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LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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Drink tea and chat with Leni Zumas, author of the acclaimed novel Red Clocks, a contemplative, near future tale of five women in a small Oregon fishing town navigating new restrictions on reproductive choice. Attendance is limited to 15.
We will discuss The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn. It isn't paranoia if it's really happening . . .Anna Fox lives alone--a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her days drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors. Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock. Available at a 15% discount to order if you plan on attending the book club. Email us to order it or come in!
This month our group meets to discuss The Fold by Peter Clines. Join us!
he Young Adult Book Club is a group of teens who meet monthly to talk about YA fiction. We’re fans of strong stories, diverse characters, and Rainbow Rowell (of course!). This month our group meets to discuss The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert. Join us!
Four authors. One anthology. One space. Join Jessie Kwak, Grá Linnaea, Andrew McCollough, and Mark Teppo as they read from SPACE COCAINE, a new anthology of totally unrelated stories that are wrapped in a cover that has a wizard and a dragon on it. It'll be an evening of interstitial slipstreaming across the liminal fringes. You won't want to miss it because we're producing an edition of SPACE COCAINE that will only be available this evening.
Come, my pretties! Join us for this year's first FUR with an amazing array of talented writers. I promise they won't bite! Join us after for extra sweet treats in honor of this month's tale, Hansel & Gretel. Featuring the talents of sweet talkers Dian Greenwood Kimberly King Parsons Bobby Bermea And a special performance by Sherry Okamura Leonard and Charles Sheffer
YOU are young Margaretha Zelle, a world-famous dancer from the Netherlands. You have just arrived in Bali with your dance troupe when your best friend Althea goes missing. As a master of tongues and disguises, who better to save her? But if you leave now, you will miss your chance to audition for the performance of a lifetime. Katherine Factor’s Choose Your Own Adventure Spies: Mata Hari (Chooseco) stars you as a real-life historical spy in an interactive, multiple-ending book.
Join us for a special, spy-themed Book Release Party with Rose City Book Pub "faculty member" author Katherine Factor. WW1-the Belle Epoque food & drinks for all ages will be served. Spy gear and dress-up encouraged! WARNING!!! This author event is different from other author events…. Join us for a very special reading of CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE SPIES: MATA HARI by Katherine Factor— an interactive middle grade story from the perspective of the young Margaretha Zelle, an icon of the glamorous Belle Epoque a century ago. Katherine will read from the beginning until YOU decide what happens next in the story. There will be a Q&A after the reading and book-signing. Books will be available for sale there.
Dream team comics creators Ezra Claytan Daniels (Upgrade Soul) and Ben Passmore (DAYGLOAYHOLE, Your Black Friend) are hitting the road to promote their latest creation, BTTM FDRS. This original graphic novel blends humor, horror, satire, and science fiction in an afrofuturist tour de force. Signing events on this tour will have a limited number of exclusive pre-publication advance copies of the book available for sale. Don’t miss it! Once a thriving working-class neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, the “Bottomyards” is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer and her image-obsessed BFF descend upon the hood in search of cheap rent, they discover something far more seductive… and deadly. WHO: Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore WHAT: BTTM FDRS release party and reading…
We are supporting local authors this month and will discuss Strongly Worded Women edited by Sydney Culpepper. Not a Pipe Publishing is one of the only companies in the world to accept author Kamila Shamsie's challenge to only publish women during 2018, making it the Year of Publishing Women. This collection of the best short story submissions showcases the talent of 18 amazing writers across genres who all demonstrate the strength of their voices. Available at a 15% discount to order if you plan on attending the book club.