The world lost a great author and we lost a good friend when Ursula K. Le Guin passed away recently. In collaboration with the Le Guin family, Literary Arts is hosting a tribute to Ms. Le Guin on Wednesday, June 13th. The event is sold out, but it will be livestreamed on Youtube Live and recorded …
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Oregon Book Awards! The awards were announced on April 24, 2017 at the Armory in Portland. ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Kate Berube of Portland Hannah and Sugar (Abrams Books for Young Readers) LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn Courage & Defiance: …
Literary Arts has announced the list of 80+ authors (and illustrators) coming to Portland for the November 7, 2015 relaunch of the literary festival, Wordstock. The festival aims to build community around literature through author events, workshops, a book fair, and more. Wordstock began in 2005 and is the largest celebration of literature in the Pacific Northwest. …
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Oregon Book Awards, announced by Literary Arts on April 13! ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Susan Hill Long of Portland Whistle in the Dark (Holiday House) LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE April Henry of Portland The Body In the Woods (Henry Holt) FRANCES FULLER VICTOR …
Poetry in Motion, the poems on buses and bus stops, is returning to Portland–and Portlanders get to choose which poems! This year, in partnership with TriMet and the Poetry Society of America, Literary Arts will be placing poetry on bus stop benches and transit shelters–where the poems will be seen not only by TriMet users, …
Literary Arts announced the winners of the 2013 Oregon Book Awards this week. There must be something in the water: all the winners of the 26th annual awards live and write in Portland. Congratulations to all the winners! ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Allen Say of Portland Drawing From Memory (Scholastic Press) LESLIE …
1. Ask an expert about a book of poems. Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle is one of two poetry-only stores in the country, and these bookseller poets know their stuff. Let’s keep them busy this month. Call (206-633-0811) and ask for a recommendation from John or Christine based on a poet or poem you …
Bend’s literary non-profit The Nature of Words has opened a literary-arts themed boutique at its Storefront Project in downtown Bend and invites local artists to contribute their stuff. The shop features journals, word games, books and souvenirs from The Nature of Words literary festival. The Storefront Project is based on 826 Valencia, Dave Eggers’ creative writing program …
The folks at Literary Arts in Portland have posted the nominations received so far for this year’s Oregon Book Awards. The deadline to nominate a book is THIS Friday, August 27, so don’t delay. The submission guidelines are posted HERE on the Literary Arts web site. The finalists for the 2010/11 Oregon Book Awards will …
