Follow up to acclaimed national park book readings at LTCC and Truckee

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — “Permanent Vacation II: Eighteen Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks” will launch June 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College. The second volume of this popular collection features writers from national parks all over the country, including locales like Cape Cod and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

The event is free and open to the public.

Authors reading at the event include Mary Emerick, Andrea Ross, Elizabeth Van Zandt and Tahoe local Joseph Flannery, reading of his encounters with bison in Yellowstone. There will be a short Q&A after the readings conclude. Lake Tahoe Community College is located at One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe.

A second reading will be held at Word After Word Books in Truckee on June 25 at 6 p.m. Authors at this event will include Flannery and John Q McDonald on the powers of Pele. This event is also free and open to the public. Word After Word Books is at 10118 Donner Pass Road, Suite 2.

“Permanent Vacation II” can be pre-ordered online. Books can be purchased locally at Gaia-Licious and Dharma Love in South Lake Tahoe and Word After Word, or order directly from Bona Fide Books here.

Bona Fide Books is at 1069 Magua Street in Meyers. Visit the website for information about classes, workshops, letterpress sessions and more, or call Maeko Bradshaw at 530-600-4070.