Phinney Books‘ annual Holiday Bookfest, featuring two dozen local authors signing their books at the Phinney Neighborhood Center in Seattle, will be held Saturday, November 22, 2025 from 2:00- 4:00 pm. Follow the Holiday Bookfest on Facebook and Instagram for updates and reminders. Authors include: Lauren Appelbaum, Jessixa Bagley, Bonny Becker, Martha Brockenbrough, Kira …
The first Seattle Children’s Book Festival will be held Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 11:00- 3:00 at Greenwood Elementary (144 NW 80th St) in Seattle. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by The Innovation Press, Madison Books, Phinney Books, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Milk Fund, the Seattle Office of …
Lovers of literature in Seattle: celebrate the new home of Hugo House, “a place for writers,” on Saturday, September 22 from 5:00- 8:00 pm. The new space is at 1634 Eleventh Avenue, on the corner of Eleventh and East Olive — “10,000 square feet designed by and for writers and readers.” Hugo House invites the public …
You’re Invited! Celebrate Seattle’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature Please join us to celebrate! Seattle has been designated a UNESCO City of Literature. The folks behind the bid for Seattle City of Literature invite you to celebrate the designation with other local literature lovers. Public gathering and celebration at 7pm Tuesday, May 22, …
Yesterday was World Read Aloud Day, but at Ravenna Third Place Books in Seattle every third Monday of the month, grown-ups get their own read-aloud time! (Ravenna Third Place also offers a more traditional kids’ storytime today and every Friday at 11:00.) We were delighted to read all about the adults-only read-aloud recurring event, Grown-Up Storytime, …
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 …
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 …
Did you know that the second Monday of the month (in March, the 14th) at 7 pm, Seattle’s Ravenna Third Place Books hosts Magic Mondays? 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 …
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