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May, 2008
May 9, 2008, Second Friday Literary Event at Crossroads Art Center, 2020 Auburn Street, Baker City features the 2008 Oregon Book Awards Authors
Charles D'Ambrosio of Portland, winner in short fiction for his book, The Dead Fish Museum. D'Ambrosio is also the author of The Point and Orphans. His writings have appeared in The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
Robert Hill of Portland, finalist for his first novel, When All Is Said and Done. He has been an advertising copywriter, a grant writer and a teaching fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Jeff Lee Manthos of Corvallis, finalist in creative nonfiction for Steel Beach: My Life As A Naval Aircrewman 1972-1976. Manthos grew up in a military family, spending much of his youth traveling. His own naval deployments completed his travels around the globe
Lee Montgomery of Portland, winner in creative nonfiction for The Things Between Us. Montgomery is the editorial director of Tin House Books and executive editor of Tin House magazine. She is also the author of Whose World Is This, a book of short fiction.
Conversation, book sales and a signing follow each reading. The event is free and open to the public.
May 10, 2008 - WGEO meeting 1-3 pm at Baker County Public Library on Resort Street in Baker City.
June, 2008
June 6-7, 2008 - Murder in the Grove Conference in Boise - Writing workshop and opportunity to meet and pitch your books to professional literary agents:
Alice Volpe (Northwest Literary Agency. Her clients include J.A. Jance, Carola Dunn, Judith Smith-Levin, J. Carson Black, Lee Lofland, Jeffrey Layton among others);
Sorche Fairbank (Fairbank Literary Representation represents best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize finalists and winner, Edgar recipients, and award-winning journalists. Her favorite kind of client: the first-time author. She is seeking select new fiction voices.)
Spencer Ellsworth (a new agent who works for the Lori Perkins Agency. Along with mysteries and thrillers, especially those set in an historical period, he is looking for fantasy of all types, "soft" science fiction, history of any period, satire, and travel stories.
If you have a novel, either completed or in progress, and you'd like to meet face-to-face with one of these agents to get their opinion on your work, you'll need to register for the Murder in the Grove "writer's package". The writer's package includes not only an appointment with an agent but also the Master Class "Writing the Thriller" taught by acclaimed writing instructorand bestselling author, David Morrell as well as all conference activities.
For more information, please go to www.murderinthegrove.com, or call 208-409-8805.
June 5, 2008 - La Grande First Thursday Reading - Blue Mountain Writers Group convenes at the La Grande Public Library at 730pm. Details to be announced.
June 7, 2008 8 am - 8 pm - Island City Hog Wild Days - WGEO authors will have a book sales booth set up at the Street Fair Bazaar.
June 13, 2008, 7pm - Second Thursday Literary Event in Baker City - Details to be announced.
June 14, 2008, 1-3 pm - WGEO meeting at Baker County Library in Baker City.
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