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Reading: Cai Emmons & Tammy Lynne Stoner

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes Oregon authors Cai Emmons & Tammy Lynne Stoner. The characters in Cai Emmons's Vanishing: Stories operate in a world in which their voices are not heard, and are navigating prickly paths, doing what they can to survive. An attorney, mother of twin babies, is destabilized when her husband is away, and comes to doubt she has a right to her own house; a young artist thinks she knows the score when she moves from LA to New York, only to be forced to look past stereotypes to discover what really matters; a documentary filmmaker, rattled by her recent divorce, visits her oldest childhood friend, who is several years into debilitating dementia, and realizes how quickly shared history can vanish; a woman in…

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Two Rivers Book Club

45th Parallel Wines 8527 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Two Rivers Book Club is open to all readers who would like to discuss books in a casual group setting, perhaps even with a glass of wine! 🍷 📖 We meet the last Tuesday of the month at 45th Parallel Wines, 8527 N Lombard Street in St Johns, Portland Oregon. 6:30-8:00pm We will reveal the book for the following month at the end of the discussion. March's book is Lisa See's Island of Sea Women https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9781501154867 Hope to see you there-please call, message or order online! Did you know we now have Audio books available from our website? Ebooks coming shortly!

CANCELED – Fake Radio presents “The Day The Earth Stood Still”

The Vault Theater and Event Space 350 E Main Street, Hillsboro, OR, United States

Fake Radio returns to The Vault to present a live recreation of Lux Radio Theater’s 1954 Broadcast of The Day The Earth Stood Still! An alien named Klaatu lands his spacecraft on Earth just after the end of World War II. He brings an important message to the planet that he wishes to share with representatives of all nations. However, because communication is difficult due to Cold War fears, Klaatu is forced to try an alternative approach: he disguises himself as a common human on Earth. Then, after finding help from a few unlikely Earthlings, Klaatu shocks the entire planet into finally listening to his important message about the future of humanity. Our previous guest star Kevin McDonald from "The Kids in the Hall" has…

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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club March

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Hello Friends! In these trying times we are trying to keep as much of our scheduled events going but...doing them virtually. This month's book is The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Liz Smith has offered up her Zoom Room for the next book club. See below "Join Zoom Meeting" Here are a few helpful links: Video tutorial on how to use Zoom: https://youtu.be/hIkCmbvAHQQ And of course we want to continue to support our pals over at 45th -here's a link to their new site and delivery service. https://www.45thparallelwines.com Looking forward to "seeing" you soon! Christine Topic: Two Rivers Book Club Time: Mar 31, 2020 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/545933238?pwd=VXREWDNQWmp6MFZCa1lnVi9Cc2N4Zz09 Meeting ID: 545 933 238 Password: 229712 One…

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Books Around the Corner: Romance Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Romance Book Club will be community led and meets monthly on the first Thursday of every month at 5PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our romance loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on April 2nd for our first Romance Book Club. We will discuss Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey. About the book: A rom-com-obsessed romantic waiting for her perfect leading man learns that life doesn't always go according to…

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CANCELED – Visiting Writers Series: Rivers Solomon

Reed College - Eliot Hall Chapel 3203 SE Woodstock, Portland, OR, United States

Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. Nominated two-years running for the John C. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a winner of the Firecracker Award, they produce fiction that embraces alterity via queerness, disability, and Blackness. In addition to appearing on the Stonewall Honour List and in numerous best-of-the-year lists, Solomon's debut novel AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS was a finalist for a Lambda, a Hurston/Wright, a Tiptree, and a Locus Award. Their short work appears in or is forthcoming from Black Warrior Review, the New York Times, Guernica, Best American Short Stories, Tor.com, Gay Mag, and elsewhere. Their second book, THE DEEP, a project based on a song of the same title by Daveed Diggs-fronted experimental…

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Livestream Reading! Steven Mayfield: Treasure of the Blue Whale

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This previously in-store reading will now be livestreamed! See our Facebook event page Annie Bloom's welcomes local author Steven Mayfield to read from his novel, Treasure of the Blue Whale. In this whimsical, often funny, Depression-era tale, young Connor O’Halloran decides to share a treasure he’s discovered on an isolated stretch of Northern California beach. Almost overnight, his sleepy seaside village is comically transformed into a bastion of consumerism, home to a commode with a jeweled seat cover, a pair of genuinely fake rare documents, a mail-order bride, and an organ-grinder’s monkey named Mr. Sprinkles. But when it turns out that the treasure is not real, Connor must conspire with Miss Lizzie Fryberg and a handful of town leaders he’s dubbed The Ambergrisians to save…

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Books Around the Corner: Historical Fiction Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Historical Fiction Book Club will be community led and meets monthly on the first Friday of every month at 4PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our historical fiction loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on April 3rd for our Historical Fiction Book Club. We will discuss Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. About the book: A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group…

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Books Around the Corner: Virtual Storytime

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a special weekly evening storytime at 7pm. Stephanie, former librarian and book lover, will read a story fun for all ages!

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Online Book Club with Willamette Writers for Howards End

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Willamette Writers for a special online book club discussing and celebrating the novel Howards End by E.M. Forster and the theater production based on the novel. The playwright, Caroline Hewitt, will be joining the discussion online to talk about her adaptation of the work. The book club meets online, and is free and open to anyone. You don't have to have finished the book, but be prepared for spoilers if you haven't. The information for logging in will be posted the day before on the Facebook event page, so stay tuned! About Willamette Writers Willamette Writers is the largest writers organization in the Pacific Northwest. Writers of all genres and at all stages of their careers come to our meetings, annual conference, and workshops to connect with their community, develop their craft, and advance their career.…

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