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Carolyn J. Rose’s NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MOTIVES Available

Carolyn J. Rose has recently published NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MOTIVES, sixth in the Subbing isn’t for Sissies cozy mystery series. While Barbara Reed’s drug-cop boyfriend is away, her life spins out of control. Dave’s daughter shifts to drama-queen overdrive, Cheese Puff hits new levels of canine entitlement, and Barb’s overbearing sister demands help with a…

Jeanette Hubbard’s Chasing Nathan Launch June 16th

Chasing Nathan cover

Chasing Nathan, the second of Jeanette Hubbard’s Claudie O’Brien humorous suspense novels, will launch on Thursday, June 16 at 7:00 pm. Please join her at Another Read Through Bookstore at 3932 N. Mississippi, for wine, great conversation, and a reading that finds Claudie searching for a new friend who may or may not have been…

Warren Easley’s Not Dead Enough Available

NOT DEAD ENOUGH, the fourth book in the Cal Claxton Oregon Mystery series (Poisoned Pen Press) will launch at Annie Bloom’s Books at 7 pm on June 15. Please join author Warren C. Easley for wine, snacks, and a reading that finds Cal involved in a deadly cold case dating back to the flooding of…

Jill Kelly Book Signing for Broken Boys

Jill Kelly

Jill Kelly will be selling books and reading from Broken Boys, talking about villains and detectives, and answering questions about the writing life. Tuesday May 10, 7 pm Where: First Cup Coffee, 41st and Woodstock, Portland About Broken Boys: Maggie Morehouse has a husband who ignores her and a grown son who doesn’t need her.…

Bonnie Dodge’s Blog Featured in Feisty After 45

Cover of Bonnie Dodge's Feisty After 45

Bonnie Dodge’s blog, “Facing Another Birthday with Humor,” was chosen as one of the blogs featured in the newly released FEISTY AFTER 45 The Best Blogs from Midlife Women. The book contains humorous and inspirational blogs from 45 of the best midlife bloggers, offering proof that tumbling over the far side of 45 is worth…

Kaylin McFarren’s Banished Threads Published

Continuing with her action-packed mystery series, Kaylin McFarren releases the much-anticipated Banished Threads (Creative Edge Publishing LLC)  – the third book in her Threads series, featuring treasure hunters and adventure seekers Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen. A valuable art collection disappears turning a treasure-hunting duo into crime-stopping sleuths willing to risk their lives to vindicate…

Storytelling with Val Mallinson

Come see Val Mallinson as a featured storyteller in the 12th Annual Art of the Story Festival. Val will be doing two ½-hour tales: My 15-Minutes of Fame on Thursday, April 7th, 7 pm, at the Tualatin Library Daring Dachshund Adventure Tales on Saturday, April 9th, 11 am, at the Aloha Library Annex. It’ll be a…

F.I. Goldhaber Poems Published

F.I. Goldhaber’s poem “Little Old White Lady,” a true story of racism in Portland, appears March 7, 2016 on The New Verse News, which presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues. http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2016/03/little-old-white-lady.html F.I. Goldhaber’s poem “Cycle of Life” appears on page 12 of the debut issue of Icarus Down Review, a monthly…

Steve Theme Reading at Another Read Through

Steve Theme will read from his new memoir, Asphalt Asylum, The Dark Roads to Light, at Another Read Through. This story recounts a solo 7,000-mile hitchhiking journey that changed him in ways he could never have imagined. Steve’s work has appeared in the Timberline Review, WORK Literary Magazine, Alaska magazine and others. An excerpt from…

David Levine’s “Damage” Nominated for Nebula Award

The Nebula Awards recognize the best works of science fiction and fantasy published in the United States as selected by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, membership in which is open to professional science fiction and fantasy authors. The first Nebula Awards were presented in 1966. The 50th annual Nebula Awards…