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Call for playwrights: Edmonds Driftwood Players 13th Annual Festival of Shorts

Tuesday, January 23, 2024


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 13th Annual Festival of Shorts - Silver Linings

Edmonds Driftwood Players is pleased to announce our theme and call for submissions for our 13th Annual Festival of Shorts.

Our annual playwriting festival provides an opportunity for playwrights to have their works brought to life on stage, as well as gain recognition and potential awards. Some past winners have later been developed into full-length award-winning plays!

The festival this year will be presented in five performances June 27-30, 2024, featuring eight shorts finalists. The theme for 2024 is “Silver Linings: a consoling or hopeful prospect.” We would love to see both comedic and dramatic stories with uplifting endings.

The finalists are selected from submissions from around the globe. Our volunteer readers and judges are local Seattle-area theatre lovers and playwrights. To keep the process as fair as possible, our readers are given blind copies of script submissions for judging.

After the closing performance, we will announce the winners for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Judges’ Awards and Overall Audience Favorite.

To enter your short play in the festival, please follow the instructions below:

Submit an original script for a short play based on the following guidelines:
  • Run time between 10 and 12 minutes
  • Minimum 2 characters – maximum 5 characters
  • Can be staged with minimal sets, props, and costumes.
  • Limited foul language
  • Be sure to incorporate the theme of “Silver Linings” into your story
  • To be eligible for consideration, the play cannot have been previously produced beyond a staged or feedback reading
  • Submit your play by 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, March 17, 2024 to Shorts@EdmondsDriftwoodPlayers.org
Submit two separate documents:
  1. A single cover page with the title of your play and your full name, address, email address and phone number.
  2. The original short submission (Standard Stage Play Format. For an example, please click HERE) with the script and title of the play ONLY. No identifying information about the playwright is to appear in this “blind” copy. All plays which fail to submit a blind copy of their play will be disqualified. The blind copy of the script preserves anonymity in our reader selections to keep the process as fair for playwrights as possible.
Festival of Shorts website
Ticketing information to attend the festival is below:

WHEN: June 27-30, 2024 - Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm (5 total performances).

TICKETS: $20 General Adults (ages 19-59); $18 Junior/Senior/Military. Available online or by phone at 425-774-9600. Discounted tickets for groups of 10+ people are also available.

Thank you to First Financial Northwest Bank for sponsoring the 13th Annual Festival of Shorts, and to our Season 65 Sponsors: Rick Steves’ Europe, Windermere Real Estate Edmonds, Templar Financial Services, and Down Easy Salsa.

About Edmonds Driftwood Players: Edmonds Driftwood Players is a volunteer-based, non-profit community theatre with the mission to produce live theatre that entertains, enriches and engages the community. Established in 1958, it is one of the oldest operating community theatres in Washington State.

Performances at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main Street, Edmonds.


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Shoreline native Gordon Braun publishes The Boy From a Town That Isn’t Even a Town

Saturday, December 30, 2023

The Boy From a Town That Isn’t Even a Town, by Shoreline native Gordon Braun, has been released for sale on Amazon, Barnes & Noble online and Village Books in Bellingham.

It’s 1968. The town of Shoreline isn’t on any maps because it isn’t even a town. “Wedged between the northern limits of Washington State’s biggest city at 145th Street and the Snohomish County line at 205th Street, Shoreline is an afterthought—an aptly named sixty-block strip of unincorporated King County stretching from the banks of Lake Washington on the east to the bluffs overlooking Puget Sound on the west.”

This coming-of-age memoir lets us in on the rich inner life of a pubescent boy. There is adventure. There is adversity. There are funny scenes, tender moments, and memorable characters. 1968 was the year Gordon turned thirteen. 

It was the year he had a Seattle Times paper route and noticed that “bad news isn’t just plentiful, it’s as relentless as the precipitation around here and has a way of soaking through your skull and seeping into your consciousness.” 

It was the year he discovered a talent that would change the trajectory of his life.

