chili fries…
WW Member Tom Larsen’s Short Story “La Hermana del Alcalde” (The Mayor’s Sister) will appear in the March / April Issue of “Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.” Available now at newsstands and wherever fine magazines are sold. Find out more
A new radio program, NW Book Talk, will be airing on KXRW.FM a local, independent radio station in Vancouver, WA starting February 14th, 2024. The show will feature local authors (fiction and nonfiction), book coaches, publishers, educators, bookstores, book events and all things book related. It’s a great opportunity for book promotion for published authors…
Willamette Writers member Jennifer Sherman Roberts’ debut novel, The Village Healer’s Book of Cures (Lake Union), has been named an Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society. Set in 17th-century England, the novel follows a female healer who enflames the fury of a witchfinder–who sees not healing but the devil in her work. Find out…
Lisa Ard’s debut adult historical fiction novel, Brighter Than Her Fears, publishes Jan 16, 2024. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW says “Historical fiction readers interested in stories of post-Civil-War America … and the changing status of women who rose to new power in the war’s aftermath … will find this story of thirty-year-old Alice Harris … compelling,”…
Join writers in Portland, New Orleans, and London among other communities around the world for this month’s Writing for the Soul of the World salon when Dr. Hazel hosts Cristina Deptula, founder of the book publicity agency Authors Large and Small. Christina is a publicist, writer, and magazine editor who is experienced in both academic…
Oregon and Washington playwrights are invited to submit new plays to the 2024 Majestic 8 Ten-Minute Play Festival. Eight winning plays will be performed at the Majestic Theatre in Corvallis on June 14 and June 15. Submission Deadline: February 25, 2024. Guidelines: 2-5 characters max, running time: 10 minutes max, minimal sound/light requirements, simple set.…
WATER is the second novel in the Cal Jamison Mystery Series. It is a murder mystery based in Central Oregon. WATER will be launched: Sunday, January 14, 2024, between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm at the Willamette Valley Vineyards Tasting Room, 300 NE 3rd Street in McMinnville, Oregon. The author, Linda Kuhlmann, will discuss this…
The Winter 2023 issue of Animal Wellness magazine will include an article by Portland writer Linda Caradine. Caradine is confirmed animal lover and a frequent contributor to Animal Wellness. She has written on such topics as Canine Cognitive Dysfunction and Adopting a Special Needs Animal. Her current piece deals with Sleep Disorders in Dogs. Caradine…
Hugo- and Nebula-winning local author David D. Levine’s new science fiction novel will be released on November 7 2023 from small press Caezik SF&F. THE KUIPER BELT JOB is a caper story in space, a mash-up of OCEAN’S 11 and THE EXPANSE with a dollop of FIREFLY and LEVERAGE. It’s an ensemble piece with complex…
