Showing posts with label Courtenay Hameister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courtenay Hameister. Show all posts

Friday, May 01, 2009

Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Friday, May 1
Calling all teens! Come to Looking Glass Bookstore for a reading and book-signing with Emily Whitman. Whitman is the author of the young adult novel Radiant Darkness, revolving around the teenage goddess Persephone and the choices she has to make between her life with her overprotective mother or independence with a dark and mysterious stranger.
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
For more information, be sure to check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/

Date: Thursday, May 7
Check out “Word to Your Mother,” and evening of true tales, mortifying experiences, and juicy back talk featuring Greg Gasperin, Sarah Hoopes, fashion designer Adam Arnold, Metro Council President David Bragdon, Live Wire! host Courtenay Hameister, author Chelsea Cain, special guest host Derrick Brown, and musical guest Loch Lomond at the Bagdad Theater hosted by Powell’s Books. This event is open to those 21 and over.
When: 7pm
Where: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: $12 advance/$15 door
For more information, call 503-236-9234 or check out the events page at www.powells.com

Date: Thursday, May 7
Tim Applegate, Barbara Drake, Paulann Petersen, Willa Schneberg, and Windfall editors Michael McDowell and Bill Siverly will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore for a poetry reading from the new issue of Windfall: A Journey of Poetry of Place.
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
Check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/ for more information.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Portland Literary Events

Date: Saturday, September 20
Ink and Paper Group will host a launch party for Alexis Fajardo’s graphic novel Kid Beowulf.
Where: Ink and Paper Group, 1825 SE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
When: 5:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://inkandpapergroup.com

Date: Saturday, September 20
Eowyn Wood will read from Naked in the Rain.
Where: In Other Words, 8 NE Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97200
When: 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.inotherwords.org

Date: Sunday, September 21
Chuck Klosterman will read from Downtown Owl.
Where: Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com

Date: Monday, September 22
Irvine Welsh will read from Crime.
Where: Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com

Date: Monday, September 22
Join Courtenay Hameister, State by State editor Sean Wilsey, author Daphne Bell, and other special guests for a screening of a 35-minute film about Out of the Book, Volume 3: State by State.
Where: Bagdad Theatre, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00
For more info: (503) 236-9234 or http://www.powells.com

Date: Tuesday, September 23
Judith Barrington will read from her chapbook Lost Lands.
Where: Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: (503) 284-1726

Date: Tuesday, September 23
Kate Imes, Diane Gilleland, and Mark Russell will talk about building community at the Multnomah County Library’s Zinsters Talking series.
Where: Belmont Branch Library, 1038 SE 39th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
When: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.multcolib.org

Date: Wednesday, September 24
Michelle Sewell will read from Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta!
Where: In Other Words, 8 NE Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97200
When: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.inotherwords.org

Date: Wednesday, September 24
William Claassen will read from Another World: A Retreat in the Ozarks.
Where: Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.annieblooms.com

Date: Thursday, September 25
Donna Love will read from Tell Me a Story.
Where: In Other Words, 8 NE Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97200
When: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.inotherwords.org

Date: Thursday, September 25
Steve Reifenberg will read from Santiago’s Children.
Where: Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com

Date: Friday, September 26
John Elder Robinson will read from Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s.
Where: Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com