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First iPhone app for Ink & Paper Group!

Linda — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:38:45 +0000

Bowler Hat Comics announced today that the eagerly awaited app for KID BEOWULF AND THE BLOOD-BOUND OATH, the first book in the exciting Kid Beowulf series, is now available. Interested? Learn more here.

Morgan’s Pasture now available!

Linda — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:50:16 +0000

Three Muses Press is pleased to announce the release of its newest title, Morgan’s Pasture. Check out the details on the Three Muses website. Order your copy today, and enjoy a memorable, meaningful coming-of-age story.

Near death experience, poetry, and quantum physics?

Linda — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:59:01 +0000

In a recent Examiner.com interview, poet Ana Callan (Duet with Hummingbird, Three Muses Press) discusses how her near death experience “became this incredible gift. I got to see the love and the perfection of everything—no matter how it looks. There’s a harmony to all things. Everything is divinely inspired.” So how does quantum physics enter the discussion? Read the full interview to find out.

Enjoy Ana Callan’s presentation “The Gift of Aging,” as part of Multnomah County Library’s monthly series, Perspectives on Positive Aging. Bring lunch and enjoy an inspiring hour with Ana.

Wednesday, May 5, noon to 1:00 p.m.
Central Library
U.S. Bank Room
801 SW 10th Ave.
Registration not required. This event is free and open to the public.

Mr. Pink: A Dame Rocket Tribute

Jen — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:18:38 +0000

We have shared the incommunicable experience of war.
We have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top….
In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

In March, we at Dame Rocket Press were sad to hear of the death of Mr. Pink, an instrumental character (and true “Guy” Rocket) in our title Magic Gardens and the life of its author, Viva Las Vegas.

Here’s an excerpt about him from “Ring of Fire” in Magic Gardens:

For a while Mona, Pink, and I were inseparable. We were the Three Musketeers, broke as a joke but living for adventure and off of plunder and booty. I burned pretty hot on my own, but with these two pirates by my side we were an absolute conflagration.

It’s good to be on fire. All ya gotta do is burn. Some people wait their entire lives and never get to experience it, so don’t go about doing it half-assed. Don’t worry about the inevitable burnout. Don’t worry about anything at all. Just burn, baby, burn.

Mr. Pink was a trusty block of good dry wood. He was whipsmart and misanthropic to the extreme, the perfect foil for Mona’s grandiosity and my naïveté. He was filled with sarcastic bons mots, had a cozy shoulder to cry on, and never let his life be upended by something so pedestrian as love. He was a solid block of good dry wood, very predictable and instrumental in a fire.

Here’s to you, Mr. Pink, and to all who knew and loved you. Thank you for the role you played in this world and in the life of our beloved Miss Viva. May we always think of you when building our own light in life and in the stars, too. You will surely be missed.

GREAT Three Muses News & Author Events

Jen — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:13:51 +0000

The good folks managing the Idaho Magazine Fiction Contest recently informed Morgan’s Pasture author Wallace J. Swenson that he has a “winning entry.” We here at Three Muses Press have long known he is a winner, but we are mighty curious about the results of this annual short story contest featuring Idaho writers. Readings and an award presentation will take place on April 10 (1 PM) at Barnes & Noble in Boise, Idaho. Good luck, Wally!

MORE GOOD NEWS: Poet Ana Callan (Duet with Hummingbird) has been invited to present “The Gift of Aging” as part of Multnomah County Library’s monthly series, Perspectives on Positive Aging. “What matters in a life? How does one savor life in the face of mortality and the challenges of these tumultuous times?” Bring lunch and enjoy an inspiring hour with Ana on May 5 from noon to 1:00 PM. Click here for more information.

Writers Resource Fair

Linda — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:26:04 +0000

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

BIG SALE in March to Celebrate Women’s History Month

Jen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:20:48 +0000

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.

Small Press Month, March 2010

Linda — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:19:24 +0000

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
Tin House (Portland, OR): www.tinhouse.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

Dame Rocket Press: Still in Orbit…

Jen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:15:49 +0000

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…

Morgan’s Pasture to Release in May 2010

Linda — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:14:12 +0000

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…