Unique Ink

20/09/2016

We are so excited to have our books at Reading Frenzy in North Portland! Find Where the Roses Smell the Best in stock this week!

http://www.readingfrenzy.com/

Bookstore and Gallery in Portland, Oregon since 1994.

11/07/2016

Reading: not just for rule-followers. Teacher & writing blogger Pernille Ripp challenges 6 reading "rules" often placed on kids that no adult book-lovers would ever follow.

https://pernillesripp.com/2016/06/21/the-reading-rules-we-would-never-follow-as-adult-readers/

Choice. The number one thing all the students I have polled through the years want the most when it comes to reading. No matter how I phrase the...

06/07/2016

YA books featuring awesome libraries, you say?? Sign us up! Book Riot has a short-list today for your perusal:

http://bookriot.com/2016/07/06/3-ya-theme-great-library/

This week's 3 on a YA theme is sponsored by Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine on sale now—click for an excerpt!Jess Brightwell has survived his...

28/06/2016

"I started shooting for getting 100 rejections per year. It’s harder than it sounds, but also more gratifying." Great article from Lit Hub on the merits & benefits of setting rejection goals for your writing.

http://ow.ly/DZRB301J80N

Last year, I got rejected 43 times by literary magazines, residencies, and fellowships—my best record since I started shooting for getting...

27/06/2016

Portland is super fortunate to have independent booksellers like the illustrious Broadway Books on the scene, supporting local authors AND local publishers - even the plucky, upstart underdogs like ourselves. They've got ROSES in stock now!

24/06/2016

Exciting news! Visitors to the darling neighborhood of Mississippi Ave. can now find WHERE THE ROSES SMELL THE BEST in stock at Land Gallery, your one-stop gallery and gift shop in NE Portland. Check it out!

http://landpdx.com/

23/06/2016

Post-Pride weekend summer reads for teens and lovers

http://ow.ly/bMv3301sGcD

This post originally ran October 27, 2014.We’re long past the days when Artie, b-list character in Judy Blume’s Forever, had a plot involving...

22/06/2016

Uniting writers & authors, building literary communities. Unique Ink is all about that! Cool article from LitHub: http://ow.ly/UnY7301sFKU

A few weeks ago, Milkweed Editions, long established as a literary press, announced it would open an independent bookstore in Minneapolis. Not long...

21/06/2016

Restocked our friends & supporters at Tender Loving Empire with extra copies of our literary guide to Portland and discovered that it's featured in some super cute Portlandy displays. Awww!

20/06/2016

Happy Summer, Portland! There's really nothing like the City of Roses on a sunny summer day

10/06/2016

Fostering and supporting high school students pursuing skills in the writing, publishing, and communications industries is one of Unique Ink's most critical mission components. We love to see opportunities for high schoolers and young creatives to publish their work!

Rookie Mag's looking for submissions on the theme of ADVENTURE in June! Scope it! http://www.rookiemag.com/submit/

Call for submissions! Here’s what we’d love to see from you, Rookies! (And continue to check back in throughout the month, as we’ll keep adding to...

08/06/2016

Summer's coming, Roosevelt High! The has all kinds of cool classes on the calendar to keep your skills fresh! Hello, Comix Class for Kids!

http://www.iprc.org/events/2016-06/

Find Events Event Views Navigation View As Events In Search Near Events for June 2016 Calendar Month Navigation « May July » Monday Tuesday...

08/06/2016

Fantastic news! Just in time for a summer of reading, too. Thank you, Mult. Co. Library!

With Summer Reading just around the corner, Multnomah County Library is removing late fines for all youth library materials and on youth accounts (ages 0-17), effective June 15.

07/06/2016

We had a full weekend at St.John's Market & Rose Festival! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat with our students about writing & publishing!

05/06/2016

We're tabling at the Portland Rose Festival CityFair today at Waterfront Park! Come say hi at the Community Booth (next door to the Jim Neill Museum tent) and stop by the KidZone at 7:30 to hear RHS students reading from their work!

04/06/2016

Leave room in your produce basket for a book! We're at the St. John's Farmer's Market today - stop by and chat with RHS student publishers about their work!

http://www.stjohnsmainstreet.org/farmers_market

The St Johns/Lombard Plan, adopted by Portland City Council in June 2004, identified a need for a farmers market in the St Johns town center as...

03/06/2016

This year's Rose Festival is all about books, reading, and funding literacy and we're almost too excited for words (almost)! RHS students will be representing Unique Ink and the incredible student publishing work that we do - stop by the community booth on Sunday afternoon and say hi!

http://www.rosefestival.org/waterfront/city-fair

Enjoy Entertainment, Food and Rides on the Waterfront It’s Excessive Celebration for everyone as the Rose Festival’s waterfront activities kick off...

