Author Event: Saturday, Nov. 3 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Beneath Pearl Harbor with Naomi Blinick.
Experience USS Arizona as never before in this collection of images and essays that bring the fallen World War II battleship to life. Explore the submerged ship, its artifacts and history underwater with individuals who have a tangible and passionate connection to the ship—National Park Service divers.
Naomi Blinick is an underwater photographer, marine biologist, NPS diver, and former
member of the dive team at the USS Arizona Memorial. She produced the original version of
Beneath Pearl Harbor: USS Arizona with underwater photographer Brett Seymour of the NPS
Submerged Resources Center. After seeing the book's popularity with younger audiences, she
was motivated to make a version for them. She hopes readers enjoy discovering what lies
beneath Pearl Harbor and become enthusiasts and stewards for all national park sites in the
United States.
Author Event: Women Writing the West
Author Event: Women Writing the West
Location: Marcus Whitman Hotel
Friday & Saturday, October 26 & 27, 2018
Author Event: Wed. Oct. 24, 2018 at 7pm
Please join us at the Walla Walla Public Library on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 7pm for Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Kirkpatrick.
Ten years after writing a memoir about her life travelling throughout the American West with her railroad promoter and writer husband, Carrie Strahorn reflects on the truths of her pioneering life that she didn't tell.
Author Event: Sat. Oct 20, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday Oct. 20, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Grizzly Boy by Barbara Davis - Pyles.
A delightful and engaging picture book, Grizzly Boy, will have little grizzlies everywhere asking for repeat readings . One day Theo wakes up and decides he’s a grizzly bear. He leaps out of bed, practices his growl and his roar, and scratches his bottom on the bedpost. But being a grizzly boy isn’t easy if you still have to go to school. After a challenging day at school, Theo learns you can follow the rules and still enjoy being wild and free!
Author Event: Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11am to 3pm for author signing of The Stranger.
Come hear about the story the shook Spokane, WA. The serial killer that appeared on America’s Most Wanted, featured as America’s Deadliest Serial Killer 1996-1998. The story has now been published by Laurie Lewis Whitney.
Also, Dogs & Roses by Rosalyn Kahn
Dogs and Roses is an inspirational book to savor when you need to escape the rush of the outside world. Dogs and roses offer sanctuary from hurried days filled with stress and agitation. To look at a dog puts a smile on your face. Roses are beautiful, never cause harm, and make us truly happy. Dogs and roses reflect the beauty of life for Rosalyn. She shares this beauty through her book Dogs and Roses: How to Reduce Stress in Today’s Troubled Times.
Author Event: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 for 11am to 1pm
Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 for 11am to 1pm for Lost Restaurants of Walla Walla by Catie McIntyre.
Cocktails to Carhops
Dining in Walla Walla blossomed from an influx of
mining transplants in the late 1800s. Within decades, a
roadhouse called the Oasis boasted a seventy-two-ounce
slab of beef, and the old Pastime Café opened at 5:30 a.m.
with white toast and whiskey for breakfast.
In the early 1950s, Ysidro Berrones opened one of the
valley’s first Mexican restaurants, the El Sombrero
Tortilla Factory and Café. Owner of Denney’s Hi-Spot for
two decades, Joe Denney also satisfied locals with his
morning crooning to piano on KTEL.
Native and local wine writer Catie McIntyre Walker
celebrates this rich heritage with decades of departed,
beloved establishments and the people behind them.
Author Event: Saturday, August 11th, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Author Event:
Jackson E. Graham—Sword and Scion 02
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
11:00 am—2:00 pm
WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU PAY TO KNOW YOUR ENEMIES?
"A storm is coming, and it will not be long before it claims you also."
Four years have passed since the fall of Skreon, the Murderer. Now with Gwyndel nearing the end of her Stewardship and the rebuilding of Castle Asdale, Eyoes comes closer to establishing the peace and prosperity of the home he loves. When an urgent letter beckons them to Rehillon, however, Eyoes and Gwyndel find themselves pulled into a treacherous fight with no clear sides. The identity of their enemy repeatedly eludes them, and lethal blows continue to wreak disaster. Allying with friends old and new, they embark on a new type of quest –where the enemy may be in their very midst.
