For many of us here in Portland, the colder, wetter days of Fall mark the
start of perfect reading weather. And there’s no better way to kick off the
season than the city’s biggest literary event of the year, the Portland
Book Festival.
The annual Festival, organized by...
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The 10th annual Portland Fermentation Festival comes to town this Thursday,
October 10th. Festival organizers (and self-proclaimed "Stinkfest Queens")
Liz Crain, Heidi Nestler, and Claudia Lucero talk with us live in-studio
about the fermentation process, creating a f...
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On this episode of Between the Covers, we'll hear Jackie Shannon Hollis,
author of the new memoir This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story,
from Portland’s Forest Avenue Press, in conversation with Liz Scott, author
of the memoir This Never Happened.
Jackie’s s...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Rene Denfeld, author of the new novel The Butterfly
Girl, from Harper Collins.
The Butterfly Girl is Rene’s second novel featuring private investigator
Naomi Cottle, aka The Child Finder. The first book is aptly titled The Child
Finder, and Ren...
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Welcome to the Autumn edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the radio show for
people who don’t own a radio.
Our special guest is the legendary audio theater producer, director, and
writer Dirk Maggs. Dirk is perhaps best known for adapting the Hitchhikers
Guide to the Gala...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Lawrence Shainberg, author of the new book Four Men
Shaking: Searching for Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My
Favorite Zen Teacher from Shambhala Publications.
Lawrence is author of the memoir Ambivalent Zen: One Man's Adventures o...
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On this very special episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood, we celebrate
Portland's independent bookstores. In the age of Amazon, we are blessed to
have so many. It's a big reason we're one of the most literate cities in the
U.S., with one of the most talented and supporti...
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On this month's edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, we return to those
thrilling days of yesteryear. To be more specific, the Golden Age of Radio.
We welcome guests Dennis and Rhonda Wright, the folks behind the Radio Days
Theater of the Mind Museum in Sutherlin, Oregon. T...
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