OR – Ready Player One Signing

Author Ernest Cline signs at Powell’s Books on Tuesday, June 19th at 7:00PM.

At once wildly original and stuffed with ’80s nostalgia, Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (Broadway), now in paperback, is an ambitious and spectacularly genre-busting debut novel that’s part quest, part love story, and part virtual space opera, set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.

Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Portland, OR
(800) 878-7323

OR – Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt Signing

Joe Sacco and Chris Hedges sign at Powell’s on Monday, June 25th at 7:30PM.

In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Nation Books), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book Award-winning cartoonist Joe Sacco present a searing portrait of an American underclass in crisis. Reporting from the coal fields of West Virginia, from Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, from undocumented farm worker colonies in California, and from Camden, New Jersey, the poorest city in the nation, Hedges and Sacco warn of a bleak near future — where cities and states fall easily into bankruptcy, neofeudalism reigns, and the nation’s working and middle classes are decimated. A shocking report from the frontlines of poverty in America, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a clarion call for reform.

Powell’s Books
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR

OR – Alpha Signing

Writer Greg Rucka signs at Powell’s Books on Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:00PM.

Press Release:

In Alpha, the latest thriller from Greg Rucka (author of the Queen and Country series), the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, begin the day with a smile. By the end, they wonder if they’ll be able to escape with their lives. Retired Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan “Jad” Bell, is Wilsonville’s lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse. Jad scrambles to assess the situation and protect the visitors but soon comes face to face with a villain whose training matches his in every way — and presents a threat Jad may not be able to stop.

Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Portland, OR
(800) 878-7323

OR – Star Wars Signing

Author Ryder Windham signs at Powell’s on Thursday, April 12th at 7pm!

Press Release:

Ryder Windham will be on hand to present the newly revised and expanded Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide as well as a handful of other new DK Star Wars titles, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary; Star Wars: Beware the Sith; and Star Wars: The Secret Life of Droids. This event will also feature the Cloud City Garrison of the 501st Legion of Stormtroopers, so no Star Wars fan should miss out.

Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Portland, OR
(800) 878-7323

OR – Unterzakhn Signing

Leela Corman signs at Powell’s Books on Monday April 9, 2012 at 7:30PM.

Unterzakhn (Schocken) is Leela Corman’s mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel about immigrant life on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th century. With brilliant illustrations that capture both the tumult and the telling details of the street life of the time, Unterzakhn tells the story of Esther and Fanya, twin sisters for whom the difference between mere survival and great success involves painful decisions with uncertain consequences.

Powell’s Books
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR

OR – Hunger Games Bio-Comic Signing

Writer Sara Gundell signs on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7:00pm for the release of the bio-comic from Bluewater Productions Fame: Suzanne Collins about the author of The Hunger Games.

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Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005

OR – Oregon History Comics Signing

 

Writer Sarah Mirk and more sign on Sunday March 4th at 7:30pm.

Press Release:

Portland Mercury reporter Sarah Mirk and the Dill Pickle Club proudly present a boxed set of 10 short comic books that each tells a little-known story from Oregon’s past. From women’s suffrage in Oregon to the tragic Vanport Flood to the legendary X-Ray Café, Oregon History Comics takes presumably dry topics and makes them exciting and accessible through the bold illustrations of some of Portland’s best comics illustrators. Whether you’re a history buff or a comics reader, you’ll enjoy this innovative blend of historical detail and pop culture.

Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR 97209

OR – Oil & Water Signing

Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler sign on Monday, November 28th at 7:30PM

When 10 Oregonians travel to the Gulf Coast in August 2010 to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill, they discover that after the spill oil and water were not the only irreconcilable contradictions. The graphic novel Oil and Water (Fantagraphics), written by Steve Duin and illustrated by cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, gathers first-person accounts of the destructive impact of the disaster and provides a devastating look at the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

Powell’s Books
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR

OR – The Nerdist Way Signing

Chris Hardwick signs at Powell’s Books on Wednesday, November 9th at 7:30PM!

Through his website, Nerdist.com, Chris Hardwick garnered a fiercely loyal following of nerds from across the country. Now, he offers readers the hilarious and life-changing The Nerdist Way (Berkley), a productivity book for nerds on how to harness their power for good, not evil, and to live up to their potential, thereby becoming fully realized Nerdists.     

Powell’s Books
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR

 

OR – Castle Signing

Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick sign on Friday, October 21st at 7:30PM!

Press Release:

Fans of the TV show Castle rejoice! For the first time anywhere, Castle’s titular hero, Derrick Storm, comes to life in the pages of Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick’s all-new, wall-to-wall, gritty, witty, globe-hopping, detective-thrill-ride of a graphic novel, Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm (Marvel).

Powell’s Books
1005 W Burnside, Portland, OR

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