Kerry Blaisdell will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Kerry was born in Vancouver, B.C., and has since lived all over the West Coast of North America, including California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska—everywhere except Mexico! She’s a “computer industry” brat, not a military one, but moving so…
Linnie Thomas will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Linnie Thomas, HTCP/I, MLW is a Healing Touch Certified Instructor and Practitioner, a Portland area coordinator for Healing Touch Program and related energy medicine modalities, member of Healing Touch Professional Association, Northwest Writers and Publishers Association, and Willamette…
Sue Fagalde Lick will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th. Sue Fagalde Lick is a writer/musician/dog mom. After many years as a journalist in the Silicon Valley, she escaped to the Oregon Coast, where she happily writes, plays music, and goes on adventures. Her eight published books include…
The Writer’s Crucible by author and psychotherapist, Philip Kenney was named as a finalist for non-fiction book of the year by the Red City Review out of Brooklyn, New York. The Writer’s Crucible provides a detailed map for navigating the turbulent emotional waters of a creative life. Writers will come to understand the psychology of…
Jean Elaine Bennett, a Willamette Writer, and Kay Snow winner, recently passed away. Her family invites you to join them for a memorial service. Saturday, November 17, 2018 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 822 Washington St Oregon City, OR Family Greeting time is from 12:30 – 1 pm. Coffee and Finger Foods will be served Memorial…
Cai Emmons’s new novel WEATHER WOMAN is now out. A realistic story with a touch of fantasy, it narrates the story of a meteorologist who discovers she has the power to change the weather. Once she accepts she has this power, she must decide what to do with it. The book poses questions about science…
If you are a local author or illustrator interested in securing a table for an Icelandic-themed book fair, check out PDX Jolabokaflod! Applications accepted until November 15, 2018. After an expansion of venue, we’ve got a bit more room for a few more vendors! Please visit page and send your name, book details, contact info,…
Central Portland Critique Group Opportunity: Our Literary Fiction Critique Group seeks 2-3 additional members. We meet monthly; day/time floats according to a best time for all of us, but generally meet mid-week, early evening, take turns hosting in each others’ homes. Prefer members live within 3-4 miles of Downtown Portland. We are serious about writing…
The Majestic Playwright’s Lab is now accepting submissions for its second statewide 10-Minute Play Competition: THE MAJESTIC EIGHT. Submission Start Date: November 1, 2018 Submission Deadline: December 15, 2018 No submissions will be accepted before November 1, 2018. Open only to Oregon residents and students registered at Oregon colleges and universities. Only the first 100…
Now out from Atelier26 Books, PERPETUA’S KIN is M. Allen Cunningham’s masterful new novel, 11 years in the making, about a family shaped as much by tumultuous world events as by each of its members’ long-kept secrets. Benjamin Lorn, sensitive son of an embittered Civil War veteran, comes of age in the tiny Iowa town…
