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Showing posts with label third place books. Show all posts

Tickets required for virtual event with author David Mitchell

Monday, June 29, 2020



Join Third Place Books and Seattle Arts and Lectures to celebrate the long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks

Join David Mitchell for a virtual conversation with novelist Hari Kunzru (White Tears).

Utopia Avenue is the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, and fronted by folk singer Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss and guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet, Utopia Avenue embarked on a meteoric journey from the seedy clubs of Soho. 
David Mitchell's kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue's turbulent life and times; of fame's Faustian pact and stardom's wobbly ladder; of the families we choose and the ones we don't; of voices in the head, and the truths and lies they whisper; of music, madness, and idealism. 
Can we really change the world, or does the world change us?

Get your tickets here!


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Bestselling author Michael Connelly in virtual event June 4 - tickets required

Thursday, May 28, 2020


The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.
 
Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar—until now.

Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. Jack investigates—against the warnings of the police and his own editor—and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. 
Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets. Uncovering the murkiest corners of the dark web, Jack races to find and protect the last source who can lead him to his quarry. But the killer has already chosen his next target, and he's ready to strike.

Join Michael Connelly for a live conversation with Andrea Dunlop, author of We Came Here To Forget, on Thursday, June 4 at 7pm!

Tickets Are Required! 



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Virtual author event with John Grisham Wednesday at 1pm

Wednesday, May 20, 2020


Camino Winds, by John Grisham

Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen—even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime...
Just as Bruce Cable's Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are leveled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded, and a dozen people lose their lives. 
One of the apparent victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce's and an author of thrillers. But the nature of Nelson's injuries suggests that the storm wasn't the cause of his death: he has suffered several suspicious blows to the head.

Join bestselling author John Grisham, and Robert Sindelar of Third Place Books, for a live conversation on Wednesday, May 20 at 1pm!





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Third Place Books now has curb side pick ups for your orders

Friday, May 15, 2020


Third Place Books, which has been taking phone and online orders and shipping them to customers (free for orders over $25), has now added curbside pickup.

Orders placed online or over the phone are available for curbside delivery.

The Lake Forest Park store (they have three locations) is on the upper level of Town Center on the Ballinger Way side. 17171 Bothell Way NE. Lake Forest Park. 206-366-3333

It is wonderful to be back, even in this limited capacity, and we are looking forward to finding new ways to serve you now that we're here.

If you need a recommendation they have booksellers standing by waiting to help you find the next great read for you or a loved one. Call them at 206-366-3333.



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How are they doing? Third Place Books

Sunday, May 3, 2020



Reporter Luanne Brown checked in with Sam Kass of Third Place Books to see how the store is faring during the pandemic.

Sam's response:

Third Place Books is, of course, open for business online, offering as many of our regular services as is possible in the digital realm. You can order books from us thirdplacebooks.com - new books only, right now, just like placing a special order in our store - and you can also purchase digital audiobooks or ebooks, same as usual. Customers who need personalized recommendations for kids can ask Rene, and we have Michael standing by to offer personalized recommendations for adults.

We have daily content, including plenty of new recommendations, on our social media - @thirdplacebooks pretty much everywhere - and we've ramped up our blog content, so there's something new from one of our booksellers a couple times a week on the blog. Definitely worth checking out. We've got some good stuff on there, and more coming every day.

Responding to an obvious need in the broader Seattle community, we launched the Books to Students fund last month, when it was announced that Washington State schools would be closed thorough at least the end of the academic year. 

Many young readers in our community rely on their schools and libraries for access to books and other learning materials; with those services closed, this access has dwindled, especially for students without a reliable internet connection at home. 

We began accepting donations, with the modest goal of $5,000, to help provide books to those students. That goal quickly had to be increased to $10,000, and as of this week, we've surpassed the goal and are looking to hit $15,000! 

This money is being used directly to buy books and donate them to our partners at Seattle Public Schools, Shoreline School District, Northshore School District, and Reading Partners. This is a program I am particularly proud of, and one that continues to showcase the generosity of our reading community here. 

Niki Marion, our intrepid Children's Outreach Manager, is the driving force behind this program, and I'd be happy to put you in touch with her if you have any questions.