About the author: 

The Boy From a Town That Isn’t Even a Town is Gordon Braun’s first published work. He attended Cromwell Park Elementary, Cordell Hull Junior High, and Shoreline High School in his hometown of Shoreline, Washington. 

After a record-setting track and cross-country career as a schoolboy, he was rewarded with an athletic scholarship to the University of Washington where he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees. Gordon is a retired business executive, consultant, teacher, and coach. He lives in Bellingham with his wife, Carrie Gaasland.


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Guidebook author will discuss hiking the Central Cascades on Tuesday at Shoreline Library

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Day Hiking the Central Cascades at the Shoreline Library 345 NE 175th St, Shoreline WA 98155 on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 from 6 - 7pm.

Enjoy a hiking tour of Washington’s Central Cascades with guidebook author Craig Romano
Explore trails along the US 2 corridor and more. 

Books will be available for purchase. Cash only please.

Registration not required.

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Cinderella's Crimes - Lake Forest Park native publishes new book

Friday, November 17, 2023

Cinna would quite literally kill for the throne….

For years, Cinna has been forced to serve her wealthy cousins rather than attend society events alongside them. She has waited for the chance to prove herself and exact revenge. When a ball at the castle is announced, promising to bring many powerful people to town, she seizes the opportunity to strike.

She bets her best friend, Johann, a small-time thief and con man, that she can land a greater score the night of the ball than he can. They embark on parallel heists. But as their plots unfold, things begin to unravel. By the end of the night, the castle’s on lockdown, a duchess is dead, a mansion has burned to the ground — and Cinna hasn’t even stolen anything.

Or has she captured something far more valuable than gold and jewels?

Cinderella's Crimes by Kelsey Josund is available on Amazon, or you can contact Kelsey directly for signed copies.

Kelsey Josund
Lake Forest Park native Kelsey Josund is a software engineer and author of scifi, fantasy and young adult fiction, including a series of forthcoming feminist retellings of classic childhood fairytales.

With a passion for storytelling in all its forms, Kelsey approaches writing fiction the same way she approaches writing code: she likes to know where it’s going, but wants to figure out the details as she goes. 

She believes good software is a lot like a good story— full of neat and clever solutions to tricky problems, beautiful at a granular level but also from a distance.

Kelsey lives and works in Silicon Valley, California with her partner and their cat. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University, and is currently plotting her return to the Pacific Northwest and working on her next novel.


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Start your Thanksgiving week with a story about generosity and community connection

Thursday, November 16, 2023

This year, Thanksgiving week will start off with a “storytime” for all ages at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 5pm. 

That’s when local author Alice K. Boatwright will read aloud Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving, a story inspired by Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

In this contemporary re-telling, the miserly Martha Potts is reminded that there's more to life than work and money after chance encounters with a homeless woman and a stray cat, who comes to stay. 

Between Thanksgiving eve and Thanksgiving Day, events unfold that lead her to rediscover the importance of connection and the true meaning of the holiday: giving and gratitude.

Kirkus Reviews described the book as “a rebooted, briskly-paced holiday parable that focuses on generosity and community connection."

Boatwright says she originally wrote the story while her husband cooked their Thanksgiving turkey because their San Francisco kitchen was too small for two people to work in it at the same time. 

Reading it aloud for friends became an annual holiday tradition; and, at their urging, she decided to collaborate with artist Jan L. Waldron and publish it as a book under her own imprint, Firefly Ink Books.

Boatwright is especially pleased to have the opportunity to read the story at Third Place Books, and she loves to hear that people who’ve bought the book read it aloud together. “Audiobooks are wonderful, but it’s nice to take back the pleasure of shared reading too.”

Local author Alice K. Boatwright
to read at Third Place Books
Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving is Boatwright’s first children’s book, although her varied career as a writer has included stints as a children’s librarian and bookseller, as well as traveling the world writing about public health issues. 

She is also the author of the popular Ellie Kent mysteries, three linked novellas about the Vietnam War era, and other fiction. She lives in Lake Forest Park.

Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving is available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book editions through bookstores and online retailers.

Books will be available for purchase and signing through Third Place Books.


