Author events and poetry readings around Snohomish County
Published 1:30 am Sunday, January 5, 2020
Kelli Estes: 11:30 a.m. Jan. 6, Everett main library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. The author discusses her second novel, “Today We Go Home.” Estes, raised in Yakima, now of Woodinville, writes with a Northwest slant. One of her protagonists in her novel is a traumatized woman soldier from Woodinville, just back from combat duty in Afghanistan, who becomes linked through an old diary to a woman soldier posing as a man during the Civil War. This dual-narrative style, across time, has been a feature of Estes’s first two novels; Her first novel “The Girl Who Wrote in Silk” concerned two Washingtonians living 130 years apart on Orcas Island. More information at 425-257-8000.
Melissa Hartwig Urban: 7 p.m. Jan. 6, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Healthy recipes for parties and celebrations are complied in “The Whole30 Friends & Family.” The book provides Whole30 menus and recipes for everyday social occasions from birthday parties to baby showers, movie night, tailgating and more. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Walt Gragg: 7 p.m. Jan. 8, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Gragg’s “The Chosen One” is the story of a fundamentalist Islamic army on the march in the Middle East. The fight to stop the spread of madness will take everything the American military can muster. Gragg is a Vietnam veteran who also wrote the novel “The Red Line.” More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Kiersten White: 7 p.m. Jan. 9, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new in “Chosen,” the second novel in White’s “Slayer” series, set in the world of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” White is the bestselling author of many books for YA readers, including “And Darken,” “Now I Rise,” “Bright We Burn” and “The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein.” More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Doug Margeson: 6 p.m. Jan. 10, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Margeson’s “Gazing in the Distant Lights,” set in 1964, follows Tom Brewer in his freshman year at Seattle Pacific College, who was sent there against his will by parents who think “It will do you a world of good.” Margeson is an award-winning former journalist and writer of short stories and creative nonfiction. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Catherine Fransson: Noon Jan. 11, Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds. The Everett native wrote a memoir about her relationship with her parents. “Loving the Enemy: When The Favorite Parent Dies First” shares how Fransson grappled with getting acquainted with her father after Mother died first. This memoir reveals how estrangement can be overcome with courage, time and an open heart. More at www.edmondsbookshop.com.
James D. Macon: 2 p.m. Jan. 11, The Neverending Bookshop, 7530 Olympic View Drive, Edmonds. The fourth book in Macon’s Phosfire Journeys series, “Guardian of the Trade,” follows the the further adventures of Zeal, Tulip, Kit and Tallen. Macon is a semi-retired pediatrician in Lynnwood who also is the author of “Purveyors & Acquires,” “The Phosfire Journeys” and “Opener of Doors.” More at www.theneverendingbookshop.com.
James D. Shipman: 6 p.m. Jan. 11, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. A book in the tradition of “Saving Private Ryan” and “Bridge Over the River Kwai,” Shipman’s “Task Force Baum” tells an action-packed story that illustrates the long-buried secrets and unending costs of war, based on the true story of Gen. George S. Patton’s clandestine unauthorized raid on a World War II POW camp. Shipman is the bestselling author of four historical novels: “Constantinopolis,” “Going Home,” “It Is Well” and “A Bitter Rain.” More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Colleen Hoover: 7 p.m. Jan. 13, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Morgan Grant and her 16-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. In “Regretting You,” Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body. Hoover is the bestselling author of several novels, including “It Ends with Us” and “Verity.” More at www.edmondsbookshop.com.
Steve Inskeep: 7 p.m. Jan. 15, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. “Imperfect Union” tells the story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband-and-wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America’s first great political couple. Inskeep is a co-host for NPR “Morning Edition” radio show and of NPR’s “Up First” podcast. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Deb Caletti: 7 p.m. Jan. 16, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Caletti’s debut into middle grade books is “A Flicker of Courage.” An evil wizard named Vlad Luxor rules over a town with an iron fist. It’s up to Henry, Apollo, Pirate Girl and JoJo to break a spell Vlad Luxor has cast on Apollos’ brother — which turned him into a lizard! Caletti is a Printz Award Honoree and National Book Award finalist. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Jim Moats and Kim Lorenz: 6 p.m. Jan. 17, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Two business books: Moats’ “Leading from the Edge of the Inside” helps define invisible patterns that no longer serves a business and offers the structure to playfully practice shifting those patterns. In “Tireless,” Lorenz tells his story of founding two companies, running them successfully and selling them to Fortune 500 companies. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Kate Alice Marshall: Noon Jan. 18, Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds. The young adult novel, “Rules for Vanishing,” tells its story in a faux-documentary style of “The Blair Witch Project,” with a missing girl, a vengeful ghost and the girl who is determined to find her sister — at all costs. Marshall is the author of “I Am Still Alive” and is working on a new “Elden Eld” middle grade series. More at www.edmondsbookshop.com.
Tyler Weaver: 6 p.m. Jan. 18, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. In “The Maiden’s War,” the emperor has unleashed his forces in a lightning campaign, shattering the Kingdom’s defenses in an avalanche of fire and steel. The Royal Army mobilizes as the Kingdom’s future hangs in the balance. Follow the stories of two young women — one who enlists as a soldier and the other a princess who is determined to accompany the war. Weaver is an Army veteran who, in addition to books, writes for comics, magazines, radio and film. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
William Gibson: 7 p.m. Jan. 21, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. This is a ticketed event. In “Agency,” Verity Jane signs the wordy NDA of a dodgy San Francisco start-up, becoming the beta tester for their latest product: a digital assistant, accessed through a pair of ordinary-looking glasses. “Eunice,” the disarmingly human AI in the glasses, soon manifests a face, a fragmentary past, and an unnervingly canny grasp of combat strategy. Verity, realizing that her cryptic new employers don’t yet know this, instinctively decides that it’s best they don’t. “Agency” is Gibson’s sequel to the bestselling novel “The Peripheral.” More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
POETRY READINGS
Alan Lau: A poetry reading is 12:30 to 2 p.m. Jan. 30, Shoreline Community College’s Black Box Theater, 4000 Building, 16101 Greenwood Ave. N., Shoreline.
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.
NEW BOOKS
Steve K. Bertrand: The Mukilteo author has released another book of poetry: “Living Amongst the Sasquatch and Other Poems” is a collection of poetry about life in the Pacific Northwest. All of the poems were written over the last 40 years. The award-winning poet, historian and photographer has published 28 books. Find them on Amazon.
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