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Member News: New Release- Getting Lost To Find Home

Caroline Miller’s Memoir Score on Oregon Arts Watch Words of parise for the memoir: “Miller’s strong narrative is evident throughout her memoir, and she is quite eloquent in expressing her belief that we are lost and all of us are trying to find home. She believes that if we do not periodically experience discomfort in…

Member News: New Release – Ready Or Not

As a child, Cody Benson disappeared while on a trek in the snowy Oregon wilderness. A fugitive, wanted for murder, saved him from a freezing death. Now a twenty-six-year-old assistant professor of anthropology, Cody is determined to find his rescuer and secretly resolve his past, but his sideways life is filled with anomalies—guilt, panic attacks,…

Member News: Author Recognized with Multiple Awards

Multiple awards for Willamette Writers member              “Buzz Bernard and his novel WHEN HEROES FLEW: THE ROOF OF THE WORLD were recently honored by two nationally-recognized organizations. On September 23 in Seattle, THE ROOF OF THE WORLD won the Nancy Pearl Book Award for genre fiction novels.  The award is sponsored through the Pacific Northwest Writers…

MEMBER NEWS: Author Event – PNW Authors’ Book Fair

Did Someone Say Road Trip? On Saturday, October 7th, from 10 till 3, there will be a PNW Authors’ Book Fair at the Peninsula Church Center, 5000 N Street, in Seaview, WA (behind the laundromat). This Book Fair is a re-boot of the pre-pandemic Authors’ Showcase, formerly sponsored by the town of Long Beach. Unfortunately,…

Member News: Book Launch at the Cat Show!

“This Halloween, the cats are hiding, and the monsters don’t wear costumes.” Mollie Hunt will launch Cat House, her latest Crazy Cat Lady Cozy Mystery, at the Portland Cat Extravaganza & Rescue Awareness Event by Loving Cats Worldwide. Join her on October 7-8. It’s going to be a paw-ty! (Admission to the cat show required.)…

Member News: New Release – Short Orders

Hello friends and colleagues: I’m happy to report that I have finally published a book! It’s called Short Orders, and is a compilation of short stories, flash fiction, humor and satire. The trade paperback is available at Broadway Books (broadwaybooks.net), Powell’s (powells.com) or anywhere new books are sold. Here’s a synopsis: A man loses his…

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 – War Angel: Korea 1950

It’s 1950. Mary Belanger, a Reserve Army operating room nurse is called up and must leave behind a philandering husband and the baby of his runaway sister. All too soon, Mary is thrust into combat surgeries dealing with unimaginable wounds and forced to grow in ways she never imagined. She and the other nurses do…