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Third Place Books author events November - December 2023

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Third Place Books 
Lake Forest Park
November 2023 EVENTS
 
Unless ticketed, events are free and open to the public. See thirdplacebooks.com for details. For free events, RSVP is strongly encouraged.
 
() – denotes ticketed event
() – denotes event for children or middle grade readers
 
 
Wednesday, November 1 from 6–8pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Tika the Iggy / Thomas Shapiro (Meet-And-Greet) 
Tika the Iggy: Lessons in Life, Love and, Fashion by Thomas Shapiro
TICKETS REQUIRED
  
Tuesday, November 7 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Naomi Alderman in conversation with Kira Jane Buxton
The Future
TICKETS REQUIRED
  
Wednesday, November 8 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Jonathan Evison
Again and Again: A Novel
  
[SOLD OUT] Friday, November 10 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Ali Hazelwood           
with Rachel Runya Katz, Julie Soto, and Susan Lee
Moderated by Jo Segura
Check and Mate
TICKETS REQUIRED
 
Monday, November 13 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Phillip Margolin
Betrayal: A Robin Lockwood Novel
  
Tuesday, November 14 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Ed Park
Same Bed Different Dreams: A Novel
  
Wednesday, November 15 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Teresa H. Janssen with Beth Ann Mathews
The Ways of Water: A Novel
   
Thursday, November 16 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Martha Wells
System Collapse (Book 7 of the Murderbot Diaries)
  
Monday, November 20 at 5pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Storytime with Alice Boatwright
Mrs. Potts Finds Thanksgiving
   
Tuesday, November 21 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Erica Miner
Prelude to Murder
 
Wednesday, November 22 at 6:30pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Local Author Open Mic
 
Monday, November 27 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Lee Goldberg in conversation with Robert Dugoni
Calico
 
Tuesday, November 28 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, Lori Holden
Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
 
Thursday, November 30 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Whitney Hanson
Harmony
 
Monday, December 4 from 11am–1:30pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Mercury Stardust [Signing Event]
Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Co-sponsored by the NE Seattle Tool Library
 
Tuesday, December 5 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Jo Segura in conversation with Sarah Hawley
Raiders of the Lost Heart


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Pulitzer Prize-winning author at Third Place Books on October 11, 2023

Friday, September 29, 2023

Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome Hua Hsu to our Lake Forest Park store!

Hsu will be celebrating the paperback release of his Pulitzer Prize-winning, staff-favorite memoir, Stay True.

Hsu will be joined in conversation by local author E.J. Koh, recently named "Most Influential" by Seattle Magazine.
 
Koh is the author of the memoir The Magical Language of Others and the forthcoming novel The Liberators.

October 11, 2023 at 7pm. Third Place Books, upper level Town Center LFP, intersection of Ballinger and Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park WA 98155.  

Tickets required: thirdplacebooks.com


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Third Place Books author events September 2023

Friday, August 18, 2023

Author event at Third Place Books
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Third Place Books 
Lake Forest Park
September 2023 author events
 
Unless ticketed, events are free and open to the public. See thirdplacebooks.com for details. For free events, RSVP is strongly encouraged.
() – denotes ticketed event
() – denotes event for children or middle grade readers

Tuesday, September 5 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Tony Angell
Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives

Wednesday, September 6 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Peter Stark 
Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation

Thursday, September 7 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Craig Johnson
The Longmire Defense: A Longmire Mystery
TICKETS REQUIRED

Saturday, September 9 from 12pm to 8pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Chuck Palahniuk
Not Forever, But For Now
SIGNING ONLY / TICKETS REQUIRED

Monday, September 11 at 4pm PDT (Virtual)
Josh Cook in conversation with Spencer Ruchti
The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first Century

Monday, September 11 at 6pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Aliza J. Sokolow
This Is What I Eat: Fun Activities for Mindful Eating
 
Tuesday, September 12 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Rachel Runya Katz in conversation with Jen Comfort
Thank You for Sharing: A Novel

Monday, September 18 at 6:30pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Local Author Open Mic

Tuesday, September 19 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Kendare Blake
Champion of Fate

Wednesday, September 20 at 5pm PDT (Virtual)
Juan Cárdenas in conversation with translator Lizzie Davis
The Devil of the Provinces

Wednesday, September 20 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Nicole Chung in conversation with Kalani Kapahua
A Living Remedy: A Memoir

Thursday, September 21 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Kate Lebo
Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour, and Butter

Third Place Books is located on the upper level of Town Center at the intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way NE in Lake Forest Park.


