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11:00am Lake Forest Park Kids Storytime with Steve Scher and Sarah Waller — 'The Moon Bear'October 1, 2022 - 11:00am Lake Forest Park Join us for kids storytime at Lake Forest Park!
2:00pm Seward Park Chris Stedman with Dave Wheeler — 'IRL: Finding Our Real Selves in a Digital World'October 1, 2022 - 2:00pm Seward Park "A strangely prescient and timely guide to being more real digitally. . .By turns playful and wise, he makes us legible to ourselves and each other in new ways."—Alexander Chee
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6:00pm Partner Event Town Hall Seattle: Anya Kamenetz with Bonnie J. Rough — 'The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now'October 3, 2022 - 6:00pm Partner Event This is an in-person event presented by Town Hall Seattle. Purchase tickets at townhallseattle.org7:00pm Lake Forest Park Andrew Sean Greer presents 'Less is Lost'October 3, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less sends his titular character on another "wild road trip through a wilder America" (Marlon James)7:30pm Partner Event Town Hall Seattle: Susan Linn with Nancy Pearl — 'Who’s Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children'October 3, 2022 - 7:30pm Partner Event This is an in-person event presented by Town Hall Seattle. Purchase tickets at townhallseattle.org |
7:00pm Lake Forest Park Molly Hashimoto presents 'Trees of the West: An Artist’s Guide'October 4, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park An intimate and beautiful celebration of trees—the perfect gift for nature lovers!
Third Place Books welcomes local artist and teacher Molly Hashimoto to our Lake Forest Park store! Hashimoto will be presenting her latest collection Trees of the West: An Artist's Guide, work that invites us all to pause and appreciate trees through art. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. 7:00pm Seward Park Jeff Burnside with Joyce Taylor — 'Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor'October 4, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park “A firsthand account of how to be an achiever against incredible obstacles… You will be inspired.” —Mike Leach
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6:00pm Virtual Event Virtual Event: Victor Manibo and Elijah Kinch Spector — 'The Sleepless' and 'Kalyna the Soothsayer'October 5, 2022 - 6:00pm Virtual Event Two exciting new works of speculative fiction from Erewhon Books
7:30pm Virtual Event KCLS Livestream: Author Voices with Reyna Grande (presentado en español)October 5, 2022 - 7:30pm Virtual Event Join King Country Library for their virtual Author Voices series
En honor al Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana / LatinX, únase a una conversación con Reyna Grande, autora de A Dream Called Home/La búsqueda de un sueño. Moderará la Dra. Alina R. Méndez. Este evento será presentado en español. |
7:00pm Ravenna Michael J. Seidlinger with Sadie Hartmann—'Anybody Home?'October 6, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna "This is THE MOST intense psychological horror you have ever read. Seriously.” —Library Journal
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6:30pm Ravenna Magic Monday at RavennaOctober 10, 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 ClubOctober 10, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here! |
7:00pm Lake Forest Park Patricia Grayhall with Donna Cameron — 'Making the Rounds: Defying Norms in Love and Medicine'October 11, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park ". . .fast-paced, immersive, and weighty memoir that will resonate with anyone who has experienced the hardships of being true to yourself.” —BookLife Reviews
7:30pm Off-site Seattle Arts & Lectures: Maggie O'Farrell — 'The Marriage Portrait: A Novel'October 11, 2022 - 7:30pm Off-site Seattle Arts & Lectures presents an evening with critically acclaimed author Maggie O'Farrell
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6:00pm Partner Event Town Hall Seattle: Cody Keenan with Marcus Harrison Green — 'Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America'October 12, 2022 - 6:00pm Partner Event Presented by Town Hall Seattle! Purchase tickets at townhallseattle.org
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7:00pm Ravenna Sabina Khan with Margaret Owen — 'Meet Me in Mumbai'October 13, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna “Thought-provoking . . . compassionate . . . hopeful.” —Publishers Weekly7:00pm Seward Park African-American Writers' Alliance Poetry ReadingOctober 13, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park Join us for our monthly reading with the African-American Writers' Alliance!The African-American Writers' Alliance, a diverse and dynamic collective of Seattle-area writers of African descent, provides an informal and supportive forum for new and published writers. The African-American Writers' Alliance is funded by Shunpike. |
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11:00am Seward Park Kids Storytime with Mark Holtzen — 'A Ticket to the Pennant'October 16, 2022 - 11:00am Seward Park Kids Storytime at Seward Park!
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6:00pm Partner Event Town Hall Seattle: Erika Hayasaki — 'Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family'October 17, 2022 - 6:00pm Partner Event Presented by Town Hall Seattle! Purchase tickets at townhallseattle.org
Purchase tickets here. 7:00pm Virtual Event Booze and Lasers Book ClubOctober 17, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here! |
7:00pm Ravenna Candace Robb with Alice Boatwright — 'A Fox in the Fold'October 18, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna Owen Archer suspects an old adversary is on his tail as he seeks to solve the mystery surrounding a dead body found on the road to York. . .
