Showing posts with label Floyd Skoot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Floyd Skoot. Show all posts

Friday, September 26, 2008

Portland Literary Events

Date: Saturday, September 27
Philip Pelletier will read from his mixed-media children’s picture book One Night in Frogtown. The reading will feature a video and a live musical performance by Heather Christie.
Where: Borders-Gresham, 687 NW 12th Street, Gresham, OR 97030
When: 1:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.borders.com

Date: Tuesday, September 30
Sean Christensen will Kelly Froh will present their artwork and writings and discuss independent publishing at the Multnomah County Library’s Zinster’s Talking lecture series.
Where: Central Library, US Bank Room, 801 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
When: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.multcolib.org

Date: Tuesday, September 30
Nairne Holtz will read from The Skin Beneath. Kathleen Bryson will read from Girl on a Stick. Ariel Gore will read from Hip Mama.
Where: In Other Words, 8 NE Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97200
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.inotherwords.org

Date: Wednesday, October 1
Peter H. Fogtdal will read from The Tsar’s Dwarf.
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: Wednesday, October 1
Michael Brune will read from Coming Clean.
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com

Date: Thursday, October 2
Floyd Skloot will read from The Wink of the Zenith and The Snow’s Music.
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, October 2
Robert Kull will read from Solitude.
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, October 3
Francine Prose will read from Goldengrove.
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Portland Literary Events

Monday, April 21
Robyn Scott will be reading from her memoir, Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
Where: Powell’s books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Tuesday, April 22
Ursula K. Le Guin will be reading from her new book, Lavinia
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Wednesday, April 23
As part of the Loggernaut Reading Series, Mississippi Studios will feature readings by Douglas Wolk, Ann Keesey, and Herman Asarnow
Where: Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 recommended donation
For more info: http://mississippistudios.com/

Wednesday, April 23
Tom Spanbauer, founder of the Dangerous Writing fiction workshops, will read from his first novel, Faraway Places
Where: Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Wednesday, April 23
Local poets B.T. Shaw and Dan Kaplan will be reading
Where: Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://annieblooms.com/

Thursday, April 24
Jack O’Connell will be reading from his latest novel, The Resurrectionist
Where: Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Friday, April 25
Alexander McCall Smith will be reading from the latest Ladies’ Detective Agency series novel, The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Where: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Saturday, April 26
The Splendid Table’s host Lynne Rosetto Kasper and producer Sally Swift will present their new book, The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio’s Award-Winning Food Show
Where: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne
When: 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $35.00 (includes copy of book)
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Saturday, April 26
Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, will be leading the release party for Our Bodies Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
Where: In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth
When: 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://inotherwords.org/

Sunday, April 27
Poet Floyd Skoot will be reading from his latest collection, Selected Poems
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/