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Third Place Books to present Chelsea Clinton on October 19, 2022 with Newbery Award-winning author Tae Keller

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Chelsea Clinton, author
On October 19, 2022 at 6pm, Third Place Books’ Lake Forest Park store is pleased to host Chelsea Clinton, global health advocate and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling She Persisted series. 

Clinton will read from Welcome to the Big Kids Club: What Every Older Sibling Needs to Know!. Illustrated by Tania de Regil, this new humorous picture book gives children an idea of what to expect when they get a new sibling.

A conversation moderated by Newbery Award-winning children’s book author Tae Keller will follow. 

General Admission tickets are $20.95 and include a copy of the featured book. Tickets are available at thirdplacebooks.com

ABOUT THE BOOK: WELCOME TO THE BIG KIDS CLUB is a new humorous picture book that gives children an idea of what to expect when they get a new sibling. 

Clinton, mom of three, teaches older siblings what your baby can see, why your baby cries, when your baby will be able to talk, how your baby knows you love them, and so much more (including why your baby poops so much!). 

She also acknowledges in the text that not all babies will have the same abilities and shows readers how they can interact with siblings who develop differently. 

With artwork sure to cause big-kid-sized giggles, this book is perfect for any member or soon-to-be member of the Big Kids Club. A Spanish language edition, Bienvenidos al club de los niños grandes, will also be available for purchase at the event.

Chelsea Clinton (she/her) is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted series as well as many other titles. She is also the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she works on many initiatives, including those that help empower the next generation of leaders. She lives in New York City with her husband, Marc, their children and their dog, Soren. You can follow Chelsea Clinton on Twitter @ChelseaClinton or on Facebook at facebook.com/chelseaclinton.

Tae Keller
Tae Keller
is the Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Jennifer Chan is Not Alone, When You Trap A Tiger, and The Science of Breakable Things. 

She was born and raised in Honolulu, where she grew up on purple rice, Spam musubi, and her halmoni's stories. 

After high school, she moved in search of snow, and now lives in Seattle. Visit her at TaeKeller.com, follow her monthly love letters at bit.ly/lovetae, and find her on Twitter and Instagram. (Photo Credit: Saavedra Photography)

Chelsea Clinton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World; She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History; 
She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game; She Persisted in Science: Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference; Don't Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe; Welcome to the Big Kids Club: What Every Older Sibling Needs to Know!; It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!; Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference; with Hillary Clinton, Grandma's Gardens and The Book of Gutsy Women; and, with Devi Sridhar, Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why? She is also the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she works on many initiatives, including those that help empower the next generation of leaders.



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The perfect gift for the hard-to-buy-for person: Building Seattle’s State Route 99 Supertunnel - Journey from light to light

Monday, September 5, 2022

The book cover shows the interior of the tunnel looking out to the North Portal,
where Bertha exited near Westlake and the Seattle Center.

By Diane Hettrick

We all have them. That person who is just impossible to buy for. Usually a male - a father, brother, husband, partner - whose hobbies are so expensive they are out of reach and who doesn't seem to really want anything else.

The solution is at hand - and it's a book. Not just any book.

Building Seattle’s State Route 99 Supertunnel - Journey from light to light. This is a 190-page large format coffee table hardcover book, covering all aspects of the construction of the Seattle Tunnel.

Shoreline resident Catherine Bassetti's photographs documenting the making of the Seattle Tunnel was published this year and the book is amazing.

For five years, Catherine was the official photographer for the Seattle Tunnel Partners, spending virtually every day in the tunnel with the construction crews, documenting their work. 

We saw the news stories about this tunnel, which replaced the viaduct, diving under the Seattle waterfront to carry the SR 99 lanes north and south.

The immense scale of the tunnel is seen compared to workers
Photo by Catherine Bassetti

But nothing on TV could prepare us for the impact and size of the tunnel as these photos do.

Much of the general public has never experienced the many details and hard work that went on behind the scenes during that big project.

500 piece Supertunnel jigsaw puzzle
Here's a bonus - there's a companion jigsaw puzzle. 

500 pieces guaranteed to keep your family distracted from politics at the next family gathering!

You can get more information and purchase the book and puzzle from this website

More information about Catherine Bassetti and her Supertunnel project in this article in The Seattle Times by Transportation Reporter, Mike Lindblom.




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August 11 Book release event to benefit World Central Kitchen and Ukrainian relief efforts

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, at the intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way NE, will host an author event on Thursday, August 11, at 7:00pm, celebrating the release of a new anthology, Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis: Women Writers Respond to the Call.

