Live it.
This.
Come to the Small Press Book Expo tomorrow at Richard Hugo House, party with us tonight at The Stranger’s Verse/Chapter/Verse, featuring Sherman Alexie!
Poems for $.50 in a small bookstore in San Francisco
Rumor has it that Benediction will feature something like this, but in the form of a poet sitting in a fortune teller’s booth. Think the mechanical fortune teller from BIG starring Tom Hanks.
Come see us Monday at Chop Suey. More details here.
(via learnhowtodance)
We made a literary coloring book. All of this and more will be at Benediction on Monday night. Drawings by Derek Erdman.
Today’s RFM featured author was named one of the ‘10 Best Millennial Authors You Probably Haven’t Read (Yet)’ by Flavorwire yesterday!
Saw this edition of The Hobbit at Target last night. Reminded me of The Avian Gospels (cause, you know, no one before us had thought to design a book like a Bible).
Who doesn’t like a book with gold-gilded pages?
Adam Novy, author of The Avian Gospels, reads tonight with fellow Hobart author, Dylan Nice, author of Other Kinds. They’ll be joined by Cameron Pierce, author of Lost in Cat Brain Land, and Richard Chiem, author of You Private Person.
See them at Naked City Brewery in Greenwood at 6.
the amount of lit is overwhelming
APRIL doesn’t start until next Monday, but our friends are hosting a lot of great events this week!
Tomorrow, get some brews and books at Naked City Brewery in Greenwood. The event will feature readings from Adam Novy, Dylan Nice, Richard Chiem, and Cameron Pierce.
Thursday, join YesYes Books & Matthew Dickman as they raise funds for YouthCare, a non-profit benefitting homeless youth. The event will feature readings from Richard Chiem, Matthew Dickman, Elaina Ellis, Rachel Kessler, Sierra Nelson, and Corey Zeller.
Sunday, Paul Nelson hosts a discussion on the problem of the “Seattle nice” and the state of literary criticism in the Northwest. Panelists include Daemond Arrindell, Christine Deavel, Graham Isaac, and Kate Lebo. Plus, it’s online so you don’t even need to leave your couch!
"I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, ‘Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?’ It’s just a painting."
— Scott McClanahan, Crapalachia (coming 3/13 from Two Dollar Radio)
(Source: booksmatter, via cathyboy)
Thanks to everyone who made it out to Salon at Kaleidoscope Vision on Thursday and bought phrases from Rebecca Brown’s fantastic story she wrote especially for the event! Also, thank you to our financial donors and to the Elysian Brewery for donating brews to the event.
We owe the deepest gratitude to Rebecca Brown and Kevin Sampsell for coming out to read. Without our readers, the event would have just been a bunch of literature kids drinking free beer in a high-end thrift store.
See you all in less than a month for APRIL 2013!
This isn’t your elementary school’s book fair
Remember your elementary school’s annual book fair where you’d spend your lunch money on Goosebumps? We certainly do!
We’re excited to announce the almost complete line-up for our grown-up book fair (complete with a fully-stocked bar!), the third annual Small Press Expo, co-presented by Richard Hugo House, at Richard Hugo House on March 30, from 11 am – 4 pm. There you’ll have the chance to buy books from great presses like Hobart (SF/LD Books), Future Tense, Featherproof, Jaded Ibis, Caktrain, Magic Helicopter, and more. Are you with a press that would like to be involved? We still have table space, so apply here.
But it will also be so much more than a book fair! All throughout the day we’ll have readings and musical performances from:
12:30-1:30: SPLAB Poetry Bout: New Mexicans (Amalio Madueño and Nadine Maestas) vs. Cascadians (Stephen Roxborough and Anastacia Tolbert), hosted by Paul Nelson.
1:30-2:30: The Bushwick Book Club presents original music inspired by The Furnace, featuring Brad Loomis and Nancy K Dillon and others from the BBC.
2:30-3:30: Breadline March on an APRIL Afternoon, featuring Portland poet Michael Heald, and all-girl string trio “the Ink & the Echo.” Hosts Greg Bem and Jeremy Springsteed will perform pieces with string accompaniment.
3:30-4: Other People’s Poetry & Prose: We’re bringing back a favorite event from Pilot Books. Bring your favorite small or independent press title and read to us.
Mark your calendars! It’s going to be a great way to end the festival. And because we like you and want you to come, there’s no entry fee and the first ten attendees will get an APRIL tote.
Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at APRIL!
What we’re reading in the photo (from left to right):
Awe by Dorothea Lasky | Willie Fitzgerald, Creative Director
Stories V! by Scott McClanahan | Kellen Braddock, Finance & Development Coordinator
Eat When You Feel Sad by Zachary German | Tara Atkinson, Managing Director
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus | Frances Dinger, Media Relations Coordinator
