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SUMMARY:Amy Bowers Cordalis author of The Water Remembers at SOU Stevenson Union
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday  April 7th  5:00 to 6:30 pm at SOU Stevenson Union \nJoin fisherwoman\, attorney\, and Yurok Tribal Member Amy Bowers Cordalis to learn about her family’s multi-generational struggle to preserve the health of the Klamath River\, along with the people and animals who depend on the river\, as told in her new book\, The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family’s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life. \nThe mighty Klamath River and its salmon are the lifeblood of the Yurok Nation in Northern California\, who have called the Klamath Basin home for millennia and have lived just as long in harmony with their environment. The health of the Klamath River and the people who have always lived there was severely impacted in the 20th Century by the construction of four dams along the Klamath\, denying fish access to hundreds of miles of historical habitat and resulting in increased water temperatures and toxic algae pollution\, which killed hundreds of thousands of salmon. For generations\, Amy Bowers Cordalis’ family has been at the forefront of the fight to remove the dams and restore the Yurok Nation’s rights to the River\, with her work as General Counsel for the Yurok Tribe directly resulting in the removal of all four dams in 2024 – the largest dam removal project in world history. \nA stunning blend of memoir\, activism\, indigenous history\, and family tradition\, The Water Remembers speaks passionately to environmental justice and conservation\, as well as responsible stewardship. Cordalis propels readers through generations of her family’s struggle\, where she learns that the fight for a survival is not only about fishing—it’s about protecting a way of life and the right of a species and river to exist. \nAshland resident Amy Bowers Cordalis is a mother\, fisherwoman\, attorney\, and a member and former General Counsel of the Yurok Tribe—the largest tribe in California.  Formerly a staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund\, she is the currently the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group\, a nonprofit representing Native American tribes in natural and cultural resource matters where she works on advancing tribal sovereignty\, water rights\, fisheries\, and the undamming of the Klamath River. She is also the recipient of the UN’s highest environmental honor\, Champion of the World Laureate\, and has been named to the second annual TIME100 Climate list (2024)\, featuring the 100 most influential leaders driving business to real climate action. Cordalis has received awards for her work from The Equator Prize\, Conscious Media\, the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development\, and Rachel’s Network. She’s a popular speaker at Stanford\, University of Oregon\, and University of Montana \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Applied Sustainability at Southern Oregon University\, SOU’s Community Resilience and Leadership Student Fellows Program\, Jackson County Library Services\, and Trout Unlimited. \nIt will take place at Southern Oregon University’s Stevenson Union and is free and open to all. Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event\, courtesy of Bloomsbury Books.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/amy-bowers-cordalis-author-of-the-water-remembers-at-sou-stevenson-union/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hollywood Payback: A Thriller with author Jon Lindstrom
DESCRIPTION:Thursday April 9th 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nA struggling Hollywood actor falls into a life of crime in this highly anticipated second novel from Hollywood Hustle author and four-time Emmy Award nominee Jon Lindstrom. \nTwenty years ago\, Jake Ferguson threw his life away. Once a promising Hollywood actor\, he crashed and burned the usual way: with coke\, booze\, and pills. When that path reached its inevitable end\, he made a desperate choice\, and an innocent woman was killed. Before being convicted and shipped to Folsom Prison\, Jake agreed to testify against his own partners-in-crime as the star witness for the prosecution. \nNow Jake’s reentering society–coming home to an LA he no longer recognizes and to a life that has lost all meaning. Then he meets Carla\, a waitress who understands him better than he expects\, and he begins to believe deliverance may be possible after all. Until one night\, a murder is committed right in front of him\, and Jake knows he’s been set up. \nWith authorities closing in and more lives on the line\, there’s only one way out\, for himself and for the people he cares about: revenge. \nFans of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben won’t be able to resist this unputdownable crime novel from USA Today bestselling author Jon Lindstrom. \nA four-time Emmy nominee\, Jon Lindstrom can be found in studio movies\, independent films\, and literally thousands of hours of TV\, working with several A-list directors and alongside many of Hollywood’s biggest names. An award-winning filmmaker\, Jon’s films have won multiple film festival accolades. His writing has won recognition at the Launchpad Prose Competition twice and several top screenplay competitions. For several years\, he was the drummer for the High Lonesome\, scoring two hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Jon divides his time between Los Angeles and New York City.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/hollywood-payback-a-thriller-with-author-jon-lindstrom/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Eight Poets Read from Just Imagine: Oregon Horizons—An Anthology of Poems by Oregon Poets
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 16\, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm \n This new poetry anthology celebrates the vistas of Oregon—geological\, historical\, and personal. Join poets Alma Rosa Alvarez\, Steve Dieffenbacher\, Dan Kaufman\, Gary Lark\, Amy Miller\, Lex Runciman\, Pepper Trail\, and Vince Wixon as they read their own poems and poems by other Oregon poets from this unique collection of poetry from all over the state. \nAlma Rosa Alvarez is a professor of English at Southern Oregon University where she primarily teaches U.S. Ethnic Literature. Steve Dieffenbacher’s books include The Sky Is a Bird of Sorrow\, At the Boundary\, Universe of the Unsaid\, and Intimations; he lives in Medford. Dan Kaufman’s work has appeared in many literary journals; he lives near Jacksonville and facilitates the monthly “Open-Mic-Without-A-Mic” at the Talent Library. Gary Lark’s most recent collections are Coming Down the Mountain\, Easter Creek\, and Daybreak on the Water. Amy Miller’s most recent books are Astronauts\, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award\, and The Trouble with New England Girls. Oregon Book Award winner Lex Runciman’s most recent book\, Unlooked For\, was published by Salmon Poetry (Ireland) in 2022; Light in the Evergreens will be published later this year. Pepper Trail’s collection Cascade-Siskiyou: Poems was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award\, and he has recently completed a new collection\, Wild / Flower: Poems of the Oregon Flora. Vince Wixon’s poetry books are Laying By\, Blue Moon: Poems from Chinese Lines\, The Square Grove\, and Seed\, and he has coedited four books by William Stafford.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/eight-poets-read-from-just-imagine-oregon-horizons-an-anthology-of-poems-by-oregon-poets/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry and Prose Reading with local authors Marianne Werner and Barry Vitcov
