UPCOMING EVENTS

First Annual PORTALS Day

The Portland Area Library System invites you to celebrate books and
reading with one of the profession’s most delightful librarians!

An Afternoon of Book Lust with Nancy Pearl: The Pleasures and Perils of a Life of Reading! Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:00 am Registration 11:30 am – 12:45 pm Lunch Followed by book/action figure signing until 1:30 pm University Place—Willamette Falls Ballroom (Level 1) 310 SW Lincoln Street Portland, OR 97201 503-221-0140 www.uplace.pdx.edu

Nancy Pearl is the former director of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library. She now writes, reviews books for both local and national publications, and speaks to library and community groups across the country. She reviews books regularly on NPR's Morning Edition and KUOW, the Seattle affiliate of National Public Radio. She is the author of Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Sasquatch Books, 2003); More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Sasquatch Books, 5/05); Now Read This: A Guide to Mainstream Fiction, 1978 - 1998 (Libraries Unlimited, 1999); and Now Read This II: A Guide to Mainstream Fiction, 1990-2001 (Libraries Unlimited, 2002). She is the model for the Librarian Action Figure.

Nancy’s latest book, More Book Lust (2005), and the Librarian Action Figure will be available for purchase/signing. Likewise, please bring copies of your own Nancy Pearl books and Action Figure for signing!

Cost:

PORTALS Member & Student Rate: $30.00
Nonmember Rate: $40.00

Includes buffet lunch with vegetarian options.

For directions and parking information, please visit http://www.uplace.pdx.edu.

Registration:

To register, please submit the information below and mail payment with check payable to PORTALS:

Sheila Afnan-Manns, Director
PORTALS/PSU Millar Library
PO Box 1151
Portland, OR 97207-1151


You will be sent a confirmation and receipt.