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Page Turner Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland

The Books Around the Corner Page Turner Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on the third Thursday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our mystery and thriller 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 September 17th for our next Page Turner Book Club. We will discuss The Whisper Man by Alex North. In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father…

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Free

Fall 2020: Nine-Month Novel Intensive: Section 2

Online N/A, Portland

This is the Thursday night section of the Nine Month Novel Intensive. We’ve added a second section! This course for dedicated writers is designed to guide you through the writing and/or revising of your novel. It begins in September, with the goal of completing a draft of a novel, or rewriting a draft of a novel, by May. You’ll read excerpts from published novels by authors including Han Kang, Tommy Orange, Lina Meruane, Mitchell S. Jackson, Deborah Levy, and Susan Steinberg, as well as craft essays by authors including Dorothy Allison, Jane Alison, and Alexander Chee. Some weeks you’ll have craft assignments to complete outside of class, and other weeks we’ll do in-class exercises together. After the first month of meetings, two students will workshop…

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$1200

Livestream Reading: Elena Taylor, Baron Birtcher, Kathleen Valenti

Online N/A, Portland

Annie Bloom's welcomes Northwest mystery authors Elena Taylor, Baron Birtcher, and Kathleen Valenti for a livestream reading from their new novels. Resgister here: In Washington author Elena Taylor's novel All We Buried, interim sheriff Elizabeth "Bet" Rivers has always had one repeat nightmare: a shadowy figure throwing a suspicious object into her hometown lake in Collier, Washington. Then the report arrives. In the woods of the Cascade mountain range, right in her jurisdiction, a body floats to the surface of Lake Collier. The more she learns the tragic history of Collier, the more Bet realizes she doesn't know the townspeople as well as she thought, and nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover. Portland author Baron Birtcher's Fistful of Rain is…

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