Deschutes Public Library presents the 14th annual celebration of A Novel Idea…Read Together, the largest community read program in Oregon. Each year A Novel Idea brings together thousands of Deschutes County residents to read, discuss and attend a variety of free cultural and author events at the Library’s six branches and at partnering businesses. With…
Bend-based Elephant Cloud Books released their first children’s book on Amazon.com in September 2016. Whisper My Name by Jay Wright is a story about the bond between a newborn and her loving family. It’s a perfect gift for any new parent, grandparent, or family member that embraces the joy of an emerging young life. Whisper…
Nearly half a million people around the world will set aside time in November to write their stories. It’s all part of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo—a creative writing project aimed at getting people of all ages to try to write 50,000 words by the end of November. This year Deschutes Public Library will…
Panel of three experts on writing Memoir and Non-Fiction: Jami Carpenter, Linda Bland and Mike Lankford set for monthly COWG meeting, 6:30-8:30pm at Aspen Ridge in Bend. You may not be a world-class athlete, a famous celebrity, or on the Forbes 500 money list. You haven’t discovered a cure or patented an invention. But you are an…
The Writing Ranch announces three creative writing opportunities in the upcoming months: Writing Wild Horses, Writing for the Health of It, and the Eighth Annual Creative Writing Retreat in Mexico October: Writing Wild Horses A special three-day Nature Writing Intensive is being offered October 17-19, 2016 by the Writing Ranch in conjunction with the High Desert…
Central Oregon Writers Guild (CowG) is accepting entries for their ninth annual Harvest Writing contest. Contest submissions will close on August 16. The contest is open to residents of Oregon and all current members of Central Oregon Writers Guild. This year, for the first time, the contest will feature three youth categories for those writers…
As part of the international recognition of the Season of Nonviolence, several community organizations are joining Central Oregon Community College and Building Common Ground in hosting book conversations on Claude M. Steele’s “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do.” The conversations will span a period of four to six weeks beginning…
SMART, Start Making A Reader Today and Umpqua Bank present the fifth annual SMART Art: Show, Sale, Social on October 22, 5:30pm at Kendall Toyota on Third Street in Bend. In 2014, nearly 100 people attended this fabulous event and had a wonderful time helping raise money to support SMART programs in Pre-K-third grade classrooms…
The true story of one man’s incredible journey is the center of the newest book by Prineville author, Rick Steber. Dave Franke might have been content to lead the life of a simple cowboy. But he believed in the American Dream and he burned with ambition to make his mark in the world. He parlayed…
Public libraries long ago expanded their offerings beyond books. They are now community centers, maker spaces, digital labs and more—including art galleries. These public institutions are often used by artists as incubators for their work, whether that means researching, creating or displaying their art. At Deschutes Public Library, public wall space is turned into public…
