A new radio program, NW Book Talk, will be airing on KXRW.FM a local, independent radio station in Vancouver, WA starting February 14th, 2024. The show will feature local authors (fiction and nonfiction), book coaches, publishers, educators, bookstores, book events and all things book related. It’s a great opportunity for book promotion for published authors…
Willamette Writers member Jennifer Sherman Roberts’ debut novel, The Village Healer’s Book of Cures (Lake Union), has been named an Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society. Set in 17th-century England, the novel follows a female healer who enflames the fury of a witchfinder–who sees not healing but the devil in her work. Find out…
Lisa Ard’s debut adult historical fiction novel, Brighter Than Her Fears, publishes Jan 16, 2024. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW says “Historical fiction readers interested in stories of post-Civil-War America … and the changing status of women who rose to new power in the war’s aftermath … will find this story of thirty-year-old Alice Harris … compelling,”…
Join writers in Portland, New Orleans, and London among other communities around the world for this month’s Writing for the Soul of the World salon when Dr. Hazel hosts Cristina Deptula, founder of the book publicity agency Authors Large and Small. Christina is a publicist, writer, and magazine editor who is experienced in both academic…
Oregon and Washington playwrights are invited to submit new plays to the 2024 Majestic 8 Ten-Minute Play Festival. Eight winning plays will be performed at the Majestic Theatre in Corvallis on June 14 and June 15. Submission Deadline: February 25, 2024. Guidelines: 2-5 characters max, running time: 10 minutes max, minimal sound/light requirements, simple set.…
WATER is the second novel in the Cal Jamison Mystery Series. It is a murder mystery based in Central Oregon. WATER will be launched: Sunday, January 14, 2024, between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm at the Willamette Valley Vineyards Tasting Room, 300 NE 3rd Street in McMinnville, Oregon. The author, Linda Kuhlmann, will discuss this…
Vancouver Chapter Member LouAnn Blocker is pleased to announce that her short story, I’ll Fly Away, has been published alongside 36 other talented writers in this sequel anthology to 2021’s December Tales. December Tales II features a collection of thirty-seven chilling new and encore ghost stories, by both established and new authors. The perfect anthology of…
Timberline Review Author Teresa H. Janssen is excited to share the release of her debut novel, The Ways of Water. As Josie Belle Gore, daughter of a Louisiana train engineer and Texas seamstress, journeys with her itinerant family through the deserts of the boom-and-bust American West and revolutionary Mexico, she learns that in her life,…
Spontaneous Revolutions: Seeing America One Pedal at a Time is the story of a middle-aged couple’s spur-of-the-moment bicycle journey across the country. These two out-of-shape, inexperienced cyclists rode from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine. It took four (sometimes) grueling months. Being overweight and over 50 was one thing. They also knew next to nothing about…
Michael R. Lane is proud to announce that his newest novel, Six Weeks, is available now! The Cavanaugh Investigation Agency registered its most profitable year to date. Earnings generated by putting in a lot of overtime. C. J. Cavanaugh’s PI partner, Renita Harris, is on a well-deserved six weeks’ vacation. Not a problem. C. J.…
