Meet children’s book authors at Saturday event
The Inland Northwest has a thriving – and highly successful – community of children’s and young-adult book authors.
On Saturday, you can meet nine of the best at Children’s Corner Books and Toys, on the second level of River Park Square.
Most of these authors have national publishers and a devoted following of dedicated fans. They will be signing their books in the store from 2 to 4 p.m.
The authors and their most recent books are:
“Claire Rudolf Murphy, “Children of Alcatraz.”
“Kelly Milner Halls, “Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist.”
“Beth Cooley, “Shelter.”
“Kenn Nesbitt, “Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney.”
“Meghan Nuttall Sayres, “Anahita’s Woven Riddle.”
“Terry Bain, “We Are the Cat.”
“Sheree Bates, “Megan’s One Wish.”
“Deby Fredericks, “Summer Shorts.”
“Jan Stanley, “If I Could Breathe Like Fishes Do.”
‘Emergency Sex’
Heidi Postlewait of Walla Walla is the co-author of a book which garnered a lot of positive critical attention when it came out in hardback in 2004, and is now a hit in paperback: “Emergency Sex: and Other Desperate Measures.”
The provocative title doesn’t exactly describe the book’s subject matter, but the original subtitle did: “True Stories From a War Zone.”
It’s about three idealistic young people who are thrown together during a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cambodia. It was co-authored by her colleagues Andrew Thomson and Kenneth Cain.
The book chronicles their adventures – described as alternately rollicking and shocking – in attempting to secure human rights in a dangerous situation.
Postlewait will read from and sign copies of her book on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Spokane Valley Hastings, 15312 E. Sprague Ave.
A ‘Bold Spirit’ speech
Spokane author Linda Lawrence Hunt will be the featured speaker at Spokane Community College’s President’s Speaker Series on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the college’s Lair Student Center, 1810 N. Greene St.
Hunt is the award-winning author of “Bold Spirit,” the story of the cross-country trek of two Victorian-era Eastern Washington women. She is also the director of the Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, named after her late daughter, which supports global volunteering (see story on page D1).
Her Wednesday speech will be on the subject “Hemispheres of Hope: Bold-spirited Living in a Post 9-11 World.”
Admission is free and the public is invited.
The reader board
“Susan Ray Schmidt will read from “His Favorite Wife: Trapped In Polygamy,” her memoir about life with a polygamous cult, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave.
“Well-known young adult authors Chris Crutcher and Terry Trueman will make a joint appearance at the Colfax Library on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to talk about their books.
“Swami Durgananda will read from her book “In Durga’s Embrace: A Disciple’s Diary,” which chronicles her journey from a Philadelphia housewife to becoming a renunciate in an ashram in British Columbia, on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.
“Katharine Whitcomb, Thomas Aslin, Joseph Powell and Susan Cowger will present poems from the ninth annual Pontoon Poetry Anthology from around the state on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.
“Top-selling Spokane romance author Linda Lael Miller reads from her latest book, “Deadly Gamble,” Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.
“Allen Wier reads from his novel “Tehano” on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Liberty Cafe in Auntie’s Bookstore.
“Heidi Postlewait reads from the book she co-authored, “Emergency Sex: And Other Desperate Measures,” Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Spokane Valley Hastings, 15312 E. Sprague Ave.