Women's Stories of Survival and Hope After War
Zainab Salbi, a survivor of war, and author of Between Two Worlds and The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival and Hope has a passion. Salbi has devoted her life to rebuilding communities after war, one woman at a time. Tens of thousands have responded to Salbi's call, helping families rebuild their lives in the wake of war through Salbi's organization, Women for Women International. Ms. Salbi and her organization have received numerous national and international awards and honors. Time calls Women for Women International "a lifeline for women in war-torn countries."
Salbi will speak at Sleeping Lady Retreat Center January 8 at 7:00 p.m, with a book-signing following the program. Proceeds from ticket sales, and 10% of book sales, will benefit the YWCA's Homeless Women's Program. Contact Sleeping Lady for ticket information.
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Six Skilled Workshop Leaders!
From memoir to young-adult, cross-overs to page-turners, published authors share their secrets in:
A Book For All Seasons' 2010 Writers' Workshop Series.
Six highly skilled authors are coming to town to help you resolve your writing dilemmas. Each will address a different aspect of writing. From "Your Amazing Life: How to Create it Using Writing" to "How to Find Your Voice in Memoir," there is something for everyone.
Every workshop includes a full lunch from Kristall's restaurant, and the author's latest book.
Pre-pay for three or more workshops and receive 10% OFF!
Get the complete schedule here...
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Sat, Jan 23
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
"Your Amazing Life: How to Create It."
Sara Wiseman, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant |
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Sat, Jan 23
3:00 - 5:00 PM |
Sara Wiseman, author of Writing the Divine: How to Use Channeling for Soul Growth & Healing, book signing at A Book For All Seasons
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Are you ready to take the next step on your life's path? Do you long to do your soul's work? Are you searching for clarity and direction? Sara's fun, experiential workshop is for adults ready to experience immediate life changes via a direct connection to the Divine. You'll learn how to clarify what you really want, receive Divine guidance on what you actually need, and use energy, intention and prayer to manifest everything your heart longs for.
Click here to learn more...
Buy the workshop, including a full lunch and a copy of Sara's book Writing the Divine: How to Use Channeling for Soul Growth & Healing - $33.00.
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Sat, Feb 27
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
"Creating a Successful Writing Group."
Erica Bauermeister, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant |
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Sat, Feb 27
3:00 - 5:00 PM |
Erica Bauermeister, author of The School of Essential Ingredients, book signing at A Book For All Seasons
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A great writing group can hold your hand, kick your writing self into gear, keep you to your deadlines, and create a professional network. This workshop will cover everything from choosing your group members to organization, format, and expectations (both realistic and not.) Come prepared to participate! Erica is a member of the Seattle 7 Writers group. Visit www.seattle7writers.org to see some of the innovative things a writers group can do.
Click here to learn more...
Buy the workshop, including a full lunch and a copy of Erica's novel The School of Essential Ingredients - $31.00.
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Sat, Mar 6
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
"And That's the Way It Was: The Joys and Challenges of Writing Oral Histories."
Kit Bakke, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant |
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Sat, Mar 6
3:00 - 5:00 PM |
Kit Bakke, author of Miss Alcott's E-Mail, book signing at A Book For All Seasons
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How can you capture oral history -- in all its depth, breadth, and personality? An oral history is built from structured conversations that gather information available from no other source. Oral histories are not about facts that a writer can find in newspaper archives or historical texts. Oral histories document what the subject remembers, with all the color and idiosyncratic character each person brings to his/her life experience. This workshop will cover tips and techniques for preparing for and conducting the interview, and discuss potential pitfalls such as accuracy, silence, and libel.
Click here to learn more...
Buy the workshop, including a full lunch and a copy of Kit's book Miss Alcott's E-Mail - $38.00.
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Sat, Mar 13
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
"The Absolute Wonder and the Ever-Changing Horror of Teenagers—and Writing for Them."