The event is free to the public, and all author / publisher proceeds from book sales will go to support the work of chef José Andrés, his nonprofit World Central Kitchen, and their Ukrainian relief efforts.

Eight local authors (King, Snohomish, Island, and Skagit counties) are contributors to this new anthology, to be published on 6/28/22, by She Writes Press. 

The book is a compilation of essays, poetry, and art by women writers in response to the cataclysmic events of the last few years. 

Writing about the pandemic, Ukraine invasion, societal unrest, and more, the book addresses the broad range of human response to crisis in all its forms, and explores how we can find beauty, hope, and deeper interpretation of world events — even when the world seems like it’s been turned inside-out and upside-down.

The local authors will read selections from the anthology and discuss the book and the role of writers and artists in responding to crisis. The contributors from the greater Seattle area are:
  • Donna Cameron
  • Anne Liu Kellor
  • Sophia Kouidou-Giles
  • Marianne Lile
  • Brenda Peterson
  • Kate Raphael
  • Ashley Sweeney
  • Barbara Wolf Terao
World Central Kitchen is an organization conceived by chef José Andrés as a way to feed people affected by natural disasters and war. It supports food banks and restaurants that provide free food throughout the world and is currently working to support and feed displaced Ukrainian families in Ukraine and across Europe.



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Lake Forest Park / Richmond Beach / Shoreline READS

Friday, June 24, 2022


Shoreline and Richmond Beach Libraries have joined with Lake Forest Park READS again this year, marking the 17th year of this community literary event. 

Facing the Mountain tells the true stories of Japanese Americans who, imprisoned by their own government after Pearl Harbor, responded with courage in camps, combat, and courtrooms.

Book Discussion at the Lake Forest Park Library

Book Discussion at the Richmond Beach Library

Online Author Event: Daniel James Brown

Sponsored by the City of Lake Forest Park’s Library Advisory Committee, Friends of the Shoreline, Richmond Beach, Lake Forest Park Libraries and Third Place Books.

Third Place Books offers 20% off on this title June 1 through July 31.



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Full calendar for Third Place Books in June - virtual and in person

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Third Place Books 
Lake Forest Park 
June 2022 Event Calendar

Third Place Book is back, almost, to their regular programming with a month of authors reading from and talking about their books. Some events are in person, some are virtual. There are a couple of in person children's book 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 6 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Darin Shuler
Dog and Hat and the Lost Polka Dots: Book No. 1
Readers are calling Darin Shuler’s early reader graphic novel a mix between Adventure Time and Nickelodeon programming. You and your kids will love Dog and Hat and the Lost Polka Dots, a wild ride of a story bursting with lush, fantastical illustrations.
 
Tuesday, June 7 at 4pm (Virtual)
 Julia Glass with Deborah Garrison
Vigil Harbor: A Novel
The National Book Award–winner of Three Junes presents her “sprawling and engrossing” (New York Times Book Review) new novel, that Lily King calls “a brave look at our climate perils, our political moment, and our deep dependence on one another.” Deborah Garrison, editor at Pantheon Books, joins in conversation.
 
Tuesday, June 7 at 6pm (Virtual)
Samit Basu with Saad Z. Hossain
The City Inside
Shortlisted for the JCB Prize, India’s biggest literary award, The City Inside is an extraordinary science fiction novel about an apocalyptic near-future that challenges what resistance means in a multiverse reality. Saad Z. Hossain, author of Kundo Wakes Up, joins in conversation.
 
Thursday, June 9 at 3pm (Virtual)
Lara Williams with Lydia Kiesling
The Odyssey: A Novel
The author of The Supper Club, which won the Guardian “Not the Booker” Prize, has a new novel! Welcome aboard an unreal, luxury cruise ship where Ingrid is trying to escape life on land but can hardly tell what she's getting into at sea. Our bookseller Wes writes, "If she keeps this up, I will follow Williams into the bowels of hell. Possibly lower." Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State, joins in conversation.
 
Thursday, June 9 at 6pm (Virtual)
Tara Moss with Fiona Davis
The Ghosts of Paris
We welcome back Tara Moss for the next installment in her Billie Walker series after the international bestseller The War Widow. Fiona Davis, author of The Magnolia Palace, joins in conversation.
 
Sunday, June 12 at 11am (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Kids’ Storytime: Andie Powers
I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us
Join us in our Children’s Book section at LFP! Andie Powers reads from her picture book I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us, illustrated by Betsy Petersen. Kids and parents of all ages are welcome. No registration is required.
 
