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Story Time for Grown Ups with David Loftus

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

A Christmas Eve Rescue: Craig Johnson’s Spirit of Steamboat It’s Christmas Eve 1988, and the new sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, Walt Longmire, gets a call that a wreck on I-90 has killed three adults. The only survivor is a 10-year-old girl, badly burned with inhalation injuries. Unless Walt can get her to Denver, she will die ... but a winter storm is rolling in, regional airports have closed, and the Life Flight heli-pilots who brought her in refuse to go up again. “Story Time for Grownups” offers a different kind of holiday tale: the desperate flight of a leaky 45-year-old World War II bomber through a blizzard to get a badly injured little girl to proper medical care. The pilot is crusty, profane, and…

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Sarah Harian

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

A girl leads a band of magical outlaws on a deadly subterranean mission in Sarah Harian’s exhilarating YA fantasy standalone, Eight Will Fall (Henry Holt). In a world where magic is illegal, eight criminals led by rebellious Larkin are sent on a mission to rid their kingdom of monsters. Descending into an underground world full of unspeakable horrors, Larkin and her crew must use their forbidden magic to survive. As they fight in the shadows, Larkin finds a light in Amias, a fellow outlaw with a notorious past. Soon, Larkin and Amias realize that their destinies are intertwined and she dares to dream of a future where they can freely practice magic.

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Dracula Readings in The Snug

T.C. O'Leary's 2926 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Newcomers and visitors always welcome! T.C. O'Leary's Literary Society has two books clubs, both open to everyone. Monday nights the group reads Ulysses and Tuesday nights the group explores a variety of Irish literature. This famous Gothic horror novel is the latest endeavor.

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Roy Scranton

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Roy Scranton, controversial and critically acclaimed, brings us a formally daring road trip into the heart of present-day America. Suzie’s seen it all, but now she’s looking for something she’s lost: a sense of the future. So when the chance comes to work with a maverick video artist on his road movie about Donald Trump’s America, she’s pretty sure it’s a bad idea but she signs up anyway, hoping for an outside shot at starting over. A provocative, genderqueer, shapeshifting musical romp through the brain-eating nightmare of contemporary America, I Heart Oklahoma! (Soho) moves from our bleeding-edge present to a furious Faulknerian retelling of the Starkweather killings in the 1950s, capturing in its fragmented, mesmerizing form the violence at the heart of the American dream.

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Young Adult Book Club (Hawthorne)

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

The 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 we meet to discuss The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Join us!

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Young Adult Book Club (Burnside)

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

The Young Adult Book Club is a safe place for teens to talk about books. You pick the books and Powell’s brings the snacks! We meet monthly to discuss strong stories with diverse characters. This month we meet to discuss Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. Join us!

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Kids’ Storytime With Travel Oregon & Cheryl Strayed

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Yeti and Squatch in the Winter Wonderland of Oregon (Travel Oregon) is the storybook tale of two big-footed buds: Yeti and Squatch. Squatch loves the summer and is super bummed that the seasons are a-changin’. But luckily, Yeti is more of a winter person, er, creature. In this heartwarming tale, Yeti takes Squatch all over Oregon, hoping that Squatch will see it for the winter wonderland it really is. Cheryl Strayed joins us for a reading of Yeti and Squatch in the Winter Wonderland of Oregon.

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A Burly Carol: A Tale Inspired by A Christmas Carol

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Warm yourself from winter's chill with the most sexy of holiday ghost tales that ever was told as Lacy Productions presents... A BURLY CAROL: A Burlesque Tale Inspired by "A Christmas Carol" on Saturday, December 7th, 2019 at Crush Bar in Portland, Oregon! Starring: Lily Le Fauve Johnny Nuriel Karlie Lever du Soleil Angelique DeVil Lola Coquette T.L. Ford The Infamous Nina Nightshade Sean Nannigans Miss Doe Chanterelle And hosted by The Historical Conjurer TWO SHOWTIMES to choose from! **7pm EARLY SHOW** (doors open at 6:30pm) ** 9:30 pm LATE SHOW** (doors open at 9:15pm) LATE SHOW Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/685475908642020/ (all the same information) TICKET PRICES: $18 Advance General Admission $20 Advance Second Row General Admission $26 Advance VIP tickets for front row table seating…

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Jeff VanderMeer in Conversation With Omar El Akkad

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts (MCD/FSG) presents a City with no name of its own, where in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth – all the Earths. VanderMeer will be joined in conversation…

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Albina Pageturners Book Club

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

This month’s book is A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza. Check at the Albina Branch Library for free copies of this book and upcoming selections.

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