Wright was one of the wittiest voices to emerge from the 1980s stand-up comedy boom. In his first novel, we follow the mind of seven-year-old Harold (Wright in miniature) throughout a school day in the 1960s. Filtered through a stream of brilliant jokes, Harold’s worldview takes shape via crushes on his classmate Elizabeth and his …
This is a book that is uplifting, funny, charming, hopeful, and HELPFUL to tweens! The main character, Yumi, wants to do stand-up comedy. Her parents want her to go to SSAT tutoring to get into a private school and earn a scholarship. But when a bizarre opportunity that just requires some identity theft and a …
What begins as a post-graduate research job in academia becomes anything but ordinary when Madeleine “Max” Maxwell discovers that the historians at St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research at England’s Thirsk University can travel through time. A history-lover’s dream becomes reality as Max and her colleagues jaunt through the ages, observing and recording historical events. …
Annie Bloom’s bookseller, author, nwbooklovers columnist, and humorist Jeffrey Shaffer was featured on Oregon Arts Beat. Follow the link to watch for snippets of his live comedy, a mini-tour of his bookstore, a side-by-side comparison of store cat Annie and her bookmark depiction, and more.
