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Karen Spears Zacharias

May

27

2019

After the Flag Has Been Folded

Memorial Day Recommendations from Our Archives

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara This is available as an abridged audiobook, if you have a drive or your bookstore is closed for the holiday. The Final Storm by Jeff Shaara This is #4 in the the World War II series. If you want to start right away on book one, here’s the audiobook; …

Mar

31

2014

Karen Spears Zacharias wins Weatherford Award

Karen Spears Zacharias Receives Weatherford Award for Fiction

Congratulations to Oregon author Karen Spears Zacharias, who received the prestigious Weatherford Award for Fiction for her debut novel Mother of Rain! The award is presented annually by Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association to works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry which best illuminate the challenges, personalities and unique qualities of the Appalachian South. …

Mar

7

2014

Thank you card from QABC

Happy Birthday,
Queen Anne Book Company
and A Book For All Seasons!

Last weekend, two Washington bookstores celebrated birthdays: Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle celebrated its first birthday, and A Book For All Seasons in Leavenworth celebrated its 22nd. Congratulations! Queen Anne’s co-owners Judy and Krijn de Jonge and Janis Segress, together with all the staff, signed a Thank You card for the customers to display …

May

27

2013

After the Flag Has Been Folded

Memorial Day: Books by Pacific Northwest Authors

Although it may be the unofficial start to summer, the day to fire up the grill and really start complaining about the weather,  Memorial Day honors Americans who died in military service. Here are some nonfiction books by Pacific Northwest authors to help remember those who served: After the Flag Has Been Folded: A Daughter …

Nov

21

2012

Though the Craziness Has Ended,
We Look Forward To More

It’s never been done before. But based on the excellent turnout and warm reception by eight book communities, George Byron Wright, father of the Crazy 8s Author Tour, might just have to plan another. Wright conceived the idea of getting nearly 30 Oregon authors—among them, bestsellers and award-winners—and eight independent bookstores to participate in an …

Nov

15

2012

Eight Authors Go Crazy in One Place,
Eight Separate Times

Who knows where great ideas come from, but the concept for the Crazy Eights Author Tour came to George Byron Wright while he was on a recent road trip. Here’s the idea: “Stimulate more interest in Oregon’s writing and publishing communities by connecting them with readers, booksellers and libraries in an exciting new way.” This …

Aug

10

2011

1

remark

Karen Spears Zacharias on Life in a 12 x 60, the God Gimme Theology and Joel Osteen’s Creepy Eyes

Karen Spears Zacharias has a thing for trailers. She grew up in one, smoked her first cigarette in one, fell in love (several different times) in one and even delivered her first child on her mama’s bed in an Aloha, Oregon trailer park. A former crime-beat reporter turned editorial writer, Zacharias’s work has been featured …

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