DESCRIPTION:Monday April 20th 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nMarianne Werner’s \npassions are travel and nature; she journeys to distant places and often writes about or photographs her adventures.  A retired English teacher who lives in Ashland\, Oregon\, she has published poetry\, articles\, and photos in varied local and national literary magazines and newspapers\, including Empirical\, Watershed\, San Miguel Literary Sala Solamente\, Pilgrimage\, River Poets Journal\, Flyway\, Minerva Rising\, White Pelican\, Written River\, Earth Island Journal (online)\, Camas\, The Sun\, and Ashland Tidings.  She also has self-published two collections of photos and poems\, Simple Images and Moments\, in addition to two books of poems\, Findings and Wait.  Her most recent work is The Society of Trees. \nBarry Vitcov \nis a retired educator having spent a 45-year career as a middle school English teacher\, school administrator\, leadership coach\, and adjunct university professor. He lives in Ashland\, Oregon\, with his wife and exceptionally brilliant standard poodle. His poetry and short stories have appeared in a variety of publications\, including “EAP: The Magazine\,” “Literary Yard\,” “The Scarlet Review\,” “Fiction on the Web\,” “Labyrinth\,” “Mobius Blvd.\,” “Black Sheep\,” “Dark Horses\,” “Jefferson Journal\,” and “The Rapids.” Finishing Line Press has published six books: a collection of poetry\, Where I Live Some of the Time (2021); a collection of short stories The Wilbur Stories & More (2022); a poetry chapbook\, Structures (2024); a novella\, The Boy with Six Fingers (2025). a poetry chapbook\, Boychik Poems (2026)\, and a collection of short stories\, Unknown & Other Stories (2026).
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/poetry-and-prose-reading-with-local-authors-marianne-werner-and-barry-vitcov/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poet Michelle Latvala in Conversation with Emily Strong talking about Michelle's Book of Poetry "Between Latitudes"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday April 23rd 7:00 to 8:00 pm\n\nJoin Michelle Latvala  in conversation with local writer Emily Strong about Between Latitudes\, a book that bridges Alaska’s boreal wilds and inner worlds with poetry on place\, ancestry\, resilience\, and climate. “These poems dazzle the senses. Michelle Latvala’s intimate writing is unadorned with sentiment\, tangible in lyrical description\, and fiercely honest. You feel as though you\, too\, are there living in the wilderness\, taking measure of your life\, and feeling the wildness of your own heart’s experiences.” – Phillip Moffitt\, former editor of Esquire. \nEmily Alexander Strong is a local therapist whose personal essays have been published in the anthologies\, “Its a Girl”\, “A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers” and the Berkeley based magazine\, “Bark”.  As a mental health provider\, Emily loves how Michelle’s poetry is imbued with a deep mindfulness and evolutionary perspective.   Emily is thrilled to be in conversation with Michelle; exploring her deep connection to the dual latitudes that she calls home. \n\nMichelle Latvala is the author of Between Latitudes (Green Writers Press). She is faculty for poet David Whyte’s Institute for Conversational Leadership on Whidbey Island\, served as Executive Director of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California for a decade\, and founded Insight Outside\, which integrates writing and meditation programs in wild places. Michelle migrates thoughtfully between responsibilities in California and Alaska\, where she built a cabin at the same latitude her Finnish ancestors inhabited for centuries in the shared circumpolar boreal forest. www.michellelatvala.com @michelle.latvala
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/poet-michelle-latvala-in-conversation-with-emily-strong-talking-about-michelles-book-of-poetry-between-latitudes/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry with Sarah Maclay and Hari B Parisi
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday April 29th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nNightfall Marginalia (What Books Press)\, a 2023 Foreword INDIES Finalist for Poetry\, is Sarah Maclay’s fifth collection\, and her fourth chapbook\, The H.D. Sequence—A Concordance (Walton Well Press)\, came out in 2024. Her poems and essays\, recognized by a Yaddo residency\, a City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship\, the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry and a Pushcart Special Mention\, have appeared in APR\, FIELD\, Ploughshares\, The Writer’s Chronicle\, The Best American Erotic Poems\, Poetry International\, where she served as Book Review Editor for a decade\, and elsewhere. “Fugue States Coming Down the Hall\,” produced at Oberlin and the Beyond Text Festival at Beyond Baroque\, appears in Scenarios: Scripts to Perform. A Montana native\, she’s taught creative writing at USC and LMU\, offers periodic workshops at Beyond Baroque and is producer/host of  Poetry.LA’s “The Poetry of Night.” Her poems are also the basis for a sequence of classical art songs\, “Identity Had Gone\,” by composer Kostas Rekleitis. \nHari B (Kate) Parisi’s poems have been published in numerous journals\, including Cola Literary Review\, Terrapin’s “What the House Knows”an anthology\, and Poet Lore. She is the author of three volumes of poetry\, including her chapbook She Speaks to the Birds at Night While They Sleep\, winner of the 2020 Tebot Bach Clockwise Chapbook Contest. She has been selected to attend residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences. Her early years were spent in the then\, small town of Redmond\, Oregon\, in view of the towering Cascades\, surrounded by lakes\, rivers and vast juniper and pine forests. After living in Los Angeles for over forty years\, she has now returned to her home town. Her poems bring the reader into the places and times of her life experienced in these contrasting environments\, always touching on both the connection and the isolation that is the human condition. \n 