7:00pm Virtual Event In Translation Book ClubOctober 18, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here!7:00pm Lake Forest Park Maya Prasad with Martha Brockenbrough, Jake Arlow, and Joy McCullough — 'Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things'October 18, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park "The ultimate love letter to the Pacific Northwest. . . A joyous celebration of family and first love.” —Rachel Lynn Solomon
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6:00pm Lake Forest Park Chelsea Clinton presents 'Welcome to the Big Kids Club' with Tae KellerOctober 19, 2022 - 6:00pm Lake Forest Park A humorous book about what every older sibling needs to know, from mom of three and bestselling author of 'She Persisted' Chelsea Clinton
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6:00pm Virtual Event Translations that Sound Right: On Rendering the Ukrainian Writer Serhiy Zhadan into EnglishOctober 20, 2022 - 6:00pm Virtual Event In partnership with the University of Washington's Translation Studies Hub project
7:00pm Lake Forest Park Adam M. Sowards presents 'Making America's Public Lands' and 'An Open Pit Visible from the Moon'October 20, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park What makes wilderness wild? What does America have to do with it?
7:00pm Ravenna Sylvia Byrne Pollack with Kathleen Flenniken — 'Risking It'October 20, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna "The poems. . .dare us to be fully present in our lives."—Sharon Bryan
Third Place Books welcomes poet Sylvia Byrne Pollack to our Ravenna store! Pollack will be discussing her debut collection Risking It in conversation with former Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. 7:30pm Partner Event Town Hall Seattle: Reza Aslan — 'An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville'October 20, 2022 - 7:30pm Partner Event Presented by Town Hall Seattle! Purchase tickets at townhallseattle.org
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3:00pm Virtual Event Virtual Event: Dani Shapiro with Katie Couric — Signal Fires: A NovelOctober 21, 2022 - 3:00pm Virtual Event “I don’t know of anyone who writes about family with the same generous understanding and gem-cut sentences as Dani Shapiro." —Gary Shteyngart
7:00pm Ravenna Linda Moore with Joshua Mohr — 'Attribution: A Novel'October 21, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna "Gorgeously written and as rapturous as a Van Gogh, Moore’s book is a winner.” —Caroline Leavitt
Third Place Books welcomes author and art historian Linda Moore to our Ravenna store! Moore will be discussing her novel of mystery and seventeenth-century Spanish art, Attribution, in conversation with Joshua Mohr. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. |
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Virtual Event: Andrea Chapela with Kelsi Vanada and Fabiola Menchelli — 'The Visible Unseen: Essays'
6:00pm Virtual Event Virtual Event: Andrea Chapela with Kelsi Vanada and Fabiola Menchelli — 'The Visible Unseen: Essays'October 24, 2022 - 6:00pm Virtual Event "Literature and science merge in the substance of these essays—these wise, beautiful, soulful, astonishing experiments.”—Jazmina Barrera
7:30pm Partner Event Town Hall Seattle: Jonathan Franzen — 'Crossroads'October 24, 2022 - 7:30pm Partner Event Presented by Town Hall Seattle! Purchase tickets at townhallseattle.org
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6:00pm Ravenna Arnée Flores presents 'The Spirit Queen'October 25, 2022 - 6:00pm Ravenna "Readers learn that humans make their own magic through hard work, determination, and resilience. A heartfelt adventure.”―Kirkus Reviews
Third Place Books welcomes local middle grade author Arnée Flores to our Ravenna store! Flores will be discussing The Spirit Queen, the next installment in the fantasy series begun by The Firebird Song. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. 7:00pm Lake Forest Park Leslie Budewitz (aka Alicia Beckman) presents 'Blind Faith: A Novel'October 25, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park "Beckman combines edge-of-the-seat tension with enormous compassion. Suspenseful and satisfying.” —Gwen Florio
Third Place Books welcomes Leslie Budewitz (aka Alicia Beckman) to our Lake Forest Park store! Budewitz will be discussing her latest thriller of a mystery, Blind Faith. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. 7:00pm Seward Park CANCELED: J.M. Hirsch — 'Pour Me Another' and 'Milk Street: Cook What You Have'October 25, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park Two exciting new cookbooks—food, drinks, and everything in between! UPDATE 10/21: Our event with J.M. Hirsch has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience!7:30pm Virtual Event KCLS Livestream: Author Voices with Mallory O'MearaOctober 25, 2022 - 7:30pm Virtual Event Join King County Library for their virtual Author Voices series.
Join a discussion with Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon. Local writer and film critic Robert Horton will moderate. Sponsored by the King County Library System Foundation and part of the Author Voices series. |
7:00pm Virtual Event Queer Lit Book ClubOctober 26, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here! |
7:00pm Seward Park Nisi Shawl, Holly Wade Matter, and Tara Campbell — 'Our Fruiting Bodies,' 'Damned Pretty Things,' and 'Cabinet of Wrath: A Doll Collection'October 27, 2022 - 7:00pm Seward Park Three works of fiction breaking the confines of genre
7:00pm Ravenna Jenny Liou, Q.M. Zhang, and Jane Wong — 'Muscle Memory,' 'Accomplice to Memory,' and 'How to Not Be Afraid of Everything'October 27, 2022 - 7:00pm Ravenna Join us for a night of poetry and prose at Ravenna!
7:00pm Virtual Event Social Justice Syllabus vol VI: Say GayOctober 27, 2022 - 7:00pm Virtual Event Register nowfor this virtual event Sign up here!7:00pm Lake Forest Park Erin Jeanne McDowell presents 'Savory Baking: Recipes for Breakfast, Dinner, and Everything in Between'October 27, 2022 - 7:00pm Lake Forest Park From the bestselling author of The Book on Pie and The Fearless Baker, a savory baking book for delicious baked goods at any time of day.
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6:00pm Virtual Event Colin Meloy with Daniel Handler — 'The Stars Did Wander Darkling'October 28, 2022 - 6:00pm Virtual Event The bestselling children's book author and frontman for The Decemberists discusses his new novel, perfect for fans of Stranger Things |
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