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Girls Think of Everything: The New Heroism in YA
Sat, Nov 10, 2018 from 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm PST
1422 SW 11th Ave
Portland,
Oregon
97201
Science fiction, fantasy, myth, and history collide in these YA novels that ask us to consider who is telling the story, and the power that gives. In a distant star system, Amani is violently kidnapped from her small village and forced to serve a cruel princess in the Moroccan-inspired Mirage. Ghosts, witches, love, and revenge haunt the town of Sparrow in Shea Ernshaw’s chilling siren song, The Wicked Deep. April Genevieve Tucholke presents a new telling of Beowulf, featuring The Boneless Mercies, an ancient female sect of death-traders who will confront an epic beast. Moderated by April Baer, host of OPB’s State of Wonder.
Attendees 17 years of age and younger and/or with valid high school ID enjoy free admission. Advance 2018 Portland Book Festival passes available now.
Somaiya Daud
Somaiya Daud is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. A former bookseller in the children's department at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., Somaiya is passionate about Arabic poetry, the stars, and the Gothic novel. Mirage is her debut novel. You can find her online at somaiyabooks.com.
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Shea Ernshaw / CANCELED
Unfortunately, Shea Ernshaw had to cancel her festival appearance. We apologize for any disappointment.
Shea Ernshaw lives and writes in a small mountain town in Oregon, where she shares her home with her husband, a tiny dog named Diesel and two furry felines. She is happiest when lost in a good book, lost in the woods or writing her next novel. Her debut novel is The Wicked Deep. You can connect with her online at www.sheaernshaw.com.
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April Genevieve Tucholke
April Tucholke is the author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Between the Spark and the Burn, Wink Poppy Midnight, and most recently, The Boneless Mercies. She currently lives in Oregon with her husband. Visit her online at apriltucholke.com.
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April Baer
April Baer hosts the weekly radio arts show, "State of Wonder," at Oregon Public Broadcasting, covering how art is made and consumed. Prior to this assignment, she worked as a reporter and was the local host of "Morning Edition" at OPB.
Before coming to OPB in 2004, she worked as a studio engineer, host, reporter and occasional music host at several stations in Ohio. She earned a degree in communications from Ohio State University. April grew up in the Midwest and now lives in Portland.
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