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/poetry-with-sarah-maclay-and-hari-b-parisi/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tamika Thompson in conversation with Casey Dunn about Tamika's new horror novel - The Curse of Hester Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Thursday April 30th  7:00 to 8:00 pm\n\nCasey Dunn lives on a Southern Oregon farm and is a local author of Southern Gothic Suspense\, with Booklist comparing her novel\, Silence on Cold River to Silence of the Lambs. She’s excited to be in conversation with Tamika Thompson\, dubbed “the queen of ‘social horror'” by Bookstr\, about Thompson‘s debut gothic novel set in a public housing project. The two will discuss the recent evolution of gothic literature\, balancing the supernatural with realism within their work\, and navigating genre labels\, including thriller\, horror\, mystery\, and suspense.\n\nAbout the book: “Ringing with lyricism and suspense\, The Curse of Hester Gardens is a compelling vision of the horror of trying to raise sons in public housing haunted by violence. Despite ghosts and the uncanny\, the true terror is the trap of poverty\, which tests a mother’s love to its limits. Tamika Thompson‘s sharp characterization and insightful storytelling make this a must-read.” \n—Tananarive Due\, Los Angeles Book Prize and Bram Stoker Award winner\, THE REFORMATORY 
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/tamika-thompson-in-conversation-with-casey-dunn-about-tamikas-new-horror-novel-the-curse-of-hester-gardens/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rise Up and Rock: A Front Woman’s Journey with author Natasha Neece
DESCRIPTION:Monday May 4th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nRise Up and Rock: A Front Woman’s Journey is a bold fusion of music\, mysticism\, and modern female leadership told through the eyes of a visionary who dared to step into the shoes of the “Golden God” and lead within the boys’ club of rock and roll. \nThis photo-rich memoir will be available April 7th in e-book\, black-and-white paperback\, and full-color hardcover formats. \nAfter years of silence\, Natasha’s story emerges raw and luminous\, revealing the explosive mix of brilliance and dysfunction inside the alternating cast of an otherwise all-male Led Zeppelin tribute band. At the height of her creative expression\, their shows came alive with mythos and archetypes reimagined through a feminine lens of the Hero’s Journey. Yet behind the scenes\, her own path mirrored that arc: a descent through power struggles\, slander\, and the shadow dynamics of insecure male egos—and a rise toward transcendence\, clarity\, and deeper life purpose. \nAmid frustrating disharmony\, Natasha is confronted by the wounds her bandmates unknowingly awaken—old imprints from childhood: fear of conflict\, fear of rejection and abandonment\, and a harsh inner critic. She begins to see how her longing for family\, her aching desire to belong\, has led her to over-give her heart and tolerate disrespect far longer than she should. For her\, collaboration was a heart-centered aspiration—an expression of trust\, synergy\, and shared growth—while the shows themselves were the true spiritual quest: energetic transmissions of love\, joy\, and freedom\, guided always by her belief that music can heal. \nA lifelong seeker of consciousness and spirituality\, Natasha draws from allies\, guides\, cross-cultural wisdom traditions\, and hard-won insight while navigating the relentless push-pull of visionary leadership in a world that often resists and misunderstands feminine power. Her search for guidance carries readers across the globe—to Buddhist temples\, silent meditation retreats\, shamanic journeys\, Christian revivals\, ancestral visitations\, metaphysical teachings\, and more—all unfolding alongside artistic devotion and the sheer work of fronting a rock band through seventy-five shows. \nRise Up and Rock is both an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the wild\, gritty world of rock and a backstage pass into the heart of a woman reclaiming self-worth\, authenticity\, and empowerment. Wise\, vulnerable\, and fiercely honest\, this book is for music lovers\, spiritual seekers\, women leaders\, and anyone navigating the messy intersection of purpose and pain. Natasha’s story is a testament that even amid battles with shadows—internal and external—a woman can rise with courage and sovereignty… and rock the stage of her own life.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/rise-up-and-rock-a-front-womans-journey-with-author-natasha-neece/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:A School Leader’s Playbook for Tough Conversations with authors Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 14th   7:00 to 8:00 pm \n\nThe toughest conversations in school leadership finally have a playbook. \nIn A School Leader’s Playbook for Tough Conversations\, Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns share practical\, field-tested strategies to help leaders stay grounded\, navigate conflict\, and lead high-stakes conversations with clarity\, confidence\, and connection. Packed with tools you can use tomorrow\, this is an essential guide for anyone leading in today’s schools. \nJoin longtime educators and local authors Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns for an author talk on May 14 from 7:00–8:00 pm at Bloomsbury Books.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/a-school-leaders-playbook-for-tough-conversations-with-authors-erika-bare-and-tiffany-burns/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Molly Tinsley talks about her new novel " A Modest Trumpet Fanfare"
DESCRIPTION:Monday May 18th 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nRaised in the shadow of war\, Ted and Marina Diamond marry\, parent twins\, Lauren and Theo\, and set out to forge the perfect military family\, disciplined and tight-knit\, talented and sociable. Then the perpetual uprooting\, rigid rules\, and hovering violence begin to take their toll. Bonds fray\, begetting secrets. Each family member has a different story to tell\, before the curiosity of a mysterious grandchild sparks change. \nAn Air Force brat who landed on the civilian faculty of the US Naval Academy\, Molly Best Tinsley taught literature and creative writing before the publication of her first novel My Life with Darwin prompted her heading west to Ashland to write full-time. Her story collection Throwing Knives won the Sandstone Prize and the Oregon Book Award. Two spy thrillers and a literary mystery later\, she began tinkering with the pieces of A Modest Trumpet Fanfare\, the novel she’d all along been preparing to write.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/molly-tinsley-talks-about-her-new-novel-a-modest-trumpet-fanfare/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brian Trapp discusses his novel Range of Motion
