The 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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Montana 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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The 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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Sharma 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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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! 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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Few authors render the lives of emotionally vulnerable people with such skill and compassion.
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Airlie offers a rich mosaic of the Northwest’s land and people.
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Great to know about this new vision of Seattle!
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