Can discernment prevail? Or will deception be their downfall?
Author Event: Saturday, July 28, from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, July 28, from 11am to 3pm for author T.J. Tranchell.
T.J. Tranchell is the author of the novel Cry Down Dark and the collection Asleep in the Nightmare Room, both from Blysster Press. He holds a Master of Arts in Literature from Central Washington University and attended the Borderlands Press Writers Bootcamp in 2017. Tranchell is a member of the Horror Writers Association, a panelist and interviewer at Crypticon Seattle, and currently an editorial intern with Blood Bound Books. He lives in Walla Walla with his wife and son.
In Cry Down Dark, Tranchell follows Peter Toombs, a TV writer who buys the childhood home of his high school sweetheart after she dies. Peter believes that if he lives there, she will haunt him. In Asleep in the Nightmare Room, Tranchell takes readers through a number of short stories, poems, and one strange trip through Las Vegas, each meant to keep you up at night and afraid of impending nightmares. Join him, if you dare.
Author Event: Saturday, June 30th from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 30th from 11am to 2pm for City Limits by Nathan Everett.
Gee Evars stumbles into Rosebud Falls, exhausted and dehydrated, but snaps into action to save a drowning toddler. Injured, Gee is taken to the hospital, where he discovers he has lost his memory and his wallet. His identity uncertain, Gee sets about making Rosebud Falls his home.
He becomes a local hero, falling for investigative reporter Karen Weisman, who continues to search for his identity as he seems always to be where he is needed just now. While walking through the mystical forest—the town’s centerpiece and primary economic resource—he eats one of the poisonous nuts and falls into a hallucinatory trance. When he awakens, he discovers what it means to be both the City’s Champion and Defender of the Forest.
Author Event: Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for Caladrius Dreams by Erin Ann McCarter.
Caladrius Dreams is the story of Calli, a young girl whose life is forever altered after a chance meeting with the King’s Guard, Master Arcturus Sheridan.
As Calli struggles to make sense of the world that has opened up around her, she must learn quickly the implications of her new role and place in society.
On top of it all is the dreams. What are they, and where do they come from? Mysterious and foreboding, Calli feels driven to discovering their source — lest she lose her clutch on reality altogether.
Taking subtle hints from literature such as Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, and the works of William Shakespeare, Caladrius Dreams is a story of poverty, power struggles between the classes, nobility, adventure, self-discovery, friendship, and magic.
Author Event: Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 1pm - 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 1pm - 3pm for author signing of Bad Call by Stephen Wallenfels
BAD CALL is a YA adventure survival thriller set in Yosemite National Park.
Stephen Wallenfels lives in Washington state with his wife. His day job is the creative director and IT manager at a large health club. Stephen has lived in igloos, lean-to's, slept under bushes and in trees. His passions are family, hiking, cooking, reading, movies, climate change, and especially writing.
Author Event: Friday, June 15, 2018 from 11am - 3pm
Please join us for author signing of The End by M. Rose Flores on Friday, June 15, 2018 from 11am - 3pm.
M. Rose Flores has enjoyed writing since she learned how to string letters together. She grew up in the vast green Pacific Northwest of the United States, which with its dense forests, four seasons, and proximity to the ocean made a perfect setting for The End. When she isn’t writing on her computer or in a notebook (though scraps of paper and the palm of her hand will do in a pinch), she works as a professional dog trainer and loves every part of it, even the copious amounts of drool. She believes everyone should be represented in literature and all other media. The End is her first novel.
Author Event: Friday, June 8, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
YOU’VE HEARD IT BEFORE:
A healthful diet rich in plant-based foods can prolong your life.
But how much could you really extend your time?
The Adventist enclave in Loma Linda, California, is America’s only “Blue Zone”
one of five regions on Earth where people live measurably longer―about 10
years more―than average, as identified by National Geographic–funded re-search. This Blue Zone status is thanks largely to the foods Loma Linda resi-dents and Adventists choose eat―and the foods they choose not to eat.
Loma Linda was established in 1905 by the Adventist founder and prophet
Ellen G. White. Her great-great-grandson, John Howard Weeks, still lives there.