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 28th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nA tender\, wrenching\, and comic novel that follows two twin boys from infancy to the cusp of adulthood. \nTwin A and Twin B. That’s what Michael and Sal’s neuroscientist father irreverently calls them. The boys are born moments apart\, but baby Sal’s brain scan shows a bleed. He has severe cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities. \nTold through multiple perspectives–Gabe\, the boys’ father; Hannah\, their mother; and Michael–this debut novel follows the Mitchell family from the boys’ infancy to the cusp of adulthood as they all try to interpret what Sal\, who speaks only eight words\, is thinking and feeling. The twins’ upbringing in suburban Ohio is familiar and unfamiliar\, ordinary and extraordinary\, as this middle-class family navigates the challenges and rewards of nurturing a special-needs human with a killer dimple who is utterly and winningly himself: sweet\, stubborn\, mischievous\, impenetrable\, and above all\, very funny. \nMichael feels that he alone understands Sal and devotes himself to giving his brother a voice in the “normal” world until he grows up and can’t “hear” his twin anymore–his worst fear. Their mother\, a teacher who has given up her career for caregiving\, and their father\, who is determined to succeed in his research\, also struggle with the balance of sacrifice and duty and love\, especially as Sal’s health deteriorates. Before Michael leaves for college\, the twins spend a final week together at a summer camp for people with disabilities\, and Sal does something that changes their lives forever. \nTransforming perceptions of disability and interdependence through tender attention to detail\, Range of Motion is wrenching\, beautiful\, and sharply comic. \nBrian Trapp is director of disability studies at the University of Oregon\, where he also teaches fiction and nonfiction. His work has been published in the Kenyon Review\, Southern Review\, Longreads\, Brevity\, and elsewhere. He has been a Steinbeck Fellow\, a Borchardt Scholar\, and an Elizabeth George grant recipient. He grew up in Cleveland\, Ohio\, with his twin brother\, Danny. \n  \n 
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/brian-trapp-discusses-his-novel-range-of-motion/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Song of Belonging with author Michelle St. Romain Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Monday June 8th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nFor fans of Kate Morton\, Amy Harmon\, and Sally Page comes a multigenerational novel infused with touches of magical realism about a woman’s journey to find her place in an uncertain world as she unravels her family’s legacy. \nA haunting and magical story of a family with hidden gifts and secrets. A young woman begins having memories that are not her own and must find her place in a lineage of women healers who are protectors of the waters that surround their Louisiana home. \nIn 1934\, a child’s death tears open a family and shakes the small town of Richarme\, Louisiana. Recalling her grandmother’s hidden gifts that had been shut down decades earlier\, Grace Paschal begins writing to her deceased daughter as she navigates grief and guilt for Lily’s death\, which will haunt their French community for generations. \nIn 2019\, Alice\, Grace’s great-granddaughter\, awakens in her apartment in Berkeley and opens a jewelry box given to her decades earlier upon Grace’s death. When she explores its contents\, the lines between past and present fade. As she works to meet the demands of her career\, her life turns upside-down when new and frequent memories that aren’t her own rise to the surface–memories that cause her to question everything about the life she has chosen. \nA haunting and magical story of a family with hidden gifts and secrets\, Song of Belonging follows Alice as she embarks on a journey to discover the truth about her ancestors and find her place in a lineage of women healers who protect the waters that surround their Louisiana home. \nMichelle St. Romain has been writing since she was a child. The coauthor of two poetry books\, Promised Fruit and Water’s Edge\, she holds a BA in English from Loyola University\, New Orleans\, and an MA in Creative Writing from California State University\, Sacramento. She grew up in Louisiana and has lived in California and Hawaii. She leads writing workshops\, reads voraciously\, and enjoys learning life lessons from two spaniels and a wise\, aging cat. She currently lives in Medford\, Oregon with her family.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/song-of-belonging-with-author-michelle-st-romain-wilson/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T200000
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SUMMARY:Crossing Paths: Queer Moments That Changed Everything
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday June 9th  7:00 to 8:00 pm\n\n\nEvery day\, people all around the world meet by chance. These small moments can change lives. These meetings can happen anywhere—on a bus\, at work\, or while shopping. Sometimes\, these encounters feel special\, as if fate brought them together. As queer people\, we will explore these magical\, life-changing encounters and follow these paths of love\, mentorship\, and friendship. \n\n\nEvery story is filled with sweet moments that make us smile. There are funny surprises that catch us off guard and unexpected twists that keep us guessing. These tales remind us how small coincidences can bring people together\, creating special bonds. At the same time\, they show how simple events can lead to missed opportunities\, leaving us wondering “what if?” Each story teaches us about the magic of everyday life and how important it is to cherish every moment. \n\n\nThis anthology is unique in that we offer three types of stories: real\, imagined\, and reimagined. It allows authors to share their thoughts and creativity any way they want. Real stories can tell true experiences\, while imagined stories can take us on fantastic adventures. Reimagined stories give new life to old tales in fresh ways. By mixing these styles\, writers can express themselves freely and explore their ideas without any limits. Every story brings diverse voices and perspectives to readers. \n\n\nBloomsbury Books is thrilled to host the launch of Our Bold Voices’s newest book\, Crossing Paths: Queer Moments. Their anthology celebrate love and connection from 28 authors\, making it their largest and most diverse collection yet. Our reading event is part of their book tour kickoff\, celebrating queer PNW authors sharing their queer joy experiences with us. Join us for this special book reading on June 9th at 7:00 pm\, just in time for Pride season!
