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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club October

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For October, we will be reading 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton To order: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9781492670124?fbclid=IwAR1mHmnMNUY28szjPc-FTjEQYFTziCCtBb2CTUK9AGcCw6QNU8ubNCbAPsM Description: "Aiden Bishop knows the rules. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until he can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others. With a locked room mystery that Agatha Christie would envy, Stuart Turton unfurls a breakneck novel of intrigue and suspense. For fans of Claire North, and Kate Atkinson, The 71/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a breathlessly addictive mystery that follows one man's race against time to find a killer, with an astonishing time-turning twist…

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Cookbook Extravaganza with Haile Thomas

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Creative multi-hyphenate Haile Thomas is making waves. At 12, Haile founded the youth empowerment non-profit The HAPPY Org. At 16, Haile was the youngest graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition as a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach. At 19, Haile has amassed a dedicated Instagram following, using the platform to share inspiring writing and content and to give space for others to open up and connect. Her cookbook, Living Lively, combines 80 wholesome and super-powered plant-based recipes to inspire readers to heal and energize themselves through nourishing food. The night’s discussion will center around Haile’s approach to activism, how showing up authentically builds connection and community, and how food helps fuel her work and inspires her vibrant life. Haile Thomas is a wellness and compassion…

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Cookbook Extravaganza with Annemarie Ahearn

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annemarie is a true farm-to-table teacher and chef. Her experience and expertise in food is extensive, ranging from apprenticing in the kitchen at Le Jardin Notre Dame in Paris to working for Dan Barber at his Blue Hill Restaurant. After leaving the city for coastal Maine, Annemarie founded the Salt Water Farm cooking school. Students from around the world come to Salt Water Farm for classes that help them thrive as DIY cooks. We’ll discuss the farm-to-table movement, dive deeper into her cookbooks, and reflect upon the reality of a rural life—plus how creating a deeper relationship to our environment impacts our food. Annemarie Ahearn runs Salt Water Farm, lauded by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Bon Appetit.…

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Author Reading: Fall of Night by D. K. Stone

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an evening of reading and lively conversation with mystery & YA author D. K. Stone, celebrating the release of the final book in her Waterton Mystery Series! About the Waterton Mystery Series Set in Waterton, AB - a small town in the heart of Waterton National Park, Canada - D. K. Stone's Waterton Mystery Series follows New York City Hotel Manager Rich Evans on a journey from outsider to lover of this place that lags just out of step with modern times. In Fall of Night, the third and final book, Rich Evans is desperate to say goodbye to his past in New York and embrace a future in Waterton with Lou Newman, the small-town car mechanic who is also the love…

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Cookbook Extravaganza with Jami Curl

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Jami is a confectionery connoisseur, master storyteller, and literary advocate. She will be sharing how these skill sets inform and overlap in her work, how candy-making can be an accessible pursuit for all, the secret to creating sweets that are perfectly balanced in flavor, plus all the tips and tricks you need for the holiday baking season. Jami Curl is a pastry chef, home baker, and the author of Candy Is Magic and Baking Gold: How to Bake (Almost) Everything with 3 Doughs, 2 Batters, and 1 Magic Mix. Her work has been featured in Food + Wine, Gourmet, Good Housekeeping, Food52, Real Simple, Martha Stewart, and the New York Times. Register for and attend any two nights of the Cookbook Extravaganza for $5 off…

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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club November

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For November, we will be reading La Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Here's the link to purchase: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9780060852580 Description: “Moving from a setting in Mexico (in the company of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Trotsky) to the 1950s America of Red Scares and McCarthyism, The Lacuna tells the very personal and human story of young novelist Harrison Shepherd. Kingsolver does a masterful job creating a story with both scope and intimacy while also raising potent questions about freedom of expression and belief. Bravo!” — Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA The event will be held on Zoom. To get your name added to the email list for the book club, email christine@tworiversbooks.com

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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club January

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Who is ready to kick 2020 to the curb? We are! January 2021 is a special edition of Book Club, a year-end BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Reading Roundup where we invite you to bring a favorite book that you read this year, any genre! Each participant will get a chance to talk about their selection. In addition to bringing a book that you loved, you are also welcome to bring a book that you hated! That should make for some fun discussion. Check your email for the Zoom link!

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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club February

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For February we will be discussing In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9781644450383 A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties. In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it’s that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope—the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman—through which Machado holds the events up to…

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Virtual Event: Elle Marr, Author of Lies We Bury, In Conversation with Georgina Cross

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Oregon author Elle Marr celebrates the release of her second book, LIES WE BURY - a psychological thriller set in Portland and drawing on the "twisted history, shadowy passages, and trap doors" of the Shanghai Tunnels under Portland's Chinatown. She is joined in conversation by Georgina Cross, author of The Stepdaughter. Elle Marr Originally from Sacramento, Elle Marr graduated from UC San Diego before moving to France, where she earned a master's degree from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She now lives and writes in Oregon, with her husband, son, and one very demanding feline. Her debut thriller, The Missing Sister, was the #24 Best Selling eBook of 2020 on Amazon, a #1 Amazon Best Seller, #1 in the Kindle Store, featured in Woman's World,…

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Submission Deadline: 2021 Two Rivers Poetry Contest

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Deadline Extended/Plazo Extendido: 12 de Abril / 12 April English (Vea abajo para español): A virtual student poetry contest in celebration of National Poetry Month and in conjunction with the release of Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb. Inspired by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's performance at the 2021 inauguration, we're looking for poetry containing themes of uniting community through the particular experiences and challenges of 2020. All forms of poetry accepted. Parental permission is required. Eligible participants must: live within one of the following zip codes: 97203, 97217, 97231 OR be enrolled in any school within one of the above zip codes Submission: Poetry must be submitted in written form, and may additionally be submitted in video or audio formats. A video performance…

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