Please help us continue the good work of the South Sound Reading Foundation by attending our 11th annual Books by the Bay Literacy Fundraiser. Meet children’s book authors Brenda Guiberson, Trudy Ludwig, Margaret Lippert, Kurt Cyrus and Margaret Read MacDonald*. Enjoy live music, refreshments and a silent auction to benefit the South Sound Reading Foundation’s... Continue Reading →
A List of Upcoming Author Events!
It's the season for book events! There are quite a few new releases and author events that you might want to note on your calendars. Support bookstores! Support your fellow authors and illustrators! And always confirm dates and times with the bookstore. Tera Lynn Childs, SWEET VENOM, 9/21, Secret Garden Kurt Cyrus, THE VOYAGE OF... Continue Reading →
Lois V. Harris Book Event On the Far Eastside
I live in Zillah, WA and am a SCBWI WWA member. Usually there's not too much going on as far as events over in my part of the state so I was pretty excited to receive this event from Lois V. Harris. Lois will read her CHARLIE RUSSELL: TALE-TELLING COWBOY ARTIST book at an Autograph... Continue Reading →
Third Place Books New Event: Children’s Book Talk!!
This is a new event at the Lake Forest Park store!For more information visit Third Place Book's website.
Carole Estby Dagg Author Event
Author Carole Estby Dagg reads from her new book, THE YEAR WE WERE FAMOUS, on Tuesday, 5 April 2011, at 7 p.m. at Secret Garden Bookshop.Based on the true story of the author's great-aunt and great-grandmother, this is a fast-paced historical adventure that sets its’ drama against an American backdrop during the time of the... Continue Reading →
Mark Teague is coming to town!
From Secret Garden Books in Ballard:Mark Teague has delighted young readers with his illustrations in more than 20 picture books, and he has written many of them himself, including the popular Pigsty, Baby Tamer, and One Halloween Night. He is also the illustrator of Cynthia Rylant's beloved Poppleton series for beginning readers, and Jane Yolen’s... Continue Reading →
Erik Brooks STORYSKI Event
STORYSKI! with picture book author and illustrator, Erik BrooksPresented by Erik and The Methow Valley Sport Trails Association, STORYSKI is a one kilometer cross-country ski trail lined with the children's picture book, POLAR OPPOSITES. This ski trail allows young skiers and their families to ski while reading the entire story of Alex the polar bear... Continue Reading →
Graphic Artists Guild Holiday Bash & Silent Auction
It's the SPGA/Seattle Chapter Graphic Artists Guild Holiday Bash and Silent Auction on Wednesday, December 15, from 6:30-9 p.m. Join us at the Pyramid Alehouse for nibbles and a chance to bid on some great items. Bring a guest and your cash or checkbook (NO PLASTIC, sorry!) to bid on items like:Wacom tabletTraining sessions with... Continue Reading →
Pitchapalooza!!!
November 17, at 7 p.m. at Third Place Books, The Book Doctors, aka Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry, authors of the Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published will present: Pitchapalooza! It's American Idol for books - only without Simon. Writers get a shot to pitch to a panel of publishing experts. But they... Continue Reading →
Ann Teplick Reading
Ann Teplick will be reading at Richard Hugo House on Wednesday November 3, 7-9 p.m. from a new and first collection of poetry, THE BEAUTY OF A BEET: Poems from the Bedside, funded by Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 4Culture, and Hugo House. Joining Ann will be writers Esther Altshul Helfgott, Courtney Putnam... Continue Reading →