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Crowd gathers for dedication ceremony of Octavia Butler Avenue in Lake Forest Park

Monday, July 31, 2023

The crowd gathering for the ceremony to name an LFP street for Octavia E. Butler
Photo by Kenneth Berkun
By Diane Hettrick

In a ceremony marked by brief speeches by LFP city councilmembers, a Seattle writer, and former neighbors, the City of Lake Forest Park named the street where she lived, 37th Ave NE in Lake Forest Park, in honor of author Octavia E. Butler.

The street was blocked for the event
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Author Butler wrote speculative fiction which won the most prestigious awards in science fiction. Since her early death in 2006 at her home in Lake Forest Park, her work has continued to grow in popularity as so many of her ideas have come to pass - and people are worried about the rest.

Photo by Steven H. Robinson
A BBC article "Why Octavia E. Butler's novels are so relevant today" points out that what she eerily envisaged as an alternate future foresaw many aspects of life today.

L-R LFP Council Vice-Chair Phillippa Kassover, Deputy Mayor Tom French, Councilmembers Tracy Furutani and Semra Riddle beneath the new street sign. Photo by Steven H. Robinson
The ceremony, on Saturday, July 29, 2023, was opened by Council Vice-Chair Phillippa Kassover. Remarks by Deputy Mayor Tom French and councilmember Tracy Furutani followed.
Seattle writer Caren Sumption Gussoff
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Next to speak was Caren Sumption Gussoff, an award-winning speculative fiction writer who lives in Seattle. At Clarion West in 2008, she was awarded The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship by the Carl Brandon Society.

Professor of writing Dr. Sheila Liming
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Dr. Sheila Liming is an associate professor of professional writing at Champlain College in Burlington VT. As a high school student, she was a neighbor of Octavia's (see previous article)

Terry Morgan was a neighbor who used to give Butler rides.
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Terry Morgan 
is a local artist, musician and event producer, and a former neighbor of Octavia Butler.

Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Councilmembers then unveiled the street sign and attendees lingered to talk in the warm evening.

Butler's most popular books are the Parable set.
Butler's Parable books have been made into an opera, which was performed at Lincoln Center this year. In the NPR article, Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy—now it's also an opera, the author quotes Butler.
As Octavia Butler told WHYY's Fresh Air in 1993, her Parable novels were about the use and abuse of power in a broken society. 
"They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others even more miserable," Butler said. "And the only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it."


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New book by Shoreline native teaches basics of circuits, circuit components, and electronics

Friday, July 28, 2023

Using fun, hands-on projects, learn what a circuit is and how it works! 

This book uses a common tool in electronics, the breadboard, to build your way to an understanding of circuits, circuit components, and the basics of computers.

You'll master current, voltage, and resistance. 

With that you can control outputs like lights and motors as well as inputs like switches and sensors. 

You'll also discover the difference between analog and digital electrical signals while studying both electricity and computers. 

Dabble in electrical engineering, whether you are interested in building things with electronics or learning to program simple, physical systems. 

A breadboard
Build your own electronic projects to learn how electronics work. And also how computers store information and process requests. 

You'll work with simple, low-cost tools like conductive tape before developing up to working with breadboards and discovering the components to build more complex systems.

With Beginning Breadboarding, makers of all ages and backgrounds can learn to build real-life physical computing systems and projects. Have fun building something with tangible results while learning all the theory you need to make new projects of your own!

