SEASIDE – The public is invited to the official opening of the new Seaside Library at 1131 Broadway Saturday.

Hosted by Mayor Don Larson, a ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. with remarks by the Oregon State Librarian Jim Scheppke, state Rep. Debbie Boone, Seaside Library Board Chairwoman Jan Clawson, Friends of the Library President Mary Peterson and Washington writer Jo Dereske. Events continue Sunday.

? Because of incorrect information supplied, donations listed in The Daily Astorian’s library tabloid, inserted in Wednesday’s editions, contained an error. A gift of $500 has been given by the Seaside Chamber Ambassadors.

CPR class plannedThe American Red Cross is offering an infant/child cardio-pulmonary resuscitation class from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Clatsop Service Center, located at 1054 Exchange St. The cost is $25.

For information, or to preregister, call (503) 325-4721.

Coast authors write on varied topics while others focus on coastal settings

In conjunction with the Seaside Library opening, Maria Koehmstedt from Beach Books in Seaside provided the following list of some North Coast authors, and stories with a coast angle, for readers to enjoy. It is not an exhaustive list – some notables may have been inadvertently omitted.

Adams, Robert

(Photographer, resident of Astoria)

West from the Columbia: Views from the River Mouth

Commercial Residential (2003).

Eden (1999).

Notes for Friends (1999).

Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews (1996).

West from the Columbia: Views from the River Mouth (1995).

What We Bought (1995).

Perfect Times, Perfect Places (1988).

Summer Nights (1985).

Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values (1981).

From the Missouri West: Photographs (1980).

Denver: a Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area (1977).

The New West (1974).

The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado (1974).

White Churches of the Plains (1970)

Alderman, P. J.

A Killing Tide. Dorchester Publishing, 2006. Romantic Suspense set in Astoria.

Andrews, Terry

Dance of the Jaguar. Victoria, B.C.: Tafford Publishing, 2006. Fiction

Berry, Don

(Historical novels set on the Oregon Coast and Coast Range)

Trask

Moontrap

To Build a Ship

Broderick, Jon

(Poet and editor, organizer of Fisher Poets)

Salt in Our Veins: Poems and Stories from the Astoria Fisher Poets Gathering (editor with Julie Brown)

Like Fish in the Freezer: Poems from the Astoria Fisher Poets Gathering (editor)

Brown, Julie

(Editor)

American Women Short Story Writers

Ethnicity and the American Short Story

Salt in Our Veins: Poems and Stories from the Astoria Fisher Poets Gathering (with Jon Broderick)

Rain Magazine

Brown, Tricia Gates

Frederick and the Flute Maker: A Haystack Rock Story. Ill. Sally Lackaff. Nehalem, Ore, Frederick and the Flute Maker, 2007. Children’s picture book with CD

Burgess, Michael

Letters to Uncle Mike. Cannon Beach: Saddle Mountain Press, 2000. Humor

Uncle Mikes Guide to The Real Oregon Coast. Cannon Beach: Saddle Mountain Press, 1997. Humor

Carlson, Adam

(Photographer, editor, resident of Cannon Beach)

Cannon Beach: The Art, Cuisine, History & Atmosphere of Oregon’s Favorite Coastal Village. Cannon Beach, Ore.: Oceanrider, 2005.

At the Water’s Edge: The Magic of Astoria, Seaside & Cannon Beach. Cannon Beach, Ore.: Oceanrider, Inc., 2008.

Cheney, Jeffery L., Craig J., & Jared L.

(Three brothers from Warrenton)

Dead Reckoning. Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, 2008. Science Fiction

Doumitt, Donald P.

(Former CCC Instructor and resident of rural Astoria/Svensen)

Conflict in Northern Ireland: the History, the Problem, and the Challenge. NY: P. Lang, 1985.

Voices of Ulster: A Cry from the Heart. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Pub Inc, 1999 (and another edition Huntington, NY: Kroshka Books, 2000).

Foushee, Sandra Claire

(Poet, Gearhart resident)

Poems published in the following magazines:

Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, West Wind Review, Seattle Review

Back to Essentials (Chapbook)

Patricia Guerin

(Astoria Resident)

West By Northwest. (editor)

Gilbaugh, Jim

(Gearhart resident)

Retirement RX. NY: Avery (Penguin Group USA), 2008. With Frederick T. Fraunfelder.

Men’s Private Parts: A Pocket Reference to Prostate, Urologic, and Sexual Health. Fireside Books, 2002.

Glen, Susan L.

Seaside, 1920-1950. (Images of America) San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.

