Alaina Smith is pleased to share that five of her short writings about gratitude were among those chosen to be featured in Portland Mall Management Inc.’s “Be Grateful” event. “Be Grateful” starts at noon on 11/16/15, downtown, but the signs with phrases about gratitude will likely stay up until November ends. You’ll find the signs…
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Tim Hicks’ Last Stop Before Tomorrow Signing 11/28 in Eugene
Tim Hicks’ new novel, Last Stop Before Tomorrow, is now available (eBook and paper) wherever you buy your books. For those in or near enough to Eugene, Tim will host a book launch party at Tsunami Books in Eugene, (2585 Willamette St.), on Saturday, Nov. 28th at 5:00 p.m., during which he’ll talk about the…
Penner Publishing Bringing out Jo Barney’s third “Henlit” Novel
Penner Publishing is bringing out Jo Barney’s third “Henlit” novel as an ebook. All three will be out in paperback in October, and all three tell of women (“grown up women” Penner calls them) who come to believe in and live by George Eliot’s words “It is never too late to be what you might…
Join Cindy Brown Book Launch Party
Book Launch Party for Cindy Brown! Join Cindy Brown, her theatrical pals, & Annie Bloom’s Books as they launch The Sound of Murder, a new mystery from the award-winning Henery Press. The free festivities will be held Thursday, October 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at O’Connor’s Vault, 7850 Southwest Capitol Highway, Portland, OR. It’ll be an evening of comedy,…
Steve Theme Launches Asphalt Asylum 10/10 at MAC
All are welcome to the launch for Steve Theme‘s new book, Asphalt Asylum, the Roads of Change. This memoir takes readers on a 7,000-mile hitchhiking trek punctuated with danger and transformation. Steve’s short story “Getting Boiled” appeared in the inaugural issue of the Willamette Writers Timberline Review. Oct. 10, 7:30 – 9:00 Multnomah Arts Center…
Mindy Halleck Wins Writer’s Digest Award
Author Mindy Halleck won the Writer’s Digest ‘Your Story 66’ fiction writing competition in July. Out of 300 entries “A Mother’s Confession” by Mindy Halleck was selected as the winner. Halleck’s story will appear in an upcoming issue of Writer’s Digest. To read the story now, visit Writer’s Digest at http://ow.ly/PQulB. Halleck will be teaching two…
Leland Hall’s sixth book featured at the NW Book Festival July 25 in Pioneer Square
Leland Hall’s sixth book is You’re In High School Now. “This charming novel continues the story of Julian, from Eldot’s series Julian’s Private Scrapbook. Set in the early 1960s, it follows Julian through the first half of his first year in high school; he makes new friends, learns about girls, and navigates this strange but…
Buzz Bernard’s Eyewall Amazon Flagship Deal 7/25
H. W. “Buzz” Bernard’s number-one Kindle best seller, EYEWALL, has been selected as Amazon’s “Flagship” Daily Deal for Saturday, July 25th. EYEWALL, called a “perfect summer read” by one reviewer, is a gripping tale of an Air Force Hurricane Hunter that crash lands on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in the face of an on-rushing Category…
Vanessa MacLellan’s Three Great Lies Launches August 6th
Vanessa MacLellan’s debut novel, Three Great Lies, launches at Cedar Hill’s Crossing Powell’s August 6th, at 7 pm. While vacationing in Egypt, Jeannette Walker, a cynical scientist, visits a newly discovered tomb. Inside the chamber she tumbles down a shaft and 3000 years back in time. In a world where deities walk the streets and…
Jeanette Hubbard’s Secrets, Lies and Champagne Highs Published
Claudie O’Brien is rescued from ending her life and she is not amused. She is offered a place to live by her rescuer Peter, and his ambitious wife Chrystal. She soon finds herself in the middle of a neighborhood feud, the schemes of a shady “guru”, and the sexual hi-jinks of her landlady. And, then…