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Member News: Live Book Reading at McMenamin’s Kennedy School

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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,…

Member News: New Release — The Oratory of Souls

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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…

 Member News: New Release — A Deadly Combo

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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…

 Member News: New Release — Polters

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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…

Member News: New Release — The Ice Sings Back

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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…

Member News: Award Winner — Believe

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Julie Mathison’s book BELIEVE won the 2022 Best Book Award for Children’s Fiction from American Book Fest. BELIEVE had also won the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Best Middle Reader and First Horizon Award for Debut Books in 2020. Mathison’s third novel, ELENA THE BRAVE, a YA fantasy based on Russian folklore, has also been…

Cohort Update: Author Profile — Bob Gallup

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Written by Shiela Pardee Bob Gallup has always written to express himself, but he has only recently ventured into fiction writing. His science fiction short story began with an idea about a point in time. Now Bob is contemplating what comes next, expanding his original idea to write beyond the ending of the story. He…

Member News: New Release — There’s a Cat Hair in My Mask

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In a departure from her cozy mystery series, Mollie Hunt announces the publication of her new COVID memoir, There’s a Cat Hair in My Mask – How Cats Helped Me through Unprecedented Times. In her words, “This is my story, a tale of a plague and politics, of depression and inspiration, but mostly of cats.”…

Cohort Update: Author Profile — Maya Bairey

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By B. Zelkovich Maya Bairey is a native Pacific Northwest author. Her skill has been honed for three decades, culminating in her debut novel, Painting Celia. Maya’s stories draw from her lived experiences of multi-cultural family, LGBTQ+ identity, and street art activism. Underlying themes of trauma, expression, and families of choice are told with poetic…