BOOK NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Awards & Grants Oregon Literary Fellowships - Three Eugene writers are among winners of 2004 Oregon Literary Fellowships, awarded by Literary Arts in Portland to help authors initiate, develop or complete projects. The Eugene grant recipients are Wayne Harrison (fiction) and Chanrithy Him and Doe Tabor (literary nonfiction). Silverfish silverfish, common name for primitive, wingless insects of the family Lepismatidae. The silverfish, which has two long antennae and three long tail bristles, is named for its covering of tiny, silvery scales. Review Press of Eugene won a publishers fellowship. Altogether, 14 writers and three publishers received grants, ranging from $760 to $1,666. Endeavour Award - John Varley's ``Red Thunder'' won the 2004 Endeavour Award, presented by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions
These are lists of conventions in the genres of Science Fiction/ Fantasy, Anime, Gaming, Comics, Horror and related genres. Inc. The award, which comes with a $1,000 honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. 2. , was announced last month at Orycon, the state's annual sci-fi convention. Two books by Nini Kiriki Hoffman of Eugene - "A Stir of Bones" and "Time Travelers A time traveler (British English: time traveller) is a person who engages in time travel. The name "Time Traveler" (or "Traveller") may refer to any of the following:
Out of town MONDAY Anson Wright - Jazz musician reads from his poetry collection, "Sandstone Monastery," and plays music from his CD, "State of Grace," 7:30 p.m., Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. (503) 238-1668 FRIDAY Eric Utne - The founder of the Utne Reader Utne Reader is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music, and DVDs. presents his book "Cosmos Dogood's Urban Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. : Celebrating Nature and Her Rhythms in the City," 7:30 p.m., Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside, Portland. (800) 878-7323. Deadlines The Book Notes deadline is 9 a.m. Friday for publication nine days later. Mail to: Book Notes, Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440; or e-mail to rgfeatures@guardnet.com. |
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