Upcoming author events in Snohomish County
Published 3:43 pm Friday, February 5, 2016
Richard Russo
7:30 p.m. Feb. 12, Everett Performing Arts Center
Everett Public Library will host a free reading by Russo, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Empire Falls.” A 6 p.m. private reception, for which a limited number of tickets are available, will be followed by his reading and book signing.
“Empire Falls” is a story set in a mill town much like Everett. Russo’s appearance in Everett is the anchor event for the library’s winter reading program, “Ways to Read.” The performing arts center is at 2710 Wetmore Ave. For more information, contact Kate Larsen at klarsen@everettwa.gov or 425-257-8021.
Gloria Koll
2 p.m. Feb. 13, Stanwood Library
Enjoy an hour of readings from Gloria Koll’s recently published novel “Skipping Stones” with accompaniment by musician Mary McLeod, who will perform Norwegian and early American folk songs. The story involves Scandinavian mass migration in the late 1800s, influenza, the Great Depression, the dust bowl and the home front during World Wars I and II, as viewed across South Dakota and Montana. The library is 9701 271st St. NW, Stanwood.
John Marzluff
2 p.m. Feb. 14, Everett Public Library
Marzluff, a University of Washington wildlife science professor, has written “Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife,” published by Yale University Press. Like most of us, Marzluff always assumed that the greatest variety of birds could be found in remote wilderness areas. That is, until his studies revealed that the most diverse bird populations were actually in suburbia. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the free event.
Claudia Castro-Luna
12:30 p.m. Feb. 18, EdCC
Edmonds Community College’s Convergence Writers Series hosts poet Claudia Castro-Luna for a reading at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 in the college’s Black Box Theatre on campus, 20310 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. It is free and open to the public. Castro-Luna is newly appointed as Seattle’s Civic Poet. She came to the U.S. in 1981 and is working on a memoir about her experience escaping the Salvadoran Civil War. Reserve a ticket at www.blackboxedcc.org.
Tracy Weber
7 p.m. Feb. 18, Edmonds Bookshop
The Seattle author is back with her third book “Karma’s a Killer: A Downward Dog Mystery.” Yoga instructor Kate Davidson is about to discover that when it comes to murder, there’s no place like om. When she agrees to teach doga — yoga for dogs — at a fundraiser for Dogma, a local animal rescue, Kate believes the only real damage will be to her reputation. But when an animal rights protest leads to a suspicious fire and a drowning, a few downward-facing dogs will be the least of Kate’s problems. The shop is located at 111 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds.
Kathryn Aalto
2 p.m. Feb. 27, Monroe Library
Aalto, a landscape designer and author, lives in England. However, she once lived in Monroe and was active in the community. She will speak at the library about her book, “The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.” The wood is real Ashdown Forest, where A.A. Milne lived and set the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh and his band of friends. Learn about Milne’s childhood in the natural world and how he teamed up with illustrator E.H. Shepard. Books will be for sale at the event. More about Aalto at www.kathrynaalto.com. The library is at 1070 Village Way.
Clark Roberts
2 p.m. Feb. 27, Everett Public Library
Roberts talks about his blindness and his relationship with guide dogs at this free event in the library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Roberts, author of “Wags to You,” talks about guide dogs, their training and what they have meant to him. Copies of his book in a variety of formats will be for sale at the event.
To submit news for the book calendar, contact Gale Fiege: 425-339-3427; gfiege@heraldnet.com.