Sunday, June 12 from 12–2pm (Lake Forest Park Farmers Market)
William Alexander (signing only)
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
It’s Farmers Market season! Which means sunlight and fresh produce right outside our door. Come meet New York Times bestselling author William Alexander at our Farmers Market booth. A portion of proceeds from book sales will be donated to Friends of the Commons.
 
Monday, June 13 at 4pm (Virtual)
Jessi Jezewska Stevens with Joshua Cohen
The Visitors
in partnership with Community Bookstore and Exile in Bookville
The author of The Exhibition of Persephone Q discusses the new novel that Adam Wilson calls “A DeLillo-esque container for diamond-sharp insights into big data, eco-terrorism, and the subprime mortgage crisis—that, like the garden gnome who haunts its protagonist, I’m half-convinced it couldn’t possibly exist." Joshua Cohen, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Netanyahus, joins in conversation.
 
Thursday, June 16 at 5pm (Virtual)
Arinze Ifeakandu with Jonathan Lee
God's Children Are Little Broken Things 
in partnership with Loyalty Bookstore
Arinze Ifeakandu discusses his debut, a book that explores queer love in contemporary Nigeria and the fundamental questions of the heart in glowing prose. Damon Galgut writes that "Arinze Ifeakandu's voice is sensually alert to the human and universal in every situation.” Jonathan Lee, author of The Great Mistake, joins in conversation.
 
Thursday, June 16 at 6pm (Virtual)
Lish McBride with Olivia Waite
A Little Too Familiar
Former Third Place Books event host and bookseller Lish McBride celebrates the release of her first paranormal romance novel for adults, that Gwenda Bond calls, “Wildly inventive, thoroughly romantic, and cozily delightful.” Olivia Waite, romance fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review, joins in conversation.
 
Monday, June 20 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Dan Lambe with Lorene Edwards Forkner
Now Is the Time for Trees: Make an Impact by Planting the Earth’s Most Valuable Resource
Come celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Arbor Day Foundation and learn more about how to become a part of the global movement focused on planting and nurturing trees. Lorene Edwards Forkner, author and gardening columnist for The Seattle Times, joins in conversation.
 
Tuesday, June 21 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Peter Fiekowsky
Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race
co-sponsored by the Foundation for Climate Restoration
The MIT-educated physicist, engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social innovator gives a lecture on Climate Restoration, a book that will inspire conversations and, ultimately, the actions we must take to ensure a livable planet for generations to come.
 
Saturday, June 25 at 11am (Virtual)
Namina Forma with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (and others!)
The Gilded Ones #2: The Merciless Ones
The sequel to The Gilded Ones is here! In this unique virtual event, Namina Forma and friends defend their favorite badass heroines in a “Badass Heroine Smackdown.” Enemies could be made. Refinery29 says, “Namina Forna could be the Toni Morrison of YA fantasy.”
 
Sunday, June 26 at 6pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Rachel Lynn Solomon with Rachel Griffin
See You Yesterday
The formerly Seattle author makes a surprise in-person appearance! From the perennial staff favorite author of Today Tonight Tomorrow, Weather Girl, and The Ex Talk comes a new YA romance. What's a girl to do when she's stuck in a time loop of her first day of college with her arch-nemesis? Rachel Griffin, author of The Nature of Witches, joins in conversation.
 
Tuesday, June 28 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Kira Jane Buxton (local author)
Feral Creatures
After hosting Kira Jane Buxton virtually AND for a signing at our favorite Farmers Market last summer, the paperback release of Feral Creatures will be our first in-person celebration with the author of Hollow Kingdom! Our bookseller Katelynn writes, "Feral Creatures... cannot be missed! A genuine display of the hopeful, hilarious, and often fearful process of building a family; a true odyssey." Crows welcome. 
 
Wednesday, June 29 at 7pm (Third Place Books Lake Forest Park)
Bryan Johnston
Death Warrant
The eleven-time Emmy award-winning writer and producer presents his latest book, a thriller sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. To save her brother from financial ruin, a stage performer and mentalist who never made it big agrees to be assassinated on the most popular television show on the planet.
 
 

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Local author publishes children's board book Animal Potluck

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Children's board book by local authors Brandi and Mike Konopinski, illustrated by Kelly Kinkaid

The written word is a fascinating thing. It is capable of opening portals to new worlds through old wardrobes and rabbit holes.
 
Writing can inspire generations of children to follow pioneering footsteps into the unknown like space or the deep sea. For me, a confusing, unusual, and fantastic childhood provided many lonely moments in which stories were my escape. 

