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Our Portland Story at Wordstock, or Delivered to you by Bike

Wordstock This Weekend Our Portland Story Volume One will be available for sale at the Wordstock Book Fair this Saturday and Sunday – October 9th and 10th at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Find the book at the p:ear booth. p:ear is an organization that  creatively mentors homeless street youth, and I have personally been volunteering with them for two years. The book will be on sale for $28, cash or check only, and $6 from every book sold will go directly to p:ear. I will be volunteering at the booth personally from 2:00-6:00 on Saturday. Delivery by Bike Our Portland Story is offering free bike delivery of books to … more

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OPS Launch Party a Success!

Thanks to all the 200+ attendees of the Our Portland Story Volume One launch party last night at Mississippi Studios! What a great crowd, and a truly successful, rain-free kick-off. Mad props to the readers of the evening: Lois Leveen, Steve Snell, Natalie El-Jourbagy, Dan Haneckow, Katy Kavanaugh, Joy Cartier, Matt Wiater , Miriam Feder, Paul Sorenson, Richard Mavis, and Dan Peski. If you missed out on the fun, don’t fret. You can buy the book online from the “Shop” tab above, or stay tuned as we get more events and readings on the calendar. More photos from the event can be found on the facebook page or flickr. Thanks to DJ Ryan Scheel, my wonderful group of volunteer friends, … more

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Our Portland Story Launch Party – September 23rd

We invite you to join us as Our Portland Story celebrates its inaugural book launch on September 23rd, 2010. The event is FREE and books will be available for the first time, for $28, cash only. The party will be hosted by the wonderful folks at Mississippi Studios, and the event is all ages. We will host the party out on the patio unless the weather pushes us inside. The party will be private, limited to authors, designers and their guests from 5:30-6:30. Then from 6:30-8:30 the party will be open to the public and feature readings from selected OPS authors: Lois Leveen, Richard Mavis, Natalie Morad El-Jourbagy, Dan Haneckow, Katy Kavanaugh, Joy Cartier, Matt Wiater, and Paul Sorenson. Below … more

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