Author Event: Friday, May 6, 2022 from 3pm to 5pm

Please join us on  Friday, May 6, 2022 from 3pm to 5pm when author Patricia G. Kay will be signing copies of the book The Passage of Vines: Clara.

Clara, a successful Chief Financial Officer of a New York investment firm finds herself faced with a life altering decision after her mother’s death. She discovers she has inherited the Long House Winery, in Walla Walla, Washington, as the fourth generation woman.

Prepared to travel to the family winery put it on the market and return to New York Clara becomes entangled in unplanned circumstances. As Clara’s explored the winery home, she reflected on childhood memories, discovered her Native American roots, and sought soul searching answers of owning the winery as another generational woman. Clara becomes a captive student of local history by reading letters written by her grand grandmother, a Native American Nez Perez from 1901.

After accidently injuring her ankle, she found herself in the care of Stephen, the most eligible bachelor in the valley and owner of the award-winning Bennington winery. As she is recovered, he begun to teach her about wines, wine making and she acquired a taste for both red and white wines. Stephen offers to oversee her winery, assuring her he will wait patiently as she determines where her life’s journey will take her either returning to New York or moving to the wine valley permanently.

            Passage of Vines invites the reader to learn about Walla history, become familiar with wines and wine tasting through the unpredictable storylines.

Author Event: Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 11am to 2pm when Susan Monahan will be signing copies of Walla Walla Past & Present.

Walla Walla is a town that has seen elegant buildings erected during a period of early prosperity and has benefited from a determined commitment to preserve these architectural treasures more than 100 years later.

Susan Monahan has made Walla Walla her home for 13 years and through research and writing about her town’s special buildings hopes to ensure their being valued by generations to come.

Author Event: Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 11am to 2pm when author Sherri Maret will be signing books.

Since The Cloud Artist (in English/Choctaw) was launched,  interest in #ownvoices Native American books has grown which is wonderful.  The Cloud Artist was a finalist for several book awards, is in the Smithsonian Library, and sold at a handful of museums.  I am so thankful that The RoadRunner Press believed in this book to make it come to be!

Author Event: Thursday, December 16, 2021 from 3pm to 5pm

Please join us on Thursday, December 16, 2021 from 3pm to 5pm for author Dennis Dauble signing copies of Chasing Ghost Trout.

Local outdoor writer, Dennis Dauble, will sign copies of his latest book, Chasing Ghost Trout, at Books & Games on Thursday December 16 from 3 to 5 pm. Dauble is the award-winning author of the natural history guidebook, Fishes of the Columbia basin, and three short-story collections about the fishing experience, including, Bury Me with My Fly Rod. His fishing memoir, Chasing Ghost Trout, traces five decades of memories about wild trout found in streams that flow from the western flanks of the Blue Mountains. (Include if word count allows)  From the back cover, “Grandpa Harry’s old willow creel—with its faint odors of dried fern and fish scale, remnant of ghost trout—bind these stories of fishing and family….”

Author Event: Thursday, December 9, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Thursday, December 9, 2021 from 11am to 2pm when Dale Hom will be signing copies of "Where’s My Rainbow?".

It’s 1972, Dorothy is a jazz singer in Kansas City, Missouri.  She wonders if Jazz is dead in this once thriving jazz town.

She still dreams of singing jazz in New York.

Author Event: Saturday, November 13, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on November 13, 2021 from 11am to 2pm when author Rosanne Anderson will be signing copies of Crimes of the Past.

From the back of the book:  Josh Langstrom just wants to  concentrate on his new job as town marshal… but instead of the peaceful town he expects, there are sordid secrets … including a critical cold case.

Author Event: Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 11am to 2pm when Dale Hom will be signing copies of graphic novel Walk Tall Y'all.

From the back of the book:

It's the present day.

Wallace has just returned to his hometown for a memorial service of a longtime friend. He's confronted with the pervasive change that's happening to Beacon Hill, Chinatown / International District, and most of Seattle.

