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Sep

20

2019

Asia Citro

Seattle Children’s Book Festival
Welcomes All, September 28

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 …

Sep

18

2018

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Hugo House Open House September 22, 2018

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 …

May

8

2018

Seattle City of Literature Celebration
May 22, 2018

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, …

Feb

17

2017

Grown-up Storytime

Grown-Up Storytime at Ravenna Third Place Books

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, …

Sep

20

2016

A Tale for the Time Being poster from Book-It Theatre

A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
at Book-It Repertory Theatre

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 …

Apr

12

2016

Shakespeare in Seattle

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 …

Feb

29

2016

Magic hat

Ravenna Third Place’s Magic Mondays

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 …

Aug

25

2015

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
by Felicia Day

“Day has penned what is sure to be an instant cult classic. By turns funny, insightful, inspiring, and all-too-familiar, she maps her rise from lonely homeschooled girl to Internet darling, along the way revealing her struggles, her insecurities, her stubbornness, and, most transparently, her utterly relatable story of finding her way while not fitting in. …

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