Category Archives: Literary Events in Southern Oregon

April Smith knows crime….

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Ed Battistella

She studied FBI culture and techniques and has even trained with the FBI to learn what it’s like to deliver an arrest warrant or be in a hostage situation. She’s also an Emmy-nominated screen writer who wrote the ground-breaking series … Continue reading →

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Tim Maleeny on Jump

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Here is a clip from my Ashland Mystery interview with author Tim Maleeny from May 2010. Among other things, we were talking about his book Jump, which the Boston Globe described this way: “If you threw in the air the … Continue reading →

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This week in Ashland: Paulann Petersen and Simon Wood

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Last Thursday, Oregon’s Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen visited Ashland during her southern swing. She read from her recent book Voluptuary and talked about the inspiration she’s gotten from Walt Whitman and Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet (check out Hannah Darling’s interview … Continue reading →

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Indigo Ink

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Last weekend the staff of Indigo Editing and Publications visited Ashland for their staff retreat. Over coffee at Starbucks , Maureen and I learned a little about their company. Named after the ink, not the musicians, Indigo was founded five … Continue reading →

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