Governor’s Island (Images of America) San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.

Jensen, Muriel

(North Coast resident)

Numerous Harlequin romances.

Kirkpatrick, Jane

Some of her books are set on the Long Beach Peninsula and Oregon.

Web site: http://www.jkbooks.com/

Kemper, Christopher J.

Clinging to Anonymity: A Collection of Creative Memories. NY: Dingo Lingo Books, 2006. (Humorous autobiographical stories.)

Knutson, Phyllis A.

Encounters with Small Creatures by the Sea. Tolovana Park, Ore.: Sea Haven Books, 2005. Poems and stories.

LaMear, Arline

(Astoria resident)

Lewis & Clark the Astoria Cats. Ill. Ben Goza. Astoria, Ore.: Lucky Cat Publishing, 2002. (Children’s Picture Book.)

Leedom, Karen L.

(Astoria resident)

Astoria: An Oregon History. Pittsburgh: The Local History Company, 2008.

Le Guin, Ursula K.

(Cannon Beach and Portland resident)

Numerous titles

“Searoad” appears based on Cannon Beach.

Masterson, Donald

(Editor, resident of Cannon Beach)

Cannon Beach: The Art, Cuisine, History & Atmosphere of Oregon’s Favorite Coastal Village. Cannon Beach, Ore.: Oceanrider, 2005.

At the Water’s Edge: The Magic of Astoria, Seaside & Cannon Beach. Cannon Beach, Ore.: Oceanrider Inc., 2008.

Mathers, Petra

(Astoria resident)

Wells, Rosemary. The Miraculous Tale of the Two Maries. Ill. Petra Mathers. NY: Viking, 2006. Children’s picture book.

Pelletier, Philip

(Astoria Resident)

One Night in Frog Town. Ill. Verne Lindner. One World Musical Books, 2007. Children’s Picture Book with CD.

Phillips, Anne Splane

(Astoria resident, Poet)

Haiku: Seasons and Salads. Calligraphy LaRee Johnson Bruton. Astoria, Ore.: ASP, Inc., 1998.

The Red Sea Parted But I Wasn’t Present: New and Selected Poems, and Story. Astoria, Ore.; Anne Splane Phillips, 2007.

Ricker, Kat

Something Familiar: Poems and Short Stories. Ill. Kate Ramunno-Finney. Newberg, Ore.: Trillium Press, 2006.

See, Paul

(Rural Gearhart resident, former CCC administrator and instructor)

Reflections of an Ornery Country Kid. West Linn, Ore.: Family Graphics Publications, 2007. Based on his column in the Seaside Signal from 1990-2003.

Shannon-Mangan, Ellen

(Astoria resident, former CCC instructor)

James Clarence Mangan: a Biography. Dublin, Ireland and Portland, Ore.: Oregon Irish Academic Press, 1996.

Memory’s Children: Poems. Astoria, Ore.: Wayfaring Tree Press, 1985.

Holzopfel, Rudi. Ask Silence Why: Selected Poems, 1961-1982. Dublin: Beaver Row Press, 1987. (Editor)

Mangan, James Clarence. The Collected Works of James Clarence Magnan. Prose, 1832-1882. Poems, 1818-1912. Selected Poems.

(Editor with Rudi Holzapfel, Jacques Chuto, Peter van de Kamp, Peter MacMahon.) Irish American Series.

Shortridge, Jenny

Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe. NY: New American Library, 2008.

Set partly on the Oregon Coast

Staton, Patricia

(Poet, Astoria resident)

Oregon Arts Commission Artist Fellowship 2007

Poems published in the following magazines: Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Pleiades,

“Walking After Dinner” 2005 Pushcart Prize.

Stevenson, Janet

Departure. NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1985.

Departure is on the Oregon Cultural Commission list “The 100 Oregon Books” in honor of the Oregon State Library’s Centennial.

The Undiminished Man: a Political Biography of Robert Walker Kenny. Navato, Calif.: Chandler & Sharp Publishers, 1980.

Woman Aboard. NY: Crown Publishing Group, 1969.

Weed, Ky Jennings

Seaside Through My Window. Portland, Ore.: Winchester Place Publishing, 2005.

Wubben, John and Patience

(Rural Astoria residents, John is retired CCC President, Patsy is an artist)

Women of the Sea. self published, 2008. Biographies of women who work on or in relation to the sea.

For more details, contact Beach Books at 37 North Edgewood (P.O. Box 71) Seaside, OR 97138 or call (503) 738-3500 or e-mail beachbooks37@gmail.com