He knows firsthand what it’s like to fall into the rut of unhealthy habits―and to
relearn how to live and eat in a healthy way. Through the teachings of his family,
Weeks was able to conquer his temptations and embrace a healthy way of living.
He’ll show you how to do the same, no matter what your personal battle looks like.
In The Healthiest People on Earth, Weeks shares the secrets of how anyone,
anywhere, can create a “Blue Zone” of their own and live a longer, healthier life.
A lively read full of exclusive family stories, gainful tips and tricks, happy home
remedies, and plant-based recipes, this book will be your first step on the jour-ney to a longer, healthier, more fulfilling life.
This is not a book about religion―it is about health and happiness. It is pos -sible to be healthy in body, mind, and spirit. Start by eating like the healthiest
people on Earth.
JOHN HOWARD WEEKS is a career journalist and
longtime columnist for Southern California’s largest
newspaper group. He is author, co-author, or editor of
six previous books (Mojave Desert, Inland Empire, San
Bernardino Bicentennial, Choice Words , Dream Weav-ers, and Window Beyond the World). He has degrees in
English literature from the University of California
at Riverside and Birmingham University in England.
Except for one year in Europe, he has lived for more
than 50 years in or near Loma Linda, California, the
health-minded community established in 1905 by his great-great-grandmother,
Ellen G. White, founder and prophet of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Author Event: January 27, 2018 from 1pm to 5pm
Please join us on January 27, 2018 from 1pm to 5pm for Sword & Scion by Jackson Graham.
For years, Eyoés has been lied to – told his father was a mere scribe. When a mysterious journal challenges the past he thought to be true, his future comes into question. Vowing to follow in the footsteps of his heroic father, Eyoés begins training – but finds himself the only survivor of a surprise attack.
Consumed by his oath to avenge, he heedlessly sets off on a quest to discover the identity of an ancient menace in the depths of darkness. As Eyoés flounders for his purpose, and falls further into the pit of hatred, he begins to discover his identity in unforeseen places.
Will Eyoés continue to lose his bearings, or emerge the victor?
About:
Northwest author Jackson E. Graham, who grew up in Walla Walla, will be at Book & Game for a book signing with his debut novel, Sword and Scion: Into the Dark Mountains. This fantasy novel is for both Adults and Young Adults.
Graham is a 2017 homeschool graduate, three-time award winner in the Coeur d’Alene Library Writers Competition, and four-time NaNoWriMo participant. Sword and Scion: Into the Dark Mountains is the first book in a planned series.
Author Event: Fri & Sat, December 29 & 30 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Fri & Sat, December 29 & 30 from 11am to 3pm for World Food Unlimited by John L. (Jack) DeWitt.
A long-time famer in the Walla Walla Valley, Jack DeWitt, has written a book about changes in farming practices during his 80-plus years, and practices needed to feed the world in the future.
Born and raised on a small farm near Moscow, Idaho, he came to the Walla Walla valley in 1960 to work as an agronomist for Lamb-Weston. Five years later he was hired to manage land owned by the Minnick family. After 20 years managing the land, he led a partnership that leased the land, and that of some neighbors, for another 20 years. Giving up the lease in 2006 and going into semi-retirement, he still grows over 650 acres of wheat on owned and leased land, 22 acres of wine grapes, and eight acres of Christmas trees.
His book, World Food Unlimited: Growing Abundant, Safe Food, Sustainably, Using Modern Agricultural Technologies, focuses on the practice of no-till as the farming method that will conserve and sustain the world’s soils. Combined with more efficient fertilizer use, safer and more effective pest control, and crops with improved yields and nutritive qualities, the world’s farmers will safely feed the world throughout the 21st century and beyond.
Author Event: Saturday, December 16 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, December 16, 2017 from 11am to 2pm for C-Lager by David Dorfmeier.
The story of C-lager: Stalag Luft IV & the 86-Day Hunger March is an account of the service history of my father, Sergeant Donald D. Dorfmeier, an overview of the air war in Europe, his subsequent capture and participation in the longest forced march of any group of Allied POWs in Germany, and later escape during the closing weeks of the war. The story also chronicles the heroism of the airmen in his lager who exhibited the courage and inspiration to survive a long and difficult march in spite of great hardships and much suffering that would "haunt them for many years to come."
