Trails Association Offers Guide To Washington’s Backcountry
Whatever else they have to offer, the outdoors aren’t always disability-friendly.
That’s why The Washington Trails Association has compiled the “Accessible Trails in Washington’s Backcountry: A Guide to 85 Outings” (The Mountaineers, $12.95). Not only does the book offer a variety of outing choices, it ranks them according to difficulty, indicates such necessary information as accessible parking, rest room services and campsites and includes specific descriptions of each listed site.
For ordering information, write: The Mountaineers, 1011 SW Klickitat Way, Seattle, WA 98134. Or call (206) 223-6303.
Book fair, etc.
No, Bibliomania isn’t something out of a Stephen King novel. It is instead intended to be the leading literary festival in the Pacific Northwest.
To be held Oct. 28-29 at Pier 48 in Seattle, Bibliomania will feature some 200 authors, 120 book and publishing exhibits, the obligatory readings, workshops, panel discussions and special activities for children.
The event, which will be presented by the Seattle Times in conjunction with the Washington Commission for the Humanities, will be free and open to the public.
On the shelf
Rick Bass, whose environmental books such as “Winter” and “The Ninemile Wolves” have championed the way of life in northwestern Montana, a way of life that he fears is quickly vanishing, has a new book of stories out.
“In the Loyal Mountains” (Houghton Mifflin, 168 pages, $21.95) is fiction. But its 10 stories are steeped in the life that Bass has lived - born in the South, braced by a love of the outdoors, heartened by an existence in the beautiful but remote Yaak Valley that he is intent on protecting.
Reading, writing
Those readers interested in a new literary journal and those writers interested in a new market might like to know about the intended debut of Rimrock Fiction Magazine.
The first issue of Rimrock, published by Rimrock Publications of Grand View, Idaho, is set for November. According to editor Connis A. Wilson, Rimrock is interested primarily in short fiction and intends, he says, “to provide a venue friendly to the unpublished author.”
For subscription and/or submission information, write to: Rimrock Publications, P.O. Box 518, Grand View, ID 83624.
Awards galore
Few authors who breeze through Spokane on a book-publicity tour boast the credentials of Richard Rhodes (see below for appearance information).
Rhodes is touring in support of his non-fiction book “Dark Sun,” a study of the making of the hydrogen bomb. His previous effort, “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” - which is a self-explaining title if ever there was one - won not only the 1987 National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award but the 1988 Pulitzer Prize as well.
A ‘Bodacious’ deal
Because the demand for his first western novel, “The Bodacious Kid,” has been so pronounced, cartoonist-turned-novelist Stan Lynde is reducing the book’s price from $29 to $24.95.
A special limited edition of the book, signed by Lynde and numbered (only 1,500 will be printed), is still on sale for $80.
To order, write to Cottonwood Publishing, 2707 HWY 93 South, Kalispell, MT 59901. Or call (800) 937-6343 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MDT.
The reader board
Dr. Andrew Weil, a Harvard Medical School grad, believes the human body has an innate ability to heal itself. He will read from his book “Spontaneous Healing” at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Auntie’s Bookstore.
Richard Rhodes, author of “Dark Sun,” will read from his book at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Auntie’s Bookstore.
Barb Griffith, author of “Fat Free Cookbook,” will give a cooking demonstration at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Auntie’s Bookstore. Auntie’s readings coordinator, Kristen Birchett, says food will be available to taste.
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