Upcoming
Events
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February 26, 2012: Petticoat Postcards!  Sponsored by Century of
Action, celebrating 100 years of Oregon women's right
to vote. A century ago, suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway pasted the scandalous "petticoat card" in her scrapbook, a card that encouraged men to vote against suffrage for women in 1906. Join me for a look at that card and the Votes for Women! exhibit. You'll have a chance to design postcards to send to our government officials about what you'd like to change in your city, state, or nation. I'll read from and sign Blue Thread, too. And I'll be in 1912 costume, with an outrageous hat. Presentations at 2:00 and 2:45 pm Collins Gallery, 3rd Floor, Central Library 801 SW 10th Ave., Portland, OR |
March 1, 2012: Meet
and Greet (First Thursday in Portland) Join me with other Portland authors and
artists as we celebrate Women’s History Month. We’ll
be featured at Albina Community Bank’s First Thursday
event, which runs from 6 pm to 9 pm at 430 NW 10th
Ave. in Portland’s Pearl District. You’ll have a
chance to meet and greet me, of course, plus authors
Carmen Bernier-Grand, Pamela Smith Hill, Barbara Kerley,
Michelle McCann, and Elizabeth Rusch. Artists Addie
Boswell and Sine Morse will display vibrant oil
paintings and paper designs inspired by children and
by Portland. Their work, as well as Blue Thread, will be available
for sale for the month of March. |
| March 9, 2012: Down
the Rabbit Hole Time Travel for Young Writers and Book Enthusiasts  Once, thanks to
Lewis Carroll's imagination, a girl named
Alice tumbled down a rabbit hole into Wonderland. Have
you created a fictional wonderland (or
unwonderful-land) of your own? Join author Michelle
McCann and me for a workshop on how to build real and
fictional worlds, and how to travel between them. At Book Fan Friday you can bring your own work-in-progress for review. For readers and writers age 8 to 81. It's free! 4:30 - 5:30 pm Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, OR |
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March 18, 2012:
Heirlooms and Hineni
Fiber artist Diane
Fredgant and I invite you to a parent/teen program at
the Oregon
Jewish Museum, in which we will explore the
transformative aspects of the tallit/prayer
shawl. Three young women and I will read from Blue Thread, my
young adult novel in which an ancient heirloom prayer
shawl intertwines with the woman suffrage campaign in
1912 Portland. Diane Fredgant will facilitate an art
project, helping attendees to create their own paper
designs that could be used in the creation of a tallit/prayer
shawl. Art materials will be provided.
  Free with
admission to the museum
R.S.V.P.to the museum 2 pm Oregon Jewish Museum 1953 NW Kearney Street Portland, OR |
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Past Events |
| May 21, 2011: Editing Workshop at Write to Publish Conference Ooligan Press,
Portland, Oregon
This workshop will take you through a panel discussion between authors and editors to discuss both good and bad experiences in editing manuscripts, explaining why the edits went well or not, with the hope that future writers gain an understanding of what to expect during the editing process and how to get the most out of the experience. |
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