Jennifer Fox, author, engineer, maker, educator
What You'll Learn
  • Rapidly prototype circuits with breadboards
  • Use common components to make simple electronic devices
  • Share electrical energy and control the flow of electricity through components
Who This Book Is For
  • Makers, seeking a fun, hands-on introduction to technology, electronics, and computers. 
  • Those who have little to no knowledge of the subject, but want to learn electronics or know more about computers.
Purchase link: Beginning Breadboarding: Physical Computing and the Basic Building Blocks of Computers | SpringerLink

Jen Fox is an engineer, a maker, and an educator. After dabbling in dark matter (B.S., Physics, Occidental College), Fox settled into engineering and inventing (M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UCLA) to solve problems related to climate change and social justice. Combining her varied interests and passion for learning, Fox founded FoxBot Industries in mid-2015 to provide an arts-based approach to STEM education.



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Reminder: City of LFP to hold honorary street dedication for author Octavia E. Butler on Saturday July 29, 2023

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Octavia Butler, signing her book for fans
The City of Lake Forest Park will recognize the many contributions of science fiction author Octavia E. Butler with an honorary street dedication on Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Ms. Butler was a visionary and influential African American author whose groundbreaking work greatly contributed to the science fiction and speculative fiction genres. 

She was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and was later awarded the PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work.

Octavia Butler's novels, including Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and Lilith's Brood, have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards for Best Novelette in 1985 and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1999. 

Ms. Butler spent the last years of her life living on 37th Avenue in Lake Forest Park, where she wrote her final novel, Fledgling, in 2005.

Saturday July 29, 2023, at 10:00am
Intersection of NE 165th Street and 37th Avenue NE


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City of Lake Forest Park to recognize former resident and award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Octavia Butler being honored in Lake Forest Park
Lake Forest Park, Wash. – 
The City of Lake Forest Park will recognize the many contributions of science fiction author Octavia E. Butler with an honorary street dedication on July 29, 2023.

Ms. Butler was a visionary and influential African American author whose groundbreaking work greatly contributed to the science fiction and speculative fiction genres. 

She was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and was later awarded the PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work.

Octavia Butler's novels, including Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and Lilith's Brood, have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards for Best Novelette in 1985 and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1999. Ms. Butler spent the last years of her life living on 37th Avenue in Lake Forest Park, where she wrote her final novel, Fledgling, in 2005.

“The City of Lake Forest Park is fortunate to benefit from the wide array of notable and talented people, like Ms. Butler, who found a home in our city, and added to its rich history,” said Mayor Jeff Johnson.

Since her death in 2006, Ms. Butler’s reputation has soared as readers recognize the relevance of her exploration of important themes such as race, gender, power dynamics, and social justice, challenging them to critically examine the world we live in. Her work is now taught in over 200 colleges and universities nationwide and at least two of her novels are currently being adapted for television.

The dedication will be held on Saturday July 29, 2023, at 10:00am at the Intersection of NE 165th Street and 37th Avenue NE.




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Author event for annual READS summer program on Tuesday July 25, 2023

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

It’s not too late to join the Lake Forest Park Library this July for its annual READS summer program. This year’s program marks the 18th year of this community literary event! 

This summer's READS book is Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk, by local author Sasha taqwšablu LaPointe. 

The community event with the author will take place on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 7:00pm at Third Place Commons

The annual READS summer program is sponsored by the City of Lake Forest Park’s Library Advisory Committee, Third Place Books, and Friends of the Shoreline, Richmond Beach, and Lake Forest Park Libraries.



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July author events at Third Place Books

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

2017 author event at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park
July 2023 Schedule
Please note: all times below are Pacific Time.
 
Both virtual and in-person events require registration in advance. Unless ticketed, events are free and open to the public. See thirdplacebooks.com for details.
 
() – denotes ticketed event
() – denotes event for children or middle grade readers
 
Wednesday, July 5 at 7pm [NEW DATE!] (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Darin Shuler
Dog and Hat and the Lunar Eclipse Picnic: Book No. 2
Frog and Toad meet Elephant and Piggie meet Bill and Ted in this wonderfully strange and funny book about best friends on a cosmic adventure. In Shuler’s second Dog and Hat book, the titular characters search for some dreamy moon magic.
 
