Archive for the ‘Literary Event’ Category
Wordstock 2011
We love Wordstock here at Hawthorne Books. We have all sorts of events slated for this year’s festival and I’ve laid them all out for you here. Every year we have a booth at the Book Fair in the main hall and that’s where you’ll find publisher Rhonda Hughes, senior editor Adam O’Connor Rodriguez and ...Read more.
10 Years Equals $10 Books
A lot of you received our summer newsletter last week. (If you didn’t and want to receive future newsletters sign up here.) Those of you who got the newsletter already know about this great promotion that we’re doing in celebration of Hawthorne Books’ tenth anniversary — all books are just $10 until August 1st.
We’ve ...Read more.
Making Time for Books
As a Hawthorne Books intern, a hopeful future book editor, a person with an English degree, and a self-proclaimed bibliophile, it is embarrassing for me to admit, but I don’t always have time for books. Don’t get me wrong, I always have time for books as an idea, as a conversation topic, as a table ...Read more.
Crow Arts Manor
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Let’s face it: we’re lucky to live here. It seems that Portland’s enormously rich literary landscape just keeps expanding, and the latest addition to a long list of amazing industry resources is a brand new community center for the arts. Crow Arts Manor, located in NoPo’s Milepost 5 art community, opened its doors this April ...Read more.
Spring 2011 Literary Events in Portland
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Spring is in the air! (Well, it will be soon.) Here’s a list of readings and other literary events coming up in the next few weeks that might just get your mind off of the blatant lack of sunshine.
Friday, March 4th at The Alberta Rose Theatre
Doors 6:30pm; Show 7:30pm
Live Wire! Radio presents Wesley Stace, Chrstine ...Read more.
Portland Writing Resources
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While larger institutions such as Borders bear the brunt of a recession and the rise of e-books, Portland’s independent literary community remains strong.
Classic hands-on resources for local writers, such as Southwest Portland’s Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), are thriving through member support, volunteers and a strong creative community. IPRC offers a full schedule of ...Read more.
Lidia Yuknavitch Book Tour — The Chronology of Water
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Events are stacking up for Lidia’s spring book tour for The Chronology of Water. Here’s what we’ve got so far but there are a few pending that we’ll be adding in upcoming weeks. Also, we’ll have a time/date for the book launch party any day now and we’ll keep you posted.
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 :: ...Read more.
We Did It All @ Wordstock 2010
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We’re so sorry that we’ve been negligent here with the blog. It’s been a busy summer and we had to focus on our authors, books and book tours. Now that it’s officially fall we’ll do our best to stick to the weekly blog schedule. Please remind us scold us if we don’t.
This year’s Wordstock was ...Read more.
Little Green Lift-off!
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So many great people showed up last night for Loretta Stinson’s Little Green book launch party. Even though it was a Sunday night and on the later side with a 9pm start — it was a packed house. Some people in attendance include Debra Gwartney, Eduardo Fernandez, Tony Wolk, Hawthorne Books authors Kassten Alonso and ...Read more.
Little Green Book Launch Party Sunday!
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We’re all getting pretty excited over here counting down the days until the book launch party for Loretta Stinson’s Little Green. It’s fantastic to have a book launch party precede all sorts of great coverage from the likes of Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, The Rumpus, ForeWord Reviews and then some. When it comes down to it ...Read more.
