Turnstone Books of Oregon, LLC is proud to announce the release of Shirley A. Plummer’s debut collection of poems, the task of falling rain.Plummer is a native of Oregon, born, raised and schooled in Salem in the Willamette Valley. After living and working in many different places at nearly as many different jobs, in 2007…
Patricia L. Brooks, WW member and Scottsdale, AZ resident, is an award winning memoirist. She recently launched her second memoir entitled Three Husbands and a Thousand Boyfriends. Her much anticipated survival story of domestic violence, love addiction, and post-traumatic stress is receiving critical acclaim. Patricia is president/founder of the highly successful Scottsdale Society of Women…
Welcome to Authors Road: Karen Cushman, Historical Young Adult Fiction http://www.authorsroad.com/KarenCushman.html We are pleased to share this new interview with you because it is with someone very special: Karen Cushman, a young adult writer who won a Newbery Award and a Newbery Honor, as well as many other awards in her long and brilliant career.…
Welcome to Authors Road: Carola Dunn, Mystery, Regency Romance – “Carola Dunn: Mystery, Regency Romance” http://www.authorsroad.com/CarolaDunn.html “One thing I enjoy is exploring why a nice person would commit murder.” Our first interview after leaving Portland was with Carola Dunn, author of the popular Daisy Dalrymple cozy mystery series. She is English by birth, and although…
Welcome to Authors Road: Laurie R. King – Mystery, Crime, Novels – “” http://www.authorsroad.com/LaurieR_King.html
Novelist Fiction Writer # 15 Too often science and art are classed as two different worlds, distinct from one another. We are pleased to introduce you to someone who doesn’t recognize this distinction, but rather sees these endeavors as two sides of the same coin. And she has the credentials to assert this since she’s…
Welcome to Authors Road: Larry Engelmann – Creative Nonfiction, Journalist http://www.authorsroad.com/LarryEngelmann.html For many of us, the Vietnam War was an event that could be described as a milestone, touchstone, or millstone in our lives. It’s a story that’s been told in every medium, from music to film, in novel, poem and historical non-fiction. We are…
Tricia Knoll’s Ocean’s Laughter, a collection of lyric and eco-poetry about change over time in Manzanita, Oregon, represents a 25-year history with this small coastal town. Ocean’s Laughter (Aldrich Press, 2016) is now available on Amazon, at Cloud & Leaf Bookstore in Manzanita and Another Read Through in Portland. For reviews by Naomi Shihab Nye,…
J. Stephen Whitney is a freelance writer who takes a strong approach to his creativity and has a genuine desire to write. He has a wide variety of work known for its irony and satire. His most recent work appeared in Timberline Review’s Inaugural edition. He has also published in magazines and newspapers that include…
Tim Hicks will be reading from his new novel, Last Stop Before Tomorrow, in Portland at Another Read Through (3932 N. Mississippi Ave.) Thursday, February 4th at 7:00 p.m. The novel tackles the subject of climate change. Some unsolicited responses to the novel… Long time since I have read a book where the language and…