Thursday, July 6 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
David Williams
The William E. Boeing Story: A Gift of Flight
The first ever full-length biography of William E. Boeing, the father of commercial aviation, with unprecedented access to the Boeing family archives which contain thousands of never- before-seen photos, diaries and personal letters.
 
Wednesday, July 12 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Rachel Lynn Solomon with Rachel Runya Katz
Business or Pleasure
Staff-favorite romance author Rachel Lynn Solomon returns to Lake Forest Park! In this steamy romantic comedy, a ghostwriter and a struggling actor help each other on the page (and in the bedroom).
 
Monday, July 17 at 6:30pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Local Author Open Mic
Calling all local writers and poets! Come share your work and develop your craft with other local authors on the third Monday of every month. For consignment requests, see thirdplacebooks.com for details.
 
Tuesday, July 18 at 5:30pm PDT (Virtual)
Andrew Lipstein
The Vegan
in partnership with Book Passage
The author of the staff-favorite novel Last Resort discusses his new novel, “A meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read.” (Joshua Cohen). The Vegan challenges our morality with a tale of guilt, greed, and how far we’ll go to be good.
 
Wednesday, July 19 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Emily Lynn Paulson with Kristi Coulter
Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
An eye-opening, funny, and dangerous personal story about rising to the top of the pyramid in the multilevel marketing (MLM) world, only to recognize that its culture and business practices went beyond a trendy marketing scheme and into the heart of white supremacy in America.
    
Tuesday, July 25 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
LFP READS: Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

Co-sponsored by the City of Lake Forest Park’s Library Advisory Committee and Friends of the Shoreline, Richmond Beach and Lake Forest Park Libraries

Our annual community reads event returns for its 18th year! Winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Awards, Red Paint is about an artist who blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent home. No registration required.
 
Wednesday, July 26 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Chuck Tingle with Nicola Griffith
Camp Damascus
From the beloved internet icon comes a horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. “A genuinely terrifying nightmare—but it ain’t the monsters you gotta be afraid of. Chuck Tingle is absolutely the best guide through this level of Hell.” (N.K. Jemisin)
 
Thursday, July 27 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay with Megan Seling
Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan, Rolling Stone calls Quantum Criminals “one of the sharpest, funniest, and best books ever about any rock artist.” Megan Seling, arts editor at The Stranger, joins in conversation.
 
Friday, July 28 at 7:30pm (Town Hall Seattle)
Colson Whitehead with Robert Sindelar
Crook Manifesto: A Novel 
The two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. Crook Manifesto blends dark elements with humor to feature the gritty realities in New York City’s complex history. Robert Sindelar, Managing Partner of Third Place Books, joins in conversation. Tickets required. See townhallseattle.org for details.

Third Place Books is located on the upper level of Town Center at the intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way in Lake Forest Park.


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Ken Jennings at Third Place Books on Sunday June 18, 2023 - tickets required

Monday, June 5, 2023


Sunday, June 18, 2023, 7pm at Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way NE.

Third Place Books welcomes author Ken Jennings — host of Jeopardy! and the gameshow's Greatest of All Time — to the stage at Lake Forest Park!
 
Jennings will be discussing his new book, 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife, a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring destinations to die for from literature, mythology, and pop culture ranging from Dante’s Inferno to Hadestown to NBC’s The Good Place.

Jennings will be joined in conversation by local bookstore owner, author, and Jeopardy! champion Tom Nissley. Tickets are required in advance and can be purchased here.

What you need to know:
  • Tickets are required in advance. All tickets come with a copy of the event's featured book.
  • 1 ticket admits 2 attendees.
  • Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite. 
  • Pre-order of the book will not grant you access to the event.
  • If you purchase a book-bundled ticket but are unable to attend the event, your book will be placed on hold at our Lake Forest Park store. You may request to have your book transferred to our Ravenna or Seward Park neighborhood stores.
  • Copies of 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife and other books by Ken Jennings will be available for purchase at the store. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q/A. 
  • Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book in advance!


