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Marking the Miles Until Home: A Review of Scott Nadelson’s TRUST ME
Read more: Marking the Miles Until Home: A Review of Scott Nadelson’s TRUST METhe fly fisherman who lives in the woods or spends all his free time at the river is such a staple of Northwest writing, it’s almost a cliché. But in his immensely readable and often touching second novel, award-winning short-story writer Scott Nadelson, turns the image on its head.
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A Beautiful Solo-Sailing Story in The Sun
Read more: A Beautiful Solo-Sailing Story in The SunI just read a beautiful and touching short story about a woman solo-sailing in Northwest waters. Written by talented NW author Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, you can read it for free this month at The Sun.
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First Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Evening with Sharma Shields a Huge Sucess
Read more: First Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Evening with Sharma Shields a Huge SucessThe inaugural Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation evening took place on Thursday, August 8, with the eminently charming Sharma Shields as the first featured author. In a beautiful museum setting, with Z. Vanessa Helder’s magnificent watercolors on the walls, 60+ people heard a terrifically talented writer talk about her life and her work.
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Join Us September 12 For the Next Author in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series: Debra Magpie Earling
Read more: Join Us September 12 For the Next Author in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series: Debra Magpie EarlingMontana novelist and Bitterroot Salish Tribe Member Debra Magpie Earling will be the next featured writer in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series. The author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea, Earling will appear in conversation with series host Michael N. McGregor at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 12.
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Ooligan Press Releases Two Intriguing New Books with a Northwest Focus
Read more: Ooligan Press Releases Two Intriguing New Books with a Northwest FocusOoligan Press, the award-winnning publishing house run by graduate students in the Portland State University Book Publishing program, recently released two exciting new titles with strong Northwest connections….
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Seattle Times Runs Article on the New Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series
Read more: Seattle Times Runs Article on the New Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation SeriesThe Seattle Times ran an article online this morning about the new Writers-in-Conversation series I’ll be hosting at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds…
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Three Questions and a Quote: Novelist Sharma Shields
Read more: Three Questions and a Quote: Novelist Sharma ShieldsSharma Shields flashed onto the Northwest literary scene in 2012 with Favorite Monster, an award-winning collection of sharp, funny, and sometimes poignant tales about monsters of all kinds. Three years later, her debut novel, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac, established her as a writer to watch. Although a Sasquatch named Mr.…
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Coming August 8!
Read more: Coming August 8!The Inaugural Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Evening, featuring Spokane novelist and short story writer Sharma Shields, author of The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac.
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Debuting a New Design
Read more: Debuting a New DesignDebuting a New Design! After several days of learning, attempting, and making mistakes, I’m finally ready to debut the Writing the Northwest site’s new design. I hope you like it! Some of its key features are: + The three latest posts are available on the home page; + You can…
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