02/06/2016

Petrichor, coffee, and the smell of roses = morning in Portland, Oregon. Sigh!

"Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrᵻkɔər/): the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil"

01/06/2016

June 1st arrived so quickly! What are your summer reading goals for 2016?

28/05/2016

Our Roosevelt High School students will be tabling at the St. John's Farmers Market next Saturday, 6/4! Books! Community! Education! Portland! All of the best things! Put it on your calendar and come say hi.

http://www.stjohnsmainstreet.org/farmers_market

The St Johns/Lombard Plan, adopted by Portland City Council in June 2004, identified a need for a farmers market in the St Johns town center as...

26/05/2016

Are you a book nerd visiting Portland for Memorial Day weekend? Do you perhaps have a very literary friend or loved one coming to visit our notoriously bookish town? We've got just the guidebook they need...

http://uniqueink.org/our-books/where-the-roses-smell-the-best/

"Where The Roses Smell The Best" is Unique Ink's very first publication, already in stores such as Powells and Annie Bloom's.

10/05/2016

Exciting news! Unique Ink will be reading and tabling this year at the 2016 Portland Rose Festival at Waterfront Park! Couldn't think of a better and more appropriate way to celebrate Portland, showcase our students' incredible hard work, and kick off a summer in PDX!

http://www.rosefestival.org/

09/05/2016

Looking for a place to submit your writing? The Affinity Mag is a journal on politics and social justice by teens, for teens. Check 'em out, RHS! Here's what they're looking for:

http://www.affinitymagazine.us/write-for-us/

04/05/2016

Honestly, w/ a cover as beautiful as this, WHERE THE ROSES SMELL THE BEST is a must-have even for Portland locals.

28/04/2016

Every visitor to Portland knows to stop at Voodoo Doughnuts, take a photo with the Stag Building sign, and make a trek to Washington Park for that classic Mt. Hood skyline city view. Our guidebook to Portland takes them on a unique trip through Portland, lead by the poets and writers who live here.

http://uniqueink.org/our-books/where-the-roses-smell-the-best/

"Where The Roses Smell The Best" is Unique Ink's very first publication, already in stores such as Powells and Annie Bloom's.

27/04/2016

INVASION OF THE HEADSCRATCHERS is our college application survival guide, and a must-have for high school sophomores and juniors looking ahead to the college application process. Get the honest low down on essays, scholarships, and everything else from your peers who have been there.

http://uniqueink.org/our-books/invasion-of-the-headscratchers/

"Where The Roses Smell The Best" is Unique Ink's very first publication, already in stores such as Powells and Annie Bloom's.

26/04/2016

Interested in carrying WHERE THE ROSES SMELL THE BEST: A LITERARY COMPANION TO PORTLAND at your bookstore, boutique, gift shop, or hotel? Unique Ink offers consignment options and bulk order discounts. Get in touch at uniqueinkpdx (at) gmail for details!

25/04/2016

"The lack of short story awards from the major literary prizes is unique to the literary world bubble." - Electric Lit weighs in on the lack of award recognition for short fiction in the literary world. Unique Ink loves short stories! What do you think?

http://electricliterature.com/should-literary-awards-do-more-to-recognize-short-stories/?platform=hootsuite

I sometimes hear that the literary world is too focused on short stories. We venerate obscure story authors the public doesn’t read, and our MFAs...

20/04/2016

It's amazing what one little book can do. This one - along with all Unique Ink titles - benefits the Roosevelt High Writing Center and our high school publishers. Would you like to see our literary guide to Portland in your neighborhood bookstore or gift shop? Tag them in this post!

19/04/2016

Looking for volunteer hours, a way to support your local library, or the best access to the Friends of the Multnomah County Library Spring Used Book Sale? How about all of the above? This event depends on local volunteers - lets make it happen!

http://ow.ly/4mPTTO

1. You're supporting your library! Friends of the Library supports library programming by raising money at our annual used book sales. 2. It feels...

18/04/2016

"I tell my story to create my own happy endings." - Renee Mitchell, WHERE THE ROSES SMELL THE BEST.

15/04/2016

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Literary quotations that sound better when yelled, presented without comment.   I WILL SHOW YOU FEAR IN A HANDFUL OF DUST   THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS, NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHIMPER &…

14/04/2016

All sales from Unique Ink's titles directly support the student writers and publishers of Roosevelt High School. We're educating the next generation of college students and communications professionals in a truly unique way!

Visit www.uniqueink.org for more info on our books and where to buy them.

13/04/2016

If the question is where the cherry blossoms smell the best, the answer is EVERYWHERE in Portland this week.