The Literary Lions Gala is the KCLS Foundation’s signature celebration of libraries, literacy, and community. This year, the event returns to the Bellevue Library for a rare and special after-hours experience—an evening that brings together supporters, authors, and book lovers to uplift the programs that keep curiosity and connection thriving across King County. The 2026 …
Key City Public Theater, together with Northwind Arts Center, will be giving a dramatic reading from The Night Child by PNW author Anna Quinn at the William James Bookstore in Port Townsend, in the new annex (829 Water St., Port Townsend, WA) at 7:00pm on Thursday, September 20, 2018. PT Shorts is a free monthly program open to …
Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle kicked off its season last week with an adaptation of PNBA Award-winning A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. In Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao’s only solace is her diary. Across the Pacific, Ruth is a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore …
Is your book group looking for inspiration? Need new books that will be great for discussion? You probably already know to go to your local, independent bookstore because the staff will help you find titles to fit your club’s goals and taste. But Seattle-area Random House sales reps Katie Mehan (an Indie Bookstore Champion) and …
Oh, what a book birthday it was! Fans of Sanae Ishida flocked to Drygoods Design in Pioneer Square in Seattle for a very crafty launch party for her new book, Sewing Hapiness: A Year of Simple Projects for Living Well. Ishida pre-sewed mini aromatherapy heating pillows for guests to fill and hand-stitch closed. (Pre-knotted, threaded …
When you stop to think, it’s odd to celebrate the day a person, however famous, shuffled off this mortal coil. Regardless, this April 23rd marks the 400th Deathiversary of one William Shakespeare, a writer of no little renown, and the whole world is throwing a party. There are any number of commemorative activities underway where …
I thought about it like a day when you eagerly carve out the entire afternoon, plant yourself in a comfy chair with a flask of coffee, turn off all the distractions, and sink into that book you’ve been waiting to read. Last Sunday, I packed a bottle of water, suited up in comfy clothes, and planted …
Ah, BEA. I could feel the gravitational pull of Javits from our hotel. For 3 whole days, Javits Convention Center in New York, New York, that angular, light-filled building, was packed with brilliant booksellers whose brains swim in letters and words, authors who make it all possible, and the wily publishers and publicists who bring …
The Pacific Northwest is full of talented cookbook authors and chefs. Now home cooks can make favorite restaurant recipes in their own kitchens. Your local independent bookstore can get you the Pacific Northwest cookbooks you want, but foodie bibliophiles should also make the pilgrimage to cookbook-focused indie Book Larder in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. …
Ferry Tales, the Kitsap Regional Library program that partners with the Seattle/Bainbridge Ferry to reach out to readers who ride the ferry, has its first author event of the year this Thursday, April 25, 2013. Once a month on the Thursday 3:50 Bainbridge to Seattle ferry and on the 4:40 Seattle to Bainbridge ferry, the …