We have ramped up virtual author events. In past weeks, our schedule was a grab-bag of different offerings - now that we, and our publishing partners, have some experience with these kinds of events, we're getting more standardized programming on the calendar. 

I have been trying (though not altogether succeeding) to send out a weekly update to our press contacts with a list of upcoming events, and I hope to have an update next Monday. In the meantime, we are updating our events calendar on the website, and our social media feed is also a great place to get the latest on these events.

Our business has been steady so far, but just like all local businesses, we need the ongoing support of our reading community. 


Entrance to Third Place Books
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
We've been the to the Shoreline and Lake Forest Park community for nearly 22 years, and we plan to see our community through this trying time, and through times to come.

We've been deeply encouraged by the continued support of our customers, and all I can really say is thank you and keep it coming

Just like in ordinary times, we're able to keep doing this because people keep shopping with us. That said, these are not ordinary times, and the ongoing purchases from readers in Seattle and beyond are crucial for us right now.

Please let me know if you have additional questions - we'd be happy to answer them.


Brick and mortar Third Place Books is located in Town Center, Lake Forest Park and will be open again someday.



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Three author events from Third Place Books this week

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Third Place Books, with locations in Lake Forest Park, Ravenna, and Seward Park, has transitioned some of its author events online with three this week.

  • Protecting consumers to save democracy
  • The truth about America's "Deep State"
  • A Black Man's view of race

The links are with each event description. How long each event is available online after the live event depends on each author.

All are presented in Partnership with Town Hall Seattle

Monday, April 20 at 7:30pm - Watch link

Richard Cordray
Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy

Many consumers feel cheated or mistreated when engaging with credit cards, mortgages, and loans, but do not have the resources or expertise to fight back on their own. When these increasingly one-sided finance markets blew up the economy in 2008, Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to safeguard the marketplace and enforce consumer protections. Richard Cordray, former Director of the CFPB, joins us with stories of the individual consumers whose interests the Bureau represented—and the ways the agency made a difference in the lives of Americans.

Cordray draws from his book Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy, telling a hopeful story of a time when our economic system was overhauled to fit the needs of the people.

He recalls critical moments where the agency fought to preserve the rights of the consumer—simplifying mortgage paperwork, putting limits on predatory lenders, and stepping in to help solve problems suing big banks for cheating or deceiving consumers.

Join Cordray for a discussion of the fight to establish a new baseline of economic fairness in our democratic society. Cordray will also answer questions about the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on consumers and what can be done to protect them in these challenging times.

No purchase is required to view this event, but attendees are encouraged to make a donation in support of Town Hall Seattle, and to purchase Watchdog from Third Place Books


Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30pm - Watch link

David Rohde in Conversation with Steve Scher

In Deep: The FBI, The CIA, and the Truth About America’s “Deep State”

President Trump blames the “deep state” for his impeachment. But what is the American deep state, and does it really exist? Journalist David Rohde takes us into the heart of the debate over the deep state with reporting from his book In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America’s “Deep State.”

He reveals how the spectre of the deep state has been evoked to embody different intangible fears and crises by America’s different ideological factions. To conservatives it is a government bureaucracy that relentlessly encroaches on the individual rights of Americans, while Liberals fear the “military-industrial complex”— a cabal of generals and defense contractors who they believe routinely push the country into endless wars.

Rohde presents a sweeping exploration of the presidential power struggles and CIA and FBI scandals of the past fifty years ― from the Church Committee’s exposure of Cold War abuses, to false intelligence about Iraq’s WMDs, to NSA mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden.

Rohde investigates the claims and counterclaims of the Trump era and the relentless spread of conspiracy theories both online and on-air. While Trump says he is the victim of the deep state, Democrats accuse the president and his allies of running a de facto deep state of their own that operates outside official government channels and smears political rivals.

Through dozens of interviews with career CIA operatives and FBI agents, Rohde shines a light on fraught the trends of mistrust of the politicians, unelected officials, and journalists who many believe unilaterally set America’s agenda.

David Rohde is an executive editor of The New Yorker website and a former Reuters, New York Times, and Christian Science Monitor reporter. He is also a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.

No purchase is required to view this event, but attendees are encouraged to make a donation in support of Town Hall Seattle, and to purchase In Deep from Third Place Books


Thursday, April 23 at 7:30pm - Watch link

Clifford Thompson

What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues

African-American writer Clifford Thompson was raised to believe in treating every person of every color as an individual—and he decided as a young man that America, despite its history of racial oppression, was his home as much as anyone else’s.

