Author events and poetry readings around Snohomish County

Published 1:30 am Sunday, November 4, 2018

Melissa Hartwig: 7 p.m. Nov. 6, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. The author’s “The Whole30 Slow Cooker” features 150 slow cooker prep-and-go recipes that use whole-food ingredients. No-fuss dinners, one-pot meals and roasts that transform into tacos, salads and soups are included. Hartwig is a sports nutritionist and five-time New York Times bestselling author.

Polly Horvath and Tom Llewellyn: 6 p.m. Nov. 9, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Horvath’s quirky novel, “Very Rich,” follows Rupert Brown, a 10-year-old boy from a poor home in Steelville, Ohio, and his unlikely time-travel adventures with the richest family in town. Horvath is the author of “The Canning Season,” a National Book Award winner. Llewellyn’s “The Bottle Imp of a Bright House” is a dark middle-grade novel set in Tacoma about a 13-year-old and the mysterious millionaire who gives him a bottle containing a wish-granting imp. Llewellyn resides in Tacoma.

Kelly Jones: Noon Nov. 10, Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds. In “Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken?,” 12-year-old Sophie Brown becomes the keeper of chickens with secret superpowers. The magical chickens, their unusual eggs to be incubated and hatched (what will their superpowers be?) and an impended inspection from the Unusual Poultry Committee have her stressed out. On top of it at all, the first day at her new school is rapidly approaching. The laugh-out-loud book is the sequel to Kelly Jones’ “Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer.”

Bobbie Kaald: 2 p.m. Nov. 10, The Neverending Bookshop, 7530 Olympic View Drive, Unit 105, Edmonds. Kaald’s collection of self-published books includes “The Making of an Enemy,” “Felicia” and “The Lost Branch.” The retired nurse of 40 years decided to write a book in 2003. Now she has several book series, including “Aaron,” “Lily” and “Spryte.” More at www.theneverendingbookshop.com.

R.O. Kwon and Danya Kukafka: 6 p.m. Nov. 10, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. The bestselling authors are featured in this special bookstore event. In Kwon’s “The Incendiaries,” a young woman at an elite university is drawn into a cult’s acts of terrorism. Kwon is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature fellow. Kukafka’s “Girl in Snow” follows the aftermath of a beloved high school’s murder, and the sleepy Colorado suburb it touches. The book won the Hearst’s Crime Novel of the Year Award from the U.K.

Christine Grabowski: 6 p.m. Nov. 11, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. In Grabowski’s debut young adult novel, “Dickensen Academy,” Autumn Mattison receives an invitation to attend a boarding school with a dark secret. When tragedy strikes, Autumn must stand up to her greatest fear or risk having her memories destroyed to protect the school’s secrets. Grabowski is a University of Washington graduate who lives in Newcastle, Washington.

Michelle Hodkin: 6 p.m. Nov. 16, University Book Store, 15311 Main St., Mill Creek. The bestselling author will discuss “The Reckoning of Noah Shaw,” a sequel to “The Becoming of Noah Shaw.” Noah Shaw wants nothing more than to escape the consequences of his choices and the memories that haunt him. But he can’t: Legacies are revealed, lies are unraveled and old alliances are forged. More at www.ubookstore.com/mill-creek.

POETRY READINGS

Edmonds Bookshop: 5 p.m. third Thursdays. Third Thursday Art Walk poetry readings are held during the Everett Art Walk at the bookshop, 111 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds. Call 425-775-2789 for more.

Black Lab Gallery: 7 p.m. Mondays. The gallery offers a poetry reading each Monday evening at 1618 Hewitt Ave., Everett. For more information, call 425-512-9476.

Cafe Zippy: 7 p.m. Thursdays. Everett Poetry Night at the cafe is on most Thursday evenings at 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett. Call 425-303-0474.

Hibulb Cultural Center: 6 p.m. first Thursdays. The museum’s Open Mic Poetry series continues. In the Longhouse Room at 6410 23rd Ave. NE, Tulalip. Visit www.hibulbculturalcenter.org for more.

Email event information for this calendar with the subject “Books” to features@heraldnet.com.