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Ricochet River

Meet the Ricochet River 25th Anniversary Crew

By Jacoba Lawson

April 27, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Meet the Ricochet River 25th Anniversary Crew

Welcome back to Rivers of the Pacific Northwest! Before we head any farther downstream, I’d like to introduce myself and the rest of my crew. We’ve added some top-notch talent this term, and they deserve a spotlight. First up, Tyler Mathieson, our fearless leader through the stormy seas of Rhythm in the Rain, will graduate […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Brian Friesen, Columbia River, Crew, developmental editing, Editing, Puns, Rhythm in the Rain, Ricochet River, Rivers of the PNW, Robin Cody, start to finish

From Rain to Rivers

By Jacoba Lawson

April 6, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

From Rain to Rivers

Now that the rain here in Portland has finally given way to a beautiful, sunshiny spring, our team at Ooligan is turning its attention from Rhythm in the Rain to a pair of shiny new projects. I say new, but our first project might look a little familiar. Ricochet River, Robin Cody’s coming-of-age classic about […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Brian Friesen, Columbia River, developmental editing, Editing, New Project, Rhythm in the Rain, Ricochet River, Robin Cody, Spring, start to finish

If The Breakfast Club and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had a Baby

By Nicholas Shea

April 4, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

If The Breakfast Club and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had a Baby

Picture the popular jock, the beautiful girl who wants more out of life, and the outcast traversing high school life. Now, cue the backdrop of a small town surrounded by the woods and dammed lake with nothing to do but hang out at the local cinema and café-barbershop. This is the foundation for Robin Cody’s […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future Tagged With: identity, nature, Oregon, Ricochet River, Robin Cody, Twenty-fifth Anniversary

The Release of Rhythm in the Rain

By Tyler Mathieson

March 2, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Release of Rhythm in the Rain

Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest is officially available online and in bookstores all throughout the Pacific Northwest. We at Ooligan Press would like to take a moment to thank Classic Pianos and wonderful pianist Tom Grant for helping us launch this beautiful book into the world. It has been a crazy […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: 20th Anniversary, Classic Piano, launch party, Lynn Darroch, Portland Jazz Fest, Powell's, Reading, Ricochet River, Robin Cody, Tom Grant

The Release of Rhythm in the Rain

By Tyler Mathieson

February 2, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Release of Rhythm in the Rain

As of February 8, Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest will be released to all the reading world. We at Ooligan and especially the whole Rhythm in the Rain team are extremely excited to share this beautifully crafted book with readers, jazz lovers, history buffs, and all Pacific Northwesterners. It has been […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: book launch, Classic Piano, jazz, Jazz Fest, Lynn Darroch, PDX Jazz, Powell's City of Books, Reading, Ricochet River, Robin Cody

Mr. Wolverine, meet Citizen Kane: On the Origins of Corporate Book-to-Film Adaptations

By Geoff Wallace

June 12, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Mr. Wolverine, meet Citizen Kane: On the Origins of Corporate Book-to-Film Adaptations

As Ooligan Press gears up to launch its first academic journal, C47: A Film Journal, with the help of the PSU English department, some of us here at the press are thinking more thoroughly about the connection between publishing and cinema—and one of the first things that comes to mind is that elusive cash cow, […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Adolph Zukor, C47, Citizen Kane, comics, film adaptations, Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before, Free Willy, Jason James Richter, Kate Hudson, Krazy Kat, Marvel Comics, Orson Welles, publishing history, random house, Ricochet River, The Big Five, The Wax Bullet War, William Randolph Hearst

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