Thompson joins us for a heartfelt livestream conversation exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America.

Thompson presents thoughts from his book What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues, offering a powerful framework for navigating race in America, carrying on the tradition of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me.

As a middle-aged, happily married father of biracial children, Thompson finds himself questioning his most deeply held convictions when the race-baiting Donald Trump ascends to the presidency — elected by whites, whom Thompson had refused to judge as a group, and who make up the majority in this country Thompson had called his own.

He reflects on the wisdom of the writers he admires, and grapples with the understanding that the answers to his questions about America ultimately lie in America itself. Tune in for perspectives from an acclaimed writer in the grip of contradictory emotions — trying to find his own answers based not on conventional wisdom or on what he would like to believe, but on what he sees.

Clifford Thompson received a Whiting Writers’ Award for nonfiction in 2013 for Love for Sale and Other Essays. His personal essays and pieces on books, film, jazz, and American identity have found homes in publications including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, The Times Literary Supplement , and many others.

No purchase is required to view this event, but attendees are encouraged to make a donation in support of Town Hall Seattle, and to purchase What It Is from Third Place Books




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Third Place Books launches Books to Students Fund, seeks community support

Wednesday, April 15, 2020


Third Place Books has launched a new initiative - the Books to Students Fund - to help directly supply reading materials to students in the Seattle, Shoreline, and Northshore School districts.

Books are essential to any education, and in stressful times, books serve not only to educate but to inspire, comfort, and encourage young readers. 

Many Seattle-area students rely on their schools for books and literacy resources, and school and library closures related to the COVID-19 outbreak will impact these students profoundly.

Through the Books to Students fund, Third Place Books hopes to raise at least $10,000 to distribute books to local kids, in partnership with Seattle Public Schools, the Shoreline School District, the Northshore School District, and the nonprofits Reading Partners, and Page Ahead.

Customers shopping online at thirdplacebooks.com can make a donation to the fund.

“For us, it is so important to continue investing in our community—especially our Seattle students—at a time when we can’t provide a physical Third Place for people,” said Niki Marion, Children’s Outreach Manager at Third Place Books. 
“Our Books to Students Fund helps us evolve our connection to the school districts and community partners we already work closely with, while helping to support the students who are most affected by the school closures. 
"Books are such crucial resources for education and entertainment, and we want to make sure all students in our community have access to both while schools, libraries, and bookstores are closed.”

Community members who want to support the Books to Students fund can contribute online at www.thirdplacebooks.com/books-students-fund. Donations will go directly toward purchasing books for Seattle students.



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Virtual author event from Third Place Books on Wednesday

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Wednesday, April 15 at 7pm - Watch HERE

Betsy Gaines Quammen with David Quammen
American Zion tour - “Pandemic, Religion, and Rebellion

Join Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen for a live-streaming discussion on coronavirus outbreak, religious conspiracy, and movements agitating against shelter in place orders, hosted by Third Place Books and Torrey House Press. 

Gaines Quammen is the author of American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and Public Lands in the West, and since her book tour has been postponed, David and Betsy decided to collaborate and talk about both of their books and how they intersect at this very moment. 

David, who wrote Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Pandemic, will cover the topic of disease outbreak, and Betsy will talk about responses to outbreak focused on rebellion and conspiracy.

As governments and communities work to stop the spread of COVID-19 with stay-home orders, Ammon Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy, is currently agitating against disease related restrictions in Idaho. 

But as the White House eases environmental protections and recommends suspension of habeas corpus, could Ammon have a point? 

We hope you can join us for this casual, hopefully fun, informative, and best of all, not contagious live event from Betsy and David's living room to yours.

No purchase is required to view this event, but attendees are encouraged to purchase American Zion and Spillover from Third Place Books: 


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Third Place Books presents virtual author events: Thursday - Veronica Roth with Seanan McGuire

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Thursday, April 9 at 7pm - Watch: https://www.twitch.tv/vrothbooks

Veronica Roth with Seanan McGuire

Chosen Ones Tour - “Crafting and Planning a Series”

Join Veronica Roth, bestselling author of the Divergent series, as she celebrates the release of her new standalone novel Chosen Ones with a livestream event featuring acclaimed Seattle author Seanan McGuire.