Overcrowding, traffic gridlock, towering new construction, and noticeable big city woes have tainted Wallace's view of his beloved hometown. Now, he's worried for his sister and her family. How can they survive in this transmogrified city?

Author Event: Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 11am to 2pm where author Janet Breuer will be signing copies of here book Here Comes Trouble.

Here Comes Trouble is a book about adopting a cat from the point of view of two dogs. It also includes information on the dogs being pet therapy dogs or working comfort dogs and volunteering at hospitals, nursing homes or schools.

Janet Breuer lives in the mountains of northeastern Washington state with her husband, their dogs, Tucker & Ridge and of course Trouble, the cat. They have two sons and seven grand children.  

Janet is a member of Pet Partners, which registers her dogs to visit at nursing homes, hospital and schools. She also belongs to HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response. This enables Janet and her dogs to comfort people who are hurting after a crisis.

When she isn't busy with her dogs, Janet spends time serving in her church, reading, gardening and paddling large rivers solo. Here Comes Trouble is her first book.

Author Event: Saturday, October 2,2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 11am to 2pm where author & artist Alvardo Nunez will be signing copies of Volume 1 in his Seven Comic Series.

From the book cover: 
Kace Selica, a clever and misguided girl who always seems to get herself into trouble, just so happens to be a princess from the land of Selica.  The King as chosen her older sister Kayla as the official heir to the throne.  So, Kace joins the Navy and fights as a LUXRAI to prove to her father that she's the more worthy of the Selican throne!

Author Event: Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021  11am to 2pm when author Clark Schwartzkopf will be signing copies of his book Random Recreational Violence.

This expert investigator's first-hand account of a blood-stained hunt for criminals reveals the inner workings of law enforcement and a detective's extraordinary care for over thirty-five victims. 

Author Event: Friday, September 17, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Friday, September 17, 2021 from 11am to 2pm for Into the Fire by Sandra Mason.

The 1910 fire was the largest forest fire in U.S. History.  It burned over 3.5 million acres, torching timber stands in Montana, Idaho, eastern Washington, and Canada.  The story is a fictionalized account of Edward Pulaski’s heroic efforts.

Author Event: Saturday, September 4, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, September 4, 2021 from 11am to 2pm for author Robert Keatts and his book Postal History of Southeastern Washington.

Author Event: Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

  

Kelley Messinger author of Walls of Secrecy will be signing books Saturday, August 28, 2021 from  11am to 2pm.

This is a memoir of a decade in prison at the maximum-security unit of Washington State Penitentiary. 

Author Event: Saturday, August 21, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Larry Duthie Author of Return to Saigon will be signing books Saturday, August 21, 2021 from 11am - 2pm.

You are with the author when he ejects from his burning Navy jet onto a ridge near Hanoi.

What follows in this meticulously researched memoir is an account of one of the most implausible and heroic rescues of the air-war--and the aftermath.

Author Event: Saturday, June 26th from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, June 26, 2021 from 11am to 2pm for author Monica Hardie, who will be signing copies of her book The Thorn.

Summary: What if the first to comprehend the whole story concerning the crucifixion of Jesus Christ wasn't a person at all? Not any of His 12 disciples nor Jesus' mother, Mary, but instead an unexpected spectator there on that fateful day. What if the first to guess at and then know it as truth, with a glorious celebration tinged with sadness, was actually one of the thorns on the crown Jesus wore that day?

This book tells the story of two of the most important events in mankind's history: the crucifixion of the Son of Man, followed by the resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God. The Thorn is a chronological account of those events. Although the book follows the scriptures--as told through the eyes of both Jesus and His mother, Mary--its fictional aspects include two additional viewpoints: that of the man whose place He took on the cross that day, and one of the thorns on the crown of thorns He wore that day.

