Kids’ Storytime
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, PortlandJoin us for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano.
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Join us for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano.
In “From Idea to Story,” Mark Fearing, author of Earthling!, uses the power of improv and doodling to take you from brilliant idea to fully formed story. Hosted by Rosanne Parry, the League of Exceptional Writers is a monthly workshop where authors and illustrators share their knowledge with kids, ages 8 to 18 years old, who are interested in creating books. Join us!
Dani Burlison is the creator/editor/author of All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger and the Female Body (PM Press, 2019), Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories, a collection of essays which first appeared in her McSweeney’s Internet Tendency column of the same name, and the Lady Parts zine series (available at Pioneers Press). Her short story collection Some Places Worth Leaving will be published by Tolsun Books in February 2020. Dani has been a staff writer at a Bay Area alt-weekly, a book reviewer for Los Angeles Review and a regular contributor at Yes! Magazine, Chicago Tribune, KQED, The Rumpus, Made Local Magazine and Emerald Report. Her journalism, fiction and personal essays can also be found at Ms. Magazine,WIRED, Vice, Utne, Earth Island Journal, Ploughshares, Portland Review,…