OWC Member News
Check out news and updates about Oregon Writers Colony members.
Don Weston’s Book Launch Party
Join Don Weston April 23 for the launch party of Bleeding Blue. Refreshments will be served, and copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing.
read moreBarbara Corrado Pope’s “The Missing Italian Girl” Gets Rave Reviews
Barbara Corrado Pope announces the publication of The Missing Italian Girl (Pegasus). Her third historical mystery explores the plight of working class girls and the struggle of middle class women to come into their own and seek justice for their sex in Belle Epoque Paris. It has already been called "deeply atmospheric and engrossing" (Booklist), "absorbing" (Library Journal), and "a story that will entice readers" (Publisher’s Weekly).
read moreLily Gardner’s “A Bitch Called Hope” Published by Diversion Books
Lily Gardner's noir mystery will be released February 26, 2013 by Diversion Books. A Bitch Called Hope introduces Lennox Cooper, a card-playing, excommunicated cop on a losing streak with men. Lennox risks her life at a chance for redemption when a family friend is murdered and she's hired as the defense team private investigator.
read moreJoyce Lekas’ New Novel, “Dyed in the Wool”
Dyed in the Wool, a suspense novel by Joyce Lekas, is set in the Southwest and the Navajo Nation and involves environmental issues and the Navajo way of life. Annie, a chemist, finds toxins in the Navajo reservation water, and is determined to find the source. Her quest uncovers a deadly business where the stakes keep rising, and not everyone comes out alive.
read moreTed Magnuson’s “The Bouchard Legacy” to be discussed at Tigard Book & Chat
The Bouchard Legacy by Ted Magnuson will be discussed at Tigard Book & Chat's meeting on February 28, 2013. Set in the Midwest during the 60s and 70s, this coming of age story follows the relationship between Paul and Randy, two stepbrothers who fight to control a fourth generation family business.
read moreFormer OWC Board Member Art Johnson Passes
We were saddened this week to hear of the death of long-time member Arthur Johnson. Art was a former board member, a stalwart of our writing workshops, and an active participant in our scholarship and conference committees.
read moreAnne Littlewood’s “Endangered” is Third Novel in Series
Ann Littlewood announces her new zoo mystery, Endangered, from Poisoned Pen Press, is on the wing. Third in the series, this continues the adventures of zoo keeper Iris Oakley that commenced with Night Kill and continued in Did Not Survive.
read moreJoyce Lekas Wins Bethlehem Writers Group Short Story Contest
OWC member Joyce Lekas is one of three winners in this year's Bethlehem Writers Group short story contest. Her story "The Old Neighborhood" will be published on Bethlehem’s web site during the month of July 2012.
read moreJames Bernard Frost’s New Book
James Bernard Frost's novel, A Very Minor Prophet, was released on April Fool's Day through Hawthorne Books. Tom Robbins says "Bucking a headwind of despair, Frost pedals his verbal bicycle into the belly of the Beast, only to return bearing a brand-new Gospel illuminated with Voodoo cream and composed in the edgy vernacular of Portland's thriving freak scene."
read moreSandy Polishuk’s Poem “Possession” Will Appear in Anthology
Sandy Polishuk's prose poem "Possession" will soon appear in the anthology Before We Have Nowhere to Stand, Palestine/Israel: Poets Respond to the Struggle (Lost Horse Press).
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