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Launch! Strongly Worded Women: The Best of the Year of Publishing Women (Anthology)

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Not a Pipe Publishing is one of the only companies in the world to accept author Kamila Shamsie’s challenge to only publish women during 2018, making it the Year of Publishing Women. Strongly Worded Women: The Best of the Year of Publishing Women showcases the talent of 18 amazing writers across genres who all demonstrate the strength of their voices. At this launch party, we’ll hear teasers from: Chloe Hagerman Julia Figliotti Rosie Bueford LeeAnn McLennan (The Supernormal Legacy) Tonya Lippert Maren Anderson (Closing the Store) Elizabeth Beechwood Lizzy Carney Taylor Buccello Debby Dodds (Amish Guys Don’t Call)

Free

Books Around the Corner Hosts the Authors of Not a Pipe Publishing

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Books Around the Corner, a great independent bookstore in Gresham, hosts a signing by a collection of authors published by local press Not a Pipe Publishing, the only company in the US to accept Kamila Shamsie's challenge to make 2018 "The Year of Publishing Women." Authors will include Benjamin Gorman (Don't Read This Book, Corporate High School), LeeAnn McLennan (The Supernormal Legacy trilogy), Karen Eisenbrey (Daughter of Magic), Mikko Azul (The Staff of Fire and Bone), Sydney Culpepper and Lori Ubell (Strongly Worded Women), and Debby Dodds (Amish Guys Don't Call). Come meet the authors! Contact: Benjamin Gorman

Free

Book Launch Party for Don’t Read This Book

Gather Food and Drink 1000 NE Multnomah St, Portland, OR, United States

Benjamin Gorman's fourth novel, Don't Read This Book, hits bookstore shelves on March 26th, and Not a Pipe Publishing wants to celebrate with all our friends and fellow authors who have been so supportive. We'll meet at Gather, the bar in the DoubleTree Hotel, to celebrate the launch (and the success of Not a Pipe's panel presentation earlier in the day). Hope to see you there! Contact: Benjamin Gorman

Free

Northwest Micropress Fair

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Meet the many of the smallest, newest, and best literary presses, magazines, and producers in the Northwest. This one-day AWP-offsite event showcases the many presses that don't have the staff or means to be at the longer AWP three-day book fair. The Cleaners is conveniently located a block from Powell's Books, Inc., in the Ace Hotel Portland. You could have the most EPIC day of book buying: AWP, which will be open to the public on Saturday, Powell's, our press fair, and the NoFair/Fair event as well. https://nofairfair.com. BUY BOOKS! Presses and producers include: Entre Ríos Books, Scablands Books, Chin Music Press, Page Boy Magazine, Sage Hill Press, SPLAB, Short Run Seattle, Blue Cactus Press, Frontera Magazine, Margin Shift Reading Series, Cadence Video Poetry Festival…

Free

Readers Choice Book Club

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

We are supporting local authors this month and will discuss Strongly Worded Women edited by Sydney Culpepper. Not a Pipe Publishing is one of the only companies in the world to accept author Kamila Shamsie's challenge to only publish women during 2018, making it the Year of Publishing Women. This collection of the best short story submissions showcases the talent of 18 amazing writers across genres who all demonstrate the strength of their voices. Available at a 15% discount to order if you plan on attending the book club.

Free

Celebrate Writing Against the Darkness!

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

On Tuesday, August 13, 7:30-9:00 p.m. we'll have a reading event at Rose City Book Pub related to The Longest Day, a fundraising event for the Alzheimer's Association. A team of writers calling themselves Writing Against the Darkness spent June 21, the summer solstice and literal longest day of the year, writing from sunrise to sunset to raise funds to fight Alzheimer's disease. Come hear a reading, grab some good food and drinks, and help celebrate!

Free