Romance Writers of America announce the novel Now That It’s You by USA Today Bestselling author Tawna Fenske has been named as a finalist in the Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance category of the 2017 RITA awards. The RITA, the highest award of distinction in the romance publishing industry, recognizes excellence in published romance…

Deschutes Public Library presents the 14th annual celebration of A Novel Idea…Read Together, the largest community read program in Oregon. Each year A Novel Idea brings together thousands of Deschutes County residents to read, discuss and attend a variety of free cultural and author events at the Library’s six branches and at partnering businesses. With…

Hans van den Houten explains, “It has taken a long time, but I finally have put my memoir together, telling the story of my first year in Africa with Royal Dutch Shell.” During his first year as an international employee of Royal Dutch Shell, Hans was sent to Congo Léopoldville for his first assignment. The…

Nearly half a million people around the world will set aside time in November to write their stories. It’s all part of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo—a creative writing project aimed at getting people of all ages to try to write 50,000 words by the end of November. This year Deschutes Public Library will…

Panel of three experts on writing Memoir and Non-Fiction: Jami Carpenter, Linda Bland and Mike Lankford set for monthly COWG meeting, 6:30-8:30pm at Aspen Ridge in Bend. You may not be a world-class athlete, a famous celebrity, or on the Forbes 500 money list. You haven’t discovered a cure or patented an invention. But you are an…

With three successful seasons under its belt, the Deschutes Public Library Foundation announces the line-up for its 2015/16 Author! Author! literary series. TIMOTHY EGAN Thursday, October 1, 7pm Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and National Book Award winning author of seven books, most recently Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, named Best of the…