Bruce Holbert is stuck in a mega long ferry line; Monday’s night reading still scheduled
Monday July 21 6 – 7 p.m., Orcas Library
Saturday July 19th 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Darvill’s Bookstore. Bruce Holbert returns to read and discuss his new book The Hour of Lead. Lonesome Animals, Holbert’s first novel, was named as a Best Book of 2012 by both “The Seattle Times” and “Slate.”
(Bruce’s visit will be postponed until sometime this fall)
Holbert returns with The Hour of Lead, an epic family novel and coming of age story that is once again imbibed with the mythology of the west. “Holbert’s second novel is a tale of the American West as faithful to the legends as McCarthy’s Border Trilogy… Holbert’s powerful work echoes the romance of America’s Western experience. A masterpiece.” –“Kirkus” Starred Review
Monday July 21st 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Darvill’s Bookstore and the Orcas Island Public Library present an evening with Blaine Harden. Public Library Meeting Room. A River Lost: Life and Death of the Columbia is a searing personal narrative of exploitation of Native Americans, of endangered salmon, of nuclear waste, and of a once wild river. Escape From Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea to Freedom in the West offers an unequalled inside account of one of the world’s darkest nations. It is a tale of endurance and courage, survival and hope.
Harden is working on a second book about North Korea, and contributes to Foreign Policy and The Economist magazines. For 28 years, he worked for The Washington Post as a correspondent in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as in New York and Seattle. For four years, he was a local and national correspondent for The New York Times and a writer for the Times Magazine. Journalism awards include the Ernie Pyle Award for coverage of the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for Non-deadline Writing and the Livingston Award for International Reporting, both for stories about Africa. Books will be available for signing and purchase.
All groups/retailers/individuals bringing/inviting people to Orcas this summer should feel responsible for advising those visitors as to the need to check the WFS website and take advantage of the information there: “best times to travel”, “space available” in real time each day; ferry alerts, etc. (we should do likewise).
We also need to give them our suggestions; friends of mine coming to the Island for only 3 days are going to park at the Anacortes dock and walk on….less chance of them “missing the boat”.
The new reservation system, starting after New Years, will definitely help spread the ridership ahead of time, rather than clogging the staging areas with overloaded vehicles for 1, 2 or even 3 sailings. Visitors will know what to expect, and plan accordingly, just as we all do with air plane reservations.