Our December guest was Miles Inada. Miles is a Professor of Art of SOU. He teaches courses in 2D and 3D animation, comics and picture books, and digital design at Southern Oregon University. His animated work has won awards at the Atlanta Film Festival, Riverrun International Film Festival, Berkeley Video Festival, Rochester International Film Festival, and Film Fest New Haven, and has been seen at the film festivals in Tribeca, San Francisco and Basel Switzerland, among other venues.
Literary Ashland with Amy Blossom and Kristin Anderson
Our November guest were librarians Amy Blossom, former Ashland branch manager and Kristin Anderson, current manager for the Ashland, Talent and Phoenix branches. Both were in the studio to speak about the upcoming Local Author Fair on Sunday, December 8 from 12pm to 3pm. It promises to be an exciting event with author presentations all afternoon, as well as an opportunity to get a jump on your holiday shopping by supporting local authors.
Literary Ashland with Sonya Daw
Our special guest for October was Sonya Daw. Sonya a Science Writer and Editor at National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division for the Klamath, Greater Yellowstone, and Rocky Mountain Networks. As part of her job, she edits scientific reports produced by National Park Service scientists. She also creates pamphlets and other informational shorts for the general public. She’s based in Ashland although her work covers all three networks.
Literary Ashland with Phil Busse
Our September 2019 guest was Phil Busse, author of Southern Oregon Beer: A Pioneering History. Phil an Oregon writer and publisher. Raised in Wisconsin, he graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont, and began as career as a journalist with the San Francisco Weekly. He has written for the Eugene Weekly and helped start the Portland Mercury, where he was managing editor. Busse is the executive director for the Media Institute for Social Change and is the publisher and editor for the Rogue Valley Messenger, which provides news, entertainment and reviews to southern Oregon. Southern Oregon Beer is is first book.
In Memoriam – Tim Wohlforth (1933-2019)
I first met Tim around 7pm on Friday, June 20, 2008, at the Bookwagon bookstore on Ashland Street. I can pinpoint the moment so precisely because Maureen Flannigan Batistella and the Ashland Mystery Reading group organized author readings there and the guest author that day was John Straley, one of my favorite mystery authors at the time.
After the author reading and Q&A were done, and I got to meet John Straley, I asked Maureen about the mystery writing group about which I’d heard rumors. She introduced me to Tim. I asked him if there was a possibility of joining the group. He said, “What have you written?”
