Posts Tagged ‘Hawthorne Books Internship’
Portland Literary Internships
We get a lot of requests from local folks hoping to do an internship at Hawthorne Books — unfortunately way more than we can accommodate. Every spring, fall and winter (and sometimes summer) we have two, 10-week, unpaid interns and they help us out immensely. Lately we’ve been getting double and sometimes triple the amount ...Read more.
Review Copies and Literary Awards
Every spring Hawthorne Books decides whether to have a summer internship or not. Summer is the slowest month in the world of publishing and so we often scale back to just HB staff. We’re doing that this summer (we always have our fall, winter and spring internships) so the last couple weeks of our spring ...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.
Multnomah County Library
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Given Portland’s fame as a literary center and reading city, it should come as no surprise that our library system ranks as one of the best in the country. In 2010, the Multnomah County Library announced that the previous year it had achieved the highest circulation in the United States for libraries serving cities of ...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.
Portlandia and Books
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IFC’s newest sketch comedy Portlandia, featuring Fred Armisen (SNL) and Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), lightheartedly jabs at cultural quirks and characters that are distinctly Portland.
Among the bike nerds, dumpster divers, and other brands of hipsters and hippies portrayed in the show, Portlandia also features a humorous look into the local literary scene. Often ...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.
To Infinity and Beyond — Hawthorne Books Interns
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Over the years Hawthorne has had some fantastic interns and we thought it was about time we featured them here. A lot of our interns have gone on to do great work and below you’ll find just out what just a few of them are up to. (If we’ve left you out please accept our ...Read more.
Katie Shaw Goes to AWP’s Annual Conference
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Before I began working as an intern at Hawthorne Books, I bought tickets to attend this year’s AWP (The Association of Writers & Writing Programs) annual conference mid-April in Denver with some of my peers from Portland State University’s publishing program. Ooligan Press, the student-run press connected to the publishing program, wasn’t going to have ...Read more.
