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Pilot Butte 6 has given us FIVE PAIRS of tickets to The Girl Who Played with Fire, and we're giving those away to our customers. Stop by the store anytime before August 19 to enter to win a pair.

We're also giving away a complimentary Advance Reader Copy of Sara Gruen's upcoming book Ape House. Gruen's bestselling Water for Elephants was a huge hit with out customers. Now you can be one of the first people to read her new book! Enter at the store any time before August 22.

Finally, Suzanne Collins's Mockingjay is released on August 24. This is the third installment in her hugely successful Hunger Games series. Call or stop by the store to pre-order your copy. And if you're interested in a midnight release for the book just let us know ... if enough people show interest we might have a party.

Tonight at 6:00 p.m. ... Discover Oregon!

Oregon offers wilderness and wine country, quirky cultural scenes, the heritage of many Native American peoples, and the Oregon Trail. Explore lodgings for all budgets, dining options, and attractions old and new with OREGON: AN EXPLORER'S GUIDE. Author Denise Fainberg will join us to discuss some of the areas you may want to discover for yourself this summer.

As always, this is a FREE event, so don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about this great state in which so many of us live.

Friday, April 30, at Camalli: A Love Story with a Twist of Autism

Join us Friday, April 30, when author Eileen Garvin visits Camalli Book Company at 6:30 p.m. to discuss her her new memoir, How to be a Sister: A Love Story with a Twist of Autism.

Eileen Garvin's older sister, Margaret, was diagnosed with severe autism at age three. Growing up alongside Margaret wasn't easy: Eileen often found herself in situations that were simultaneously awkward, hilarious, and heartbreaking. For example, losing a blue plastic hairbrush could leave Margaret inconsolable for hours, and a quiet Sunday Mass might provoke an outburst of laughter, swearing, or dancing.

How to be a Sister begins when Eileen, after several years in New Mexico, has just moved back to the Pacific Northwest, where she grew up. Being 1,600 miles away had allowed Eileen to avoid the question that has dogged her since birth: What is she going to do about Margaret? Now, Eileen must grapple with this question once again as she tentatively tries to reconnect with Margaret. How can she have a relationship with someone who can't drive, send email, or telephone? What role will Eileen play in Margaret's life as their parents age, and after they die? Will she remain in Margaret's life, or walk away?

A deeply felt, impeccably written memoir, How to be a Sister will speak to siblings, parents, friends, and teachers of people with autism — and to anyone who sometimes struggles to connect with someone difficult or different.

Author Eileen Garvin was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. The youngest of five children, she has always been close to her sister Margaret. She completed her B.A. in English at Seattle University, and her M.A. in English at the University of New Mexico. She writes for newspapers, magazines, and Web sites from Hood River, Oregon, where she lives with her husband.

Join us Wednesday, 4/28, 5:00 - 7:00

Join us tonight, April 28, as we get ready to celebrate National Poem in Your Pocket Day. Come by the store between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. and we'll help you create an illustrated poem. The poem can be an original of yours, or it can be copied from one of the many book we have on hand. Put your poem to paper, get some tips on illustrating it from zine artist Rachel Lee-Carman, and then we'll make a photo copy for you. The idea: on April 29 you'll have a poem to put in a pocket!

National Poem in Your Pocket Day has been celebrated each year since 2002.

Three Writers Rock Camalli Book Co. Thursday Night!

Come out to listen to Will Akin, Suzanne Burns and Tony Topoleski WOW the audience with their mad writing skills this Thursday (April 22) at 7:00 p.m.

Suzanne will be reading from her newly released poetry chapbook, The Widow, in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Tony will read the kind of poems that make Auden just a tad bit jealous.

Will will be reading hybrid prose. If you don't know what that means, then you have to come listen. It is beautiful.

And Camalli will provide complimentary refreshments ... and there's even talk of Suzanne baking cupcakes! Literature and cupcakes? Who can pass this up?

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Tuesday Night, 3/23, at Camalli ...

Tuesday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m., author Dianne Crampton discusses her new book, TIGERS AMONG US: WINNING BUSINESS TEAM CULTURES AND WHY THEY THRIVE. Crampton takes complex business team culture theories and makes them simple and easy to implement ... from how companies like Zappos.com and Dos Gringos thrive even in down economies to how you can improve your team's performance and inspire them to treat your company with care and commitment.

Dianne Crampton is one of North America’s leading experts on corporate team culture and is a sought-after executive leadership coach, business consultant, speaker and author.

Crampton is the founder and president of TIGERS Success Series, Inc., a trademarked team culture process that stands for Trust, Interdependence, Genuineness, Empathy, Risk and Success. In her many years of comprehensive research, Crampton discovered that these six values are necessary for building ethical, quality-focused, productive, motivated and enthusiastic groups of people.