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Oregon Writers Colony Founders Day celebration at Rockaway Beach
August 13-14
Longtime Portland area
newpaperman Dana
Haynes, author of the new
techno-thriller Crashers,
kicks-off the weekend.
Readers and writers will want to pack
their bags for the coast Aug. 13-14 for the
2011 Oregon Writers Colony Founders Day
celebration at Rockaway Beach. Saturday’s
events include a free reading by Paulann
Petersen, Oregon poet laureate, and
Barbara Pope, author of Cezanne’s Quarry
and The Blood of Lorraine, at the Rockaway
Beach Library, followed by the dedication of
a poetry pole and an open house at Colonyhouse,
OWC’s writers retreat.
A full day of events will be held Sunday,
Aug. 14, at Rockaway City Hall. Dana
Haynes, humorist and author of Crashers,
winner of the Spotted Owl Award,
will kick off the celebration; an authors
showcase and book fair will follow. Lunch
will be catered by Beach Bite Restaurant
of Rockaway Beach and feature keynote
speaker R. Gregory Nokes, former reporter
for The Oregonian and author of Massacred
for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon.
Afternoon round table discussions will cover
everything from poetry and e-books to mystery
and creative nonfiction. A reception and
tour of Colonyhouse will be offered at 4:15.
Cost for Sunday’s events is $40 per person
or $55 per couple. For more information
or to register for Sunday’s events, go to
oregonwriterscolony.org or contact Marlene
Howard, marlenehow@comcast.net.
Lynn Price, acquisitions editor for Behler
Publications, will present Using the Writer’s
Tackle Box, a writing workshop, from 9
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Cost of the
workshop is $40; participants may sign up
for one-on-one appointments with Price for
$15. For more information on the workshop
or to register, go to oregonwriterscolony.org
or contact Shannon Young at siy@comcast.
net.
Naseem Rakha
Manzanita Writers Series
Aug 20
Naseem Rakha reads from her book
The Crying Tree at the Manzanita Writers
Series event at 7pm on Saturday,
August 20.
Set in southern Illinois and central
Oregon, The Crying Tree tells a story of
a mother who must overcome the hate,
grief, and secrets that surround the
murder of her 15-year-old son, and defy
church and family as she attempts to
stop the execution of his perpetrator.
With the heart of a storyteller, Rahka
explores the death penalty, and the act
TRUE CRIME MONTH
At Seaside Public Library
Seaside Library
will hosts Dane Batty
author of WANTED:
Gentleman Bank
Robber, on Thursday,
Aug 4, 7pm. The event
will take place in the
Community Room and
kicks off the first of
authors for true crime
month.
Author Dane Batty
provides readers with
a seldom seen look
behind the scenes of
the life of an expert bank robber. He gives voice to
his uncle, Leslie Rogge, who was once one of the
FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and featured
on the television show America’s Most Wanted,
robbing nearly 30 banks and stealing over $2 million
dollars. The chase lasted over 20 years, with three
escapes, a sailing trip around the Caribbean, and
adventures from Alaska to Antigua. But it all came
to a halt when a 14 year old in Guatemala forced
him to turn himself in.
of forgiveness through the lens of the
justice system as well as subsequent
interviews with crime victims, inmates,
corrections officials and exonerated
death row prisoners.
The American Booksellers Association
chose The Crying Tree for its TOP
10 Indie Next list for Reading Groups.
The book has been published in six
international editions. Naseem is an
award-winning author and journalist
whose stories have been heard on
NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning
Edition, Marketplace Radio, Christian
Science Monitor, and Living on Earth.
She lives in Oregon with her husband,
son, and many animals.
Following the reading and Q&A, an
Open Mic features up to nine local
writers at 5 minute reading spots. The
recommended theme for this month is
“Forgiveness.”
Admission for the evening is $5. At
the Hoffman Center (across from Manzanita
Library at 594 Laneda Avenue.)
FMI: hoffmanblog.org.
Author Dane Batty resides in Oregon and still
finds time to visit his uncle who now lives out his
prison sentence at the United States Penitentiary in
Beaumont Texas.
Author Neil Hirschfeld
Seaside Library will host Neil Hirschfeld, author
of Dancing with the Devil, second in the true crime
series, on Thursday, August 18, 7pm. “Dancing with
the Devil” tells the
story of Louis Diaz, a
tough guy growing up
in Brooklyn, who had
a brute of a father
and early exposure
to mob violence
and crime. Diaz put
his childhood skills
to good use and
instead of becoming
a bad guy; he joined
federal law enforcement
and went to
work catching them.
He made headlines
with his takedown of drug kingpin Nicky Barnes,
worked to bust members of the Medellin cartel, and
ended up in Bolivia leading raids on cocaine labs.
Hirschfeld co-authors the book and is a former
reporter from Portland, who is an experienced writer
in the true crime genre.
Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broadway,
across from the Youth Center and Swimming
Pool. FMI: call (503)738-6742 or visit us at www.
seasidelibrary.org
ALSO at Seaside Library
Big Book Sale
Beginning Friday August 26, and running through
Saturday September 10, the Friends of the Seaside
Library will host their largest book sale in history.
The sale takes place in the Community Room and
foyer and will be open during library hours.
The library have been collecting items, from
generous patrons, over the past few months, and
there will be well over 1000 titles. Everything from
Tom Clancy to Robin Cook, and Kitchen Makeovers
to travel books about Acapulco will be available at
unbelievable prices.
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Cannon Beach Reads!
CB READS meets at 7pm, Wednesday, Aug. 17,
to discuss “Citizens of London: The Americans Who
Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour” by
Lynne Olson. The book is “the behind-the-scenes
story” of how the United States forged its wartime
alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three
key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow,
Averell Harriman and John Gilbert Winant.”
Morrow, a famous CBS newsman, Harriman,
the millionaire diplomat who ran the Lend-Lease
program, and Winant, a shy, idealistic ambassador to
London, formed close ties to Winston Churchill and
his advisers as they worked to save Britain from Hitler.
The book includes not only the ins and outs of
diplomacy, but also the story of how all three men
became romantically involved with Churchill women.
Cannon Beach Reads! is the monthly book
discussion group which meets at 7 p.m. on the third
Wednesday of each month at the library 12 months
a year. Visitors are welcome. Library members may
borrow a copy of the book as available. No library card
is needed to join the discussion,
Poetry Workshop at Cape Lookout •
Aug 11
Are you a poet at heart? Join Oregon Poet Laureate
Paulann Petersen for a poetry workshop at Cape
Lookout State Park on Thursday, August 11th at
5:30pm. This program is one of the August summer
reading programs presented by Tillamook County
Library. Write poetry in an inspirational setting while
enjoying the sound of the surf and crashing waves.
Come and celebrate summer and poetry at the beach!
The program will be held in the gazebo at Cape
Lookout State Park day use area. All programs are
free and open to the public. Hot dogs and s’mores will
be provided. Each program participant pays $5.00
Cape Lookout State Park day use fee at the entrance
to the park. Registration is limited to 35 participants.
To sign up early, call the Tillamook County Library at
(503) 842-4792.
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