BREMERTON — Liberty Bay Books opened a Bremerton store for the holiday months of November and December.
The location: 409 Pacific Ave., near Hot Java and the Admiral Theater.
Currently, Bremerton, population 40,000, has no new bookstore. “We will be staffing our small indie bookstore from our Poulsbo location with new books — best sellers, regional authors, favorite children’s titles, sidelines, cards, games, and more,” owner Suzanne Droppert reported.
“We plan to bring our fun, knowledgeable staff … We plan to be open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, to start.”
The Bremerton store opened on Halloween, with staff in costume handing out candy to a new community of readers.
In Poulsbo, Liberty Bay Books (www.libertybaybooks.com) is located at 18881 D Front St., in downtown.
Chessman, Hylen, Hotchkiss read at Poulsbohemian
POULSBO — Poets Sue Hylen, Alan Chessman and Kris Hotchkiss will read beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at the monthly Poetry Reading at Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, 19003 Front St. NE.
Hylen’s poems have appeared in Stone Country, Arnazella, Ferry Tales, Exhibition Magazine, and on Seattle Metro buses, in Poetry Corners, in Ars Poetica, and elsewhere.
Chessman is a former mental health therapist and retired builder/remodeler who started writing poetry a few years ago after he retired.
Hotchkiss’s work has been published in Exhibition, Poetry Corners, Island Portrait, and Ars Poetica.
Kitsap Publishing presents writing workshops
POULSBO — Dave Richards, a Kitsap Publishing author, and editor Jennifer Hager will lead a writing and publishing workshop entitled, “Working with an Editor: Taking Your Book to the Next Level,” at Kitsap Regional Library branches.
Richards and Hager will discuss tips on the process of working with an editor: What makes for a good author/editor fit? What should authors have in mind while vetting a potential editor? What are editors looking for from an inquiring author?
The workshops are scheduled for 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Poulsbo Library; and 5 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Port Orchard Library.
