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Author Event with Kelli Estes

Vintage Books 6613 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, United States

Vintage Books invites you to join us for an event with author Kelli Estes to celebrate the release of TODAY WE GO HOME. Kelli will join us at 1 pm to discuss her book, read an excerpt and answer questions. She will be available to sign books and chat with customers after the discussion. She is the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk. She’s passionate about stories that help us see how the past shaped who we are today and how we all have more in common than not. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. This event is free and everyone is invited. You are also invited to join a book club meeting here prior to the…

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Free

ROAR: LAUGHTER

Magenta Theater 1108 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Details TBA.

$15

Book Launch for Stella Jeng Guillory’s An Advancing Glacier

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Book Launch Celebration for Stella Jeng Guillory’s An Advancing Glacier 6pm September 28, 2019 Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com In our era of retreating glaciers, Stella Jeng Guillory’s An Advancing Glacier is refreshing. The first and title poem opens “I capture your chill/ I nurture your chill/ I rapture your chill” and through the rest of the chapbook the poet does indeed capture details, nurture appreciation, and open us to rapture. We travel across many continents but these are not just tourist accounts decorated with exotic flowers. Each poem is precise and deeply personal. Grandmother chews food “small and fine./ She feeds me,/ mouthful by mouthful.” The reader will also be fed. – Penelope Scambly Schott Born in China and raised…

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Free

24 Hour Comic Book Day @ I Like Comics

I Like Comics 1715 Broadway St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Bring your own supplies and celebrate 24 hour comic book day with us: a challenge event where we will be completing 24 comic pages in 24 hours! It'll be a potluck, so bring some food or snacks to share! We'll have blow up beds for power naps, and rotating sales on things in the store throughout the event. We have over 50 seats available, so bring your friends!

Free

Sweet & Greet

Vintage Books 6613 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, United States

Come visit with Kate here at Vintage Books! She has 2 new books, A Cup of Holiday Fear, and Beyond a Reasonable Stout. The Sweet & Greet is a drop-in style event. Book signing, photo opportunities, tastings, and Bakeshop & Cozy Mystery merch! This event will be free & open to the public.

Free

Multi-Author Literary Sci-Fi Event

Vintage Books 6613 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, United States

Vintage Books invites you to join us for a literary sci-fi event October 6th at 2 pm. Authors Fonda Lee, Curtis Chen and Mike Chen will lead us in an hour of discussion, answering questions and signing their books! Fonda Lee is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels for adults and teens. Her fantasy trilogy, the Green Bone Saga, begins with Jade City, which won the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was a finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards. The sequel Jade War is now available. Her young adult science fiction novels have garnered accolades including being named Junior Library Guild Selections and Andre Norton Award finalists. Fonda is a recovering corporate strategist, black belt martial artist, and action…

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Free

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Jonathan Oak

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Featuring Jonathan Oak 7 pm Thursday, October 10 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 $5 Suggested donation (for featured poet) Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Jonathan Oak is the author of two poetry books, Sutly fucked ↑ and Things I Forgot To Say, as well as the upcoming novel Jerry. He has lived and performed in Portland for the last six years. He was part of the VAMP reading series in San…

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Free – $5

The Work Poetry Workshop: Saturday Edition with Christopher Luna

Niche Wine Bar 1013 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

“Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.” ― Allen Ginsberg, “Memory Gardens” (Fall of America, City Lights) Join us on Saturday, October 12 for The Work, a monthly poetry writing workshop at Niche Wine Bar led by Christopher Luna. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which can lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for progressive social change. I look forward to sharing my passion for poetry with you. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. We will read and discuss poetry, and write several new poems together from 11:30-2:00. Doors open…

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Free – $20

Rachel Carter’s Book Launch for Enduring the Cure

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Let's celebrate Rachel authoring and publishing her first book Enduring the Cure: My MS Journey to the Brink of Death and Back, a harrowing story of excruciating pain and limitless bravery on a mission bigger than herself. Join us for light refreshments and raffle prizes; books will be available for purchase and signing. Open to the public. If you have ever known someone who has suffered from the debilitating disease, Multiple Sclerosis, or any other chronic disease, you will be captivated by Rachel's journey and healing.

Free

Mother Foucault’s 5th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

Join us at the 5th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival at Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, Washington! October 25-27, join publishers, authors, and plain old book lovers for potlucks in the pavilion, readings, workshops, walks by the sea, and maybe even some karaoke at the Sou’wester Lodge and Trailer Park in Seaview, Washington. Featuring: Alejandro de Acosta, John Beer, Gerald Costanzo, Karolinn Fiscaletti, 2019 Airstream Fellow Harrison Harb, Anis Mojgani, Flavia Rocha, Ed Skoog, Rose Swartz. We are proud to announce the Winner of our Poetry Fellowship this year is Harrison Harb! As the 4th Annual Airstream Poetry Fellow, Harrison will spend the week prior to the festival in the Sou’wester’s Potato Bug trailer and share his work at the Saturday night reading. Tickets for the festival: Tickets…

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$20
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