Caron, Hatcher to read at Auntie’s
Local authors Don Caron and Lyle Hatcher ran into funding problems over the last two years getting their award-winning screenplay, “Different Drummers,” produced.
So they switched to a different medium: They converted the story into a novel, which has been published in hardcover by SEI Publishing.
The story remains the same. “Different Drummers” is about David, a young Spokane boy with muscular dystrophy, and his friend Lyle and the discoveries that they make about life and death.
Set in the 1960s in the Inland Northwest, it’s based on the true story of Hatcher and his childhood friend.
Hatcher is a Spokane stockbroker and Caron is a Spokane musician, composer and screenwriter.
They will read from and sign the book at the NorthTown Barnes & Noble on Saturday at 2 p.m. They will also be appearing at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m. and at the main entrance of River Park Square in downtown Spokane on Nov. 14, 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
‘Massacred for Gold’
A new book with immense historical interest for our region has arrived: “Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon,” by R. Gregory Nokes (Oregon State University Press, $18.95).
This is a detailed account of the massacre of 30 or more Chinese miners in Hells Canyon on the Snake River in 1887.
Nokes, a former reporter and editor for The Oregonian and the Associated Press, has uncovered a wealth of new detail about this shameful episode in Northwest history. He even found some evidence pointing to those responsible for this unsolved crime.
A Bickerton memorial
Spokane poet Craig Bickerton died nearly three years ago, but his poetry will live on today – with some help from his friends.
A group of friends and fellow poets have organized the Craig Bickerton Memorial Reading from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Mootsy’s Tavern, 406 W. Sprague Ave. If you feel moved, you can stand up and read some of his poetry.
‘Losses of Our Lives’
Sandpoint physician, pastor and hospital chaplain Nancy Copeland-Payton will be at Auntie’s Bookstore on Thursday, 7 p.m., to read from her new book, “The Losses of Our Lives: The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss” (SkyLight Paths, $19.99).
Copeland-Payton aims to help people deal with major and minor losses in their lives. She draws on her experience as both a practicing physician for 25 years and as a spiritual director and ordained clergywoman in the Presbyterian Church.
Walter at Tinman
Spokane novelist Jess Walter, who continues to get great reviews for his latest novel, “The Financial Lives of the Poets,” will do a reading at the Tinman Gallery, 811 W. Garland Ave., on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Time magazine recently called it the “funniest way-we-live-now book of the year.” This is your chance to pepper him with questions.
‘Not One Drop of Blood’
John Heffernan, the retired head of Geiger Corrections Center, has just published a book titled “Not One Drop of Blood: The Human Side of Prison Versus Probation” (Gray Dog Press, $14.95).
Heffernan chronicles his years working in corrections and explores many of the issues in the field today. The book is available through www.graydogpress.com or area bookstores.
Poet Guernsey
Nationally known poet Bruce Guernsey will read from his works on Friday at 7 p.m. at Whitworth University’s Robinson Teaching Theatre in Weyerhaeuser Hall.
Guernsey has published three books and is the editor of the Spoon River Poetry Review. He has been named Whitworth’s Endowed English Reader for 2009.
The reading is free, and a book sale and reception will follow.