The “Tiny Beautiful Things” play, adapted by Nia Vardalos from the book by Oregon author Cheryl Strayed, will be appearing on stages around the country. Strayed posted on her social media: …Chicago, Massachusetts, Colorado (in three different cities!), Michigan, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Newport, Oregon, Fernandina Beach, Florida, or Washington, D.C. … More cities to come, …
The nonprofit Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) in Portland needs some help so it can continue to serve authors, publishers, artists, and other creative folks. Rent at their current space is going up by 300% (!), so they need to find a new space. Even though they’re moving to save money, moving also takes money. …
Take a world tour through two hundred countries with this new edition of the bestselling kids’ version of Lonely Planet’s popular The Travel Book, loaded with thousands of amazing facts on wildlife, how people live, sports, hideous and mouthwatering food, festivals, and a wide range of other quirky insights on every page. Every single country …
Portland publishing house Overcup Press is producing off the beaten shelf books overflowing with cool content and style. Here are a couple currently featured on NW indie Holiday Books displays. Ice Cream Work by Naoshi “Some people bury their heads in the sand. Some draw lines in the sand. Sunae artist Naoshi does both: creating …
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. …
I started a new post weeks ago, all about my favorite Romance authors beyond the Pacific Northwest. It was full of enthusiasm and excitement and some outright pleading to y’all to give Romance a chance. And then I realized it would run in February, just in time for Valentine’s Day and I just couldn’t bring …
“Benjamin Parzybok has now woven two novels into the network known as my brain. Couch, the story of three slackers who literally cannot get rid of a charmed/cursed sofa that hurtles them on an incredible physical and metaphysical journey has regularly sparked my system since I read it 2008. Where as Couch sends its heroes from …
She spent her early years in Yamhill, Oregon, went to grammar and high school (and set loads of her stories) in Portland, got her library science degree at UW and was a librarian in Yakima. So, yeah, we claim her as our own and never tire of ruminating on the reasons we love her. In …
Summer is coming, and if you have kids, that means summer break is coming… What to do, besides sign up for every summer reading program you can find and stock up on books from your local independent bookstore? If you’re in the Portland area, children’s bookstore Green Bean Books is offering two half-day camps. …
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, …