In this virtual event, which will be streamed on Twitch, Roth and McGuire will discuss Chosen Ones, the art of planning a book series, and audience questions.

This event is presented by Third Place Books, and by our friends at Village Books and Paper Dreams (Bellingham) and Copperfield’s Books (Sebastopol, CA).

Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. 
He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. 
Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. On the tenth anniversary of the Dark One's defeat, something unthinkable happens: one of the Chosen Ones dies. 
When the others gather for the funeral, they discover the Dark One's ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government, or even prophecy could have foretold - bigger than the world itself.

No purchase is required to view this event, but attendees are encouraged to purchase Chosen Ones from Third Place Books: HERE



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Catch up on your reading and support Third Place Books at the same time

Wednesday, April 1, 2020


Robert Sindelar, Managing partner of Third Place Books, writes:

"Now that our doors are closed to the public for this next period of "stay home and healthy" we are shifting out focus to our online business.

"Many of you have reached out to ask us how we are doing and what you can do to help assure that we are here for you, once again, in person, when all this is over. The simple answer is : if you, your friends or your family need a book, visit our website thirdplacebooks.com where we are currently offering free shipping.

"I've listed a few other things that will help support us below."
  • Shop Online! You need books to read while you're staying inside. We're in the business of getting those books to you. Shop online at thirdplacebooks.com, and get free Media Mail shipping on your order.
  • Follow us on social media! Things may feel uncertain right now, but one thing's for sure: the booksellers at Third Place Books will delivering important updates, staff picks, and no shortage of book-related silliness on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and the Third Place Blog.
  • Tell your family and friends about Third Place Books! Twenty-one years ago, our store was founded with the goal of creating, and growing, a community. In times like these, those principles become more important than ever. Please encourage your friends and family to check us out, and make us their Third Place, wherever they may be. We're all in this together!

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



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Third Place Books remains open but cancels events through March 31

Friday, March 13, 2020

Stacks at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Third Place Books remains open for business at all three of our Seattle area locations - Lake Forest Park, Ravenna, and Seward Park.

We're working hard to keep our staff, and everyone who comes through our doors, healthy.

We know that many members of our community are staying close to home, so we've introduced free media mail shipping through March 31. Customers can shop on our website, or just give us a call at any one of our three locations, and we will happily ship them the books they need.

Of course, we're taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and that has meant cancelling or postponing all of our in-store events, through the end of March. This includes author events, authorless events like open mic nights, and book clubs.

You can consult our website for the latest on upcoming events, and we will continue to post updates to our website as things develop. We're committed to postponing, and rescheduling, as many of our upcoming events as possible. We will announce rescheduled dates as soon as we are able.

We are, naturally, monitoring this situation carefully. We'll be re-evaluating our events schedule for April in the coming weeks, and will provide updates, as they come, about any changes that are made.

In the meantime, we're here, working hard for the community we love.

If you need more information about a specific event cancellation or postponement, please let me know. You can contact me via email at skaas@thirdplacebooks.com, or at 206-366-3311.

Thank you! - Sam Kaas, Third Place Books




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Third Place Books offering free shipping on all online orders through Mar 13

Saturday, March 7, 2020


Third Place Books is offering free shipping (USPS Media Mail) on all online orders through March 13, 2020 from their website.




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Tickets required for signing line for Colum McCann Thursday at Third Place Books

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Besides McCann's tour de force about a Palestinian-Israeli family, authors in town this week include John Straley with the ugly truths of the prison industrial complex, and James Riley with the third book in his series about schools of magic.

Third Place Books, upper level Town Center, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park.



Wednesday, March 4 at 7pm
John Straley
What Is Time To a Pig?: A Cold Storage Novel

It's been seven years since Gloomy Knob landed in the Ted Stevens High-Security Federal Penitentiary and five years since the end of the war, the one North Korea started when they sent a missile to Cold Storage, Alaska.

From the wild and wonderful mind of Shamus Award-winning author John Straley comes a poetic masterpiece that explores the ugly truths of the prison industrial complex, the crumbling state of humanity, the role memory plays in the formation of the self, and much more.

