Dr. Eric Larson
7 p.m. July 25, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Larson will talk about and sign copies of his book “Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for a Long, Active Life.” Larson has heard his patients express the wish to live independently in good health until the end. The book is based largely on Larson’s work as leader of one of the world’s largest and longest-running studies of healthy aging. The Adult Changes in Thought study is a joint project of Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and the University of Washington. The study explores how the body and the brain ages, and how knowledge of this process can be used to help people grow old with greater resilience. The store is at 1717 Bothell Way NE.
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 sorts, the coming-of-age story of a young black girl growing up in the early 1960s in Detroit at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The shop is at 111 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds.
Warner Blake and Otto Greule
2-4 p.m. July 30, Uppercase Bookshop
“J.S. White: Our First Architect” — the fine art book that Blake wrote and Greule illustrated with his photos — documents White’s surviving structures from 19th-century Snohomish. Funded by people in Snohomish, the book also is the story of the city’s rise and fall as the birthplace of Snohomish County. Blake and Greule will talk about and sign copies of the book. White left nothing behind except his buildings, so Blake combed through newspapers of the time to discover White’s story and identify his structures. Particularly notable is the White Building, the builder-architect’s own two-story red brick masterpiece, which was misidentified for more than 50 years. The author plans to talk about the book with Ed Bremer at 4 p.m. July 28 on KSER radio. The shop is at 1010 Second St., Snohomish.
Matt Gano
7:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Gano is the author of “Suits for the Swarm,” a poetry collection from MoonPath Press. He will read from his works. Gano is involved with the Skagit River Poetry Festival and the Fremont Abbey Arts Center. He represented Seattle at the National Poetry Slam during multiple years and is a former Seattle Grand-Slam champion. Cost is $12. The center is at 565 Camano Ave., Langley.
Warren Read
2 p.m. Aug. 13, Everett Public Library
An Everett native and former Everett Public Schools teacher, Read will read from, talk about and sign copies of his debut novel, “Ash Falls.” It’s a complex psychological story set in a town modeled on Granite Falls, with references to Everett, Lake Stevens, Monroe and Darrington. The local setting figures heavily into the story, which Booklist has called the novel “part rural fiction, part Northwest Noir.” It is published by Ig Publishing, a New York-based press devoted to publishing original literary fiction. Read, who now lives in Kingston, came of age in the Riverside neighborhood of Everett. He also is the author of the 2009 memoir, “The Lyncher in Me.” In 2015 he earned his master’s degree in fine arts degree in the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. The library is at 2702 Hoyt Ave.
Linnea Hartsuyker
7 p.m. Aug. 25, Mill Creek’s University Book Store
Hartsuyker takes readers to the world of ninth-century Vikings in her debut novel “The Half-Drowned King.” She will talk about the book and sign copies. Nordic music by fiddlers Martha Levenson and Vicki Watt Warshaw is offered at 6 p.m. The store is at 15311 Main St.
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.
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
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