THURSDAY 9/29
Pamela Paul
Paul, whose name sounds a bit like a porn star's, presents her new book, Pornified, about the effects porn is having on American life and sexuality as it becomes increasingly ubiquitous. In Other Words, 3734 SE Hawthorne, 232-6003, 7 pm
Erik Marcus
Marcus' Meat Market is an activist's guide to battling the evils of the meat industry; a passionate exposé of everything wrong and cruel in that world, but also a template for fighting it in ways that are effective and peaceful, as opposed to violent and detrimental to the animal rights movement. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
FRIDAY 9/30
Jonathan Kozol
With The Shame of the Nation, Kozol continues his nearly 40-year literary crusade to improve the conditions of inner-city schools through more funding. His books are angry, scathing, and whether you agree with his sometimes controversial solutions or not, extremely important. First Baptist Church, SW 12th & Taylor, 7:30 pm
Bruce Campbell
Jacksonville, Oregon's very own movie star/cheeseball Campbell reads and signs his book Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way. Music Millennium NW, 801 NW 23rd, 248-0163, 7 pm
Book Release Party: Spiral-Bound
See review this issue. Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak, 274-1449, 7 pm
SUNDAY 10/2
Brian Jacques
Jacques has built a literary empire on fantasy stories set in Redwall Abby, a kingdom populated by rodents and birds. Today he'll present his latest Redwall book, High Rulain, plus The Redwall Cookbook. First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th, 3 pm, free
The Back Room
See Food Events, pg. 46 Ripe, 2240 N Interstate, 235-2294, 7 pm, $35
MONDAY 10/3
Neil Gaiman
See My, What A Busy Week!, pg. 19. First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, free
William Kittredge
Clackamas certainly isn't too far to catch distinguished Montana essayist Kittredge, who has a forthcoming novel with Knopf, Run With Horses. Clackamas Community College, Roger Rook Hall, 19600 S Molalla Ave, 236-4854, 7 pm, free
TUESDAY 10/4
Chelsea Cain & Karen Karbo
In Chelsea Cain's fictitious tell-all, Confessions of a Teen Sleuth, girl detective Nancy Drew's black and white life is rendered slightly shady: This is not your mother's Nancy Drew. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726, 7 pm
Audrey Niffenegger
Niffenegger presents her new book Three Incestuous Sisters. Her last book, The Time Traveler's Wife, is set to be a huge-budget 2006 film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring either Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp. Now THAT's why writers write, folks. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY 10/5
Laila Lalami
The well-named Laila Lalami was raised in Morocco but lives in Portland. She's proprietor of the blog moorishgirl.com and has a debut novel out, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