Thursday, March 5 at 7pm
★Colum McCann
Apeirogon

Bassam is Palestinian. Rami is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on, to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend, to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate.

National Book Award-Winning novelist (Let the Great World Spin) Colum McCann's most ambitious work to date — named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides — is a tour de force concerning friendship, love, loss, and belonging.

Tickets are required; ticket includes one copy of Apeirogon, and admission for TWO people. Tickets are available at thirdplacebooks.com.

Friday, March 6 at 6pm
James Riley
The Future King

Dealing with monster attacks and his missing father has been hard enough for Fort Fitzgerald in his first month at the Oppenheimer School. But there's another school for magic, this one in the United Kingdom, that's about to create even bigger problems.

Fort's continued adventures take more surprising twists and turns in this third novel in a thrilling series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves!




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Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!

Friday, February 28, 2020

Friday, February 28 at 6pm, author Sarah Kapit will present her recently published book:

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!

In this perfectly pitched novel-in-letters, autistic eleven-year-old Vivy Cohen won't let anything stop her from playing baseball -- not when she has a major-league star as her pen pal.

Third Place Books, upper level Town Center, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way NE.




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Fantasy and Pacific NW reality at Third Place Books this week

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Two authors during this short holiday week at Third Place Books, Town Center, Lake Forest Park, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way NE.


Wednesday, February 19 at 7pm
Melissa Anne Peterson
In Conversation with Jonathan Evison

Vera Violet

Set against the backdrop of a decaying Pacific Northwest lumber town, Vera Violet is a debut that explores themes of poverty, violence, and environmental degradation as played out in the young lives of a group of close-knit friends. Melissa Anne Peterson's voice is powerful and poetic, her vision unflinching.


Saturday, February 22 at 6pm
Linsey Miller
In Conversation with Julia Ember and Margaret Owen

Belle Revolte

Emilie is desperate to escape her noble roots and serve her country as a physician, and Annette will do anything to study the magical arts normally reserved for nobles. So they swap lives. However, when their nation instigates a frivolous war, they conspire to end it—whatever the costs.




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Third Place Books to host Melbourne ‘Bookseller in Residence’

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Ellen Cregan, Melbourne-based bookseller
will be in residence at Third Place Books in March

Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park will host Melbourne bookseller, Ellen Cregan, for a week-long residency March 13-20, 2020. Her visit is supported in part by Seattle City of Literature.

The Melbourne Booksellers in Residence program is an initiative of Melbourne City of Literature.

Melbourne City of Literature director David Ryding started the program after a visit to a sister City of Literature bookshop (Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa) that made him wonder how booksellers across the world could create connections and exchange ideas.

Applicants were assessed by an independent selection committee of representatives from sister Cities of Literature. Cregan is one of four Melbourne-based booksellers participating in the program. Booksellers will also be in residence at the Book Hive (Norwich, England), Lighthouse Books (Edinburgh, Scotland) and the Bookcase (Nottingham, England).

Cregan currently works in marketing and events for Readings, a Melbourne-based bookshop chain. 

Additionally, she is a writer and editor. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Voiceworks, Kill Your Darlings, The Suburban Review and Feminartsy. Cregan’s residency will include Third Place Books’ flagship location in Lake Forest Park, as well as visits to their locations in Seattle’s Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods.

Third Place Books is the deliberate and intentional creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, their Ravenna store opened in 2002, and in the Seward Park neighborhood in 2016. Third Place Books is a general interest bookstore with over 200,000 new, used, and bargain books in Lake Forest Park and over 40,000 books in Ravenna.

Founded in 2013 to manage Seattle’s bid to join UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, Seattle City of Literature is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving our city’s literary community by connecting it to the world. This includes local programming and relationship building with other Cities of Literature as well as Creative Cities around the world.

In 2008, Melbourne joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network when it was designated the first and only City of Literature in Australia, and the second in the world. The Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office is tasked with serving the City of Literature, and supports the work and networks that exist, nurtures and develops new opportunities and networks, makes connections across industry and audiences and champions all things Melbourne as a City of Literature.

For more information about the Melbourne Bookseller Exchange please contact Stesha Brandon (executive@seattlecityoflit.org) or Sam Kaas (skaas@thirdplacebooks.com).



