Pedro Hoffmeister’s disaster thriller American Afterlife and Meredith Hambrock’s dark humored crime novel Other People’s Secrets were both released by Crooked Lane Books in recent months. The publishing house mates connected to talk about writing, process, and what’s next. PH: First, let’s each answer a few of the same rapid-fire questions. Then we’ll go deeper. …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, we noticed a question theme. Two books have “Questions” in their titles, …
From Portland’s Annie Bloom’s Books: Books from Local Authors Want another way to shop local this holiday season? Pick up one (or more!) of these wonderful 2022 books from Portland authors. Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon (Paperback) by Theresa Griffin Kennedy A full menu of unforgettable events and historical milestones. Delve into the Rose City’s …
And speaking of life among the lichens, here is Peter McCoy’s The Mycocultural Revolution: Transforming Our World with Mushrooms, Lichens, and Other Fungi. Published by the PNW’s own Microcosm Publishing, McCoy’s book covers more than just how not to eat the caps that’ll kill you. There’s a section on mycoremediation, which is treating contaminated areas of our …
Yes, you heard that right, folks: Tsunami Press, the publisher related to Eugene, OR’s Tsunami Books, is urging readers to buy their beautiful hardcover copies of Cronies by Ken Babbs so they can eventually print a paperback with a cover that gives the Kens their pants back. The book is available through independent bookstores everywhere …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Sometimes the themes come from the covers, sometimes the titles, sometimes the authors’ names, sometimes …
From lithub.com September 7, 2022 by Cai Emmons At eight years old I began writing poetry. I loved the sounds of words, and I loved stringing them together, often nonsensically. I liked the solitude of writing, the secrecy, the fact that I was in control. I did it knowing that poetry carried little weight in …
Cochrane creates a world filled with glorious nature, magic, enchanters, spells, beauty, roses, and fairy tales. But, lest you think this is close to paradise, darkness does dwell here: a rampaging beast, unbreakable spells, a cave dweller, hexes (where no hex should ever be), and perhaps the most terrifying of all is the pervasive, overwhelming …
From Neiman Storyboard by author Lauren Kessler Hacking and whacking the way to writing clarity — and pie An author and freelancer contemplates story craft as she tames and harvests the blackberry brambles on her land They are sweet, tart, succulent and tangy. Summer on the tongue. The mighty blackberry: as big as your thumb; …
This second novel from Portland author Yuvi Zalkow is funny, sweet, melancholy, light, deep, absurd, and also endearingly real. Saul, a middle-aged tech worker, is separated from his wife, co-parenting their child, trying to date, struggling to write a novel about his grandfather, and wrestling with an increasingly surreal software bug that threatens to destroy …
