What: Midnight at the Dragon Café author Judy Fong Bates will speak at Portland State for two engagements as part of the Everybody Reads 2007 event. At the evening event, Bates will speak on her life and work. The afternoon event, “Tales from a Chinese Canadian Childhood,” is a program for teens and adults.

The two lectures at Portland State are the only Everybody Read’s events with Judy Fong Bates. Bates is the author of Midnight at the Dragon Café, and China Dog: And Other Tales from a Chinese Laundry.

When: “Tales from a Chinese Canadian Childhood,” Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 11 a.m.
“An Evening with Judy Fong Bates,” Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 7 p.m.

Where: Smith Memorial Student Ballroom, room 355 (1825 SW Broadway).

Cost: All “Everybody Reads” events are free and open to the public.

Contact: For more information please contact Ann Marie Fallon at 503-725-9423.

Background: Everybody Reads 2007 is the fifth-annual community reading project of Multnomah County Library, made possible by The Library Foundation and numerous corporate and private sponsors. The goal of Everybody Reads is to get people reading and connecting with each other around a single book.

This is the second year Portland State University has partnered with the Multnomah County Library for the project. As part of the month-long event, PSU is sponsoring roundtable discussions and lectures with local and visiting scholars and authors, professor-lead discussion groups at local Portland coffee shops and a traveling exhibit. For information on events at PSU visit www.pdx.edu/news/12378/. Information on the professor-lead community discussions can be found at www.pdx.edu/news/12936/.

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