Port Book and News
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We are a community oriented general interest bookstore featuring one of the largest magazine selections in the Western U.S., over 75,000 new and used books, maps, greeting cards, and other book related items. We also have an active reading series with 2-3 nationally recognized author appearances per month. We buy, sell or trade for used books, fulfill most special orders in 1 or 2 days and can search for out of print books.
PORT BOOK and NEWS
October and November Events
7 P.M. in the Carver Room of the Port Angeles Public Library
Working the Woods, Working the Sea: Friday, October 3rd
An Anthology of Northwest Writings
A new and expanded version of an absolute classic publication. Editors Finn Wilcox and Jerry Gorsline have collected an outstanding anthology; the writing is just as fresh today as when the book was first released in 1986. The issues addressed are still with us logging, fishing, and environmental ethics. The contributors will be familiar to you; virtually all of them have produced an incredible body of work over the last 21 years. Jerry Gorsline will be on hand to introduce the book and three contributors will read.
Erin Fristad survived fifteen years as a deckhand on a wide array of vessels and adventures. She chased herring in Togiak, Alaska, crab off the Columbia River, salmon more places than she can remember and for five years pursued fish in the name of science. Eventually, the tide brought her to Port Townsend, Washington where she continues to write, teach and work as Campus Director of Goddard College.
Leonard Davis grew up on the stump ranch east of Port Angeles described in “The Angoon Witch.” He taught college English in Washington, Missouri and Indiana, and later was a freelance technical and advertising writer. From his contacts with “hippies” beginning in his college years in the early ‘60s he absorbed a sense of the mystical intertwining of sex, nature and history, but he remains a devoutly rational Christian humanist.
Tim McNulty is a poet, essayist, and nature writer. During the 1970s and 80s, Tim worked in the Olympic Peninsula forests as a tree planter, thinner, logger, and trail hand, and more recently as a fire lookout in the North Cascades. He is the author of two collections of poetry, seven chapbooks, and several award winning nature books. He has received the Washington Governor’s Writers Award and the National Outdoor Book Award.
Peninsula Friends of Animals – Tails from the Heart Friday, October 24th
PFOA has enlivened the area with three fundraising nude calendars and a cookbook. Now they have a book of animal-themed stories, poems, essays and artwork. Tails from the Heart contains the winning entries from a writing contest held earlier this year. The judge was the noted science fiction fantasy writer Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. This will be a book release, reading and signing party. PFOA will provide refreshments and door prizes for this event.
Paul Bannick – The Owl and the Woodpecker: Friday, November 14th
Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds
A Reading and PowerPoint Presentation
Spanning the continent from the arctic tundra to the pine forest of the southeast, Seattle-based nature photographer Paul Bannick captures all 41 North American species of two iconic birds that hold a prized spot in the hearts of birdwatchers and nature lovers across the country. With a foreword by Tony Angell, and an audio recording by Martyn Stewart, The Owl and the Woodpecker features stunning photography, captured through thousands of hours in the field observing owl and woodpecker behavioral patterns in their natural habitat. Paul Bannick is the official photographer for “Bird Note” heard on KPLU and several NPR stations. He is the director of development for Conservation Northwest.
Annual Reading for Hunger Relief Saturday, November 15th
Peninsula College Faculty presents new poetry and prose to benefit local food banks. A chapbook of writings is produced. Cash and canned food donations gratefully accepted.
October and November Events
Working the Woods, Working the Sea: Friday, October 3rd
An Anthology of Northwest Writings
A new and expanded version of an absolute classic publication. Editors Finn Wilcox and Jerry Gorsline have collected an outstanding anthology; the writing is just as fresh today as when the book was first released in 1986. The issues addressed are still with us logging, fishing, and environmental ethics. The contributors will be familiar to you; virtually all of them have produced an incredible body of work over the last 21 years. Jerry Gorsline will be on hand to introduce the book and three contributors will read.
Erin Fristad survived fifteen years as a deckhand on a wide array of vessels and adventures. She chased herring in Togiak, Alaska, crab off the Columbia River, salmon more places than she can remember and for five years pursued fish in the name of science. Eventually, the tide brought her to Port Townsend, Washington where she continues to write, teach and work as Campus Director of Goddard College.
Leonard Davis grew up on the stump ranch east of Port Angeles described in “The Angoon Witch.” He taught college English in Washington, Missouri and Indiana, and later was a freelance technical and advertising writer. From his contacts with “hippies” beginning in his college years in the early ‘60s he absorbed a sense of the mystical intertwining of sex, nature and history, but he remains a devoutly rational Christian humanist.
Tim McNulty is a poet, essayist, and nature writer. During the 1970s and 80s, Tim worked in the Olympic Peninsula forests as a tree planter, thinner, logger, and trail hand, and more recently as a fire lookout in the North Cascades. He is the author of two collections of poetry, seven chapbooks, and several award winning nature books. He has received the Washington Governor’s Writers Award and the National Outdoor Book Award.
Peninsula Friends of Animals – Tails from the Heart Friday, October 24th
PFOA has enlivened the area with three fundraising nude calendars and a cookbook. Now they have a book of animal-themed stories, poems, essays and artwork. Tails from the Heart contains the winning entries from a writing contest held earlier this year. The judge was the noted science fiction fantasy writer Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. This will be a book release, reading and signing party. PFOA will provide refreshments and door prizes for this event.
Paul Bannick – The Owl and the Woodpecker: Friday, November 14th
Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds
A Reading and PowerPoint Presentation
Spanning the continent from the arctic tundra to the pine forest of the southeast, Seattle-based nature photographer Paul Bannick captures all 41 North American species of two iconic birds that hold a prized spot in the hearts of birdwatchers and nature lovers across the country. With a foreword by Tony Angell, and an audio recording by Martyn Stewart, The Owl and the Woodpecker features stunning photography, captured through thousands of hours in the field observing owl and woodpecker behavioral patterns in their natural habitat. Paul Bannick is the official photographer for “Bird Note” heard on KPLU and several NPR stations. He is the director of development for Conservation Northwest.
Annual Reading for Hunger Relief Saturday, November 15th
Peninsula College Faculty presents new poetry and prose to benefit local food banks. A chapbook of writings is produced. Cash and canned food donations gratefully accepted.
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