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Waverly Fitzgerald: In Memoriam and HARD RAIN book launch

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

By Alice K. Boatwright 
Past President, Puget Sound Chapter of Sisters in Crime

On Thursday, February 13, 2020 the Puget Sound Chapter of Sisters in Crime will celebrate the life of longtime member, Waverly Fitzgerald, who passed away on December 13, 2019 just before the paperback publication of her new Rachel Stern PI mystery, HARD RAIN, by Epicenter Press, which was released in November, 2019.

At this event, her longtime collaborator Curt Colbert will read from her new book and talk about the special working relationship that he and Waverly had. 

While many people are aware of their successful and delightful Barking Detective mysteries – written under their joint pen name of Waverly Curtis – fewer know about their earlier collaboration on HARD RAIN and Curt’s latest book, ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER (Epicenter Press, 2019).

These two PI novels are linked in that Curt’s Matt Rossiter is the mentor of Waverly’s Rachel Stern, and the mysteries share common scenes and plot points while still being completely independent stories. 

Set in Seattle in 1999, the mysteries to be solved both look back at the turbulent years of the 1960s and 1970s and demonstrate the authors’ skill at recreating that history.

The program will also celebrate Waverly’s remarkable contributions not only to Sisters in Crime, where she was our treasurer-extraordinaire for the past two years, but also to the entire Seattle writing community through her teaching at Hugo House and elsewhere, and her work as editor, publisher, and mentor to so many of us.

Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park is co-sponsoring this event, which will be held in The Den. In addition to HARD RAIN, other books by Waverly Fitzgerald will also be on sale. 

Never one to be pinned down to a single genre, her works include not only the Pepe mysteries inspired by that inimitable talking chihuahua detective and a series of Victorian romances, but also non-fiction reflecting her deep interest in nature, the seasons, and ritual celebrations.

Please join us to remember Waverly.

Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7 pm, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, in The Den. (SinC members and friends will gather beforehand at Third Place Commons as usual.)


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Collaborator to speak for Seattle author who died just before her book was published

Monday, February 10, 2020

On Thursday, February 13 at 7pm, collaborator Curt Colbert will lead a Tribute to Waverly Fitzgerald. Seattle author Waverly Fitzgerald died in December 2019, just before the paperback publication of her new Rachel Stern PI mystery, Hard Rain.

Third Place Books, upper level Town Center, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way NE.


Tuesday, February 11 at 7pm
Catherine Fransson
Loving the Enemy: When the Favorite Parent Dies First

Fransson's memoir is the chronicle of her relationship with her demanding father throughout her life, until his decline in health in his late 90s. He was a man of few words and fewer overt affections. When her mother died before him, Catherine grappled with how to care for him in other than tense estrangement, but found deeper understanding in observing his personality day-by-day and in his stories of early deprivation. This memoir reveals how estrangement can be overcome with courage, time and an open heart.

Wednesday, February 12 at 7pm
Joe Ide
Hi Five: an I.Q. NovelI

One woman. Five personalities. Private investigator IQ is back to piece together a Newport Beach murder with an eyewitness who gives "people person" a whole new meaning.



Thursday, February 13 at 7pm
A Tribute to Waverly Fitzgerald
With Curt Colbert
Presented in Partnership with Puget Sound Sisters in Crime
Hard Rain

Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Seattle author Waverly Fitzgerald, who passed away in December 2019, just before the paperback publication of her new Rachel Stern PI mystery, Hard Rain, by Epicenter Press. At this event, her longtime collaborator Curt Colbert will read from her new book and talk about the special working relationship that he and Waverly had.

Saturday, February 15 at 6pm
Julie Tate-Libby
The Good Way: A Himalayan Journey

When 19-year-old anthropologist Julie Tate abandons her missionary group near Mt. Everest in Nepal, she embarks on a solo trek in the Himalayas. Battling an eating disorder and an upbringing riddled with fundamentalism, Julie's journey is a quest to understand the sacred mountains and people of the Himalaya, and a chance to rekindle her own faith. Told with honesty and humor, Julie's story chronicles her struggle to grow up and find a deeper faith, even when things fall apart.

Sunday, February 16 at 6pm
Douglas Farnell
The Snow Leopard and the Ibex

When the 2008 financial crisis threatens his small software company, Daniel Prescott scrambles for money. Shut out from local financiers, he seeks international sources of credit. But as he flies over the Black Sea, a more immediate threat arises, in this new thriller from a local author.



