Beach Books hosts a new author every month with Lunch in the Loft. Learn about a new book while enjoying a catered lunch and receive a signed copy of the book being discussed. Be sure to RSVP at (503) 738-3500. November Lunch in the Loft Features You Go Girls Sixteen years ago, Marcia decided couplesFind OUT MORE

Come enjoy Lunch in the Loft with Lori Tobias at Beach Books. Lori is a former Oregonian journalist who has written her first novel. Wander is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving Alaskan winter, and deals with love and heart-wrenching loss. Cost of $25 includes catered lunch and signed copy of Wander. Please RSVPFind OUT MORE

A Reading with Pete Fromm at Beach Books. Pete is a record-setting five time Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Literary Award winner. Come hear readings from his new book, The Name of the Stars. You don't want to miss the chance to hear Pete talk about the wilderness, writing and life. He's a delightful speaker. CostFind OUT MORE

Come enjoy Lunch in the Loft with Laurie Frankel at Beach Books. Laurie writes novels (reads novels, teaches other people to write novels, raises a small person who reads and would like someday to write novels) in Seattle, Washington. Hear Laurie discuss her new book This Is How It Always Is, a novel about revelations,Find OUT MORE

Stroll in to Beach Books and listen to Paulann Petersen, Oregon's poet laureat from 2010-2014, read poetry. Paulann is a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University whose poems have appeared in many publications including Poetry, The New Republic, Prairie Schooner, and Wilderness Magazine.

Former Oregonian staff writer, Lori Tobias will join Beach Books for Lunch in the Loft. Her first novel, Wander, has just been named a finalist in the International Book Award Best New Fiction category. Wander is a tale about love, loss and betrayal set in the frigid wild of Alaska, where a young news reporterFind OUT MORE

Join Beach Books as they welcome local author Shannon Symonds to discuss her novel Safe House. Shannon works as an advocate serving domestic and sexual assault survivors and has responded with law enforcement and hospitals for over 14 years. Shannon's book is based on that experience. In a small coastal town, Amber and Kelly knowFind OUT MORE

Come enjoy Lunch in the Loft with Tabitha Blankenbiller, author of Eats of Eden at Beach Books. Eats of Eden is a trip into the memory, into the stomach, and into the heart of every woman. These essays of tasty bites, writing, coming-of-age, family, sex, self-esteem—and above all, overcoming personal odds to live your bestFind OUT MORE

Beach Books will host Lunch in the Loft with Rene Denfeld, author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted. Rene’s literary thriller, The Child Finder, explores themes of survival, resiliency and redemption. It has received much acclaim, including a starred Library Journal review, major press, and an Indie Next pick. Landing as the #1 fictionFind OUT MORE

Beach Books will host Lunch in the Loft with Deborah Reed, author of The Days When Birds Come Back. Deborah now lives on the North Coast and this book is set here as well. "Reed's painterly descriptions of the Oregon Coast are so vivid and real, so beautiful and lyrical that her writing is moreFind OUT MORE