Reading through Beverly Cleary books, into Boxcar Children, and eventually the immersive worlds of Stephen King and the Harry Potter universe brought me so much joy.

This joy is what inspired me to begin writing.Years of fiddling with stories have led to my first book. It is a collaborative board book written by my wife and I and illustrated by a fantastic local artist. 

If you are not familiar with them; board books are the first introduction to the written word that a child receives. Firm and easily carried, these board books are made of stern stuff; capable of being chewed on or rubbed in a plate of baby food.

Our board book is entitled Animal Potluck and features a collection of colorful animal friends who share food and fun, potluck style! 

The book practices rhyming, food and animal identification, and MOST importantly the value of sharing. In fact, by the end of the book your young one will be reading along and saying, “Share it!”

If you’re interested in checking out our book it’s available in a few places including online like at our publishing website www.rainydaypublishing.com and in person at two local bookstores; Edmonds Bookshop (111 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA 98020) and Magnolia’s Bookstore (3206 W McGraw St, Seattle, WA 98199).

Happy Reading!
Mike Konopinski


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Local author: The Home Network Manual: The Complete Guide to Setting Up, Upgrading, and Securing Your Home Network

Monday, March 7, 2022

The Home Network Manual: The Complete Guide to Setting Up, Upgrading, and Securing Your Home Network by Lake Forest Park resident Marlon Buchanan has just been published!

You don’t have to be a techie to have the home network you want. You just need a little guidance to get you there.
The Home Network Manual is all the help you need. This complete guide to building and improving your home network is an easy-to-understand manual for people of any technical background and level.

After reading The Home Network Manual you’ll know:
  • The right way to set up a home network from scratch
  • How to have reliable Wi-Fi throughout your home
  • How to diagnose and fix common home network problems
  • How to secure your home network from hackers
  • …And so much more!

Just pick up this book and you’ll have the home network you’ve always wanted in no time! Available in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook formats in bookstores everywhere. 

Here’s what others have to say about this book:
"A practical, comprehensive, ground-up guide to help you install and/or maintain your home network with confidence." - Reedsy Discovery

"I recommend this book to all people who have/will soon have a network installed in their homes." - Raju Chacko, Engineer and IT Consultant

“The book flows smoothly and the author really does an amazing job of covering the basics needed to understand how to work a person’s home networking system.” - Anthony Avina, Author and Book Reviewer

Visit TheHomeNetworkManual.com to learn more about the book.

About the author:

Marlon Buchanan’s genuine interest in home networks shines through in his writing. Taking what’s often considered a boring topic and making it palatable and even exciting is no small feat, yet Marlon manages to do this and more. His invaluable experience and expertise can help anyone from beginner to pro tackle and manage their home network concerns. He holds a bachelor’s in computer science and engineering from MIT and master’s degrees in business administration and software engineering from Seattle University. He works as an IT Director, but was previously a software engineer, business analyst, and college instructor.

Marlon currently resides in Lake Forest Park, Washington with his wife and kids and hopes to make home technology topics common knowledge.

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Writing While Masked: Seven writers capture life during the 2020 pandemic

Saturday, March 5, 2022

PULLMAN, Wash.— Once a week, the seven authors of the newly published Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond (Mary Ann Gonzales, Tyson Greer, Wanda Herndon, Laura Celise Lippman, Jane Spalding, Suzanne Tedesko, and Beth Weir) — all retired from professional careers — spend two hours together. 

The purpose of their gathering is to discuss what they wrote the previous week. For a number of years prior to 2020 the group met in their homes over coffee, but the pandemic changed that to Zoom meetings. 

Then on May 25, a white policeman pressed his knee to a Black man’s neck. A seventeen-year-old girl captured it all on her cellphone, and the world exploded.

The group recognized the aftermath as the cry of the marginalized, the disrespected, and those in visceral pain. 

They cried, too, and they wrote. “As time goes on, we often forget the little things — the details of an event or year. As this kaleidoscopic year progressed, we wrote as a way to make sense of it all. We want to remember this watershed year, and to learn from it what to keep and what to keep from happening again.” 

The process of putting down their thoughts about the cascading events of the year helped them weather the challenges of 2020 and beyond.

Inside Writing While Masked are personal pieces — writings of the moment, essays that reflect, and poems that express raw emotion. They include thoughts about what the authors experienced and learned, and what they want for the future.

Initially self-published, this updated edition is the first title released under Washington State University’s new trade imprint, Basalt Books. It begins in January 2020 and is organized by month—each with its own timeline—as a reminder of the tumultuous events happening across the United States and the world. 

