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11:00am Seward Park CANCELED: Drag Queen Storytime with Lil Miss Hot MessJuly 3, 2022 - 11:00am Seward Park Update 6/28/22: We're disheartened to announce that Drag Queen Story Hour has been canceled due to Covid-19. We hope to reschedule this fall. Sign up for our email newsletter for updates. |
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7:00pm Seward Park Andrew Palmer presents The Bachelor: A NovelJuly 5, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park Welcome to summer at Seward Park: beer, bagels, books—and Andrew Palmer!
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7:00pm Lake Forest Park Donna Barba Higuera with Kevin Emerson — 'The Last Cuentista' and 'Lupe Wong Won't Dance'July 6, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park Join 2022 Newberry Medalist Donna Barba Higuera at our Lake Forest Park store |
5:00pm Virtual Event Paul Holes presents Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold CasesJuly 7, 2022 - 5:00pm Virtual Event From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest cold cases and the rewards—and toll—of a life solving crime.7:00pm Lake Forest Park Gabrielle Zevin presents Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A NovelJuly 7, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park "This sweeping, gorgeously written novel. . . charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity. . . . One of the best books I've ever read." —John Green |
7:00pm Ravenna Betsy Aoki with Cookie Hiponia — BreakpointJuly 8, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna "Betsy Aoki has magically brought the technological—and in her hands, playful—language of computing into the realm of poetry. . . No one else could write these marvelous poems."—Kimiko Hahn |
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6:30pm Ravenna Magic Monday at RavennaJuly 11, 2022 - 6:30pm Ravenna Held the second Monday of the month, each show features the Pacific Northwest's finest magicians performing feats of mystery, wonder and the bizarre. With its origins in the theaters of London and New York, Magic Monday is a cabaret of conjuring in the intimate setting of our bookstore. 7:00pm Virtual Event Radical Romance Book ClubJuly 11, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here! |
7:00pm Lake Forest Park Becky Chambers presents A Prayer for the Crown-ShyJuly 12, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park The Hugo Award–winning author of the Wayfarers series comes to Lake Forest Park!
Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome iconic sci-fi writer Becky Chambers for the national launch of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, the second novella in Chambers's staff-favorite Monk and Robot series. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. |
7:00pm Lake Forest Park Reggie Fils-Aimé presents 'Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo'July 13, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park "Through vicarious and experiential learning, you will be inspired to challenge the status quo and embrace continuous innovation as an essential leadership practice." —Lynn Perry Wooten
7:00pm Ravenna Marilyn Morgan presents Trailblazing Black Women of Washington StateJuly 13, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna As featured in the Seattle Times! |
7:00pm Ravenna Shepherd Siegel presents Tricking Power Into Performing Acts of LoveJuly 14, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna A history of tricksters who challenged the boundaries of doctrine to light the way to a more peaceful and playful society
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7:00pm Virtual Event Booze and Lasers Book ClubJuly 18, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here!7:00pm Seward Park Sarah W. Jaffe presents Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege and Building a Just WorldJuly 18, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park What does it look like to fight for other people's children as if the future of your own child depended on it? What choices would you make?
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2:00pm Virtual Event Virtual Event: Salka Valka by Halldór Laxness; a discussion with translator Philip Roughton, Will Chancellor, and Ezra GoldsteinJuly 19, 2022 - 2:00pm Virtual Event "Laxness is a beacon in twentieth-century literature, a writer of splendid originality, wit, and feeling." —Alice Munro
7:00pm Virtual Event In Translation Book ClubJuly 19, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here!7:00pm Lake Forest Park SOLD OUT: Sona Movsesian presents 'The World's Worst Assistant'July 19, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park The long-time assistant to Conan O'Brien and co-host of Conan Needs a Friend presents live at Lake Forest Park
The Eventbrite listing for this event can be found here. |
7:00pm Seward Park Lisa Wells presents Believers: Making a Life at the End of the WorldJuly 20, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park Welcome to summer at Seward Park: beer, bagels, books—and the paperback launch of Believers!
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7:00pm Ravenna Conner Habib with Jarret Middleton — Hawk Mountain: A NovelJuly 22, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna "Hawk Mountain is deft horror, made of precise strikes into our most vulnerable psychic terrain… Finally, a horror story that knows cisheteropatriarchy is the villain!" —Andrea Lawlor
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11:00am Seward Park Kids Storytime with Andy Chou MusserJuly 23, 2022 - 11:00am Seward Park Join us for storytime at Seward Park!Third Place Books welcomes Andy Chou Musser for a reading of his picture book A Home Under the Stars. Kids and parents of all ages are welcome! No registration is required. 12:00pm Virtual Event Virtual Event: Ida Jessen with Anne Michaels — A Postcard for Annie (trans. Martin Aitken)July 23, 2022 - 12:00pm Virtual Event "It’s hard not to become hooked by Ida Jessen’s stubbornness; her refusal to tidy things up for us. . . She writes unburdened by polemics of any kind. Her characters are vividly drawn—sometimes eccentric, and at other times ordinary—but they seem strangely authentic to us."—Elaine Margolin |
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2:00pm Ravenna Riz Reyes presents Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow ThemJuly 24, 2022 - 2:00pm Ravenna "This beautiful book is full of cool and useful information about some of our favorite fruits, herbs, veggies, fungi, and flowers! Whether you want to grow your own kale or learn about the history of the pineapple, this is the book for you." —Alyson, Third Place Books
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4:00pm Virtual Event Sarah Gailey with Nisi Shawl—'Just Like Home'July 25, 2022 - 4:00pm Virtual Event UPDATE 7/11/22: This event, previously scheduled in-person at our Seward Park store, is now virtual. Due to a scheduling conflict, the start time has changed from 7pm PDT to 4pm PDT. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience."Equal parts raw terror of a dark childhood bedroom, creeping revelations of a true-crime podcast, and searing hurt of resentment within a family. It’s a must-read for all gothic horror fans." —Booklist 7:00pm Virtual Event Lake Forest Park Reads presents Daniel James Brown with Tom Ikeda — Facing the MountainJuly 25, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Our annual Community Reads event returns! |
David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé — What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health
7:00pm Lake Forest Park David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé — What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our HealthJuly 26, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park Are you really what you eat?7:00pm Ravenna Emily Hall presents 'The Longcut'July 26, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna "I remember how Knut Hamsun’s Hunger scared & excited me when I was young & now, later on, Emily Hall’s The Longcut has produced its own inimitable effect. . . . It makes its mark and I am helplessly subsumed in it still. Her Longcut is like an Artist’s Way for bad kids." —Eileen Myles |
7:00pm Virtual Event Queer Lit Book ClubJuly 27, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here! |
7:00pm Seward Park Angela Garbes with Jen Graves — Essential Labor: Mothering as Social ChangeJuly 28, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park "I have never felt more held, challenged, and called to action by a book. . . I know I will think about this book for the rest of my life—it's that important." —Lydia Kiesling
7:00pm Virtual Event Social Justice Syllabus vol V: Native Lands, Native LivesJuly 28, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here! |
7:00pm Ravenna Haines Whitacre with Conner Roberts, Shelby Handler, and nanya jhingran — Haptic VersesJuly 29, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna An evening of poetry at our Ravenna store! |
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6:00pm Virtual Event Virtual Event: Spooky Campfire Stories for Kids! with Lora Senf, Mat Heagerty, Sam Owen, and Darcy Marks, moderated by Aurora DominguezJuly 31, 2022 - 6:00pm Virtual Event Haunted towns, lumberjacks, vampires, and a Hell of a Halloween—get ready to get spooked! |
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