We at nwbooklovers.org are excited to announce a live show by our very own Shelf Talker columnist, Jeffrey Shaffer! His one-man show, “Night of the Living Humorist,” will be at O’Connor’s Annex next door to Annie Bloom’s in Multnomah Village in Portland on Wednesday, June 5 from 7:00- 8:30. Shaffer is the author of I’m Right …
Monica Drake’s second novel, The Stud Book, is like “Friends” for the punk rock crowd, a stripped down, no-holds-barred story of 30-somethings in the various places that 30-somethings find themselves—with kids and terrified, desperately trying to have kids, or desperately against having kids. Her first book, Clown Girl, was optioned by Kristen Wiig. Monica lives …
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 …
Last week, we learned through Reading Local: Portland that Ooligan Press coordinator Dennis Stovall has been accepted into the Fulbright Specialist Program, which places innovative educators for visits at schools around the world. Stovall, formerly the publisher at Blue Heron Publishing, started the masters degree program in publishing at Portland State University ten years ago. …
