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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
BOOK FESTIVAL:
Inaugural event was
a big success
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rodeo, and cookbooks (which
became her most popular).
<My cookbooks include
the three ingredients every
cowgirl has in her pantry:
salt, pepper and ketchup, so
they are recipes for just about
anyone,= she said.
The reason Sanford got
into writing these stories
is she always loved horses
and cowgirls, and had heard
about a group of women in
the early 20th century who
were competing in rodeos
4 and winning them. After
doing research, she realized
nobody was writing about
these women, so she decided
to start writing about cow-
girls and rodeo and things in
between. Sanford was hon-
ored to be a part of this event
and thinks <it is a jewel in the
crown of Sisters.=
Catherine Cowles, author
of the <Sutter Lake= series,
(Sutter Lake is a fictional
town based on various areas in
Central Oregon, not any rela-
tion to Suttle Lake). Cowles
writes small-town romance
novels. <My books feature
heart, a little bit of steam and
a lot of mystery,= she said.
Cowles was excited about
the festival coming to Sisters.
<It9s great to have a festival
like this and be surrounded by
fellow book nerds,= she said.
Cowles exhibited an aura
of radiance and excitement
when talking about her books,
just as the covers portray that
same level of radiance and
intriguing romantic images set
in mountainous landscapes.
Author Mark Corbet,
who lives between Bend and
Sisters, attended the event
with his book, <Between the
Dragon and his Wrath,= a
collection of 31 short stories
about memorable moments
during his time as a smoke-
jumper across the country.
<I was a smoke-jumper
from Virginia all the way to
Alaska and across the West,
and had a number of experi-
ences, including falling into a
dead tree and having it almost
land on me,= said Corbet.
The book title comes from
a Shakespeare quote, where
Corbet draws a lot of his con-
textual inspiration. He begins
every chapter with a quote
from Shakespeare.
<The great thing about the
book is you can jump around
story to story and read it in
parts,= he said.
Corbet was very impressed
with the event9s execution
and thinks it is generous of
the community to take part in
something like the festival.
<I am very impressed with
the event and think it is great
to see in this community,= he
said.
Well-known local art-
ist Paul Alan Bennett was
another featured author with
his book, <Night Skies.=
Night Skies is a hardbound
book that features 44 of his
paintings, all with astrologi-
cal- and Greek-based his-
torical stories accompanying
them. His book is a feature
on the importance of the night
skies and all that exists above
us.
<I started studying astron-
omy and history because of
how known it is that around
the world, night skies and
stars are disappearing because
of light pollution, I think it9s
important we do what we can
to maintain our night skies,=
said Bennett.
All the local authors pre-
sented at the front for four
minutes about their books
and how they came to writing
them. Other authors included:
Craig Rullman, Sue Fountain,
Jim Cornelius, Diane Goble,
Valerie Anderson, Jim
Barnette and Joshua Savage.
Loretta Goldy and Cathy
Croghan Alzner both traveled
to Sisters from the Portland
area for the event.
<When I heard about the
event I convinced my friend
to come along with me to go
see all the local authors. My
family had owned a place in
Sisters for 60 years, so I have
a special connection with the
place and wanted to return
back,= said Goldy.
Croghan-Alzner had heard
about the event on OPB and
wanted to see one of the fea-
tured authors in particular 4
Molly Gloss.
<It is a really cool idea and
it9s really nice to hear from
authors I know, but then also
learn about new authors,= said
Croghan-Alzner.
Goldy has been a longtime
fan of Sisters9 independent
bookstore, Paulina Springs
Books, and knew she had to
come.
<It is one thing to read a
book and enjoy it, but another
to actually get to meet and
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talk to the author that wrote
it,= she said.
Lane Jacobson, event
director and owner of Paulina
Springs Books, was happy on
Friday night.
<It9s awesome to see how
special books are to people
and bring the community
together,= he said.
<I think this event is
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