BOOK NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Children invited to vote for favorite books Children in two Eugene Public Library book groups have been reading titles that have been nominated for annual awards, and now they're going to vote on their favorites. Other children in Oregon are invited to join them, either at the Eugene library or their school libraries. Elementary school elementary school: see school. pupils can vote on the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award after they have read or listened to at least two of the nominated books. School librarians have the list, which also can be found at www.oema.net/cleary/index.htm. Students in grades four through 12 can vote for the Young Reader's Choice Award. Nominee lists are available at school libraries and at www.pnla.org/yrca. For more information, call 682-5450. Readings & Signings TUESDAY Maxine Scates, Rob Whitbeck - Two poets in the Windfall Reading Series program, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave. Scates' new collection, "Black Loam loam, soil composed of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter in evenly mixed particles of various sizes. More fertile than sandy soils, loam is not stiff and tenacious like clay soils. Its porosity allows high moisture retention and air circulation. ," won the Lyre lyre, generic term for stringed musical instruments having a sound box from which project curved arms joined by a crossbar. The strings are stretched between the crossbar and the sound box and are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. Prize. Her previous volume, "Toluca Street," won the Oregon Book Award and the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. Whitbeck spent two decades as a laborer in Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to mean the area of the state of Oregon east of the Cascade Range, save the region around The Dalles and sometimes Klamath County. The area around Bend is considered to be Central Oregon rather than Eastern Oregon. , mostly in timber and agriculture. He is the author of two collections, "Oregon Sojourn" and "The Taproot taproot Main root of a primary-root system. It grows vertically downward. From the taproot arise smaller lateral roots (secondary roots), which in turn produce even smaller lateral roots (tertiary roots). Confessions." In 2004, he received an Oregon Literary Arts fellowship and won the People's Poetry Competition sponsored by Partisan Press. THURSDAY Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
Charles Goodrich, Amy Minato - Poets read poems about bugs, 7 p.m., Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. Admission by donation. 345-8986. Awards Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 1960) is an American writer. She writes under varoius pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2001 for her story "Millennium Babies". - Lincoln City writer has won the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for her Smokey Dalton novel "Stone Cribs," written under her pen name Kris Nelscott. Established in 1995 by the Friends of Mystery, a Portland nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , the annual award is for the best mystery novel by a Northwest writer. Among the 59 books evaluated this year, runners-up were G.M. Ford, for "Red Tide," and Larry Karp for "First Do No Harm." Out of town THURSDAY Ted Kooser - Poetry Downtown program featuring U.S. poet laureate, author of "Delights & Shadows," "Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison," "Weather Central," "One World at a Time" and "Sure Signs," 7:30 p.m., atrium of the Wieden+Kennedy building, 224 N.W. 13th Ave., Portland. $18 for the general public, $12 for seniors and college students, $5 for high school students. (503) 227-2583. FRIDAY "From the Heart" - Poetry and short fiction reading hosted by Redmond Writers, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Summer Creek Club House, 3660 S.W. 29th St., Redmond. $3. (541-504-4138) or wordcrafter1@msn.com. SATURDAY David James Duncan David James Duncan is an American novelist, essayist, and fly-fisherman. He is the author of two bestselling novels, The River Why (1983) and The Brothers K (1992). - Nye Beach Writers Series program featuring the author of "The River Why" and "The Brothers K," now working on "Nijinsky Hosts Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL ," 7 p.m., Newport Visual Arts Center (second floor hall), 777 N.W. Beach Ave., Newport. Admission $7. (541) 765-2383 or dmack@newportnet.com. Deadlines The Book Notes deadline is 9 a.m. Friday for publication nine days later. Mail to: Book Notes, The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440; fax to 338-2813; or e-mail to rgfeatures@guardnet.com. |
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