About a thousand book events you'll want to attend

Sept. 15: Mac Barnett discusses and signs Telephone. 6 p.m., University Book Store, Bellevue. Yep, tonight! Go get him.

Sept. 15: This just in! Mike Curato, author and illustrator of Little Elliot, Big City, will be here on Monday night for a special event. 7 p.m., Third Place Books/Ravenna. _________________________________________________________________________________

Sept. 17: Karen Finneyfrock and Elissa Washuta. WordsWest Literary Series hosts Finneyfrock, author of Starbird Murphy and the World Outside, and Washuta, author of My Body Is a Book of Rules. 7 p.m., C & P Coffee Company.

Sept. 19: Aaron Becker discusses and signs Quest. 7 p.m., Secret Garden Bookshop.

Sept. 22: Obert Skye signs Katfish. 6:30 p.m., Third Place Books. Signing line ticket with book purchase required.

Sept. 23: Obert Skye discusses and signs Creature From My Closet and Katfish. 6:30 p.m., Secret Garden Bookshop.

Sept. 24: Frank Portman discusses and signs King Dork. 6 p.m., University Book Store, Bellevue.

Sept. 25: Kazu Kibuishi and Raina Telgemeier discuss and sign their graphic novels. 7 p.m., University Book Store. Or don't miss them at SPL and KLDN the next day.

Sept. 28: Gayle Forman and Jandy Nelson discuss and sign Forman’s If I Stay and Where She Went and Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, respectively. 3:30 p.m., University Book Store.

Sept. 29: Karma Wilson reads from her new book, Bear Sees Colors. 7 p.m., Secret Garden Books.

Sept. 30: Diane Muldrow discusses and signs Everything I Need to Know About Christmas, I Learned from a Little Golden Book. 7 p.m., Secret Garden Bookshop.

Sept. 30: Our own Lish McBride discusses Firebug. 7 p.m., Third Place Books.