Akilah Hughes: 6 p.m. Sept. 29, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Tickets are required. “Obviously” is Hughes’ coming-of-age memoir told in a collection of intimate and hilarious essays. Hughes is a writer, comedian and YouTuber. Her YouTube channel, “It’s Akilah, Obviously!” has more than 150,000 subscribers. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Steven Greenebaum: 7 p.m. Oct. 1, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. We divide ourselves by race, gender, ethnicity and by spiritual differences. While the author’s spiritual journey looks at all of these divisions, “One Family: Indivisible In the U.S.” addresses how people might come together to celebrate our spiritual diversity rather than fear it. A reverend, Greenebaum is the of the Living Interfaith Church. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Annick Smith and Susan O’Connor: 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at Third Place Books, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park.A hearth is many things: a place for solitude; a source of identity; something we make and share with others; a history of ourselves and our homes. It is, in short, the perfect metaphor for what we seek in these complex and contradictory times. “Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place” takes an in depth look.More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Alice Hoffman: 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Tickets are required. Hoffman’s new novel, “The World That We Knew,” tells the story of a Jewish child refugee’s flight to safety in Nazi German and her mother’s impossible decision to set her free. Hoffman is the bestselling author of “Practical Magic” and “The Dovekeepers.” More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Spencer Ellsworth: 6 p.m. Oct. 4, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. In “The Great Faerie Strike,” Ridley Enterprises has brought industry to the Otherworld, churning out magical goods for profit. But when they fire Charles the gnome, well, they’ve gone too far. And against a gnome’s respectable nature, he takes to the streets, fighting for workers’ rights. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Paul Levy: 6 p.m. Oct. 5, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. In “The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality,” Levy contemplates the mind-blowing revelations emerging from quantum physics, such as how we are participating — via our consciousness — in creating our experience of a reality that quantum theory itself describes as “dreamlike.” This presentation is for anyone who is interested in waking up and dreaming lucidly, be it in our night dreams or our waking life. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Michael Niemann: 6 p.m. Oct. 6, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Niemann’s latest Valentin Vermeulen thriller, “No Right Way: A Valentin Vermeulen Thriller,” is set in 2015. The refugee stream from Syria into Turkey is unprecedented. Vermeulen, investigator for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services, is sent to check that the money sent to alleviate the crisis is spent for the intended purposes. He soon finds out none of the refugees have received any aid. As his investigation leads to the discovery of fraud perpetrated by the local mafia, Vermeulen faces his toughest challenge yet. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Haben Girma: 7 p.m. Oct. 7, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way, Lake Forest Park. “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law,” is the an autobiography by the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her journey from isolation to the world stage. Haben takes readers through a game of blind hide-and-seek in Louisiana, a treacherous climb up an iceberg in Alaska, and a moment with President Barack Obama at The White House. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Marty Wingate: 7 p.m. Oct. 8, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. The popular Mountlake Terrace author’s new “First Edition Library” mystery series kicks off with “The Bodies in the Library.” Hayley Burke is the new curator of The First Edition Society’s library in Bath, England. When a member of her Agatha Christie fan fiction writers group turns up dead, Hayley has to catch the killer to save the society and her job. Wingate also is the author of the “Potting Shed” and “Birds of a Feather” series. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Morhaf al Achkar: 7 p.m. Oct. 9, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. “Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer,” tells the stories of 39 patients with incurable lung cancer. Al Achkar’s book aims to help patients, families and health care providers understand the experience of living with cancer. The author is a Seattle family doctor, teacher and researcher who also is a stage 4 lung cancer patient himself. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Leigh Bardugo: 7 p.m. Oct. 10, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. In “Ninth House Galaxy,” Alex Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. In fact, by age 20, she is the sole survivor of an unsolved multiple homicide. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Christine Day: 6 p.m. Oct. 11, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. In the novel “I Can Make This Promise,” Edie has known all her life that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic — a box full of letters and photos of a woman who looks just like her. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Paula Becker: 2 p.m. Oct. 12, The Neverending Bookshop, 7530 Olympic View Drive, Edmonds. “A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction” is a memoir. Becker’s son, Hunter, was raised in a safe, nurturing home by his writer-historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright, curious child. And yet addiction found him. During this ten-year ordeal, Becker was transformed by an excruciating, inescapable truth: The difference between what she can do and what she cannot do. More at www.theneverendingbookshop.com.
Lavinia Dasani: 6 p.m., Oct. 12, Arlington Library, 135 N. Washington Ave., Arlington. Set in New York City, Dasani’s “The Spy Within,” explores the exchange of power between a cool, calm and collected billionaire and two wild and fiery spies. This is the first novel in the author’s young adult action-romance “Tame” series. Dasani is originally from Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean and now makes her home in Arlington. She also is the author of “Affair of the Heart.” More at www.sno-isle.org/locations/arlington.
Mary Lou Sanelli: 7 p.m. Oct. 12, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Sanelli discusses In “The Star Struck Dance Studio of Yucca Springs,” we meet Lucy Maglietta, growing up in the town of tiny Yucca Springs on the vast Mojave Desert. She longs for a place that — unlike her home life — feels safe and calm, and she finds it at the Star Struck Dance Studio. Sanelli is a dance teacher and has published seven collections of poetry. This is her first novel. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Arthur Krull: 6 p.m. Oct. 13, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Krull’s “Hijacked: A Critical Change of Plans,” is the true story of the Delta L1011 flight that was hijacked to Cuba in 1980. The crew was hopeful the hijacker would surrender there, but instead, he demanded fuel to fly to Iran. The aircraft, crew and passengers safely returned to Miami. Krull, who was on the flight crew that day, captures the suspense and frustrations as the very fluid situation was met with seemingly endless changes of plans, while dealing with the governments of Cuba, Iran and the U.S. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Flynn Coleman: 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. “A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Who We Are” is anarrative on the urgency of ethically designed artificial intelligence and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology. Coleman calls for building a more humane future and moving conscientiously into a new frontier of our own design. This is Coleman’s first book. More at www.thirdplacebooks.com.
POETRY READINGS
The Neverending Bookshop: 6 p.m. first Fridays. The bookshop hosts a Flash Fiction and Poetry Slam at 7530 Olympic View Drive, Suite 105, Edmonds. All poets and short fiction/non-fiction writers are welcome. Call 425-415-1945.
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
Catherine Fransson: 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. The Everett High School graduate was crowned Miss Everett of 1962 and taught literature and journalism at Cascade High from 1965 to 1967. Go to www.spiritstones.net for more information.
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