The Olympic Peninsula Authors group next week hosts the first of four autumn events that highlight 30 local authors.
The group holds a launch party for the publication of their second anthology, “In the Words of Olympic Peninsula Authors, Volume II” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
The free event is open to the public.
Edited by Heidi Hansen and Linda B. Myers, the 300-plus-page book includes short stories, prose and poems by local authors who are awarding-winning, published, and/or newly recognized for their talent. All selections in the book involve life on the Olympic Peninsula in one way or another.
The anthology will be available for purchase at $20, tax included.
Attendees can ask questions of all the authors and have their books signed. Beverages may be purchased; light refreshments will be served.
Following the book launch, three author readings from “In the Words of Olympic Peninsula Authors, Volume II” are scheduled:
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, One of a Kind Gallery, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Port Angeles
Featuring: Jan Thatcher Adams, Joan Enoch, Ruth Geiger, Judith A. Lindberg, Eva McGinnis, Linda B. Myers, Marilyn J. Nelsen, Elizabeth K. Pratt, Lily Todd.
• 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Featuring: Craig Andrews, Bonnie Dickmann, Judith R. Duncan, Nancy Fowler, Leonard Knapp, Melee McGuire, Michael Medler, Kimberly Minard, Vykki Morrison, Charlie Sheldon.
• 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Featuring: Gordon Anderson, John Victor Anderson, Jack Barnes, Heidi Hansen, Dianne L. Knox, Kirsti Lee, Marlene Lewis, Mary Ann Miller, Helena Paneyko.
For more information, email to Olympic PeninsulaAuthors@gmail.com.