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/crossing-paths-queer-moments-that-changed-everything/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T200000
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SUMMARY:Barbara Parchim reads her Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Thursday June 11th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nShe will be reading from her books “What Remains” and “Muscle Tree”. \nAuthor’s Statement: \nI write poems to release my feelings of both joy and dread at what I see in my daily tasks caring for my organic farm in Oregon. The joy comes from connection to the earth and the myriad creatures that inhabit it. My experience rehabbing raptors and wolves means they inhabit my dreams and demand to have their stories told. The local wildlife and landscape are an endless source of discovery and refuge for me. The dread comes from seeing the damage that is being inflicted on the earth through pollution\, deforestation\, etc. These things too haunt my dreams and show up in my work. \nMy hope is that these poems might inspire readers to contemplate our relationship with and impact on other life forms and the wild spaces of our planet.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/barbara-parchim-reads-her-poetry/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T200000
DTSTAMP:20260529T000950Z
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SUMMARY:A Sculpted Demise - the fourth installment in the Ghostly Ashland Shakespeare Mysteries series.
DESCRIPTION:Monday June 15th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nIn Ashland\, even statues can hide the perfect murder. \nIn the artistic heart of Ashland\, Oregon\, where Shakespeare banners flutter above crowded galleries and musicians play beneath strings of lantern light\, beauty can be dangerously deceptive. \nWhen celebrated sculptor Hadrian Kessler unveils his dazzling new gallery of Greco-Roman statuary during Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk\, retired Israeli antiquities investigator William Mills immediately senses something wrong beneath the polished marble surfaces. The sculptures are flawless. Too flawless. And when a mysterious death shocks the local arts community\, William and his partner Carol Lindsey find themselves drawn into a labyrinth of forged antiquities\, hidden vaults\, stolen masterpieces\, and secrets buried beneath Ashland’s charming façade. \nFilled with cozy charm\, Shakespearean atmosphere\, ghostly intrigue\, delicious food\, hidden history\, and a slow-burning romance\, A Sculpted Demise is the fourth installment in the beloved Ghostly Ashland Shakespeare Mysteries series. \nIn Ashland\, even the statues have secrets.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/a-sculpted-demise-the-fourth-installment-in-the-ghostly-ashland-shakespeare-mysteries-series/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260625T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260625T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T225544Z
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SUMMARY:Gary Marcus talks about His New Novel "Killer"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday June 25th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nA charismatic psychopath is poised to win the presidency. Only one man can stop him—his identical twin\, the brother he framed for the brutal murder of their parents twenty-four years ago. \nWhen Richard Zumwalt slaughtered his wealthy St. Louis family\, he stole not just their fortune…but his twin Henry’s entire life. Branded a killer and locked away\, Henry vanished into the system. But now he’s back\, living under a new name\, and ready to expose the truth. \nAs Richard’s political machine propels him toward the White House\, long-buried secrets surface: a daughter raised on lies\, a lover silenced by poison\, and a deadly alliance with an ex-Mossad assassin who will stop at nothing to protect his employer. \nIn a twisted race between justice and power\, two men who share the same face will decide the fate of a nation. Only one can survive—and only one deserves to.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/gary-marcus-talks-about-his-new-novel-killer/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260709T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T223007Z
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SUMMARY:"Conquering the Canon: A Life in Shakespeare" with author Scott Kaiser
DESCRIPTION:Thursday July 9th 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nAshland-based author\, director\, and playwright Scott Kaiser will read from his 24th book\, Conquering the Canon: A Life in Shakespeare. The book chronicles his journey through all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays during his three decades with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Blending behind-the-scenes stories with theatrical insight\, the book is part memoir and part masterclass on bringing Shakespeare to life onstage.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/conquering-the-canon-a-life-in-shakespeare-with-author-scott-kaiser/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T200000
DTSTAMP:20260717T194042Z
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SUMMARY:Local Author Barbara Robertson discusses her book "The Road to Parenthood"
DESCRIPTION:Monday August 3rd  7:00 to 8:00 pm\n\nThe Road to Parenthood is a heartfelt\, honest story about one family’s unexpected path to becoming a multicultural\, multiracial household. After several miscarriages and unsuccessful attempts with in vitro fertilization\, Barbara found that the road to becoming a mother looked very different from what she had imagined. Drawing on her experiences as a white mom raising a son born in Vietnam and twin daughters born in Ethiopia\, she shares the joys\, the grief\, and the hard-earned lessons of building a family that doesn’t “match” in the ways people expect. This book is for parents\, educators\, and anyone who loves true stories of perseverance\, identity\, and belonging—and for readers who want to better understand families that don’t look like their own. \nJoin Barbara Robertson\, local educator and author of The Road to Parenthood\, for an evening of story\, reflection\, and conversation about what it really means to create family across loss\, race\, culture\, and country. She will talk about her journey through miscarriages and in vitro fertilization\, how that grief shaped her path to international and transracial adoption\, and the challenges and resilience that have defined her family. The talk will explore perseverance\, identity\, and what she wishes more people understood about kids and parents in families like hers—and how communities\, schools\, and neighbors can better support families that don’t fit the traditional mold. There will be time for questions and open discussion.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/local-author-barbara-robertson-discusses-her-book-the-road-to-parenthood/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260805T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260805T180039Z