Randall Platt, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant |
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Sat, Mar 13
3:00 - 5:00 PM |
Randall Platt, author of Hellie Jondoe, book signing at A Book For All Seasons
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Let's explore the vastly changing world of young adult (YA) fiction. We'll begin by examining the birth and evolution of YA as a genre and address the many forms it has taken and continues to take. From comic books to problem novels, splatterpunk to coming of age.... it's all for teens. Once we decide what YA is, we'll look at our 'audience' - these young adults - and find out what attracts them and what doesn't. What is a crossover novel and how do we market that? We'll look at our competition - all things electronic - and see how that can work for us and against us. We'll do some writing exercises meant to stretch our mental muscles as well as strengthen our skills. There will be plenty of time for Q and A as well as the spring-boarding and sharing of ideas and concepts.
Click here to learn more...
Buy the workshop, including a full lunch and a copy of Randi's new release Hellie Jondoe - $33.00.
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Looking for something to do on Friday evenings this winter? ABFAS offers the perfect solution to ward off the cold, winter-night doldrums—TGIF at the Library!
Back by popular demand, ABFAS' TGIF at the Library Series offers you an escape through history or fantasy, intellectual stimulation, a little romance and wickedly funny satire to keep your mind active even if your body wants to hibernate.
Get the complete schedule here...
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Fri, Jan 29
7:00 - 8:00 PM |
JACK NISBET, author of The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest, Leavenworth Library (Presentation) |
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Sat, Jan 30
1:00 - 3:00 PM |
JACK NISBET, author of The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest, A Book For All Seasons (book-signing)
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Co-sponsored by North Central Regional Library system and A Book For All Seasons. Join famed naturalist and author Jack Nisbet for an adventurous step back into the history of the Pacific Northwest through the eyes of David Douglas.
"Jack Nisbet's brisk, thrilling account allows us to walk, ride and paddle along with David Douglas, the tireless 19th-century Scotsman whose name is attached to Cascadia's iconic fir. Nisbet takes us on the ultimate naturalist's tour of a largely untamed, unnamed, and unknown Northwest, land of giant salmon, circling condors, and 14-inch pine cones. What nature-lover doesn't wish they could see the region as it was when explorers first arrived? Well, here you go." — Knute Berger, author of Pugetopolis
Click here to learn more...
Buy The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest - $23.95
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Fri, Feb 5
7:00 - 8:00 PM |
MATTHEW FLAMING, author of The Kingdom of Ohio, Leavenworth Library (Presentation) |
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Sat, Feb 6
1:00 - 3:00 PM |
MATTHEW FLAMING, author of The Kingdom of Ohio, A Book For All Seasons (book-signing)
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"Men ahead of their time wrestle with the fabric of the universe. Flaming's debut ushers us into a mystifying world, but its intriguing premise and inherent mystery are impossible to resist. Marrying poetic prose with hints of steampunk aesthetics to an arcane, time-wrenching plot that includes a healthy dose of wistful romance, the author unleashes an absorbing adventure about warring scientists, lost princesses and the genius who created modern New York City. A marvelous fable about the worlds beneath our feet and the conspiracies that turn our heads." — Kirkus Review (starred)
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of The Kingdom of Ohio - $24.95
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Fri, Mar 5
7:00 - 8:00 PM |
KIT BAKKE, author of Miss Alcott's E-Mail, Leavenworth Library (Presentation) |
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Sat, Mar 6
3:00 - 5:00 PM |
KIT BAKKE, author of Miss Alcott's E-Mail, A Book For All Seasons (book-signing)
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Kit Bakke's book Miss Alcott's E-Mail was called by the Boston Globe "A whirlwind exchange of ideas about reform and revolution." Louisa May Alcott was an independent thinker, civil war nurse, activist, champion of women's rights, and a neighbor and friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Alcott's novels were written to support her parents and siblings, who would otherwise have lived in extreme poverty. "Yours for reforms of all kinds," Louisa Alcott signed her letters. And so is Kit Bakke, it seems, beginning with this imaginative construction for a biography - in which Kit emails Miss Alcott about issues of the day - and Miss Alcott emails back.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Miss Alcott's E-Mail - $24.95
