Ballard
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Celebrating the Lake Washington Ship Canal Centennial
Did you know the Ballard Locks turns 100 this year? In recognition of the anniversary, we’ve combed through our archives and digitized some of the most interesting maps, photos, postcards, correspondence, and more related to the history of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. You can find the collection at www.spl.org/shipcanal. Continue reading
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Summer Reading: More Reviews from Ballard Readers
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien O’Brien is drafted to go to war and he changes from an innocent adolescent to a war-hardened veteran. ~ Amy To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal This story dealt with coming of age and the main crossroads that change a life. It made me think about love, loyalty and family, and… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Novelist Matt Ruff shares what he’s reading
Local author Matt Ruff’s newest novel, The Mirage, comes out tomorrow. Ruff, whose other novels include Bad Monkeys and Set This House in Order (both winners of Washington State Book Awards), among others, will read on Saturday, February 11, at 1 p.m. at the Ballard Branch. We are excited that he’s our guest blogger for… Continue reading
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Summer reading: More suggestions from Ballard readers
Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman Oh Ayelet Waldman, will you be my BFF?!? I laughed, I cried, I vowed to become a be tter “bad mother.” If parenting has you searching for some truth, this is the place to find it. ~ Rain An… Continue reading
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Summer reading: Suggestions from Ballard readers
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi A solid steampunk novel that imagines a world where global warming has caused massive changes in society and genetic modifications of all life has caused new diseases and cultural shifts. ~ Charlie Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products by Sophie Uliano… Continue reading
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Everybody has a favorite poem — or two!
Maybe it is that e.e. cummings poem that starts Spring is like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of Nowhere)… Or it could be an Emily Dickinson poem that begins The brain — is wider than the sky… Was it a Yeats poem you remember? I went out to the hazel wood/ Because a… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reading: Matt Ruff reads the gamut, from War to Pie.
Editor’s Note: Matt Ruff will be reading from his 2008 PNBA Book Award-winning book Bad Monkeys, freshly released in paperback, at the Ballard Branch Library this Thursday, August 21at 6:30 p.m, in conjunction with Secret Garden Books. (Matt will also be reading at Queen Anne books on Tuesday, and coming up in October he will be reading from a new work at the Richard Hugo House). If… Continue reading
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Summer Reads: Ballard, Broadview, Mobile and University reader suggestions
Looking for a book for these last few weeks of summer? Here are 12 suggestions from Library users from Mobile Services and the Ballard, Broadview and University branches: Mobile Services’ readers suggest: Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton He tells all of us how we can really help save the world by… Continue reading
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Summer Reads: Wallingford and Ballard readers offer suggestions
How do you find what to read next? Most of us count on personal recommendations from friends and neighbors (and, of course, librarians!). As part of the Adult Summer Reading Program, readers throughout Seattle are writing super short “reviews” of what they’ve been reading. Readers in Wallingford recommend: The Sanctuary Sparrow by Ellis Peters A Brother… Continue reading