REMINDER: This Thursday's SMORGASBORD!

A friendly reminder to come to a special pre-season event
this Thursday, September 17 at 6pm.

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It's going to whet your appetite
for books, children's literature, and for reconnecting
to this fabulous community of writers and thinkers.

 

NOTE: The Central Downtown Library's underground parking garage entrance is on Spring Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Parking is $6 after 5pm.

See the all-star lineup, below:

Featuring: Reader Services Librarian Linda Johns and Children’s and Teen Services Librarian Deborah Sandler, city librarian Marcellus Turner, First Lady of WA Trudi Inslee, Readers to Eaters' Philip Lee, chef/educator Tarik Abdullah, Hot Stove Society's Bridget Charters, Seattle Times freelance writer Rebekah Denn, Eduardo Jordan of Salare Restaurant, PIE SCHOOL author Kate Lebo, Secret Garden Books, and our own SCBWI-WWA's Lois Brandt, Kelly Jones, Sara Nickerson, and Katherine Pryor.

Rebecca Stead on the SPL Shelftalk blog

Linda Johns let me know that Rebecca Stead, author of the Newbery Award-winning WHEN YOU REACH ME is the library's featured blogger today--just in time for her visit tonight.

This month’s guest blogger is Rebecca Stead, author of When You Reach Me, a middle-grade novel that just won the Newbery Medal (the most distinguished honor in children’s literature). Rebecca is in Seattle today to visit schools, chat with Nancy Pearl for an upcoming episode of Book Lust on the Seattle Channel and to read tonight at the University Village Barnes and Noble (7 p.m., 206.517.4107). We’re thrilled that in the midst of a busy book tour, Rebecca took the time to share what she’s been reading — and what she will soon be reading.

Click here to see what Rebecca's reading.