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Join fellow PNBA members for two days of
educational presentations, opportunities to
meet authors in intimate settings, and
visits to local member stores. ​​

Book Your Room: The hotel's deadline for booking at the special PNBA rate has expired. To book your room, please call the hotel (Best Western Ponderosa Inn) directly at 541.549.1234, and ask the front desk to book your room. If space is still available they may still honor the PNBA rate.


​Schedule

Tuesday, April 15
Day

​Education, Authors, and Rep Picks

​Education, authors, and sales rep presentations, at the Community Hall in Sisters, including four author podium slots of 10 - 12 minutes each, followed by a social signing period.

11:00 am    
Managing the Monsters: An Interactive Exchange of Methods for Selling Brilliant Artists Who Do Bad Things​

This conversation is inspired by Claire Dederer’s bestselling Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma and authors whose books have been customer favorites but whose behavior has traversed a range of the objectionable, in the far and recent past.

Facilitated by Lane Jacobson (Paulina Springs Books, Sisters, OR), with contributions from Rebecca Crosswhite (Rediscoverd Books, Boise, ID), Kate Larson (Ballast Book Co., Bremerton, WA), and Bonnie Ingersoll (Spoke & Word Books, Milwaukie, OR). Participation is encouraged from any audience member with a policy, case study, or philoshophy to share from their store.

12:00 pm    
Author Keynotes

​Bring your favorite book bag! Lunchtime Keynote presentations of their latest books by authors Melissa Hart - Down syndrome Out Loud, Dan Chaon - One of Us, Kelly Ramsey - Wildfire Days, and Moira Macdonald - Storybook Ending.

1:00 pm      
Signing Social / Lunch Break

Registered attendees will break for a sponsored lunch with social time, book signing by the keynote authors, and a Galley Giveaway.

1:45 pm      
Merchandising Demo with Alyson Brown
 
Store display and Instagram marketers take note! Master the art of merchandising cocktail books, glassware, and all the essentials needed to create eye-catching displays! Alyson Brown is a beverage photographer--Fiday Night Cocktails, anyone?—and drink stylist whose passion for cocktails led her to author her first book, The Flower-Infused Cocktail: Flowers with a Twist. When she’s not behind the camera, she can be found enjoying beautiful Bend, Oregon, with her husband and two sons.

2:20 pm
Those Tricky Categories

The PNBA Education Committee will lead breakout groups to discuss niche genres and sections within the bookstore. Best practices for display, stock, buying (especially backlist!), and growing your store’s readership. Topics discussed may include manga, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, literary fiction, social science, nonfiction, and sidelines. 

3:15 pm
An Unpublished Author Walks into Your Store, with publisher and author Laura Stanfill

Imagine a Door:  A Writer's Guide to Unlocking Your Story, Choosing a Publishing Path, and Honoring the Creative Journey. Agents, self-publishing, small presses—sure, but wayyyyyy before all that, it's about showing up for local authors, attending bookstore events, building confidence in your work, and all the pre-publishing possibilities!

3:25 pm      
Rep Picks
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Jill Owens Leigh - WW Norton
Jamil Zaidi - HarperCollins
Christine Foye - Simon & Schuster
Craig Bunn - PenguinRandomHouse
Katie Hartman - Macmillan
Kurtis Lowe - Imprint Group
Chris Satterlund - Scholastic
Jordan Standridge - Sourcebooks
Craig Popelars - Milkweed
Evening

Shindig at the Springs Author Reception

The evening will bring a shift in venue, a five minute walk from the Community Hall, to Paulina Springs Books, where guests will meet 12 - 14 authors at individual greeting and signing tables. Event sponsored by Scholastic. Book Bags sponsored by Blackstone Publishing.

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm  
Appearing at the Shindig:
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Light refreshments provided.
Ample conversations guaranteed.
Confirmed authors include:

Steven Christiansen - The Blue Line Letters
Alison Jean Cole - A Rockhound's Guide to Oregon & Washington
Catherine Cowles - Beautiful Exile
Miriam Gershow - Closer
Ben Guterson - The Shadow of the World-Famous Nine
Brooke Hartman - Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead
Jonathan Hill - Lizard Boy 2: The Most Perfect Summer Ever
​Stacy Johns - What Remains of Teague House
Lexi Lafleur Brown - Shoot Your Shot 
​Evan Leikam - Anji Kills a King
Dennis McGregor - You Stole My Name Tools 
​Diane Schaffer - Mortal Zin​​​
​Rod Scher - Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia
Muon Thi Van - You Make the World
Wendy Wagner - Girl in the Creek
Wednesday, April 16
 Day

​Authors, Education, and Store Visits

Shifting to locations in Bend, where two member stores will each co-host two author podium slots of 10 - 12 minutes each, followed by a social signing period and an opportunity to see how they do their stores.


9:00 am
Education and Authors with Roundabout Books & Cafe

Start Day 2 with a warm beverage at an event that includes keynote author presentations and book signing by Elisha Cooper - Here is a Book and Elaine Cho - Teo's Durumi, followed by browsing time at co-host PNBA member bookstore Roundabout Books & Cafe.
(Coffee & pastries included)

11:30 am    
Keynote Authors with Dudley's Bookshop Cafe

Enjoy a wrap-up event that includes keynote author presentations with Rebecca Thorne - Alchemy and a Cup of Tea and Vera Brosgol - Return to Sender. The authors will stay after for book signing and conversation. This event will be held at the Brooks Community Room in the Bend Public Library, and is co-hosted by PNBA member bookstore Dudley's Bookshop Cafe.

​Following this event attendees will stroll a couple of blocks to Dudley's where they will pick up a swag bag courtesy of Katie Daisy and have a little  browsing time.

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