Save the date: Ashland Book & Author Festival

Save the date, readers & writers! The Ashland Book & Author Festival will take place at Southern Oregon University’s fabulous Hannon Library on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Events include readings, workshops, panels, a book fair, children’s events — and raffles and drawings to win great prizes (i.e., books!). Among the highlights… …

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Edit the World – a guest post by Ed Battistella

Today we welcome Southern Oregon University professor Ed Battistella with a piece that is close to my own heart: editing. (I confess to being much like his friend in the first paragraph.) Enjoy! Edit the World A friend of mine recently explained that she edits everything. Memos, posters, billboards, menus, skylines, faces. Her mind is continuously …

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An interview with FLOAT author JoeAnn Hart

An interview with Float author JoeAnn Hart by Shelby Harris Q: I love the multiplicity of the title, Float. Can you give a little background on how you developed the title? Did you decided on “float” as a title before, after, or somewhere in the middle of writing the novel? A: No matter what I …

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