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SUMMARY:The Faerie Handmaid by Louisa Morgan - Book Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join Louisa Morgan for the launch of her sequel to The Faerie Morgana: The Faerie Handmaid. \nWhen it’s revealed that the new king of Camelud is cursed\, Braithe\, handmaid to the most powerful priestess in the realm must travel to the land of the fae to break the curse\, but to do so Braithe must step out of her mentor’s shadow and into her power\, in this bewitching coming of age tale from Louisa Morgan. \nWhen Braithe was left as an acolyte on the Isle of Apples\, she never dreamed she’d become handmaid to Morgana\, the most powerful priestess in all of Camelud\, but now she is content to live out her days in service to the Priestess. But when a powerful mage comes to Morgana and Braithe with concerns that the new king of Camelud is being cursed by powerful magic\, the two must journey to the White City deep in fae country to investigate. \nThe magical city is nothing like Braithe imagined and the fae are cold and callous toward humans and quick to bewitch. Despite the constant threat of danger\, Braithe just may be the key to discovering who is cursing the king\, but to do so she will have to step into her own power.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/the-faerie-handmaid-by-louisa-morgan-book-launch/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260812T200000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry of Melissa Eleftherion and Lisa E Baldwin
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 12th 7:00 to 8:00pm \nMelissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer\, a librarian & a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn\, they are the author of four poetry collections: field guide to autobiography (The Operating System\, 2018)\, gutter rainbows (Querencia Press\, 2024)\, Suture (Cooper Dillon\, 2026) & Malocchia (White Stag\, 2026) & 12 chapbooks from various presses. Melissa lives in Northern California\, where she served as Poet Laureate for the City of Ukiah\, manages the Ukiah Branch Library & curates the LOBA Reading Series. \nLisa E Baldwin\, poet\, editor\, and publisher\, lives in the Lower Applegate Valley. She founded N8tive Run Press during Covid lockdown in 2020. N8tive Run has recently become a community-building tool lifting rural voices in two anthologies\, The Gathered Poems from Poetry for the People 2025\, and Poetry for the Planet 2026:Voices from the Rogue Watershed. Baldwin has published two poetry books\, Truths and Consequences (2021) and Jerome Prairie Creation Myths (2023).
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/the-poetry-of-melissa-eleftherion-and-lisa-e-baldwin/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T200000
DTSTAMP:20260623T180929Z
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SUMMARY:Local Author Max Doty Presents His New Novel "The House That Eats The Dead"
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 18 • 7:00–8:00 PM \nJoin us for an evening with local author Max Doty\, award-winning screenwriter\, game writer\, and novelist\, as he celebrates the launch of his chilling new horror novel. \nWhat if your dream home was alive—and hungry? \nSeeking a fresh start\, Claire and her family leave a declining San Francisco for the promise of suburban tranquility. But their beautiful new house harbors a terrifying secret. Flowers wither overnight. Eggs are found empty. Beloved possessions vanish without a trace. Soon Claire discovers the impossible truth: the house is consuming anything that was once alive—and only its owners remember what has been lost. \nAs the home’s appetite grows and Claire becomes entangled in its dark power\, she realizes that some hungers can never be satisfied. \nBlending psychological dread\, dark humor\, and relentless suspense\, Max Doty’s latest novel is a wildly original take on domestic horror. Meet the author\, hear about the inspiration behind the book\, and celebrate the launch of what promises to be one of the season’s most unforgettable reads. \nFree and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/max-doty-presents-his-novel-the-house-that-eats-the-dead/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260824T200000
DTSTAMP:20260702T231053Z
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SUMMARY:"Peddlers of Hate: How the Ku Klux Klan Seized Power in 1920s Oregon" with author Steve Law
DESCRIPTION:Monday August 24th 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nThe revived Knights of the Ku Klux Klan flourished in Oregon in the early 1920s. With more than sixty chapters established in both large and small communities like Portland\, Medford\, Astoria\, and La Grande\, the Klan’s power escalated in the region. Klan salesmen\, working on commission\, successfully enlisted Oregonians with a message of religious prejudice and racism. At the Klan’s peak\, Portland was home to the sixth largest chapter in the country and there were more members per capita in Oregon than in any other state except one. \nIn Peddlers of Hate\, journalist Steve Law draws on published and unpublished sources\, new research\, and interviews with leading scholars to provide a comprehensive account of how Oregon became one of the Klan’s strongest outposts. Representing the Klan as merely a fraternal lodge\, Klan recruiters were trained to vilify Catholics\, immigrants\, Blacks\, and Jews. They gained wide support\, toppling an incumbent governor and congressman\, persuading voters to ban Catholic schools\, and winning control of the legislature and several local governments. From stories of “escaped nuns” to fiery crosses at mass Klan rallies at Salem’s state fairgrounds and Portland’s Mount Tabor Park\, Law examines this divisive and forgotten time in Oregon’s history. He shows how it was finally greed\, hypocrisy\, and corruption that spurred the hate group’s demise–providing historical lessons that will resonate today. \nPeddlers of Hate is the first comprehensive statewide history of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon by retired Oregon journalist Steve Law. \n“Peddlers of Hate provides a penetrating look into the 1920s Ku Klux Klan in the Beaver State. Meticulously researched and written in a lively style\, the book places Oregon’s once-powerful KKK into its proper national context. Steve Law thoroughly explores in detail major personalities and events that marked the Oregon Klan’s rapid rise and its subsequent decline.” —Jeffrey Max LaLande\, author of The Jackson County Rebellion: A Populist Uprising in Depression-Era Oregon \nSteve Law is a retired Oregon newspaper reporter and editor.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/peddlers-of-hate-how-the-ku-klux-klan-seized-power-in-1920s-oregon-with-author-steve-law/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T200000
