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New Nonfiction Roundup – August 2019
Three memoirs from adult children about a parent. Three books to challenge white readers about race. Two titles examine what works, and what doesn’t, in educating our children. And a quirky new guide to Seattle. All are coming your way this August! America is Better Than This. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley’s manifesto against Trump’s war on… Continue reading
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Peak Picks for January 2019
Eight titles will be joining our Peak Picks collection of most in-demand titles this month including a twisty thriller, a pair of dystopian novels and an Homeric odyssey round out the fiction picks. A genealogical mystery, a memoir about the working poor and a history of Indian America from Wounded Knee to Standing Rock complete… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Author Will Taylor Shares Some Favorite Middle Grade Books
We’re delighted to have Seattle author Will Taylor, whose debut middle grade novel Maggie & Abby’s Neverending Pillow Fort came out last month, here to share with young readers and parents five novels he can’t wait for you all to read. But first, let us tell you a bit more about his novel: Maggie &… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Seattle author Kim Fu shares recent favorites
Our guest blogger today is Kim Fu, author of the forthcoming novel The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, in which a group of young girls descend on Camp Forevermore, a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and camp songs by the fire. Filled with excitement and… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Jane Wong
Our guest blogger today is Seattle poet Jane Wong, visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University and author of Overpour, shares with us her current project and a few books of inspiration. She will be at MadArt at 7pm on Nov. 8 for the event “The Poetics of Haunting.” Dear Readers, My project, The Poetics of Haunting,… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Seattle author Sharon H. Chang shares from her bookpile(s)
Our guest blogger today is Sharon H. Chang, author of Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial World. Sharon H. Chang is a writer, scholar and activist who focuses on racism, social justice and the Asian American diaspora with a feminist lens. She serves as a consultant for Families of Color Seattle and… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Seattle mystery novelist Ingrid Thoft shares some favorites
Our guest blogger today is Ingrid Thoft, author of the Fina Ludlow mystery series (now in development as a series for ABC Studios) about a private investigator working with her three attorney brothers for her father’s maybe-shady Boston law firm. Brutality, the third in the series, comes out June 23. Start with Loyalty, move on to… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Seattle author Bridget Foley shares some favorites
We are thrilled to have Seattle novelist and screenwriter Bridget Foley, author of Hugo & Rose, here today to share a few favorites from her nightstand pile. Eleven years ago when I moved in with my husband I insisted that we keep no bookshelves in our bedroom. Since we are both writers, we are drowning in… Continue reading
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YA author Martha Brockenbrough picks 5 books to give teens this year
Looking for ideas for books to give teen readers in your life? We think Devine Intervention by Seattle author Martha Brockenbrough makes an ideal gift. An L.A. Times review compared it to Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens; others have said Brockenbrough is a good match for readers who like John Green. But what else would make a good… Continue reading
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Do you have an emerging reader in your family?
When kids enter elementary school, their brains are just ready to learn how to read. Some kids seem to get it right off the bat, but others need more practice. But how can we help our children when they seem reluctant to practice their skills? As it turns out, reading and literacy can be a… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Seattle author Mary Jane Beaufrand on Ivan the gorilla
We asked Seattle author Mary Jane Beaufrand, author of the young adult mystery Dark River (a finalist for the Edgar award for best mystery) to tell us about notable books she’d recently read. She submitted this blog post before the sad news that Ivan the gorilla died in Atlanta on August 21. Take a look at what… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Seattle novelist Laurie Frankel shares her summer reading
“Frankel is an author to watch …” says Library Journal. And we’ve been enthusiastically watching her (and reading her books!) since her debut two years ago. Today marks the release of her second novel, Goodbye for Now. We asked Laurie, who guest blogged for us when The Atlas of Love came out, to tell us what she’s… 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: 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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Nightstand Reads: Matthew Amster-Burton
When I’m sick, sad, or don’t know what to eat for lunch, I always turn to Asian food for comfort. Usually it’s some kind of spicy noodles, like pad Thai or the Tetsu Hell Fire dipping ramen at Samurai noodle, a dish you can’t eat without looking like a barbarian. Similarly, when I wander into… Continue reading
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The Novel: Live! 36 authors to create a novel in six days
Here’s your chance to read it as they write it: Tomorrow morning at 10 sharp, novelist Jennie Shortridge will write the opening lines of a new novel, something she’s certainly done before, but never in so public of a space. This time, Shortridge and 35 other local authors are writing on stage in The Novel: Live! —… Continue reading
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Nightstand Reads: Debut novelist Laurie Frankel shares her summer reading
We’re excited about novelist Laurie Frankel’s debut novel, The Atlas of Love, the story of a young single graduate student in Seattle who becomes pregnant and with the help of friends raises her baby, Atlas. Library Journal said, “Frankel’s debut is a wonderful literary treat that offers a fresh twist on the modern family.” Laurie,… Continue reading