Willamette Writers Eugene

July Events at Eugene Public Library

July 2014  – book-lover and writerly events at Eugene Public Library All events FREE. Summer Reading for All Ages at Eugene Public Library Through August. Sign up and join in the fun at Eugene Public Library with this year’s Summer Reading theme, “Fizz! Boom! Read!”  All summer, visit any Library location — Downtown, Sheldon, or…

A Reading Set to Music by Janet Fisher Sat 21 June

Book Reading (set to music!) and Signing at Tsunami Books, Saturday, 21 June, 5:00-7:00 pm Janet Fisher’s A Place of Her Own: The Legacy of Oregon Pioneer Martha Poindexter Maupin. ‘ Areading set to music provided by Don Fisher on trumpet and Patty Wilgus on piano. In my book the Civil War played heavily in Martha’s life…

Lunch with an Author at The Book Nest

The Book Nest presents Lunch with an Author most weeks on Thursday or Friday Mark your calendar for these lunches and go here for more information about upcoming author lunches. RSVP (not required but helpful) at AmandaBird@airpost.net. Thurs., June 26, noon: Pamela Wible, MD, local physician and author of Pet Goats and Pap Smears, a…

Sat, 21 June: Summer Solstice Reading & Book Signing

Local Authors Donating to St.Vincent de Paul’s Join our chapter co-chair Valerie Willman along with six local Oregon authors for a reading and book signing!! Book Signing Presented by St. Vincent de Paul Saturday, June 21st 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul at River Road/Division Street Location Meet and support local Oregon…

Downtown Eugene Public Library to Reduce Sunday Hours

Starting July 6, the Downtown Eugene Public Library will be open on Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Previously, the Downtown Library opened at 10:00 a.m. on Sundays. The reduction in open hours is one of the cost-saving measures taken to balance the City of Eugene budget for the coming year (FY15). The plan…

First Annual Author Celebration & Reading a Great Success!

We had so much fun hearing from our members’ books at the first annual Mid-Valley Author Celebration and Reading last Thursday, 5 June! We heard so many great stories by our readers and encourage you to check them out! Many thanks to our readers for sharing their stories with us and for their generosity in…

1 June: Book Launch for A PLACE OF HER OWN by Janet Fisher

Eugene author Janet Fisher announces the launch of her first book,  A Place of Her Own: The Legacy of Oregon Pioneer Martha Poindexter Maupin. Event details: Elkton, Oregon, at the ECEC library Sunday, 1 June,  at 1:00 pm Future events include a reading at Tsunami Books, Saturday, 21 June, 5:00-7:00 pm For more information, go…

Available Now: Two WESPIRTECH Novels by Mary Lowd

Mary Lowd has released two short anthologies of space opera short stories — Welcome to Wespirtech and Beyond Wespirtech. They’re available from Smashwords, Kindle, and other e-book retailers around the web. Welcome to Wespirtech: A Collection of Short Fiction At the Western Spiral Arm Planetary Institute of Technology, the best scientists from around the galaxy…

Exciting Summer Reading at Eugene Public Library!

June 2014 – book-lover and writerly events at Eugene Public Library All events FREE. Summer Reading for All Ages at Eugene Public Library Starting June 1, continuing all summer. Sign up and join in the fun at Eugene Public Library with this year’s Summer Reading theme, “Fizz! Boom! Read!” All summer, visit any Library location…

ITALY CALLS now available from Eugene Author C. Edwin Fender

Lorenzo Costa is content with his life in Oregon.  That life is turned upside down when the grandfather he doesn’t know calls him to come to Italy to take over his multi-billion Euro company.  While enroute, he unknowingly smuggles data for arms traffickers.  The journey to find his Italian roots and decide whether or not…