Author Event: March 1, 2019 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on March 1, 2019 from 11am to 3pm for Vietnam Combat Medic by Ron Donahey.
The 1940s and 50s birthed many new things – including Ron Donahey, a boy raised in a family not quite poor and not quite middle-class. He and his sister were loved and protected by their parents and their tight-knit extended family, and grew to love God with the help of their mother and the church they attended every week.
So when the time came to register for the draft, 20-year-old Ron was already determined to never take a life. Yet, being a soldier was something he looked forward to. The was only one choice he could make: become a combat medic and ship out to Vietnam.
Vietnam Combat Medic is the true story of one conscientious objector’s journey through the central highlands, everything that brought him to that point, and how it changed his life forever.
Author Event: Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Alden & Wanda Thompson.
In Reflections on Scripture, Dandelions, and Sparrows, Wanda Thompson brings the power of photography, art, and poetry to our experience of Scripture, and through it, the God of Scripture.
In Inspiration Combining history, Scripture, and an understanding of human nature, Dr. Thompson takes on the difficult questions regarding the Bible and inspiration. He goes beyond the question of whether you can trust the Bible to ask whether you can trust yourself as you study.
Author Event: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for Loved So Much It Hurts by Rebecca Olmstead.
When Rebecca Olmstead began to ask God for more of Him, the last place she expected to find herself was Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. But answers to prayer rarely look like we expect them to.
Bedridden and helpless, Rebecca had no choice but to give God her undivided attention. Through surgeries, miracles, excruciating pain, and terrifying withdrawals, God began to reveal Himself to Rebecca, teaching her about His sovereignty, love, and grace. He would teach her how to truly trust Him and hear His voice, through dreams and the Holy Spirit. Most importantly, He would show Rebecca that He had a plan for her life, far beyond what she ever could have imagined – if she would only trust and obey.
If you’ve ever doubted God’s love, or wondered if there could possibly be a purpose for your suffering, this book is for you. This is a testimony of God’s transforming love. What He did for Rebecca, He will do for you!
Author Event: Dec. 8, 2018 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Dec. 8, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for author Joe Just featuring The Immigrante & Passover A.D 33.
Joe Just, a hobby fisherman, writer and native of the New York Finger Lakes region who resides in Washington State with his wife, Virginia, has completed his book “The Immigrante”: an engagingly fictionalized biographical novel that draws a vivid portrait of proud new Americans and the eagerness with which they volunteered to serve their country.
Author Event: Nov. 24, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Join us on November 24, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Searing Inspiration by Susan Volland.
Sear, deglaze, enhance, and serve: flavorful dinners can be that simple. In her unique, approachable style, Susan Volland first explains how to skillfully wield a hot skillet to sear entrées, then shows how a sauce can be made quickly in that same hot pan.
In more than 60 enticing recipes for seafood, poultry, meats, vegetables, tofu, and eggs, Volland invites home cooks to adapt her recipes for taste, diet, and ingredient availability. Searing Inspiration gives cooks the confidence to invent their own dishes, reintroducing a classic technique to modern tastes and kitchens.
Author Event: Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for author Kate Frey signing her books Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden and The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard That Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversit.
Gardening doesn’t have to be difficult, and Kate Frey—expert gardener and designer—makes it easier than ever with her new book, Ground Rules. Frey distills the vital lessons gardening into 100 simple rules that will yield a gorgeous, healthy, and thriving home garden. Discover tips on garden design, care and maintenance, healthy soil, and the best ways to water. You’ll also learn how to create a garden that encourages birds and butterflies, how to choose healthy plants at the garden center, how and when to re-pot a container, and much more. With bite-size chunks of expert information and inspiring photographs, Ground Rules is your new go-to resource.
Author Event: Saturday, Nov. 3 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Beneath Pearl Harbor with Naomi Blinick.
Experience USS Arizona as never before in this collection of images and essays that bring the fallen World War II battleship to life. Explore the submerged ship, its artifacts and history underwater with individuals who have a tangible and passionate connection to the ship—National Park Service divers.
Naomi Blinick is an underwater photographer, marine biologist, NPS diver, and former
member of the dive team at the USS Arizona Memorial. She produced the original version of
Beneath Pearl Harbor: USS Arizona with underwater photographer Brett Seymour of the NPS
Submerged Resources Center. After seeing the book's popularity with younger audiences, she
was motivated to make a version for them. She hopes readers enjoy discovering what lies
beneath Pearl Harbor and become enthusiasts and stewards for all national park sites in the
United States.