DTSTAMP:20260831T231544Z
CREATED:20260831T231544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T231544Z
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SUMMARY:Local Artist James Art Ville Demonstrates His Illustration Process Using His New Book : Sketch Art Ville
DESCRIPTION:Thursday September 10th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nBehind every finished illustration is a sketchbook full of dreams. \nSome became published books. \nSome became professional commissions. \nSome never made it beyond the pages of an old sketchbook. \nFor nearly four decades\, James Art Ville has filled sketchbooks with dragons\, superheroes\, robots\, warriors\, sorcerers\, and countless ideas that shaped him into the artist he is today. This collection brings together more than 1\,000 illustrations—along with the memories\, lessons\, and stories behind them. \nLocal artist James Art Ville will demonstrate his illustration process\, from pencil sketch to full colored artwork\, using an Apple iPad Pro (hardware) and Clip Studio Paint (software). Expect commentary and helpful technical tips through every step of the process. Discover the method to his madness.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/local-artist-james-art-ville-demonstrates-his-illustration-process-using-his-new-book-sketch-art-ville/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T225951Z
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SUMMARY:"The Natural American Way of Death" with author Dr. Diana Cunningham
DESCRIPTION:Monday September 14th 7:00 to 8:00 pm\n\nLocal author and President of the Friends of Cathedral Trees Sanctuary\, Dr. Diana Cunningham spent a decade researching and writing The Natural American Way of Death\, after her mother died of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2012. Cunningham began to “connect the dots” from her mother’s disease\, her cause of death\, and the crematory vapors containing unsafe levels of mercury from dental fillings and body stores. Her research developed into finding compassionate solutions to the problems revealed in Jessica Mitford’s bestselling book in 1962. Now\, this 21st century groundbreaking book provides the reader with an uplifting and comprehensive manual in navigating your natural deathcare plans with over 60 color photos\, rare interviews of movers and shakers in the American movement\, and how to create and document your deathcare decisions.  After co-leading an OLLI Class at SOU in 2020\, Dr Cunningham realized that natural deathcare 1) needed to be made affordable\, 2) deathcare choices needed to be restored from ancient traditions with the offering of a native tree or wildflower graveside planting as part of a larger restoration\, and 3) people had a right to know about the connections between mercury emissions of the conventional industry\, Alzheimer’s\, and other public health epidemics. Find out why there’s a nationwide revolution begun 30 years ago that’s sweeping the country and how our own local project developed into the first restoration non-profit cemetery that’s now licensed and located right here in our region’s best kept secret\, Mt. Ashland’s Colestin Valley. Learn about why certified natural burials are the only mercury-responsible choice in deathcare\, and how your decision affects our planet and our local public health for at least 225 years into the future. Get inspired to move forward with your own beautiful plan\, whether you are aged 18 or 80!”
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/the-natural-american-way-of-death-with-author-dr-diana-cunningham/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260917T200000
DTSTAMP:20260828T174756Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Aliza Hava: Into the Light: Ten Songs & Stories Transforming Trauma to Triumph
DESCRIPTION:Thursday September 17th\, 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nJoin award-winning singer-songwriter and author Aliza Hava for an intimate evening centered around her debut book\, Into the Light: Ten Songs & Stories Transforming Trauma to Triumph\, the companion book to her #1 charting album\, Into the Light. \nPart memoir and part guidebook\, the book follows Aliza’s deeply personal journey of healing from severe childhood abuse. Through ten songs and the stories behind them\, she explores trauma\, self-discovery\, empowerment\, and the process of reclaiming your voice. The evening will include readings and reflections from the book\, along with live solo performances on keyboard and vocals. \nTogether\, the music and storytelling offer an honest and hopeful exploration of moving from pain toward healing\, self-love\, sovereignty\, and triumph. \n 
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/author-talk-with-aliza-hava-into-the-light-ten-songs-stories-transforming-trauma-to-triumph/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T200000
DTSTAMP:20260710T212911Z
CREATED:20260710T212911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T212911Z
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SUMMARY:Josh Weil discusses his new novel "What Came West"
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 23rd  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nA gripping tale of murder and pursuit set against the shifting Sierra Nevada during the Gold Rush\, where ambition\, violence\, and destiny collide. \n“What Came West is astonishing. Unraveling the mythology of the Western with a genius for insight and description\, Weil tells the story anew: a beautiful\, ruminative\, bloody\, terrifying and brilliant book about a chapter in the life of one man and in the life of our country. Unmissable.” –Andrew Sean Greer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less \nSierra Nevada\, 1840s\, just before the Gold Rush ignites. Silas Hall has never belonged anywhere except the wild. Bullied as a child and uneasy even within his own family\, he finds brief solace in love and fatherhood before the pull of the frontier overwhelms him. One day he heads west\, chasing a life that might finally make sense. \nWhat follows is a swift\, pulse-pounding journey into the mountains\, where Silas becomes one of the first white settlers to cross into the Sierra Nevada. He forges a precarious peace with the Indigenous people who live there–until the Gold Rush crashes in with violent force. As thousands flood the region\, the balance shatters\, and Silas commits murder\, a desperate act that alters the course of every life around him\, including his own. \nTaut and propulsive\, What Came West is told in two parallel voices–one a tense\, third-person account of Silas on the run\, and the other a confessional letter from Silas to the son he left behind–and confronts many different forms of American inheritance\, in all its danger\, emotional voltage\, and mythic momentum. Weil’s masterpiece is a fierce\, heart-driven portrait of an outsider racing toward belonging and barreling headlong into consequence.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/josh-weil-discusses-his-new-novel-what-came-west/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T235344Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Two Poets - Anna Elkins and Jacalyn McNamara
