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Join Anna Quinn & Staci Greason to discuss their recent books ANGELINE & ALL THE GIRLS IN TOWNAnna Quinn is the author of the novel, Angeline, forthcoming from Blackstone Publishing, spring, 2023, and The Night Child (Blackstone Publishing, 2018). Listed as a #1 Amazon Bestseller in Psychological Literary Fiction, it was also selected an an Ingram's 2018 Best Book Club and #1 Best Real Psychological Fiction on Goodreads. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Writer's Digest, Psychology Today, Washington 129 Anthology, and the Alone Together: Comfort in the Time of Covid anthology. Anna leads writing workshops across the country, and is the former owner of The Writers' Workshoppe and Imprint Bookstore in Port Townsend, WA. www.annamquinn.comANGELINE is about a young, cloistered nun from Chicago transferred unwillingly to a radical convent in the San Juan Islands in Washington State. Here, she must learn to assimilate the profound losses of her past with a supernatural gift for healing that awakens as she opens to her new life.Staci Greason is the author of All the Girls in Town, a novel (TouchPoint Press, 7/26/22). Her other literary achievements include award-winning television pilots and screenplays. Her short stories and essays have been published in Read More ...

Rep. Katie Porter with Larry Wilmore discussing her book, "I Swear: Politics is Messier than My Minivan."Join us for an in-person* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Friday, April 14, 2022, 8pm*Virtual event airs on April 20 at 6pm PT/9pm ETRep. Katie Porter with Larry Wilmore discussing her book, "I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan."TICKETS:$46 General Admission ticket + one signed copy of the book$66 Two General Admission tickets + one signed bookAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedTickets also include opportunity to watch the virtual event The virtual version of this event airs on April 20, at 6pm PT/9 PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.Free parking at the venueAn honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America—while carting three kids around in a minivan. Having never run for office, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Chided for her progressive values, Porter defied expectations. Using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Read More ...