It’s midsummer and high time to celebrate the publication of a new thriller by Seattle writer Kevin O’Brien. While he ventured to Lopez Island for his last novel, They Won’t Be Hurt, many of the twists and turns of his new book, The Betrayed Wife, take place in Seattle, including a key scene at the Century Ballroom, …
SUMMER BOOKFEST is coming! On Saturday, June 2, take a trip to Bainbridge Island for Seattle 7 Writers’ Summer Bookfest 2018 from noon to 2 PM at Eagle Harbor Books, starring over 20 award-winning, bestselling authors. They’ll be selling and signing their books, and chatting with you. In addition to all those great personalized books …
Happy news from Seattle author Kevin O’Brien’s Facebook page to start the new year off right: TOP TEN: Seattle Mystery Bookshop has announced its Bestsellers for 2016–and I’m pumped YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE is among the top ten bestselling mass market paperbacks. Among the top ten bestselling hardcovers is my friend and fellow Seattle …
Saturday, November 21st, 2015 from 3-5 pm Phinney Neighborhood Center (6532 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, 98103) Think about holiday shopping. Imagine malls. Parking. Crowds. Now imagine a Saturday afternoon in November, walking up the deliciously worn wooden steps of the Phinney Neighborhood Center to find a boutique bookstore, created especially by local indie bookstore Secret …
Join the Seattle7Writers Saturday November 22 for a literary kick-off to the holidays like no other: the fifth annual Seattle7Writers Holiday BookFest! The line-up features 28 fantastic authors from the Pacific Northwest, including current NYT Bestseller Daniel James Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan, 2014 Washington State Book Award Winners Suzanne Selfors, David Laskin, and …
Happy book birthday to Garth Stein’s A Sudden Light! A delightful crowd gathered Monday night in the historic Stimson-Green Mansion, inspiration for a prominent setting in the novel that Maria Semple (Where’d You Go, Bernadette) describes as “a grand, gorgeous, multi-generational epic of the Pacific Northwest.”
Local authors, like New York Times bestselling author Kevin O’Brien pictured at left, are great supporters of local, independent bookstores. The great news for fans is that autographed copies are often available right on the shelf. For example, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, home to that great wall o’ Kevin shown in the picture, usually has signed …
Beginning as a weekly coffee date between Jennie Shortridge and Garth Stein, the Seattle7Writers has turned into a league of superfriends in the writing world. The group includes nine core members and more than 30 “friends.” To give you a sampling of who we’re dealing with, writers who support the group include Tom Robbins, Jim …