About the author: Monica Hardie, M.D. practiced Internal Medicine for over a decade, before a chronic illness threatened her life. Inspired by the solace she found in the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus, she penned The Thorn.

Author Event: Saturday, June 19, 2021 from 1pm to 3pm

Please join us on Saturday, June 19, 2021 from  1pm to 3pm for Barbara Braendlein and her book Olive.

Olive is good at seeing things. At five years old, her world is cozy and small, full of her Mommy and Daddy, her grandma, and a lot of doctors. Her body does not ever do what she wants it to. Her legs don’t walk, her hands shake, and when she talks, no one understands her words. 

Until one person does. 

The more Olive learns all the ways that she is different from other people, the more she realizes how much she needs that one person who always understands her, who is maybe even just like her. So what happens when that one person is suddenly gone?

Olive is a thoughtful, enchanting look into the mind of a non-verbal, medically fragile girl. Through her eyes, we see the struggle of growing up without words and with a body that has to work hard for every triumph, and yet triumph she does. In “Olive”, we are reminded that sometimes all it takes is one person for you to never be alone again.

Olive is good at seeing things. At five years old, her world is cozy and small, full of her Mommy and Daddy, her grandma, and a lot of doctors. Her body does not ever do what she wants it to. Her legs don’t walk, her hands shake, and when she talks, no one understands her words. 
Until one person does. 
The more Olive learns all the ways that she is different from other people, the more she realizes how much she needs that one person who always understands her, who is maybe even just like her. So what happens when that one person is suddenly gone?
Olive is a thoughtful, enchanting look into the mind of a non-verbal, medically fragile girl. Through her eyes, we see the struggle of growing up without words and with a body that has to work hard for every triumph, and yet triumph she does. In “Olive”, we are reminded that sometimes all it takes is one person for you to never be alone again.

About the author

Barbara Braendlein is an author, an urban farm wife, and the homeschooling mother of her four special needs kids. Her writing seeks to shine light on the deep joys that are found in seemingly ordinary lives, the extraordinary that lurks in every corner of the mundane. Her new book, “Olive”, released by Atmosphere Press, tells the story of the world through the eyes of a non-verbal, medically fragile five year old girl and is fiction drawn from her very real life adventures raising kids with mitochondrial disease. 

Author Event: Friday, June 18, 2021 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us for Susan Matley and Beyond Big-G City, Friday, June 18, 2021 from 11am to 2pm.

The year is 2025, and Hermes is on the Olympus, Inc., hot seat. He has two short years to halt climate change before the irretrievable tipping point is reached, an existential treat to mortals and immortals alike!

The Greek immortals are at it again in Beyond Big-G City, the third book in Walla Walla author S. D. Matley’s contemporary fantasy/mythology series. In addition to the troubles faced by Hermes:

Will David Bernstein discover the identity of his unnamed mortal father?

Has evil force The Power escaped containment and co-fathered an Olympian baby?

Will the seawall protecting a major transit tunnel breach, sending thousands of mortals to a watery grave, in spite of the best efforts of top-notch computer and architectural genius Clifford Essex? 

From the City of Mount Olympus to Petra, Jordan to Seattle, Washington, much is afoot Beyond Big-G City!

The year is 2025, and Hermes is on the Olympus, Inc., hot seat. He has two short years to halt climate change before the irretrievable tipping point is reached, an existential treat to mortals and immortals alike!
The Greek immortals are at it again in Beyond Big-G City, the third book in Walla Walla author S. D. Matley’s contemporary fantasy/mythology series. In addition to the troubles faced by Hermes:
Will David Bernstein discover the identity of his unnamed mortal father?
Has evil force The Power escaped containment and co-fathered an Olympian baby?
Will the seawall protecting a major transit tunnel breach, sending thousands of mortals to a watery grave, in spite of the best efforts of top-notch computer and architectural genius Clifford Essex? 
From the City of Mount Olympus to Petra, Jordan to Seattle, Washington, much is afoot Beyond Big-G City!

