Snohomish County book calendar

Published 1:30 am Sunday, June 18, 2017

Jennifer Robson and Kate Quinn

7 p.m. June 21, University Book Store, Mill Creek

Robson will read from and sign copies of her new book “Goodnight from London,” set in the 1940s as American journalist Ruby Sutton begins reporting on World War II. Quinn will read from and sign copies of her new book “The Alice Network,” which is set in the aftermath of the war, as an American college girl sets out to find her cousin who went missing during the war. The event is at 15311 Main St.

Billy Mac

2 p.m. June 24, Edmonds Bookshop

The author will sign copies of his book “My Oh My: The Dave Niehaus Story” at 111 Fifth Ave. S. The book, now out in paperback, is praised as a great baseball story.

Beatriz Williams

6:30 p.m. July 8, Third Place Books

A New York Times bestselling author, Williams, who grew up in Seattle, will talk about and sign copies of her new book “Cocoa Beach” at the store at Lake Forest Park, 17171 Bothell Way NE. Set in the lawless Prohibition era in Cocoa Beach, Florida, the romantic mystery revolves around Virginia who is seeking the truth about her late husband.

Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Noon July 15, Edmonds Bookshop

Sisters Laura McGee Kvasnosky and Kate McGee have created a story about the importance of being true to one’s heart. Their new book is “Little Wolf’s First Howling.” Hear Kvasnosky read the tale during a children’s story time and then stick around as she talks about the book and signs copies.

Brenda Fantroy-Johnson

Noon July 29, Edmonds Bookshop

The Seattle author will talk about, read from and sign copies of her new paperback book, “Imagine Me.” It is a memoir of storts, the story of a young black girl growing up in the early 1960s in Detroit at the height of the civil rights movement

Poetry readings

7 p.m. Mondays, Black Lab Gallery, Everett

The gallery offers a poetry reading each Monday evening at 1618 Hewitt Ave. For more information, call 425-512-9476. Hear Nate Taylor on June 19.

7 p.m. Thursdays, Cafe Zippy, Everett

Everett Poetry night at the cafe is on most Thursday evenings at 1502 Rucker Ave. Call 425-303-0474.

6 p.m. first Thursdays, Hibulb Cultural Center, Tulalip

Open mic follows. In the library at 6410 23rd Ave. NE.

— Gale Fiege, Herald writer