Author Event: Women Writing the West
Author Event: Women Writing the West
Location: Marcus Whitman Hotel
Friday & Saturday, October 26 & 27, 2018
Author Event: Wed. Oct. 24, 2018 at 7pm
Please join us at the Walla Walla Public Library on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 7pm for Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Kirkpatrick.
Ten years after writing a memoir about her life travelling throughout the American West with her railroad promoter and writer husband, Carrie Strahorn reflects on the truths of her pioneering life that she didn't tell.
Author Event: Sat. Oct 20, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday Oct. 20, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Grizzly Boy by Barbara Davis - Pyles.
A delightful and engaging picture book, Grizzly Boy, will have little grizzlies everywhere asking for repeat readings . One day Theo wakes up and decides he’s a grizzly bear. He leaps out of bed, practices his growl and his roar, and scratches his bottom on the bedpost. But being a grizzly boy isn’t easy if you still have to go to school. After a challenging day at school, Theo learns you can follow the rules and still enjoy being wild and free!
Author Event: Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11am to 3pm for author signing of The Stranger.
Come hear about the story the shook Spokane, WA. The serial killer that appeared on America’s Most Wanted, featured as America’s Deadliest Serial Killer 1996-1998. The story has now been published by Laurie Lewis Whitney.
Also, Dogs & Roses by Rosalyn Kahn
Dogs and Roses is an inspirational book to savor when you need to escape the rush of the outside world. Dogs and roses offer sanctuary from hurried days filled with stress and agitation. To look at a dog puts a smile on your face. Roses are beautiful, never cause harm, and make us truly happy. Dogs and roses reflect the beauty of life for Rosalyn. She shares this beauty through her book Dogs and Roses: How to Reduce Stress in Today’s Troubled Times.
Author Event: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 for 11am to 1pm
Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 for 11am to 1pm for Lost Restaurants of Walla Walla by Catie McIntyre.
Cocktails to Carhops
Dining in Walla Walla blossomed from an influx of
mining transplants in the late 1800s. Within decades, a
roadhouse called the Oasis boasted a seventy-two-ounce
slab of beef, and the old Pastime Café opened at 5:30 a.m.
with white toast and whiskey for breakfast.
In the early 1950s, Ysidro Berrones opened one of the
valley’s first Mexican restaurants, the El Sombrero
Tortilla Factory and Café. Owner of Denney’s Hi-Spot for
two decades, Joe Denney also satisfied locals with his
morning crooning to piano on KTEL.
Native and local wine writer Catie McIntyre Walker
celebrates this rich heritage with decades of departed,
beloved establishments and the people behind them.
Author Event: Saturday, August 11th, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
Author Event:
Jackson E. Graham—Sword and Scion 02
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
11:00 am—2:00 pm
WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU PAY TO KNOW YOUR ENEMIES?
"A storm is coming, and it will not be long before it claims you also."
Four years have passed since the fall of Skreon, the Murderer. Now with Gwyndel nearing the end of her Stewardship and the rebuilding of Castle Asdale, Eyoes comes closer to establishing the peace and prosperity of the home he loves. When an urgent letter beckons them to Rehillon, however, Eyoes and Gwyndel find themselves pulled into a treacherous fight with no clear sides. The identity of their enemy repeatedly eludes them, and lethal blows continue to wreak disaster. Allying with friends old and new, they embark on a new type of quest –where the enemy may be in their very midst.
Can discernment prevail? Or will deception be their downfall?
Author Event: Saturday, July 28, from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, July 28, from 11am to 3pm for author T.J. Tranchell.
T.J. Tranchell is the author of the novel Cry Down Dark and the collection Asleep in the Nightmare Room, both from Blysster Press. He holds a Master of Arts in Literature from Central Washington University and attended the Borderlands Press Writers Bootcamp in 2017. Tranchell is a member of the Horror Writers Association, a panelist and interviewer at Crypticon Seattle, and currently an editorial intern with Blood Bound Books. He lives in Walla Walla with his wife and son.
In Cry Down Dark, Tranchell follows Peter Toombs, a TV writer who buys the childhood home of his high school sweetheart after she dies. Peter believes that if he lives there, she will haunt him. In Asleep in the Nightmare Room, Tranchell takes readers through a number of short stories, poems, and one strange trip through Las Vegas, each meant to keep you up at night and afraid of impending nightmares. Join him, if you dare.
Author Event: Saturday, June 30th from 11am to 2pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 30th from 11am to 2pm for City Limits by Nathan Everett.