DESCRIPTION:Thursday October 1st 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nEnter a forest of poems about patience\, grace\, and wonder. About discovering the code of abiding life already within us. When We Become Trees cultivates the tension of becoming: rooting down while reaching up and trying to see heaven on earth—trying to find the divine even among the rocks around us. This is a book for those who\, like trees\, are willing to grow “ring-slow but steady.” \nAnna Elkins is a poet and painter. She earned a BA in art and English\, an MFA in poetry\, and a Fulbright Fellowship to write in Germany. She has written\, painted\, and taught on six continents\, exhibiting paintings and publishing books along the way\, including her poetry collection\, Hope of Stones\, which won an Oregon Book Award. Anna now lives in a small town on a big river with her husband and many trees. For more\, visit: annaelkins.com. \nPainter and writer Jacalyn McNamara has worked as a freelance journalist\, college writing teacher\, and manager of California’s oldest art center\, always attending to the poetry and music woven through the world. Her poems move through the personal\, cultural\, historical\, and mythological\, exploring thin places where spirits slip through and territories that are unstable or paradoxical. Her work has appeared in Clackamas Literary Review\, Midwest Poetry Review\, Jefferson Journal\, and elsewhere. Most recently\, she has been writing poems to accompany artist Betty LaDuke’s Turtle Wisdom exhibit. \n 
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/an-evening-with-two-poets-anna-elkins-and-jacalyn-mcnamara/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Ashland Mystery Fest!
DESCRIPTION:October 8-11th 2026 \nJoin us for the 4th Annual Mystery Fest! All Around Ashland! \nFriday October 9th and Saturday October 10th  10 am – 12 pm  \nHere at Bloomsbury Books \n\nStory Clinic: Drop in with Rogue Writers Collective\n\n\nThe doctors are in! Story Clinic is a new offering by Rogue Writers Collective that gives writers an opportunity to have their work reviewed by experienced editors in-person and on-demand. Freelance editor Scout Cox and author Shelly King will be reviewing works up to 1500 words on a first-come\, first-served basis. Get advice on what is working and what can be improved in your story. Bring an excerpt or short story\, sign up\, enjoy a coffee\, and learn from two industry pros! Story Clinic is free to attend\, but donations to their organization are greatly appreciated.\nIncluded in Event Registration Package – First come\, first serve*\n*Limited Capacity – Badge Holders Prioritized
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/4th-annual-ashland-mystery-fest/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Erratica: On Climbing\, Language\, and Touching Stone" with author Brian Laidlaw
DESCRIPTION:Monday October 12th\, 7:00 to 8:00 pm \nPart adventure narrative\, part philosophical inquiry\, and part love letter to climbing and natural spaces\, Erratica is a radiant exploration of what happens when a human body meets the earth with full attention. \nAfter Brian Laidlaw climbed El Capitan\, Yosemite’s iconic stone monolith\, he found himself facing a repeated question: “So\, what was it like up there?” It isn’t enough\, he knows\, to just to describe the sensation of the rock beneath his hands and feet—a climb is so much more than physical movement. \nThis seemingly simple question initiates Brian’s poetic quest for the perfect metaphor\, traveling from the erratics of his youth in California to the towers of his current home in Moab\, Utah. He traces lines up moon-washed faces in Indian Creek and edits his body language under boulders in Joe’s Valley. He lives parallel lives and dies parallel deaths on free solos in Colorado\, and eventually\, back in his childhood stomping grounds in the Sierra Nevada\, he writes and revises routes of his own. \nAlong the way\, he beckons us into a community bound as much by narrative as by rope. They exchange gear\, chalk\, and advice as they test each foothold and fissure. Kindred strangers knit into traveling bands of belayers\, swapping snacks and cautionary tales. Here\, any passing climber holds the ability to shift “spontaneously into the best coach I’ve ever known.” \nExhilarating and lyrical\, approachable yet profound\, Erratica invites us to share a rope with this community of climbers\, to measure our humanity against the expanse of stone.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/erratica-on-climbing-language-and-touching-stone-with-author-brian-laidlaw/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr John Daggett talks about his short story "Aloha in a Parking Lot"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday October 15th  7:00 to 8:00 pm \nALOHA in a PARKING LOT: \nHow one man’s passion builds human connection and why this is what our country needs now. \nThe policrisis shocking our sense of wellbeing is leaving many of us feeling helpless. But there are actions we might consider to help us and the larger community. \nDr. John Daggett\, former superintendent of Ashland Public School 1988-2000\, returns to us October 15th to talk about his recently published short story in book form. In his over 40 years in education\, and 84 years of life\, John has observed  a wide array of human experiences. This story centers on the behaviors of a retired truck driver on the island of Hawai’i who brings people together in joy and connection and challenges the toxic masculinity and impotence many of us may feel in these troubled times.
URL:https://bloomsburyashland.com/event/dr-john-daggett-talks-about-his-short-story-aloha-in-a-parking-lot/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books Ashland\, 290 East Main Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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