Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2007 10:00 pm
Authors share at
CALYX event Monday
Dorianna Laux and Ellen Bass will read from their most recent works at 7 p.m. Monday at ArtCentric, 700 S.W. Madison Ave., Corvallis.
GrassRoots Books & Music, Art Centric and CALYX are sponsoring the event. Margarita Donnelly will also read from Sarah Lantz's book, "Far Beyond Triage."
Book Award finalist speaks in Newport
NEWPORT - Oregon Book Award finalist Alison Clement will speak on "Three Ways to Begin a Novel," at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Newport Library, 35 N.W. Nye St.
Her talk is part of the Willamette Writers on the Coast event, Writing at the Waffle House
Clement's first published novel, "Pretty Is As Pretty Does," was both a BookSense and a Barnes&Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her second novel, "Twenty Questions," has just placed as a 2007 Oregon Book Award finalist.
She will show participants three ways to begin a novel, using her own writing to illustrate the problems and advantages of each. She'll also talk about character, the importance of vivid detail, writing groups, the writer's relationship to her characters, the dilemma of persistence, Flannery O'Conner, Eudora Welty and finding inspiration on the Amtrak.
LeGuin shares at Marine Science Center
NEWPORT - Science fiction and children's author Ursula LeGuin will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday as part of the Nye Beach Writers' Series.
The talk is at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Visitor's Center Auditorium, 2020 S.E. Marine Science Drive in the South Beach area of Newport.
Admission is $10 at the door. There will be no advance sales.
Le Guin's first fantasy tale, "April in Paris," was published in Amazing Stories in 1962, and she made her debut as a novelist in 1966 with Rocannon's World.
The series is also sponsored by the Newport Public Library and the Sylvia Beach Hotel. For more information, contact Sue Lick, 541-867-4692, suelick@casco.net; Dorothy Blackcrow Mack, 541-765-2383, dmack@netportnet.com; www.willamettewriters.com.
Trow reviews Obama book at Corvallis Library
"The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama, will be reviewed at noon Wednesday at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe Ave.
Cliff Trow, former Senator, will present the review. The free event is sponsored by Friends of the Library. A sign language interpreter can be provided with 48 hours' notice. Call 766-6928 to arrange this service.
In his book, the Democratic senator from Illinois outlines his political views and speaks out against divisive partisanship, calling for more centrist policies based on broad American values. He offers a vision of the future that involves repairing "a political process that is broken" and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people it represents.
Trow represented Benton and Polk counties in the Oregon Senate for 28 years. He was a professor of history at OSU from 1965 to 1996, and is currently a board member of the Academy of Lifelong Learning as well as the Association of Retired Oregon Public Employees.
Musician plays British Isles tunes at Borders
Musician Frank Blair play at Borders bookstore from
7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the cafe, 777 Ninth St.
According to Blair, he has been playing "original and traditional British Isles music for about 20 years - vocals, guitar, bouzouki.
"I also have an interest in Balkan and Scandanavian music, especially tunes in odd and interesting meters. I was a founding member of three bands that did some nifty things in the genre - Emerald Skye, Gabriel's Gate, Cavan. I also perform solo."
For more information, call 738-0580.
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