Seattle Authors

  • Recent Books Celebrate Magnolia Branch Architect

    The life and work of architect Paul Hayden Kirk, designer of The Seattle Public Library’s Magnolia Branch, is commanding renewed interest due to the publication of two new books: Paul Hayden Kirk and the Rise of the Northwest Modern by Seattle author and filmmaker Dale Kutzera, and Paul Hayden Kirk and the Puget Sound School… Continue reading

  • Library Podcasts with a Seattle Focus

    Last week I highlighted some of the diverse podcasts the library has to offer on it’s website with no library card required. I wanted to discuss some of the other things offered on the Library Podcast page, specifically the variety of discussions on Seattle and Seattle history. In Fall of 2019, the Library hosted discussions… Continue reading

  • Three Views of Seattle

    Seeing your city through different eyes can be revelatory, bringing to the fore details you may not have noticed. Whether you’ve lived here your whole life, just moved in, or are somewhere in between, pick up one of these books for a new lens on Seattle. Seattle Walk Report Exploring 23 Seattle neighborhoods, Seattle Walk… Continue reading

  • Books Coming to the Big Screen in 2019

    Two quintessential Seattle novels — Where’d You Go, Bernadette and The Art of Racing in the Rain — are coming to a movie theatre near you in 2019! Some scenes for Bernadette were filmed at our Central Library (and, yes, Cate Blanchette was there, AT OUR LIBRARY!). We can’t wait to see if we made… Continue reading

  • Listen Local: Download audio books by Washington authors

    If you’re looking for a downloadable audiobook, here are a half-dozen titles — general fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction, and fantasy —  by local authors. She Regrets Nothing by Andrea Dunlop. Fiction The forgotten granddaughter of one of New York’s wealthiest men is reunited with her family just as she comes of age—and once she’s had… Continue reading

  • Library Reads: 10 top picks for September 2017

    Extra celebrating this month with the Library Reads Top Ten list — because two local authors are shining bright on this selection of books that librarians across the U.S. are loving! Our beloved Nancy Pearl, former librarian at The Seattle Public Library, has a debut novel you must place on hold now! And Jamie Ford,… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Local Authors

    Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our 2nd annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Today, suggestions for your “Read a Book by a Local Author” square: The Pacific Northwest is host to more authors than a mere blog post could even venture to do justice. A… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Local authors

       — Posted by Linda J. This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based… Continue reading

  • Nightstand Reads: Seattle novelist Erica Bauermeister reads local

    Seattle novelist Erica Bauermeister’s third novel, The Lost Art of Mixing, was just released, reuniting Seattle readers with the group of Seattle friends we first met in The School of Essential Ingredients. A review in Publishers Weekly said: “Bauermeister’s prose is strong, particularly when it comes to food, and her novel brings to life the… Continue reading

  • Where It’s At: New books by local authors

    This fall brings a particulary good bumper crop of new books by local authors. There must be something in the air/water/mountains/evergreens/coffee to generate this much awesomeness in one place. Here are some new and upcoming releases to kickstart your fall with some Pacific Northwest flavor: Blasphemy: New and Selected Short Stories by Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie… Continue reading

  • Nightstand Reading: Kerry Colburn and Jen Worick

    We asked local authors Kerry Colburn and Jen Worick to share their nightstand reads with us! Being asked about our nightstand reads is like being asked to choose between children … but we will for the sake of SPL. Jen’s nightstand: After reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, which I loved, I went on… Continue reading