Two Plum Press will be tabling at the Fall Book Fair at Finnriver Farm & Cidery in Chimacum, WA on November 9th, invited by the incredible Winter Texts publisher/bookshop located on the top floor of Aldrich’s in Port Townsend. It will be our first time tabling in Washington since 2022. Even that was as one part of Antiquated Future’s table at ShortRun, which since became a comics-only festival, no longer open to literary small presses. And that was the first time since 2019! So, if you think about it, Sunday November 9th will be the second time in 6 whole years that the fine people of Washington State will have had the opportunity to shop a table full of Two Plum Press books – something we used to two or three times a year! We are very excited to return and to participate in this very cozy and lovely event.
Andrew Barton will present excerpts and stories from ‘FREE FOOD’ at his favorite hometown bookstore, Tsunami Books on an early evening in October. There will be a giant free food salad with ample tahini sauce and kelp sprinkles and some long loaf whole wheat breads to snack on!
A few days ahead of Andrew’s Eugene book launch for ‘FREE FOOD,’ the Eugene Weekly published an interview / profile piece about the book titled ‘Free Food’ and Eugene’s Hippie Cuisine, written by U of O journalism student Miranda Davis-Powell.
Two Plum reader Alexandra Garcia put together this sweet lil book about the Washington State grain scene, celebrating growers and millers and bakers all across the region. The book is a collection of interviews with useful production schedule lists (i.e. “Saturdays: Scandinavian Rye”), essays, and recipes celebrating all things grain in Washington State. 100% of proceeds will be donated to the WSU Breadlab, an organization whose funding was recently compromised. WSU Breadlab is hosting a Buckwheat Festival on August 5th, and the book will debut there – eventually being sold in our bookshop as well.
Matthew Trueherz wrote a super deep-dive piece about ‘FREE FOOD’ for the esteemed Portland Monthly.