Michael Strelow
Strelow presents his debut novel, The Greening of Ben Brown, the story of a utility worker who gets electrocuted, but instead of charring to a crisp… turns green. Then he moves to a small town in Oregon and helps expose a chemical spill cover-up. Hmm. Annie Bloom’s Books , 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 246-0053, 7:30 pm
Death in the Grizzly Maze
On October 5, 2003, Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend were eaten by wild bears, a story that gets a lot less tragic when you learn that Treadwell and Co. had been living with and petting–yes, petting–the bears for years. Mike Lapinski shares his new book on this whackjob. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne , 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
Holiday Reinhorn
Reinhorn presents Big Cats, a new collection of her eclectic, first-person short stories. Powell’s City of Books , 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Library Used Book Sale
Everyone’s favorite library bookstore, Title Wave, is having a big ol’ sale–50 percent off or more on all books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, and whatever else you can dig up in there. Title Wave , 216 NE Knott, 9 am – 4 pm
Susan Hermann Loomis
French cooking specialist Susan Hermann Loomis presents her new cookbook Cooking at Home on Rue Tatin. Powell’s Books for Cooks and Gardeners , 3747 SE Hawthorne, 235-3802, 2 pm
Megan Clark
Readers are loving Clark’s steamy new piece of erotica, Rescue Me, the story of a woman who embarks on a sexy trip through Europe with (gasp!) another woman. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne , 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
Candy Davis
Aspiring writers might want to trek to Beaverton for this one: a free workshop with Eugene writer/editor Davis on how to make a query package that editors and agents will actually read before they toss into the slush pile (as opposed to simply tossing it into the slush pile). Powell’s in Beaverton , 8725 SW Cascade Ave, 643-3131, 7 pm
Jasper Fforde
The ultra-clever Fforde’s skewing of literary tropes continues with The Big Over Easy, in which a wacky detective and his assistant investigate the mystery of Humpty Dumpty’s “great fall.” Powell’s City of Books , 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Leanne Grabel & Don Colburn
Bold-Sky presents another installment in its Last Wednesday evenings of poetry. Colburn’s a poet who also reports on health care for the Oregonian–that’s a combo you just don’t see too often. Bold-Sky Cafe and Studios , 3943 N Mississippi, 287-0154, 7:30 pm
Damali Ayo
One-time Portlander Ayo returns to her stomping grounds with a new book in tow, How to Rent a Negro, a bound riff on some of the provocative conceptual art she’s been exhibiting in New York. Powell’s City of Books , 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm