WAITSBURG- The Royal Block Reading Series welcomes author Dennis Dauble for a reading and book-signing at the Royal Block in Waitsburg on April 8, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public (21+).

Spend an evening with author Dennis Dauble who will share a few tales about fish, characters who fish, and his writing life. Learn how the "night eel" (lamprey) lost his bones to "suckerfish," corgis that herd trout, and why you should not try to teach your spouse how to cast.

Dennis Dauble is the author of the award-winning natural history guidebook Fishes of the Columbia Basin and three short story collections about human behavior and the fishing experience. His most recent book, Chasing Ghost Trout, was a finalist for the Outdoor Writers of America Book of the Year in 2022. The book chronicles his many misadventures from childhood until the present. He also writes monthly columns for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin and East Oregonian under taglines of "Nature Notes" and "The Natural World," respectively.

"Signed copies of Dauble's books will be on sale to all having a glass of wine in their hand, with a portion of proceeds going to the Western Rivers Conservancy, said Royal Block co-owner Joseph Roberts.

Dauble has a Ph.D. in Fisheries from Oregon State University. As a research scientist, he studied the impacts of dams and other energy development activities on fish populations. He retired in 2009 after a 35-year career at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA.

For more information, go to DennisDaubleBooks.com.

Dayton, Wash. winemaker, Dave Harvey, will be pouring a selection of his Red Band Cellars wines from 3–6 p.m. More: RedbandCellars.com.