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Fri, Mar 19
7:00 - 8:00 PM |
CRAIG JOSEPH DANNER, author of The Fires of Edgarville, Leavenworth Library (Presentation) |
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Sat, Mar 20
1:00 - 3:00 PM |
CRAIG JOSEPH DANNER, author of The Fires of Edgarville, A Book For All Seasons (book-signing)
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Tracing the evolution of a small Oregon lumber town and its connection to the Japanese internment during World War II, The Fires of Edgarville is a spellbinding story told with authentic detail and unexpected humor. Fast-paced and unflinching in its honesty, Craig Danner's second novel is filled with compassion for its original and endearing characters.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of The Fires of Edgarville - $24.00
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Fri, Mar 26
7:00 - 8:00 PM |
KENNEDY FOSTER, author of All Roads Lead Me Back to You, Leavenworth Library (Presentation) |
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Sat, Mar 27
1:00 - 3:00 PM |
KENNEDY FOSTER, author of All Roads Lead Me Back to You, A Book For All Seasons (book-signing)
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Alice runs a one-woman ranch, Standfast, in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Her horses and dogs are all the company she wants. But then Domingo, a ranch hand on the run from the INS, is thrown and badly injured near her ranch. With Standfast already financial threatened, Alice doesn't want more trouble. And Domingo can't quite see himself working for a woman. But to the amazement of both, through seasons of grueling workdays, their tentative friendship blossoms slowly into love.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of All Roads Lead Me Back to You - $15.00
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  Leave February's Chill Behind with Spicy Steam-punk plus Hot-off-the-Press Science Fantasy
Two Science Fantasy authors, one established and one debut, come together for a two-author book-buzz! Meet Kay Kenyon and Matthew Flaming Saturday February 6, 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Flaming will also give a TGIF presentation at Leavenworth Library Friday February 5, 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Click TGIF line-up for more information.
Kay Kenyon fans rejoice! Prince of Storms, the stunning conclusion to Kenyon's award-winning The Entire and The Rose series, is planned for release January 2010. Joining Kenyon is debut novelist Matthew Flaming, whose The Kingdom of Ohio is the tale of a frontier adventurer and a beautiful mathematician who together must wrestle with the very fabric of the universe.
Read more about the Kenyon/Flaming book-buzz here.
 Wildlife Watching in Frosty February
Join James Luther Davis Friday, February 19, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Barn Beach Reserve for a journey into the winter world of the woodpecker. You'll have a second chance to meet James at his book-signing Saturday, February 20, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons.
From winter whale watching to autumn seabirding, James Luther Davis' The Northwest Nature Guide: Where to Go and What to See Month by Month in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia offers more than 150 best bets for wildlife adventures throughout the Northwest - including in your own backyard. "I've never met a better all-around naturalist or teller of nature tales than James Davis," says Mike Houck, executive director of the Urban Greenspaces Institute. With contagious enthusiasm and irrepressible humor, Davis shares insider tips and helpful maps to guarantee readers know where to see Northwest nature at its peak every month of the year.
 Foraged Food, Engaging tales and Delightful Recipes
With an eye for adventure and a droll sense of humor, Langdon Cook shares tales of foraging adventures and favorite recipes Friday, February 26, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Barn Beach Reserve. You'll have a second chance to trade recipes with Cook at his book-signing Saturday February 27, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons.
Filled with humor, Cook's newly-released of Fat of the Land shares his experiences as he ambles about Northwest coastlines and forests picking up things to eat - and finding them surprisingly tasty! Let Langdon Cook show you how to safely navigate the Northwest's bounty of natural, edible delights, and reconnect with the landscape.
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