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Longtime member and local author, Sarina Dorie, creates a fundraiser to produce her bestselling series as audiobooks and to raise awareness about the Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library. After suffering from a mild traumatic brain injury at work, and experiencing the difficulties of reading and vision impairment, Sarina Dorie talks about the importance of…
April 9, 7:00 pm. Travel “beyond the bridge” to St. John’s Two Rivers Bookstore, where dueling mystery authors thrust and parry over character quirks, plot secrets and action clips from River Run: a Delia Chavez Mystery by J. S. James and Crossroad by W. H. Cameron. All interested in the genre are invited to come…
Sherry M. Joiner, the author of Sherry Goes Sane: Living A Life With Schizo-Affective Disorder has penned a second memoir: Last Miracle for Maria: A Story of Suicide, PTSD, and Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder Type. Her mother, Maria, a Brazilian immigrant and World War II bride comes to the States searching for opportunity. She becomes a…
Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli & Isles and Kathy Reichs, comes A Desperate Place, an explosive debut thriller about a team of two strong women and a crime that will shake you to your core. Three separate homicides. Three unrelated victims. One grisly secret. The book launch for Jennifer Greer’s debut suspense/thriller is…
Saturdays, April 11 – May 9, 10am – 12pm This class is designed for students who wish to deepen their understanding of the ideas presented in the “Coming Through the Crucible” workshop. In this five-week class, we will use the text of The Writer’s Crucible as a starting point for an exploration of the emotional…
Maryka Biaggio’s novel, Eden Waits (Sunbury Press, August 2019) was selected as an Editor’s Choice in the February 2020 issue of Historical Novels Review. Eden Waits is based on the true story of a utopian community founded in the 1890s. Author John Smolens calls is a “well-researched novel that examines a lost chapter in our…
Save the date for “A Literary Salon” at the Opal Center for Arts and Education, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Saturday, March 14th. Presenters will be James Burke (author of the Jake Matthews medical suspense series) and Rod Williams (author of “An Americana Singer for the 21st Century” and “Celestial Springs”). They will read selections of…
The powerful characters of Koenig’s Wonder and Koenig’s Spirit return with challenges in the thrilling world of thoroughbred racing. Conspiracy, intrigue and revenge weave the characters along different dimensions in their lives as their pasts and new beginnings bring the members of these families closer together. Koenig’s Promise is the third novel in the Koenig…
Love Is Complicated: A True Story of Brokenness and Healing is a heartwarming and often shocking tale of a religious father and his sinful daughter that will transform your perception of what it means to simultaneously rebel against and yearn for a father’s love. Marlena is four months old when her parents are called as…
Bill Johnson’s play Heavenly Birth Insurance will be presented by Emotive Artz at Short + Sweet Dubai, Feb 21st & 22nd, 2020 at 7:30pm. At the Junction on AlSerkal Avenue. Directed by Nikhil Mittal. Find out more.