About the author:
Mr. David Dorfmeier is a Vietnam veteran, retired Army Sergeant Major, and clinical therapist who has a personal and professional interest in working with service members suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has a master's degree in Psychology & Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado and has completed a two-year post graduate Marriage & Family Training Program at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. In addition to a long career in the Army Reserve, the author was employed for 20 years with the Department of the Army providing clinical counseling services to active duty soldiers and their family members. Following retirement, he served another four years as a clinical consultant working with the Department of Defense providing adjustment counseling to service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. His service awards and decorations include the Master Parachutist Badge, the Special Forces Qualification Tab, and the Legion of Merit.
Author Event: Fri. & Sat. Dec. 8 & 9, 11am - 2pm
Please join us on Friday & Saturday, December 8 & 9 from 11am to 2pm for author Matthew Heines.
The Rainier Paradigm
During the late twentieth century, the United States Geological Survey, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Administration and the North American Space Administration independently confirmed that intense solar activity in the past has directly affected the earth’s geophysical and geomagnetic properties. In other words, solar storms have hit the earth many times with catastrophic results...
Killing Time in Saudi Arabia
Author Event: Dec. 2, 2017 from 11am to 3pm
A book signing in Walla Walla for Paul Cohn’s new novel, “The Cantora” will be at Book And Game on E. Main on Saturday December 2nd from 11 am to 3pm. “The Cantora” is historical fiction for both Adults and Young Adults. “The Cantora” takes readers to the jungles and settlements of 16th Century Colonial Brazil, later journeys to the Caribbean, then to Africa and Europe. It follows the journey of Sister Mãe Doçura and Yema, the Caeté Indian child with a remarkable singing voice who is acclaimed as The Cantora. Through perilous circumstance, the two women become agents of fate, changing the lives of all who cross their path.
Author Event: Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 from 12:30 to 5:30pm
Northwest poet and literary historian George Venn will sign copies of his most recent book of poetry Nov. 17 at Book and Game, downtown Walla Walla. The book has been nominated for the 2018 Pulitzer prize
Former writer-in-residence at Eastern Oregon University partnered with Book and Game to display and sign copies of “Lichen Songs: New and Selected Poems.” The signing will held between 12:30 and 5:30 at the East Main store. Venn's other books will also be available.
John Witte, editor emeritus of “Northwest Review,” called the publication, “a long-awaited and highly recommended collection.” Fifty-one poems in the 127-page volume are reprinted from Venn’s earlier books: “Off the Main Road” (1978), “Marking the Magic Circle” (1987) and “West of Paradise” (1999).
The title comes from a poem called, “The Lichen Family Story,” that is featured at the Oregon Zoo. Venn said the collection serves as a companion to last year’s “Beaver’s Fire,” which compiled his regional and historical writing.
The Oregonian called Venn “one of the best-known and most respected poets in the state.” Prior to retiring in 2002 as EOU’s Distinguished Teaching Faculty, Venn garnered numerous awards including a Pushcart Prize, the Andres Berger Award, an Oregon book award and the Stewart Holbrook Award.
Writing about the book, Dan Lamberton, Walla Walla University, wrote: "What a detective of place George Venn is; how private his eyes are! Yet in "Lichen Songs" you come to know what a good man can make known, what an avid man can feel, and what, in George Venn's hands, the craft of poetry can do. He magnifies the landscape and what he sees turns to music–a choir of wheeling nature, students, family, lovers, still rooms. You will find much to care for in this bright man's new and selected work. "
In 2005, the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission and Oregon State Library chose Venn’s collection “Marking the Magic Circle” as one of the “100 Best Oregon Books (1800-2000).” His second collection of poems, “West of Paradise,” was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award and both the Oregon State Library and Poetry Northwest selected it for their meritorious booklists in 2009. Other works include “Darkroom Soldier,” a collaboration with the late Fred Hill, its companion volume, “Fred Hill: A Photographer’s Life,” and “Keeping the Swarm,” a collection of personal essays.