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Over the Garden Wall: Circus Friends signing with Jonathan Case

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's not all laughs and peanuts for Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice when they stumble upon a circus in the Unknown. What starts as good fun with Greg reciting Wirt's poetry for the circus' audience quickly becomes a dangerous situation when the Ringmaster sets his eyes on Beatrice to be his next star attraction. Wirt and Greg must work together with past-his-prime Strongman Frederico and down-in-the-dumps clown Paola to infiltrate the circus and rescue Beatrice. Join Eisner Award-winning writer Jonathan Case (Before Tomorrowland) for a launch party for the latest installment of the Over the Garden Wall series! Snacks! Drinks! Sketches!

Free

Fur Not Light Party & Reading

Cardinal Club 18 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

To celebrate the publication of Jeff Alessandrelli's second poetry collection Fur Not Light Cardinal Club will be hosting a post-Halloween party/reading with some of Jeff's friends who helped him shape/edit the book. Special drinks and foodstuffs inspired by Fur Not Light will be for sale and free (chocolate) cake will also be available. This will be the international literary event of the decade. Fur Not Light press blurbicle: Taking its inspiration from the work of Russian Absurdist authors such as Alexander Vvedensky and Daniil Kharms, Fur Not Light interrogates how deep senselessness runs in a post-truth and truthiness world. Incorporating serial poems such as “Nothing of the Month Club” and “December 32nd,” as well as the long ideogram-based work “The Physical Impossibility of Death in…

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Book Launch Party: The Companion by Kim Blakemore [SOLD OUT]

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

SOLD OUT You are cordially invited to celebrate the launch of award-winning author Kim Taylor Blakemore's new historical mystery, The Companion. Publisher's Weekly calls it a "captivating tale of psychological suspense". Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. The reading and Q&A are free and open to the public, but due to seating limitations, please RSVP via this Eventbrite invite . Kim Taylor Blakemore is the author of the novels The Companion , Bowery Girl , and Cissy Funk . She has been honored with a Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award, a Willa Award for Best YA Fiction, and Regional Arts & Culture Council grants. Please visit her at kimtaylorblakemore.com

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Roll for Initiative! After Realm Launch Party & Fundraiser

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United States

Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, Cave Carson, Dick Tracy) and Taki Soma (Rapture, Sinergy) are creating a new quarterly comic, After Realm Quarterly. In the aftermath of Ragnarok, Oona, an elven ranger, sets out into the post-apocalyptic chaos to discover the fate of the old gods. But first, she must fulfill an oath to a lost friend that could doom what’s left of the Nine Realms. It's Dungeons-And-Dragons-And-Norse-Gods. It's a Really Good Time. Mike will be signing at the event, and will be doing randomized head sketches for $30 donations to the Hero Initiative. Randomized head sketches? How's that work? Mike will have a list of six characters he's known for, and a six-sided die. You make your charitable donation, roll the die-- and Mike makes…

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Gobshite Quarterly launch! 25 Poems on the Death of Ursula K. Le Guin

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Launching Gobshite Quarterly # 35/36: *Portland poets Ann Farley, Nastashia Minto, Selena Bekakis, and Amy Baskin *OBA-nominated Portland writer Matthew Robinson *Australian poet Les Murray and a personal memoir of Murray by Swiss writer Christoph Keller... Poems also from Croatia, Lithuania, and Switzerland (German translation by Portland poet and Holbrook Award winner Douglas Spangle) *graphics and flash fiction from around the world *and also launching 25 Poems On The Death Of Ursula K. Le Guin (M. F. McAuliffe)

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The Secret Music at Tordesillas: ZOOM LAUNCH and PRE-ORDER PARTY

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Monday June 1, 2020, 4:5o pm to 6 pm PACIFIC TIME: THIS JUST IN: be sure to arrive by 4:50 to hear a short live musical performance by members of Trio Sefardi, joining us by special appearance from Virginia. Two members of the group will be performing works featured in the novel. Thank you, Howard and Tina! Please send an email request to swlf.mainoffice@oregonstate.edu   or contact@marjoriesandor.com to request the zoom meeting code and password

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Butch Is Not A Dirty Word: ISSUE 7 ONLINE LIVESTREAM TICKET

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Date: Friday 12th June 2020 - 6.30 PST Location: Online Join us in celebrating the launch of issue 7 which is dedicated to butch for butch friendships and romance. This edition of our magazine jumps into the lives of 36 butches from all over the world - exploring how they met, what their relationships mean to them and how they navigate the world together. Our newest issue will be launched through an online Livestream event. We’ll have butches from each of our previous issues, telling their stories live to an international audience - this means YOU! This will be an opportunity to meet the butches behind the stories from the magazine and to have a live and interactive experience with them. All proceeds will go…

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Laurel Everywhere Launch Party

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We are excited to announce the details for LAUREL EVERYWHERE's Launch Party with author Erin Moynihan in conversation with Ooligan Press!! We'll have a reading of the novel, discussion about what it's like to publish your first book, and a Q&A with the audience, all from the comfort of our own homes! Join us on Zoom, Tuesday, November 10th from 6:30 to 7:30 as we discuss LAUREL EVERYWHERE and enjoy each other's online company! Register for the event here: https://tinyurl.com/y6e5z38z. ⭐ GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! ⭐ If you are interested in entering a raffle drawing for a FREE COPY of LAUREL EVERYWHERE Head over to the Ooligan Press Instagram, @Ooliganpress to enter to win!! ⭐If you've already pre-ordered, or plan to pre-order LAUREL EVERYWHERE, submit your receipt…

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Free

June Broken Sleep Books Launch

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

June Broken Sleep Books Launch, featuring readings from: Jeff Alessandrelli - Nothing of the Month Club Jessica Mookherjee - Play Lists Lotte Mitchell Reford - and we were so far from the sea of course the hermit crabs were dead Alex Mazey - Sad Boy Aesthetics All books available at brokensleepbooks.com

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FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER Launch Party

Lucky Labrador Beer Hall 1945 NW Quimby St, Portland, OR, United States

We're hosting a party to celebrate the launch of FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER by John Perona! Join us in celebrating K2P's release with food, drinks, and by spending the evening with other climate advocates. The launch party will include a discussion between author John Perona and climate advocate and actress K.B. Mercer, a brief talk by John Perona about several of his favorite chapters from the book, and an author signing with Q&A. Mark your calendars, this is an event you won't want to miss!

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