October 2022

  • 10 Things to Do in November Through The Seattle Public Library

    10 Things to Do in November Through The Seattle Public Library

    It’s almost November, a good time to rediscover the joys of the great indoors. Here is a sampler of interesting and useful things to do through The Seattle Public Library  as we sink deeper into fall and the daylight hours wane. All are free, of course, but some programs do require registration. For much more,… Continue reading

  • Listen to these Haunting Tales for Hallowe’en.

    Time to turn down the lights, cuddle up by the fire, and listen to some frightening tales from days gone by. Here are several spooky stories from when we were podcasting our Thrilling Tales: Storytime for Grownups, earlier in the pandemic, and before: The House of the Nightmare, by Edward Lucas White. A lonesome road… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – November & December

    TWENTY new titles will be joining Peak Picks! A mix of recently released books, along with forthcoming releases, will be added through December. FICTION.In Afterlives, Nobel Prize-winner Abdulrazak Gurnah tells the story of an East African family fractured by German colonization in the late 1800s; in A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley, two prostitutes in… Continue reading

  • November Author Events: Chef Sean Sherman, Cartoonist Megan Kelso, Historian Ada Ferrer and More

    November Author Events: Chef Sean Sherman, Cartoonist Megan Kelso, Historian Ada Ferrer and More

    From Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman to Newbery Award-winning children’s author Kwame Alexander, The Seattle Public Library’s November author events feature writers and thinkers who will light you up with stories, history and food for thought. All Library events are free and open to everyone. Most events require registration beforehand, which you can find at… Continue reading

  • A Bus Reads Goodbye

    I had every intention of bringing Bus Reads back once I was in building after maternity leave, but you know, it’s a lot harder to find time to read when you are a new mom – who would have thought?! And while I still had my commute, it was really hard to focus…mom brain really… Continue reading

  • Lucky Thirteen: Scary Short Stories for Kids

    Lucky Thirteen: Scary Short Stories for Kids

    I have a love of short stories that I only discovered as an adult, which is a shame. I think one of the most satisfying things in the world is a well written short story and I think they’re wonderful if you (or your child) are not a big reader. For me it’s attention span… Continue reading

  • Teen Thrillers, Horror, and Mysteries: October 2022

    October is the month for costumes and candy and scary stories.  While the little children jump at the word “Boo,” older teens are looking for something a little more, shall we say, visceral? Here are some new books for teen readers hungry for the real thing. In Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare, Quinn… Continue reading

  • Celebrate the 50th anniversary of El Centro de la Raza

    50 years ago today, on October 11, 1972, a group of activists slipped into the abandoned Beacon High School, and settled in to demonstrate the need for educational spaces, services, and opportunities for Seattle’s Latinx community. After three months of peaceful occupation, the City agreed, and El Centro de la Raza was born. The occupation… Continue reading

  • Reading Filipino American History Month

    As a patron helpfully noted the other day, October is Filipino American History Month! Thanks to that patron’s question, our Filipino American History Month display went up October 1st at the Central Library, and – no surprise – it has been hugely popular. We also published a couple of book lists – one of fiction,… Continue reading

  • New Fiction Roundup – October 2022

    The busy fall publishing season is underway, and October brings a slate of horror novels, new fiction by popular authors Celeste Ng, Barbara Kingsolver, Cormac McCarthy, Orhan Pamuk, Colleen Hoover, and much more. 10/4: The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken A nameless narrator wanders around London remembering her recently deceased mother, recounting stories… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – October 2022

    Celebrate the first full month of fall with a bevy of fabulous cookbooks, celebrity biographies, moving memoirs, and so much more! Several leading cookbook authors are releasing new books in October. “Barefoot Contessa” host Ina Garten returns with her latest crowd-pleaser, Go-To Dinners; Danielle Walker provides easy recipes to keep you Healthy in a Hurry;… Continue reading

  • ‘The Border Is Everywhere’: Luis Urrea on “The House of Broken Angels”

    ‘The Border Is Everywhere’: Luis Urrea on “The House of Broken Angels”

    Do you have your free ticket to Seattle Reads yet? On Oct. 19-20, renowned Mexican-American author Luis Alberto Urrea will visit Seattle to share his bestselling novel “The House of Broken Angels.” Urrea, who has been described as a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” will appear at El Centro de la Raza’s… Continue reading