The 2021 Postscript adds a timeline for January to June, as well as ten new works that were not part of the original book.

Topics comprise those common to many people: isolation, interrupted travel, masks, backyard reunions, caring for a grandchild, and more. There is the grief of lost holidays and milestones, but also the joy of new discoveries. In addition, the authors tackle a variety of themes related to politics, protests, oppression, and dealing with opposing viewpoints.

Writing While Masked is paperback, 6" x 9", 208 pages, and lists for $18.95. It is available through bookstores nationwide, direct from Basalt Books at 800-354-7360, or online at basaltbooks.wsu.edu

The trade imprint of nonprofit academic publisher Washington State University Press in Pullman, Washington, Basalt Books concentrates on general interest titles about cooking, nature, history, science, and more for young children to older readers — all with a connection to the Northwest.

More about the authors

Mary Ann Gonzales has a long history of working with nonprofit social organizations, from the Seattle AIDS SUPPORT GROUP to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Tyson Greer (Lake Forest Park resident) has undertaken a broad array of endeavors including directing documentaries, teaching screen writing at the University of Washington, and authoring a book on technology for Microsoft Press. She is now writing fiction.

Wanda Herndon has enjoyed a successful corporate career in marketing, retiring from Starbucks as senior vice president, Global Public Affairs, after which she founded W Communications.

Laura Celise Lippman is a retired medical doctor and administrator whose poems have appeared in Crosswinds, Poontoon Poetry, Mobius, The Journal of Social Change, and other publications.

Jane Spalding started out as a teacher, and then served as development director for several nonprofits, including Harborview Medical Center and Seattle University.

Suzanne Tedesko worked at KCTS/9, producing two national PBS documentaries, and has written Seattle guidebooks for Fodors and a screenplay.

Beth Weir (Lake Forest Park resident) was a professor of education at Meredith College in Raleigh for seventeen years and after moving to Seattle, the executive director of the Dunn Gardens.


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King's graduate publishes debut poetry collection “Motherhood: The Crucible of Love”

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Dominique Snedeker
Shoreline, Washington, February, 2022—US Air Force Veteran and spouse Dominique Snedeker will release her poetry collection “Motherhood: The Crucible of Love” in time for National Poetry Month and Mother’s Day. 

The perfect read for mothers of all ages, this book explores and celebrates both the angst and the glory of parenting.

When Snedeker left her Air Force career destined for marriage and parenting, she struggled with assimilating into her new role, eventually writing about the existential crisis that is true for all parents.

“Poetry speaks to the soul,” Snedeker explains. “There is such pain and beauty in parenting, and poetry is the perfect medium for exploring that dichotomy.” Although this is her publishing debut, she has high hopes for the book.
 
“This is for all mothers to know that confusion, joy and frustration are all a part of it. Parents really, not just moms, are not alone in trying to figure it all out as they go.”

Another mom figuring it out is Stacy Brevard-Mays, the owner of the small publishing house, Hear Our Voice LLC out of Elgin, SC that is publishing Snedeker’s work. 

She explains, “We started the company for school-children to educate and nurture budding authors but then covid. You know, we had to change tactics.” 

'Motherhood: The Crucible of Love' will be their second release but there is so much more to come. Mays continues, 

“We already have 30 authors signed. We’re looking to find those special books that might get missed by the bigger publishing companies.”

'Motherhood: The Crucible of Love' can be preordered online now or purchased throughout the country after April 1, 2022 online or at bookstores both in e-book or paperback. 

When asked why she is publishing now, Snedeker responds, “It is time. I’ve always wanted to publish and I finally have something to say now that I’ve got two in elementary, one on the hip, and half my brain back. I have one grandmother left. I want her to know that she did well. It was hard. Right now is hard. But we can get through it.”

Dominique Snedeker has multiple projects in the works, including two other poetry books, a memoir about her time in the Middle East and a children’s book about overcoming fears. 'Motherhood: The Crucible of Love' is just the beginning of her writing career. 

As a military spouse, she spent the last eight years as a full-time mom in multiple locations, and before that, eight years herself in the U.S. Air Force, three of which were spent doing military training liaison work in the Sultanate of Oman. 

Dominque graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with a BS in English. She graduated from King’s High School in Shoreline, Washington. Dominique has been writing since she was three and could only dictate. Keep track of her at www.dmsnedeker.com

For more information, contact Hear Our Voice at 803-713-4576 or hearourvoicellc@yahoo.com



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