Award-winning indie author Julie Mathison will be speaking at Bloomsbury Books in downtown Ashland on Monday, July 29th at 7 p.m. about the pros and cons of indie vs. traditional publishing. Mathison came to independent publishing after years of pursuing the traditional dream, securing a top agent, making the rounds to the “Big Five” of…
Travel through the depth of loneliness and the grace of caregiving. Coping is not a conventional “how-to” guide with medical insights; instead, it astonishes readers with the vivid portrayal of human kindness amidst tears, anger and unexpected laughter. Coping is a book of true stories about a diverse group of caregivers where caring and conflict…
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop, the first book in Emmeline Duncan’s Halloween Bookshop Mystery, comes out on July 23rd from Kensington Cozies. The first in a new Pacific Northwest-set mystery series inspired by the real “Halloweentown!” Bailey Briggs adores her year-round Halloween-themed town of Elyan Hollow, Oregon. But when she takes over her grandfather’s…
Cheryl Landes’ memoir, The Best I Can Do: A True Story of Navigating the Complexities of Mental Illness and Homelessness, was released on May 1 in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month. She shares her experiences of caring for a spouse struggling from an undiagnosed mental health condition during the last 20 years of his…
Join authors Ron Turker, Jeff Wallach, and Micah Thorp for readings and a fun-filled discussion as they introduce their new novels: “The Wandering Jew of St. Salacious,” “Mr. Wizard,” and “Uncle Joe’s Senpai.” This reading is from 2:00 – 5:00 PM on Saturday, September 23rd, at the McMenamin’s Kennedy School Hotel, (5736 NE 33rd Ave,…
Spokane’s Lynx House Press has published Corvallis poet Richard Robbins’s seventh book of poems, The Oratory of All Souls. Robbins studied with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees at the University of Montana, where he received his MFA. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Society of America. See…
Karen A. Phillips is proud to present her debut mystery novel, A DEADLY COMBO. What do boxing and vintage trailers have in common? Meet Raquel AKA Rocky Nelson, a retired single woman with an attitude and love for boxing. Sisters Rocky and Bridget are enjoying each other’s company at a vintage trailerfest until they stumble over…
William X. Adams is proud to present his newest Novel, Polters, a story of Love and Death. Clay is devastated by the recent murder of Lane as he crosses the Willamette River at midnight to Bardonia where the recently deceased, called Polters, congregate. Their way forward has been blocked by a reactionary gang. As he searches…
You Don’t Say: Stories, Poems & a Few Surprises is the latest book by award-winning author Steve Theme. When asked to speak bout the book, Steve responded that “Hodgepodge is a real word. Yet it still doesn’t seem dignified enough to belong in a dictionary. However, this book is a hodgepodge of nonfiction, fiction, poetry,…
Eugene local Dr. M Jackson is a National Geographic Society Explorer, TED Fellow, and three-time U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Jackson is the author of the award-winning science books The Secret Lives of Glaciers (2019) and While Glaciers Slept (2015). Jackson’s debut novel, The Ice Sings Back (February 20, 2023) is based in Lane County, Oregon, and…