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Strong women, coal, and a Tibetan lama at Third Place Books this week

Monday, February 3, 2020

Fiction about a Suffragist, a ballerina, and a former foster kid. Non-fiction about Badass reporter Julie Blacklow, the history of coal in Seattle, and Buddhism from a Seattle-born Tibetan lama - all at Third Place Books this week.


Town Center, Lake Forest Park, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way.

Monday, February 3 at 7pm
Jessica Ribera

The Almost Dancer

Climbing canyon walls in Texas, young Jessica dreams of becoming a real ballerina. Hours, auditions, and bloody toes later, she finds herself dancing professionally as a trainee of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Then one moment on stage sends her spinning. A memoir rich with vulnerability, humor, and an insider view of the ballet world, The Almost Dancer unpacks the effects of ambition, faith, education, and trauma on artistic life.

Wednesday, February 5 at 7pm
Kathryn Kayne

Bound In Flame

Letty Lang is a suffragist of the most fearless kind, with a bullwhip, big plans, and ancient power she doesn't understand. Will a fast horse and a stubborn man derail her dreams?


Thursday, February 6 at 7pm
Avikrita Vajra Sakya Rinpoche

Wake Up to What Matters: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhism for the Next Generation

This unique and fresh presentation of Tibetan Buddhism provides a tool kit for how to be a twenty-first-century Buddhist.. These teachings go straight to the heart of why a person should bother with a spiritual path in the age of cell phones and shopping malls. Avikrita Vajra Sakya Rinpoche is a twenty-six-year-old Tibetan lama, born in Seattle and now residing in a monastery in the Himalayan foothills.

Friday, February 7 at 6pm
Jennifer Longo

What I Carry

Growing up in foster care, Muir has lived in many houses. And if she's learned one thing, it is to pack light. Carry only what fits in a suitcase. Toothbrush? Yes. Socks? Yes. Emotional attachment to friends? foster families? a boyfriend? Nope! Muir has just one year left before she ages out of the system. One year before she's free. One year to avoid anything—or anyone—that could get in her way. Then she meets Francine. And Kira. And Sean. And everything changes.

Saturday, February 8 at 6pm
Julie Blacklow

Fearless: The Diary of a Badass Reporter

Julie Blacklow is an Emmy-award winning journalist with more than 40 years in the television news business. Among the first generation of women in television news in the United States, she encountered the entire spectrum of humanity, from movie stars to murderers to regular people overcoming everyday obstacles. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Blacklow migrated to the other Washington in her early twenties and settled in Seattle, making a career with KING-TV. Hers is a life writ large, a roller-coaster ride, with a remarkable number of highs and terrifying lows.

Sunday, February 9 at 6pm
John M. Goodfellow

Seattle’s Coal Legacy 

In the 1880s, Seattle became a major coal port in the United States. Because of coal, Seattle became a center for skilled engineers, machinists, and miners, differentiating itself from other lumber towns on Puget Sound. Seattle’s Coal Legacy is the story of a frontier town going through an industrial revolution in its own time. The skills and knowledge developed during the coal era—engineering, finance, transportation, and manufacturing—made Seattle the major city it is today.



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Marriage in fact and fiction at Third Place Books

Monday, January 27, 2020

Two authors this week - both on the topic of marriage. A work of historical fiction portrays marriage during the London Blitz. A marriage counselor shares what he has learned.


Third Place Books, upper level Town Center, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way


Thursday, January 30 at 7pm
Terry Olson

Let Love Go Forward

What is the secret to a lasting marriage? What makes it good? How can a couple overcome rough patches? In Let Love Go Forward, former marriage and family counselor Terry Olsen explains the pitfalls and potholes that can sour a relationship.


Friday, January 31 at 6pm
Peter Curtis

Pavel’s War

The Kohut family—Willy, Sophie and 3 year-old Pavel—join Willy's grandparents in London at the start of the Blitz, in this new historical novel, the third in a series. Challenges pile up: their flat is burned out in a raid, Willy transfers into the British army, Sophie takes a maid's job in Cambridge, and Pavel is sent away from the bombing to live on a farm. Will the Kohut's marriage hold together? What will happen to Pavel?



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