Mystery author Jan Bono in Longview Saturday, Oct 23.
Long Beach writer Jan Bono will be at The Broadway Barrel Room (formerly Cassava Coffee Shop,) 1333 Broadway Ave., this Saturday, October 23, from 1:00-3:00 pm to meet fans and celebrate the conclusion of her Sylvia Avery Cozy Mystery Series with the sixth book, Tsunami Warning.
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In this final book, Syl has been away, trying to sort out her feelings for the men in her life. But the sudden disappearance of someone she loves forces her return. Soon she wonders if she’s next on the list to disappear.
Jan will have all the books in the series available. Readers can fill out their set, and save $10 if they buy the complete series.
You can also purchase the books on Jan's website: www.JanBonoBooks.com.
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“I hope to see my Longview WordFest friends, along with their friends, on October 23rd,” says Jan. “This will be my only appearance in Cowlitz County this fall, so please stop by and say hello. I’ve missed you!”
Also, check out Jan's writerly reflections on bringing her mystery series to an end in the October issue of The Columbia River Reader.
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Broadway Barrel Room now open for business
Visiting Jan will be a good opportunity to check out the former Cassava space and meet owners, Jacob and Jacqueline Misiak.
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Longtime Kalama residents, Jacob and Jacqui are thrilled to offer their family-friendly establishment, offering a range of beers, but also non-alcoholic beverages and a select menu. Same intimate and cozy atmosphere, open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 am to 9:00 pm (10 pm-Fri and Sat.)
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Samantha Waltz tells poignant story of forbidden love, inspired from her father's life.
Samantha Waltz is the award-winning author of 70 anthologized personal essays and the editor of Blended: Writers On The Stepfamily Experience. Acclaimed Portland author Molly Gloss says, "Samantha Waltz writes with scrupulous honesty and compassion, in a voice as pure and clear as a mountain lake.” The Choice of Men is her first adult novel.
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A young Mormon finds first love on his pre-World War II mission to France. But Heber Averil’s awkward ardor turns from exhilaration to disaster when his missionary companion angrily rebuffs him. Heber’s near drowning convinces him that God is angry, and he vows to never again touch another man. Yet less than a year later, he finds himself in the arms of an alluring Frenchman, and Heber learns vows to God are hard to keep if the same God instilled in him an attraction to other men.
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As the years pass, his struggle between the church’s teachings, his marriage to a wonderful woman, and his love of their daughter tears at his soul, haunting every aspect of his life. Can Heber reconcile the outwardly righteous Mormon with the man inside, a man God made to love other men?
$12.99. Available at amazon, bookshop.org, Barnes and Noble, Powell’s, and through your favorite bookstore.
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Self-Publishing Advice Conference
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Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) have opened registration for The Self-Publishing Advice Conference, #SelfPubCon21, where Vikki J. Carter will be one of the speakers. The conference hosts 24 video sessions over 24 hours, offering interviews, webinars and presentations. To learn more & register for the conference: https://selfpublishingadviceconference.com/?wpam_id=10298. If you join Vikki’s emailing list (https://www.theauthorslibrarian.com/newsletter) she will send out a 50% discount code for the All Access Pass.
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Talk about your book on the radio...in England
Portland author and Wordfest guest Jeff Stookey recommends this free opportunity to talk about your books in the United Kingdom.
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Are you a book author who would like free advertising and free publicity on radio? If so, visit www.chatandspinradio.com and click the "Contact Us" tab to leave a message.
Ian Johnson, Advertising manager/Co-owner
Chat & Spin Radio, UK
Facebook- www.facebook.com/chatandspin
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Jeff assures me this is not a scam. He did it himself and found the process relatively painless, the radio hosts helpful and encouraging, and the experience rewarding.
Also check out Jeff's website (https://www.jeffstookey.com/) for his newsletter articles and a gallery of vintage pictures from the 1920s, collected and curated by his partner photographer Ken Barker, some that appeared in his Medicine for the Blues trilogy.
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The trilogy captures the lives of a Portland doctor and his jazz piano playing partner at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was prominent in Oregon politics.
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Share your literary news for the November 2021 newsletter by sending to alan@alan-rose.com by October 31.
A description of your book--we'll promote it.
Your poetry--especially welcome are poems capturing this time we are living through.
Books you loved and want to recommend to others--send me 200-300 words describing the book and why you loved it.
Other literary news--writers conferences, awards, an agent is interested in your manuscript, your mother loved your short story, whatever.
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Poetry Corner --
"Social Distancing of an Extrovert"
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Astoria poet Florence Sage is the poetry editor of the Hipfish Monthly magazine (hipfishmonthly.com.) Her most recent poetry collection is a memoir in poems, The Man Who Whistled, the Woman Who Wished, about her Polish-Canadian parents during World War II.
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Social Distancing of an Extrovert
I, like a river,
Have been diverted by the ruthless era.
From “Northern Elegies – the Fifth,” Anna Akhmatova, Leningrad, 1944
I am a sweater with raveling sleeves
harboring moths in my folds.
I am a rotting rose hosting a worm,
milk left out of the fridge,
a broken window, a dropped plate,
dirty laundry collecting mold,
a bad dream,
a lone wolf kicked out of the pack,
a junk bond, picked lock, I am debris.
. . .
I half remember who I was before
when with such cheer we toasted 2020 in,
and I know what I’ve become, see above,
but I don’t know the woman
the aftermath will introduce to me, expecting
to use my name, inhabit my body, wear my clothes.
Excerpted from Rain literary magazine, 2020
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Vikki J. Carter produces the Podcast Authors of the Pacific Northwest, interviews with writers, editors and publishers, at www.squishpen.com
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Episode 110: Tavi Taylor Black
(https://www.taviblack.com)
Finalist in the PNWA Mainstream Fiction Contest and the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature, Tavi Black talks about her book Where are We Tomorrow? looking into the lives of women in the music industry.
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Book Review
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
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The situation is not hopeless.
Not yet.
The novel opens with a scene from hell: In 2025, India experiences an unprecedented heat wave (Think of June’s heat dome in the Pacific Northwest, only more intense and protracted.) Twenty million people die within two weeks as their bodies stop sweating and begin baking. In the face of this monumental catastrophe, the nations of the earth… do nothing. Again.
You can read my full review here.
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Excited about a book?
Email me at alan@alan-rose.com with the title and why you liked it, and we'll share it in What Are You Reading? in The Columbia River Reader.
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Photo-reflection
Autumn Glows
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Spring throbs to its new life beat,
summer simmers and shimmers in the heat,
winter everywhere slows,
but autumn ... autumn glows.
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Note cards from photo reflections available for purchase.
Note cards created from the photo reflections are available on my website. You can view them here.
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Find more news, reviews, interviews, and photo-reflections at www.alan-rose.com. and feel welcome to contact me at alan@alan-rose.com.
Previous newsletters available here: September 2021, (No August) July 2021, June 2021, May 2021, April 2021, March 2021, February 2021, January 2021, December 2020, November 2020, October 2020, September 2020, August 2020, July 2020, June 2020, May 2020, April 2020, March 2020.
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