About the author

Susan D. Matley writes contemporary fantasy/mythology. Beyond Big-G City(by S. D. Matley), the third book in her series featuring the Greek Pantheon, is her latest release from WolfSinger Publications. Susan’s short stories have appeared in THEMA Literary Journal, GlassFire Magazine,Dark Pages (Blade Red Press) and many other print and online anthologies. She lives in southeastern Washington State- -the land of wheat, wine and windmills- -with her 4-legged kids.

Author Event: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for Madame Dorion by Leorna Good

Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is a story of the first woman to come across the 

country overland, stay, and help settle the land. Whereas Sacagawea was the first woman to come 

overland she did not stay. Marie Dorion stayed, and raised her children here. 

 

Written as a journal, Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is suitable for readers of 

any age. Ms. Good's research included many books (listed in the back of the book) including journals of 

Wilson Price Hunt and other men on the trip. The dates and facts correlate to those journals, but show 

the trip through the eyes of an amazing woman, mother, and wife. 

 

The Author: 

Lenora Rain-Lee Good was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her grandfather, a history buff, 

instilled in her at an early age a love of history, of Native Americans (she is part Catawba), and the 

opening of the Oregon Country. 

Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is a story of the first woman to come across the country overland, stay, and help settle the land. Whereas Sacagawea was the first woman to come overland she did not stay. Marie Dorion stayed, and raised her children here.  Written as a journal, Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is suitable for readers of any age. Ms. Good's research included many books (listed in the back of the book) including journals of Wilson Price Hunt and other men on the trip. The dates and facts correlate to those journals, but show the trip through the eyes of an amazing woman, mother, and wife.  The Author: Lenora Rain-Lee Good was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her grandfather, a history buff, instilled in her at an early age a love of history, of Native Americans (she is part Catawba), and the opening of the Oregon Country. 

 

Blood on the Ground

On the 29th of November, 1847, within the Whitman Mission in the southeastern corner of Washington state, a clash of cultures, misunderstandings, and outright lies all came together to a disastrous end for all concerned. Written as 22 poems, "Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu" tells the story of those who lost their lives as well as those who instigated and carried out the uprising that fateful day.

Plus, joining for this event, Lynn Knapp with her book Giving Ground.

Giving Ground pulses with traffic and teems with life, leading us through tangled streets, intertwined lives.  We find a place of overgrown gardens, alleys in bloom, pheasants in flight, rabbits, stray cats, and Spanish love songs, a place where the ordinary appears in an extraordinary light. With deft narrative strokes, Giving Ground reveals a place and its people, lives balanced on the shifting ground of language and culture. Like the place, Lynn Knapp’s poems are wry, real, and poignant.

Author Event: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for The Fight of My Life by Barbara Webb.

From the book...

They say that Ted Bundy started his killing spree in 1974, in the state of Washington. When he tried to get me in the car, it was in 1965, nine years earlier!
He was approximately eighteen and I was twenty-one. I saw the horror in his face at this time! I'm sure that I wasn't his first intended victim.

Author Event: Nov. 8, 2019 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Nov. 8, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for Entrepreneurship 101 by Stuart Scott.

WHY SHOULD YOU READ THIS BOOK? Do you want to start your own business,
sell a product or provide a valuable service? DO YOU HAVE A NEW
BUSINESS, especially a small business? Do you like the idea of LEARNING
FROM THE INSIGHTS OR MISTAKES OF OTHERS? Are you curious how I started
with an $18,000 budget and a basement location in 1983, and ultimately
sold the same business for $250,000 in 2011? If the answer is YES to any
of these questions, then this book is for you--and it's a bargain. I
learned long ago that I didn't have to be nearly as smart or creative
when my mouth was shut. So, I keep my mouth shut, my ears open, and I
stole the good ideas of others. This is your chance to the same.