Live interview. The Chuckanut Radio Hour is connected to Village Books in Bellingham Washington. Village Books is one of the best indie book stores in the country, a longtime friend to writers of all persuasions, and a venerable cultural institution in Bellingham. The venue for the live broadcast is TBA.
Time not confirmed; check with the bookstore. With Michael Strelow.
Stevan Allred in conversation with Renee Macalino Rutledge, author of The Alehouse at the End of the World, at Green Apple’s Books on the Park in San Francisco.
The Vault hosts The Alehouse at the End of the World. Come out, Castle Rock residents, and support your local bookstore and coffee house. I’ll give you a rousing reading from the novel. It’s a perfect fit for The Alehouse at the End of the World, isn’t it?
A book fair organized by Margaret Pinard and Elizabeth Mitchell.
(Image by Pinard & Mitchell)
Come see Stevan Allred and many other Oregon authors at the Oregon Historical Society. Sunday, Dec. 2, noon-4 p.m.
The Book Bin, 3:30-5 p.m., Salem, Oregon.
Broadway Books signing time TBA.
Forest Avenue Press sponsored “Virus Tropical” as part of the Olympia Film Festival. Stevan Allred was invited to sell books at a merch table—and his name was in lights on the marquee!
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m.
Olympia Film Festival
Sponsoring the film
“Virus Tropical”
Olympia, Washington
January 24, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Astoria Public Library
450 10th Street
Astoria,OR 97103
The Astoria Public Library and the Astor Library Friends Association present Library After Hours, a free series of author visits, community conversations, and musical performances that take place at the library, 450 10th Street, Astoria, after regular hours of operation.
On Friday, January 24, at 6 p.m., three authors representing independent Oregon presses–Matt Love, Nancy Slavin, and Stevan Allred–will read from their works and answer audience questions.
Love’s latest publication, Of Walking in Rain, is a 190-page work of creative nonfiction that assays the ubiquitous subject of rain in Oregon in as many ways as rain falls in Oregon.
Slavin’s novel, Moorings, follows twenty-three-year-old Anne Holloway as she journeys from the lower forty-eight to Alaska to find her biological father. While unraveling the violent truth about her family’s history, Anne’s presence precipitates break-ups, boat crashes, and unexpected storms. Ultimately, she discovers that true identity can be found within.
In Allred’s debut, A Simplified Map of the Real World, fifteen linked stories chart a true course through the lives of families, farmers, loggers, former classmates, and the occasional stripper. In the richly imagined town of Renata, Oregon, a man watches his neighbor’s big-screen TV through binoculars. An errant son paints himself silver. Mysterious electrical noises emanate from an enormous barn. A secret abortion from three decades ago gets a public airing. Intimate boundaries are loosened by divorce and death in a rural community where even an old pickle crock has an unsettling history—and high above the strife and the hope and the often hilarious, geese seek the perfect tailwind.
Robin Cody loves my book, and I love his. Robin got us this gig with Mountain Writers, and we'd love to see you there. I'll be reading from A Simplified Map of the Real World, and Robin will read something amazing about his home town, Estacada, the town that inspired my fictional town of
Renata.
$5 suggested donation at the door.
Stevan will be in Salem, on the campus of Willamette University, for this meet the author and official Thank You Sale at the university's book store.
Stevan's busy day concludes at this reading.
Here's a sneak peek at the lineup!
BT 6 Nov 30th 5-8pm at Crush
Tom Spanbauer
Michael Sage Ricci
Mark Russell
Domi J Shoemaker
Davis Slater
Brian Tibbets
Elizabeth Taylor
Elva Redwood
Adam Strong
Joanna Rose
Stevan Allred (book Promo)
Monica Drake (probably)
Kathleen Lane
Stevan will be spending the afternoon at St Johns Booksellers talking to book lovers about some of his favorite books.
Stevan is participating in Indies First, the national handselling book day launched by Sherman Alexie, by spending two hours at Powell’s talking to readers about books he loves and signing copies of A Simplified Map of the Real World.
Stevan Allred will read from A Simplified Map of the Real World as part of the Wildfire Wednesday Reading Series at Cascade Park Library in Vancouver, Wash. The series is run by Christi Krug, author of Burn Wild, and a member of the Forest Avenue Press community.
"Natalie Serber's short story collection, Shout Her Lovely Name , is amazing," says Stevan. "She has a keen eye for the telling detail. Her stories take us into the emotional terrain of a single mom raising a daughter and trying to be her best friend at the same time. Serber brought me to tears more than once as I read these deft explorations of adolescence, of the long lost father who reappears, of a mother trying to be a parent and a woman in search of love at the same time." Both authors will read from their collections, take questions, and sign books.
I will be the featured reader at this very cool event, reading something ghostly from A Simplified Map of the Real World. A panel of writers will read their stories, and the audience will guess which stories are true, and which are fiction. The writing is excellent, and the whole thing is pretty hilarious. It's at the Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11th.
This will be the official launch party for Estacada, Stevan's home town. Q & A to follow the reading.
Join Stevan in Gresham for the very first event in this arts oriented series. He will read "The Idjit's Guide to Intuitive Mastery of Newtonian Physics," a story that takes readers on a wild ride in a 1960 Plymouth Valiant. Wine and snacks before the reading, and Q & A and book signing to follow.
Gresham Historical Museum, 410 N. Main Avenue, Gresham, OR
I'll be at Wordstock, hanging out at the Forest Avenue Press table. I will read some time during the festival, details TBA.
Writing blogger Christi Craig will interview the author about A Simplified Map of the Real World on October 2nd.
Please note: this event has been rescheduled two hours earlier than previously announced.
Join the author and Laurie Paus, the illustrator for A Simplified Map of the Real World, for a reading and Q & A.
I'll be reading at this venerable independent book store in Bellingham, Washington, and we'll be printing books on the Espresso Book Machine in the store. Details forthcoming on a reception after the reading.