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June 2023 Events Calendar at Third Place Books - Ken Jennings on June 18

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Third Place Books photo by
Steven H. Robinson
Third Place Books - Lake Forest Park

June 2023 EVENTS

Please note: all times below are Pacific Time.
 
Both virtual and in-person events require registration in advance. Unless ticketed, events are free and open to the public. See thirdplacebooks.com for details.
 
() – denotes ticketed event
() – denotes event for children or middle grade readers
  
Monday, June 5 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Ann Putnam with Beverly Conner
I Will Leave You Never
Putnam’s new novel is set in our community of Lake Forest Park. In the middle of a perilous drought in the Northwest, an arsonist begins setting fires all around. “An often moving story of uncertainty and loss.” (Kirkus Reviews)
 
Tuesday, June 6 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
[SOLD OUT] Ocean Vuong with Angela Garbes // introduction by Sah Pham
Time is A Mother
The beloved MacArthur "Genius," poet, and novelist celebrates the paperback release of his deeply intimate second collection. Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor, joins in conversation.
   
Thursday, June 8 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Elizabeth Clark-Stern with Nisi Shawl
The Language of Water
Science-fiction writer and TV screenwriter Clark-Stern presents her new book from local Aqueduct Press. The dawn of the twenty-second century finds women in a new world where water—the lack of it, or the over-abundance of it—shapes their inner and outer lives.
    
Thursday, June 15 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Steve Turner with Jonathan Evison
Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion
A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard skateboard ramps and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon—as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of the legendary alternative rock band, Mudhoney.
  
Sunday, June 18 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Ken Jennings with Tom Nissley
100 Places to See After You Die : A Travel Guide to the Afterlife
Celebrate Father's Day with the legendary Jeopardy! champion and host. Jennings will be discussing his new book, a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring destinations to die for from literature, mythology, and pop culture ranging from Dante’s Inferno to Hadestown to NBC’s The Good Place. Tom Nissley, owner of Phinney and Madison Books, joins in conversation. Tickets required. See thirdplacebooks.com for details.
 
Tuesday, June 20 at 6:30pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Local Author Open Mic
Due to a scheduling conflict, this month’s Open Mic will take place on a Tuesday in place of its normal Monday slot. Come share your work and develop your craft with other local authors. For consignment requests, see thirdplacebooks.com for details.
 
Wednesday, June 21 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Jennifer Ackerman
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination. Tickets required. See thirdplacebooks.com for details.
 
Thursday, June 22 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Susan Mallery
The Happiness Plan
Susan Mallery’s first in-person appearance at Lake Forest Park! Three women search for joy in the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s new novel of hope, heartache, and the power of friendship.
  
Monday, June 26 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Martha Holmberg
Simply Tomato: 100 Recipes for Enjoying Your Favorite Ingredient All Year Long
Take your love for tomatoes to the next level with this delectable collection of 100 incredible recipes from the coauthor of the bestselling, staff-favorite cookbooks Six Seasons and Grains for Every Season.
 
Tuesday, June 27 at 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT (Virtual)
Maureen Freely, Aysegül Savas, and Merve Emre
discuss Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü, tr. Maureen Freely
in partnership with Community Bookstore and the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith
This phenomenal panel discusses a newly translated classic that deserves to stand alongside The Bell Jar and Jean Rhys's Good Morning, Midnight. Özlü’s novel is a powerfully vivid, disorienting, and bittersweet novel about the determined embrace of life in all its complexity and confusion.
  
Tuesday, June 27 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Lily Meade with Kendare Blake
The Shadow Sister
A gripping, speculative thriller from a dazzling new voice about a teen who disappears... and returns, changed in ways that trauma alone can’t explain.
 
Thursday, June 29 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Samantha Ferraro
One-Pot Mediterranean: 70+ Simple Recipes for Healthy and Flavorful Weeknight Cooking 
From the author of The Weeknight Mediterranean Kitchen, a new book on how to eat healthy every night with simple and delicious Mediterranean meals that come together effortlessly using just one pot, pan or skillet.
 
Third Place Books is located on the upper level of Town Center, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way NE.



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