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Here is this week’s list of family-friendly free or frugal events for around the Northwest, as well as some events going on around  the country. Make sure to check out our list and links to Fairs & Festivals in the Pacific NW and the...

Kingman LOCAL AUTHOR PEG KINGMAN’S LATEST NOVEL is in the offing, and should be out later this year. It’s the third and final installment in her contract with W.W.Norton for a trilogy set in the 19th Century. Her first book in the series...

An artist once said, "I am a reflection of my community." We had a beautiful conversation with Quaglia on September 21. Quaglia is deeply connected to Damanhur, which is a spiritual eco community in Italy. In this conversation...

“LIKE ALL MEN of the Library, I have traveled in my youth.” And some of us, no longer by any measure in our youth, are trying to keep up the good work, even as we wonder just how good it actually is. The above quotation, of course, is from the Borges...

Front Porch Books is a monthly tally of books--mainly advance review copies (aka "uncorrected proofs" and "galleys")--I've received from publishers, but also sprinkled with packages from Book Mooch, Amazon and other sources.  Because my dear friends...