Join Ink & Paper Group in celebrating our region’s writers, readers, and small presses at the Multnomah County Library Writers Resource Fair this Sunday, February 28, from noon to 3:00 pm at Central Library in downtown Portland. We look forward to seeing you there! Want to share the love? Here’s the link to follow this event on the Bowler Hat Comics fan page on Facebook.

• Central Library
• 801 S.W. 10th Ave.
• 503.988.5123

Attend this free fair to:

• Celebrate the region’s lively literary scene.
• Meet representatives of organizations offering support and opportunities for writers.
• Attend the Small Press Book Sale.
• Visit the Sterling Room for Writers and learn about this quiet space for writing and research.
• Tour the John Wilson Special Collections from 1–3 p.m. Hand-printed broadsides by noted writers will be on display, in addition to an exhibition of materials drawn from the collection’s papers of poet David Lee.
• Visit the Friends’ Library Store.
• Enjoy refreshments.

Learn more about:

writing for fun and profit

For more information, call 503.988.5473.

Participating organizations:

* selling books

• All Publications*
• The Attic Writers’ Workshop
• Bacon and Eggs Press*
• Bianco Publishing*
• Charlie Clark Books
• Creative Arts Community
• Declaration Editing & Design
• Four and Twenty Poetry Journal
• Friends of Mystery
• Friends of William Stafford
• Indigo Editing & Publications*
• Ink & Paper Group*
• Inkwater Press
• Katsura Press *
• Maya Angelou Writers’ Guild*
• Media Weavers, L.L.C.*
• The Mighty Pen
• Northwest Independent Scholars Association
• Northwest Writing Institute
• NW African American Writers Workshop*
• Ooligan Press*
• Oregon Humanities*
• Oregon Authors, OLA
• Oregon Writers Colony*
• Ringing Bell Press*
• Sisters in Crime*
• Society of Childrens Book Writers & Illustrators Oregon*
• VoiceCatcher
• Willamette Writers
• Wordstock
• Write Around Portland*
• The Write Stuff & Creative Print Services
• Writers’ Dojo

Pictured: The mothers of America’s Sufferage Movement, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

Photo by Napoleon Sarony, National Woman’s Party Records, Library of Congress (See also the Ken Burns /PBS film Not for Ourselves Alone to learn more about these amazing women…)

Did you know that all but one of Ink & Paper Group’s authors are women? What better way to acknowledge them and their achievements—as well as their gender’s lineage—than by hosting a sale this month in honor of women everywhere?

With this in mind, you can buy ANY (or ALL) of the following titles for 50% off (+ $2.50/copy for first-class shipping). Just contact linda.meyer@inkandpapergroup.com or call 503.232.0103 to order (major credit cards accepted).

BOWLER HAT COMICS

• Visibility, by Sarah Neufeld = $7.50 (reg. $15.00)

DAME ROCKET PRESS

• Give My Love to Everybody, edited by Jennifer Weaver-Neist = $7.48 (reg. $14.95)
• Hate Mail, by m. m. garcia = $7.48 (reg. $14.95)
• Magic Gardens, by Viva Las Vegas = $7.48 (reg. $14.95)

THREE MUSES PRESS

• Duet with Hummingbird, by Ana Callan = $8.98 (reg. $17.95)
• Keeper of Secrets, by Anjuelle Floyd = $7.48 (reg. $14.95)
• nothing but squares, by t. litwinchuk = $6.48 (reg. $12.95)

CLICK HERE for more information on Women’s History Month.

Did you know that the Pacific Northwest is home to a thriving small press community? Join Ink & Paper Group and its imprints—Bowler Hat Comics, Dame Rocket Press, and Three Muses Press—in celebrating the compelling, diverse, and newsworthy literary voices being brought to you by small presses in our neck of the woods and across the nation. Small Press Month, sponsored by the New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly the Small Press Center) and held annually in March, raises awareness about the work of independent presses across the United States.

