by ASHLEY BRUCE, Cascade A&E Editorial Intern Kiersten White, the bestselling author of the popular teen trilogy, Paranormalcy, has known she would be a writer for as long as she could remember. “Reading has always been my favorite activity,” she comments. “It was a very natural transition from being an avid reader and lover…
Beverly Hills Book Awards announces Red White Black, a book by Central Oregon’s highly acclaimed author Rick Steber, has been chosen as a double award winner in the categories of Best Western and Best Non-Fiction Western Region. The Beverly Hills Book Awards is an international competition open to all English language books. In selecting winners,…
The May at the Museum series is co-hosted by Friends of Crook County Library and the Crook County Historical Society/Bowman Museum. Thursday May 1Dynamic Geology of Oregon Presented by Scott Burns, retired professor of geology, Portland State University Oregon has a rich geologic history. Dr. Scott Burns, retired professor of geology at Portland State University,…
Loretta Slepikas, about to turn 70, planned a pilgrimage in Spain to walk 240 miles of the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage that is over a thousand years old.“What I learned while walking the Camino was totally unexpected,” says Slepikas. Learn more about her pilgrimage at the East Bend and Sisters Libraries as part…
Irene Hardwicke Olivieri’s enchanting, idiosyncratic and curiously complex artworks explore the subterranean aspects of life, love and relationships, secrets and obsessions – all the while opening a window to what she calls the “mysterious workshop of nature.” Olivieri is infinitely inspired by the natural world, and her intricate paintings are laced with knowledge of the…
Local Prineville author D.S. Edwards has just released the novel Collective Retribution. Considered a political thriller, the story takes the reader through twists and turns from Washington D.C. to Austin Texas to Prineville and Seneca, Oregon. What happens when everything America depends on for everyday life is suddenly taken away? No phones, no electricity, no…
The Deschutes Public Library Foundation is hosting A Novel Idea Unveiled on Friday, December 6 from 7–9pm at the Downtown Bend Library. This free annual event is open to all ages and provides the public the first opportunity to learn what the A Novel Idea community read selection is for 2014. This year’s book will…
On Friday, November 15 at 5:30pm Atelier 6000, a nonprofit printmaking studio and gallery specializing in book arts, will host the launch of both the art book and trade version of Bend author and poet Ellen Waterston’s verse novel Vía Láctea, A Woman of a Certain Age Walks the Camino. Vía Lactéa is being published…
Erik Dolson of Sisters has published a novel about love, deception and the desire to be “known.” Chalice chronicles a year in the lives of Peter and Debra, who live in Port Cedar on Vincente Island in Puget Sound. Through a series of emails, the two help each other through small ups and downs, share…
The Nature of Words will again present a roster of renowned guest authors at its annual literary festival November 7-10. The ninth consecutive year of the festival will include authors from the genres of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and young adult fiction. The Rising Star Creative Writing Competition awards ceremony, recognizing emerging writers, will be…
