By Dan Haag One of my favorite things about cracking open a new book is reading the dedication. It’s for a couple of reasons. First, it’s fun to conjure up an image of to whom the writer is referring because they obviously made enough of an impact on the writer to be mentioned. The words are often simple and deeply…
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Manzanita Writers’ Series to Mark 10th Anniversary Nov. 17th
The Hoffman Center for the Arts will host a 10th anniversary celebration of the Manzanita Writers’ Series Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Organizers say the event will be “a celebration for all local writers and those with a strong connection to the Oregon coast, and who have published something since our start in 2008.” Published items could include a…
Mook Book Fair Returns to Pioneer Museum Nov. 17th
The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum is holding their second annual “Mook Book Fair” on Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Museum’s Main and Northwest Galleries. “We have invited even more local authors this year,” said the Museum’s Carla Albright. “As well as regional favorites Grant McOmie and Adam Sawyer who will be bringing their…
Nancy Pearl, America’s Librarian in conversation with April Baer, OPB Saturday, October 20 at NCRD Performing Arts Center
Manzanita Writers’ Series Presents Joint Fundraising Event for the Hoffman Center Manzanita and North Tillamook Library – Manzanita, OR Nancy Pearl, America’s Librarian in conversation with April Baer, OPB Saturday, October 20 | 7:00pm | Doors open at 6:30 North Coast Recreation District Performing Arts Center | 36155 9th St, Nehalem General Admission: $25; Special Reception & Event: $100 Join…
“25 Family Adventures on Oregon’s Tillamook Coast” Reading and Signing Event at the Tillamook County Public Library
Starting this coming Saturday, September 15th there will be a number of reading and signing events planned for local author Brian Cameron’s new guidebook entitled “25 Family Adventures on Oregon’s Tillamook Coast.” Learn from a local where some of the best places to bring the kids are throughout the Tillamook Coast! Hear some of the triumphs, tribulations and treasured moments…
Garibaldi Museum Presents – Two-for-One on September 15th
TWO Presentations and TWO Book Signings on ONE special day! Award winning author, Brian D. Ratty will present his newest release, “Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, History & Tales of Terrible Tilly”. Following, his presentation will be Emmy-winning Grant McOmie with his presentation his latest book on Grant’s Getaways, “Oregon Adventures with Kids”. Only at: The Garibaldi Maritime Museum Saturday, September 15th,…
Manzanita Author Debuts New Novel Sept. 6
By Dan Haag Manzanita author Mark Scott Smith has published his new novel, “The Osprey and the Sea Wolf: The Battle Of The Atlantic 1942.” A book launch event will be held at 7 pm on Thursday, September 6 at the Hoffman Center For The Arts in Manzanita. It is Smith’s second novel, following 2012’s “Enemy In The Mirror: Love…
OREGON AUTHOR TO READ AT ART ACCELERATED AUG. 17
Art Accelerated will host Antoinette Kennedy for a reading from her recently published book, Far from Home, on Friday, August 17, 5:30 pm, at the gallery, 1906 Third Street, Tillamook. A native Oregonian, Kennedy joined the western province of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Portland. Far from Home is a memoir that probes the hidden heart of…
GREAT SPEAKER SERIES AT PIONEER MUSEUM FEATURES MYSTERY WRITER JULY 28th
Join the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum at 3:00 PM on Saturday, July 28, to welcome author Katherine Bolger Hyde, the author of two mystery novels set in a town called Stoney Beach that is very similar to our own Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Katherine will be presenting her latest book “Bloodstains with Bronte”; the second in her Crime with the Classics…
Bitterbrush Book Launch at Cloud & Leaf in Manzanita June 28th
“I can scarcely remember the first / time we came to this doctor, / David three, diagnosed delayed / as though he were a flight / that might land anytime.” —these lines form the beginning of Phyllis Mannan’s poetry chapbook, Bitterbrush, about her adult son with autism. It was recently released by Finishing Line Press. The poet will read from…