Want to learn more about some small presses in our area? Check out the links in the list below.
Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. (Hillsboro, OR): www.beyondword.com
Bowler Hat Comics (Portland, OR): www.bowlerhatcomics.com
Cellar Door Publishing (Portland, OR): www.cellardoorpublishing.com
CoreWay Media (Portland, OR): www.coreway.com
Dame Rocket Press (Portland, OR): www.damerocketpress.com
Dancing Moon Press (Newport, OR): www.dancingmoonpress.com
Dark Horse Comics (Milwaukie, OR): www.darkhorse.com
Eberhardt Press (Portland, OR): www.eberhardtpress.org
Hawthorne Books and Literary Arts (Portland, OR): www.hawthornebooks.com
Hot Off the Press (Canby, OR): www.b2b.hotp.com
Ink & Paper Group, LLC (Portland, OR): www.inkandpapergroup.com
Microcosm Publishing (Portland, OR): www.microcosmpublishing.com
Nestucca Spit Press (Pacific City, OR): www.nestuccaspitpress.com
New Sage Press (Troutdale, OR): www.newsagepress.com
Oni Press, Inc. (Portland, OR): www.onipress.com
Ooligan Press (Portland, OR): www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu
Pinball Publishing (Portland, OR): www.pinballpublishing.com
Ringing Bell Press (Portland, OR) www.ringingbellpress.com
So New Media (Eugene, OR): www.sonewpublishing.com
Three Muses Press (Portland, OR): www.threemusespress.com
Timber Press (Portland, OR): www.timberpress.com
Top Shelf Productions (Portland, OR): www.topshelfcomix.com
Virtual Tales (Vancouver, WA): www.virtualtales.com
Wordcraft of Oregon (La Grande, OR): www.wordcraftoforegon.com

OK, OK. So, we’d hoped to have more done with the Dame Rocket website this month, but we’ve got our plans in place—we swear! It’s just these blasted, everyday challenges that come from trying to run a small independent press! It’s pure insanity, no matter HOW passionate and dedicated you are. You truly need multiple personalities to get it all done (and STILL it all won’t get done).

In any event, here are some things to look forward to in the coming month (fingers crossed, “needle in yer [our] eye,” and all that):

• Arrival of Magic Gardens reprints
• Updated DRP website
• BIG SALE on all Ink & Paper titles by a female author (to celebrate Women’s History Month)
• News on a possible new title for DRP in Spring 2011

Thanks for standing by and for all your support!

And onward we go…

At long last, Morgan’s Pasture by Wallace J. Swenson is back on Three Muses‘ production schedule. We look forward to seeing this wonderful YA coming-of-age story in print this May. Stay tuned for more details…

We don’t see HOW you could have gotten enough of I&PG’s authors yet, so here are a few opportunities to see two of them read in the next few weeks:

*Thursday, January 28, 2010*
Viva Las Vegas will be reading from her Dame Rocket Press title Magic Gardens for the Gray Skies Reading Series in Olympia, Washington.
TIME: 8 p.m.
PLACE: Swing Wine Bar & Cafe (825 Columbia Street SW; Olympia, WA 98501)
PRICE: Free & open to the public

*Wednesday, February 3, 2010*
Oregon Literary Review co-hosts First Wednesdays, a series of readings, performances, and wine-tasting at the Blackbird Wine Shop, 4323 NE Fremont (Portland), 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This show is for ages twenty-one and over.

Ana Callan will read from her poetry collection Duet with Hummingbird (Three Muses Press). Other readers presenting are Alissa Nielsen, Lauren Schmidt, Bennett Huffman.

CONTACT Julie Mae Madsen at maemadsen@gmail.com for more information.

Bowler Hat Comics announces Schoolhouse Supplies as the recipient of donations from Bowler Hat’s December Charity Challenge. With several copies of Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath and Visibility going to Schoolhouse Supplies, Bowler Hat Comics calls this experimental challenge a success and looks forward to doing it again next December.

Schoolhouse Supplies connects members of the community with students in over 130 schools throughout the Portland Public School district. To learn more about this organization and how you can support their efforts, please visit their site at schoolhousesupplies.org.

Bowler Hat Comics is pleased to announce that preview pages for all Bowler Hat titles can now be read at bowlerhatcomics.com. This includes a sneak peak at the forthcoming title, Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland. To learn more, or better yet, to read the previews, head on over!

A new year and a new vision—and it’s time for Three Muses Press to shine once more. During the past six months since Ink & Paper Group’s relocation and reorganization, TM’s publisher, Linda M. Meyer, has channeled much of her time and energy into behind-the-scenes business, all the while supporting Dame Rocket Press’s 2009 releases, Give My Love to Everybody and Magic Gardens, and Bowler Hat Comics‘ spring 2010 release, Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland. The dust has settled, our new books are gaining ground, and Linda is eager to get back to her literary love, Three Muses Press.

So what’s ahead? Website revamp, blog updates, refreshed marketing plan, and a new release schedule. Stay tuned…

Do you know that special someone who would love the adventures of Kid Beowulf or Natalie Irving for Christmas? Give the gift of books, and give the gift that keeps on giving!

For every five copies of KID BEOWULF, by Alexis E. Fajardo, and VISIBILITY, by Sarah Neufeld, sold during the month of December, Bowler Hat Comics will donate one to a school, library, or charity of our choice. ALL sales during the month of December will be tallied. The more you buy, the more we give! Visit the event page on Facebook for more information.