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Member Kerry Blaisdell is thrilled to announce that her debut novel DEBRIEFING THE DEAD is a finalist in the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Awards contest. To celebrate, the ebook will be on sale for $0.99 April 4-May 3, 2019! Read this award-winning novel before the sequel, WAKING THE DEAD, comes out on May…
“WRITING HORSES: An exploration of the horse-human interface, writing, and the creative process Saturday, May 4 2019, 10:00 am-5:00 pm at Rocking B Farms in Ridgefield, WA (30-45 minutes from Portland, OR, 20 minutes from Vancouver, WA). Writers and horse lovers of all levels of experience are welcome! From an early age horses develop connections…
Award-winning journalist and author Julie Whipple will present her book, Crash Course on April 29 at McMenamins Kennedy School History Pub Series. https://www.mcmenamins.com/events/197517-crash-course-the-portland-air-disaster-that-made-history-and-changed-history. Crash Course is the true story about the Portland crash of United Flight 173. Find out how it changed our lives, and how a three-year-old orphan named Lisa fought powerful foes to…
“Valerie J. Brooks will be celebrating her Portland launch of her femmes-noir REVENGE IN 3 PARTS with a reading and book signing on Thursday, April 25 from 7-8 at Annie Bloom’s Bookstore, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, Oregon. “REVENGE IN 3 PARTS is a swift, seductive, menacing tale of extortion and murder. Like the great…
DON’T READ THIS BOOK. It’s a book you should read … about a book you shouldn’t read. Vampires, werewolves, golems, necromancers, and a high speed chase through the UK and France to the catacombs under Paris, all center around a writer trying to keep her manuscript out of the wrong hands. Magdalena Wallace is the…
Mary DeMocker’s book, The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep (New World Library, 2018), is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her book, a lively, empowering, and do-able blueprint for changing our system—not just our light bulbs–has been…
I’ll be signing copies of my debut novel, PERIL IN PARADISE, during an open house at Jan’s, 12320 SW 1st St, Beaverton, OR 97005, from 1-3:00 pm on April 6th. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Willamette Writers member, Philip Kenney, author of The Writer’s Crucible will be featured as AWP’s Member in the Spotlight for the month of March. In the Spotlight features members who exemplify the AWP mission. His selection coincides with the arrival in Portland of the 2019 AWP Conference scheduled for March 27-30 at the Oregon Convention…
Michael R. Lane is pleased to announce the publication of his short story: “Crossing The Burnside Bridge” in Volume 3, Issue 1 of The Hungry Chimera. Find out more Find out more
Amidst the heraldry of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, a string of brutal murders rocks Britain’s upper crust―and could threaten the realm itself―in the spellbinding debut of Patricia Marcantonio’s Felicity Carrol mysteries, “FELICITY CARROL AND THE PERILOUS PURSUIT”. Felicity Carrol is interested in everything―except being a proper young matron of Victorian society. Brilliant and resourceful,…
