CURRENT EVENTS
Adult Story Time - on Zoom!
Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. until July 2nd
Join us at the cocktail hour (beverages optional) every week for readings and Q & A with many notable authors like Nancy Pearl, shown here! Scroll down to see schedule and link to Zoom. We welcome your questions in advance for these authors! Send to fowl98862@gmail.com. On Zoom, you will create a user name and email, but we promise to never share your info and we will keep your identity safe.
April 23 - J. Anderson Coats
J. Anderson Coats will read from her new book, Spindle and Dagger. This rich historical novel—for middle grade, young adults and older—is set in medieval Wales and deals with power dynamics and complicated relationships. It follows Elen, who must live a precarious lie in order to survive among the tribe that killed her family. Coats is an award-winning author of numerous books for young adult readers; she is also a librarian. Visit jandersoncoats.com.
May 14 - Carol Cassella
Carol Cassella is a practicing physician and the national bestselling author of three novels, Gemini (2014), Healer (2010), Oxygen (2008). Her books have been finalists for the Washington State Book Award. Carol lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington with her husband and two sets of twins. Visit carolcassella.com for more information.
April 30 - Gregory Spatz
Spokane author Gregory Spatz will read from What Could Be Saved, a collection of linked stories that delves deeply into the world of those who build, play, and sell (or steal) violins. This is a realm of obsession, high-stakes sales and thefts, all told with the intense force and beauty of chamber music. Spatz (gregoryspatz.com) has earned high praise for his work, which has been published in many publications. He teaches at Eastern Washington University.
May 21 - Q & A with Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is the author of seven novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, and Commonwealth. She was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006. In 2012 she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. For more information visit annpatchett.com.
May 7 - Q & A with Nancy Pearl
Nancy Pearl is a best-selling author, librarian, and literary critic, but first and foremost, she is a reader and has spent her life promoting reading as one of the most beneficial and joyful experiences anyone can have. Among her many honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal and the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Visit nancypearl.com for more information.
May 28 - Tara Conklin
Tara Conklin will read from her second novel, The Last Romantics, a sweeping yet intimate epic about one American family. Conklin is a writer and former lawyer based in Seattle whose first novel, The House Girl, was a New York Times bestseller, #1 IndieNext pick, Target book club pick and has been translated into 8 languages. For more info visit taraconklin.com.
June 4 - Eliot Ackerman
Red Dress in Black and White (Knopf) is a stirring, timely novel that unfolds over the course of a single day in Istanbul. It’s the story of an American woman attempting to leave behind her life in Turkey–-without her husband. Ackerman is a former Marine who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Visit elliotackerman.com for more information.
June 25 - Melissa Pritchard
Melissa Pritchard is the author of eleven books, including a biography and collection of essays. She a five time winner of Pushcart and O. Henry Prizes and consistently cited in Best American Short Stories. Melissa was most recently named the 2016 Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellow at the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians in Columbus, Georgia, where she now lives and writes. For more information visit melissapritchard.com.
June 11 - Erica Bauermeister
Bauermeister’s House Lessons is a mesmerizing memoir-in-essays about renovating a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and the journey of discovering the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. She is the author of four novels that have been translated into 25 different languages. For more information visit ericabauermeister.com.
July 2 - Martha Brockenbrough
IUnpresidented is an unvarnished biography of Donald Trump, his family history, his business history, the key points of his campaign and his first year and a half in office as President. Brockenbrough (rhymes with ‘broken toe’) is the author of two books for adults and ten books for young readers. She lives in Seattle with her family. For more information visit martha-brockenbrough.squarespace.com.
June 18 - Phil Klay
Klay will read from his short story collection Redeployment, which takes readers to the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there and to the soldiers who returned. Klay is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. Visit philklay.com.
Children’s Story Time - On Facebook
Every Thursday at 11:00 a.m.
Until libraries re-open!
Join us for story time! With the closure of our Winthrop and Twisp libraries, we are all missing their popular programs. So FOWL will fill in the gap with a weekly story time for young children on our Facebook page. Join us live or afterwards using the links below - you do not need a Facebook account. Links to past story times are below.
April 9th Story Time
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheWinthropLibrary/videos/902889103492668/
Give Up Gecko! A Folk Tale from Uganda
by Margaret Read McDonald, published by Two Lions
The Story of Ferdinanc
by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson, published by Grosset & Dunlap
SEND A CARD TO SALLY!
April/May 2020
After 34 years of dedication to our the community, Sally Portman’s retired as the Winthrop librarian on March 31st. The nice send off we’d planned for Sally was turned upside down due to the corona virus crisis that has closed our libraries. So instead, please send a wonderful card to Sally! FOWL will collect and deliver them to Sally when it is safe to do so. Send to:
Sally Portman
c/o Friends of the Winthrop Public Library
PO Box 592
Winthrop, WA 98862
PAST EVENTS
Confluence Gallery - Twisp, WA
THE COLOR OF WORDS
January - February 2020
THE COLOR OF WORDS exhibit to benefit FOWL
Artists will present art that reflects a favorite work in literature. The show will feature paintings, sculptures, jewelry and handmade, one-of-a-kind books from widely respected artists throughout the country, as well as from the brightest talents the valley has to offer.
Each week, during the exhibit, the gallery will become a literary salon where you can hear the color of words! Events include:
Friday, January 17th, 7pm: Confluence Poets will read from the works of William Stafford, the late U.S. Poet Laureate. The public is invited to recite from a favorite Stafford work as well.
Thursday, January 23rd, 6pm: Reading: Greg Wright and Peter Donahue will read from their published works.
January 30th, 6pm: Local student poets competing in the Poetry Out Loud will perform.
February 6th, 6pm: Local authors Cindy William Gutierrez and Sam Lucy read from their works.
February 15th, 7pm: Wild Word Poetry Slam! Local poets reveling in the power of the natural world will perform.
February 20th, 6pm: Julie Tate-Libby will read from her soul-searching memoir The Good Way: A Himalayan Journey in which she shares her journey toward wonder, awe and forgiveness through wild and unfamiliar places.