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Sarahlee Lawrence

Jan

9

2012

2012 Oregon Book Award Finalists Announced

Congratulations to the 2012 Oregon Book Award finalists, who were announced today. There are a couple of overlaps with the 2012 PNBA Awards winners, including Patrick deWitt, who was nominated for a Ken Kesey Award for fiction for The Sisters Brothers and Lidia Yuknavitch, nominated for a Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction for The …

Feb

24

2011

Ceremonious Readings

When the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association named their annual Book Award winners for 2011, they asked each recipient to pick his or her favorite local indie bookstore at which to celebrate the honor. Here are some neighborhood parties with an open invitation for you. “Librarian of the Year,” and in these parts the decade, Nancy …

Jan

21

2011

A Bronc Named Bookstore by Sarahlee Lawrence

Writing my memoir, River House, was a seized opportunity and an accepted challenge. I did it for fun, with no audience, no publisher in mind. I didn’t know much about the publishing process, and wouldn’t have expected that it would include public speaking, which is pretty much the opposite of writing in solitude. When my book …

Jan

7

2011

Pacific Northwest Book Awards Announced

A committee of independent booksellers has announced the winners of the 2011 Pacific Northwest Book Awards. The committee chose four books from its Shortlist and are honoring a fifth author with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations to Brady Udall (The Lonely Polygamist), Karl Marlantes (Matterhorn: A Novel of Vietnam), Anthony Doerr (Memory Wall), Sarahlee Lawrence (River House: …

Dec

12

2010

River House by Sarahlee Lawrence

“The storyline is intriguing and you find yourself caring about the people you meet, but it is this young author’s ability to paint pictures with words that make River House worthy of an award. Lawrence can cover a couple months’ time within a short chapter, and leave the reader feeling in possession of intimate knowledge …

Nov

22

2010

What Is Sarahlee Reading?

Writers Read is a cute little blog that I often check, just to see what all those writers out there are reading right now. Unfortunately, I don’t see as many Northwest authors on the site as I would like, and too many of those who are featured seem to be reading something by Stieg Larsson, …

Nov

16

2010

Notes from an Accidental Memoirist by Sarahlee Lawrence

I didn’t set out to write a book. I write for fun. River House, my memoir, came on cold winter days between life and my journal. To write a non-fiction piece as a young woman took a lot of living and reflection. For anyone thinking of writing a memoir, I recommend keeping a journal. Start …

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