It must require nerves of absolute steel to name your debut novel “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” The title alone instantly gives easily bated critics the ammunition to attack even before thumbing its pages. And indeed, Dave Eggers has nerves of steel. He proves it with almost every piece of work he releases and, […]
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Second Sunday: Local Author Fair
Bend, OR—Celebrate local writers at the Downtown Bend Public Library at Second Sunday on August 14, 2016, at 2:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Local authors, representing a variety of genres including memoir, poetry and guide books, will read from their work at the 5th annual Local Author Fair. “Central […]
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A Prize-winning Slate of Authors Announced for the Fifth Season of the Library Foundation’s Author! Author! Literary Series
May 24, 2016 (Bend, Oregon) — With the announcement of the Deschutes Public Library Foundation’s fifth season of Author! Author!, there can be no question that the popular literary series has hit its stride. The stellar line-up includes three Pulitzer Prize winners and one Pulitzer finalist, and all four authors have made significant contributions to […]
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Magic Realism Grows by Leaps and Bounds
Author! Author! welcomes with Alice Hoffman
The final award-winning literary artist featured in the 2015/16 Author! Author! series is New York Times best-selling author Alice Hoffman, who will speak Thursday, May 26 at Bend High at 7 p.m. The series began in October and included non-fiction, creative fiction, historical fiction and memoir authors, starting with Timothy Egan, 61, a Pulitzer Prize-winning […]