author events
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Seattle Reads: An Interview with Thi Bui
In celebration of Seattle Reads 2019, Jess Boyd spoke to Thi Bui about her award- winning graphic novel, The Best We Could Do (TBWCD), the 2019 Seattle Reads selection. _________________________________________ An Interview with Thi Bui by Jess Boyd Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do is a story that moved me, my family and my… Continue reading
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A conversation with Tim Wu, author of ‘The Attention Merchants’
Tim Wu, the author who coined the phrase “net neutrality,” takes a revelatory look at the rise of “attention harvesting” and its effect on our society and ourselves. He’ll be at the Central Library on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. to talk about his newest book, The Attention Merchants. Get a bit of the inside… Continue reading
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Malinda Lo at the Lake City Branch!
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Seattle Author Bernadette Pajer Reads at Fremont Library
Seattle mystery writer Bernadette Pajer will read from her latest book, The Edison Effect: a Professor Bradshaw Mystery at the Fremont Library on Tuesday October 14th at 6:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The Edison Effect: a Professor Bradshaw Mystery is the fourth book in the series of University of Washington… Continue reading
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2014 A. Scott Bullitt American History Lecture presents George Packer
~posted by Carl K. George Packer has a disconcerting point of view about the United States. The New Yorker journalist, who will be the speaker for The Seattle Public Library’s 2014 A. Scott Bullitt American History Lecture, looks through the lens of individual Americans to see the state of the nation in his book, The… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Jodi Picoult
What a treat it is to host Jodi Picoult again at the Seattle Public Library! She will be reading from and discussing her newest book, The Storyteller (just released this week!), on Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library. The Storyteller is a holocaust novel “written with grace and sensitivity,” says librarian Misha Stone in a… Continue reading
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Crime: If you like J.A. Jance mysteries …
Most of the J.A. Jance fans I know have a deep affinity for J.P. Beaumont, the Seattle detective who lets us see just enough of his personal life to make him real, then brings us right back to a tight focus on the case. We love his smart, brooding character; we’re crazy for the Seattle setting and we… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Stewart O’Nan shares his reading list
A review in the Washington Post of The Odds started with this: “Stewart O’Nan seems incapable of writing a false line” and later said “O’Nan is an author you learn to trust, no matter what he’s writing about.” Many of our librarians and readers feel the exact same way, and that’s why we’re thrilled to have… Continue reading
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Five authors and one Smartypants in six days
So many authors in town this week — and something free going on every SINGLE night at the Central Library. Here’s a quick event round-up: Monday: Russell Banks reads from his newest novel Lost Memory of Skin, which a Booklist review described as “intrepidly inquisitive, magnificently compassionate, and darkly funny novel of private and societal… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Author Julie Otsuka talks about books
Author Julie Otsuka will read from her new novel, The Buddha in the Attic, on Friday, September 23, at 7 p.m. (doors will open at 6:30) at the Central Library. We’re thrilled to have Ms. Otsuka as a guest blogger today: One of the most emotionally affecting books I’ve read recently is a short novel… Continue reading
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Free author events this month!
Fall is definitely the high season for new book releases and author tours. And what a line up we have at The Seattle Public Library! In fact, there are so many events in the next two months that we’re dividing this blog post into parts, starting here with events for September. The events below are all… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Novelist Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer’s newest novel, The Uncoupling, just came out this week. Wolitzer, whose other novels include The Ten-Year Nap and The Position, will read on Monday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library. We are thrilled that she’s our guest blogger for today, telling us about her nightstand reading stack: I tend to be a… Continue reading