Gee Evars stumbles into Rosebud Falls, exhausted and dehydrated, but snaps into action to save a drowning toddler. Injured, Gee is taken to the hospital, where he discovers he has lost his memory and his wallet. His identity uncertain, Gee sets about making Rosebud Falls his home.
He becomes a local hero, falling for investigative reporter Karen Weisman, who continues to search for his identity as he seems always to be where he is needed just now. While walking through the mystical forest—the town’s centerpiece and primary economic resource—he eats one of the poisonous nuts and falls into a hallucinatory trance. When he awakens, he discovers what it means to be both the City’s Champion and Defender of the Forest.
Author Event: Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 11am to 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for Caladrius Dreams by Erin Ann McCarter.
Caladrius Dreams is the story of Calli, a young girl whose life is forever altered after a chance meeting with the King’s Guard, Master Arcturus Sheridan.
As Calli struggles to make sense of the world that has opened up around her, she must learn quickly the implications of her new role and place in society.
On top of it all is the dreams. What are they, and where do they come from? Mysterious and foreboding, Calli feels driven to discovering their source — lest she lose her clutch on reality altogether.
Taking subtle hints from literature such as Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, and the works of William Shakespeare, Caladrius Dreams is a story of poverty, power struggles between the classes, nobility, adventure, self-discovery, friendship, and magic.
Author Event: Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 1pm - 3pm
Please join us on Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 1pm - 3pm for author signing of Bad Call by Stephen Wallenfels
BAD CALL is a YA adventure survival thriller set in Yosemite National Park.
Stephen Wallenfels lives in Washington state with his wife. His day job is the creative director and IT manager at a large health club. Stephen has lived in igloos, lean-to's, slept under bushes and in trees. His passions are family, hiking, cooking, reading, movies, climate change, and especially writing.
Author Event: Friday, June 15, 2018 from 11am - 3pm
Please join us for author signing of The End by M. Rose Flores on Friday, June 15, 2018 from 11am - 3pm.
M. Rose Flores has enjoyed writing since she learned how to string letters together. She grew up in the vast green Pacific Northwest of the United States, which with its dense forests, four seasons, and proximity to the ocean made a perfect setting for The End. When she isn’t writing on her computer or in a notebook (though scraps of paper and the palm of her hand will do in a pinch), she works as a professional dog trainer and loves every part of it, even the copious amounts of drool. She believes everyone should be represented in literature and all other media. The End is her first novel.
Author Event: Friday, June 8, 2018 from 11am to 2pm
YOU’VE HEARD IT BEFORE:
A healthful diet rich in plant-based foods can prolong your life.
But how much could you really extend your time?
The Adventist enclave in Loma Linda, California, is America’s only “Blue Zone”
one of five regions on Earth where people live measurably longer―about 10
years more―than average, as identified by National Geographic–funded re-search. This Blue Zone status is thanks largely to the foods Loma Linda resi-dents and Adventists choose eat―and the foods they choose not to eat.
Loma Linda was established in 1905 by the Adventist founder and prophet
Ellen G. White. Her great-great-grandson, John Howard Weeks, still lives there.
He knows firsthand what it’s like to fall into the rut of unhealthy habits―and to
relearn how to live and eat in a healthy way. Through the teachings of his family,
Weeks was able to conquer his temptations and embrace a healthy way of living.
He’ll show you how to do the same, no matter what your personal battle looks like.
In The Healthiest People on Earth, Weeks shares the secrets of how anyone,
anywhere, can create a “Blue Zone” of their own and live a longer, healthier life.
A lively read full of exclusive family stories, gainful tips and tricks, happy home
remedies, and plant-based recipes, this book will be your first step on the jour-ney to a longer, healthier, more fulfilling life.
This is not a book about religion―it is about health and happiness. It is pos -sible to be healthy in body, mind, and spirit. Start by eating like the healthiest
people on Earth.
JOHN HOWARD WEEKS is a career journalist and
longtime columnist for Southern California’s largest
newspaper group. He is author, co-author, or editor of
six previous books (Mojave Desert, Inland Empire, San
Bernardino Bicentennial, Choice Words , Dream Weav-ers, and Window Beyond the World). He has degrees in
English literature from the University of California
at Riverside and Birmingham University in England.
Except for one year in Europe, he has lived for more
than 50 years in or near Loma Linda, California, the
health-minded community established in 1905 by his great-great-grandmother,
Ellen G. White, founder and prophet of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.