Deadly Diversions Book Group
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, BeavertonThis month our group meets to discuss Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther historical mystery series. Join us!
Free
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Fiction
Ari Rosenschein presents Coasting
Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, PortlandAnnie Bloom's welcomes Seattle author Ari Rosenschein to read from his debut short fiction collection, Coasting. Coasting follows music industry aspirants, a brooding record store clerk, goth teens, and others into rehearsal rooms, 12-step meetings, a cult indoctrination, even a Russian heavy metal bunker. Along the way, they pursue success, connection, and a sense of purpose. Perched between Middle Men and A Visit From the Goon Squad, Coasting is Ari Rosenschein's debut collection. "His characters inhabit a backstage space, a few steps from glory, looking for the next gig, hoping for a big break, reveling in every note along the way. Their sweet gritty persistence is irresistible." -Ana Maria Spagna, author of Uplake: Restless Essays of Coming and Going "Ari Rosenschein's Coasting does for Gen…
Free
Ted Chiang in Conversation With Daniel H. Wilson
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, PortlandFrom Ted Chiang, acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others – the basis for the Academy Award-nominated film Arrival – comes a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only Chiang could imagine. Exhalation (Knopf) is Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, and revelatory. Chiang will be joined in conversation by Daniel H. Wilson, author of The Clockwork Dynasty and Robopocalypse.
Free
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