Whitefish Review releases first journal
The world can’t have too many literary journals.
One of the latest to enter the scene is called The Whitefish Review. As described in a press release by editor Brian Schott, “The 128-page soft cover book features established and emerging authors and artists with a leaning toward the literature of mountain culture.”
One difference between this journal and most others: It seems not to see the world in elitist literary terms.
Along with contributions by such writers as William Kittredge (“The Willow Field”), Tim Cahill (“A Wolverine is Eating My Leg”) and Ernest Hebert (“Spoonwood”), the inaugural issue includes an interview with recently retired NFL (and one-time Washington State University) quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
“In the interview,” Schott’s press release states, “one of the top 10 quarterbacks of all time talks about his love of skiing, the art of football and life after sports stardom.”
Copies of the Whitefish Review, which will be published twice a year, are available for purchase at www.WhitefishReview.com. (Schott also sent copies on Thursday to Auntie’s Bookstore.)
Cost of the first issue is $10. Volume II will be available on Dec. 1.
The Montana-based journal is soliciting submissions for its next issue through Sept. 15. For further information, call (406) 261-6190.
One to look for
Though it won’t be released until Jan. 2, Spokane author Jamie Leigh Hansen’s first novel should make an interesting read.
Titled “Betrayed” (Tor, $6.99 paper), the novel is labeled a “paranormal romance.”
Hansen – who serves as vice president of the Spokane-based Inland Empire Chapter of Romance Writers of America – wrote in an e-mail that “Betrayed” tells the story of “a woman who’s suffered centuries of tragedy in the efforts to free her husband.”
His problem: “He’s trapped as a statue.”
If that isn’t enough to interest you, then maybe this will:
“The contemporary parts of this book are all placed in Spokane, with several Spokane landmarks highlighted,” Hansen wrote. “The bridge at River Front Park, the Iron Runners, Lewis and Clark High School (where I graduated), St. John’s Cathedral and a few other places.”
Makes you wonder about those bronze runners, eh?
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Book talk
•Auntie’s Morning Book Group (“Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World,” by Tracy Kidder), 11 a.m. Tuesday, Auntie’s Bookstore, Main and Washington. Call (509) 838-0206.
•Harry Potter Follow-up Discussion, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Auntie’s Bookstore.
•Auntie’s Evening Book Group (“Water for Elephants: A Novel,” by Sara Gruen), 7 p.m. Tuesday, Auntie’s Bookstore.
•Auntie’s Youth Book Group (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” by J.K. Rowling), 2 p.m. Saturday, Auntie’s Bookstore.
The reader board
•Deirdre McNamer (“Red Rover”), reading, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Auntie’s Bookstore.
•Therese Marszalek (“Extraordinary Miracles in the Lives of Ordinary People: Inspiring Stories of Divine Intervention”), reading, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Auntie’s Bookstore.
•J.A. Joshi (“Follow the Cowherd Boy”), signing, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, Valley Hastings, 15312 E. Sprague (509-924-0667); 5-8 p.m. Friday, Lincoln Heights Hastings, 2512 E. 29th Ave. (509-535-4342).
•Marianne Love (“Lessons With Love: Tales of Teaching and Learning in a Small-town High School”), reading, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Auntie’s Bookstore.