June bookstore events!

KEY:
YA = young adult
MG = middle grade

ER = easy reader
PB = picture book
NF = nonfiction
GN = graphic novel

LINKS: University Book Store Third Place Books Elliott Bay Book Company
Secret Garden Books Seattle Central Library 

June 4, 5PM

Marissa Meyer and Lesley Watson, A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers and Other Bad Ass Girls, (YA)

University Book Store, Tacoma

June 7, 7PM

Michele Bacon, Life Before (YA)

Secret Garden Books

June 8, 7PM

Karen Cushman, Grayling’s Secret (MG), Susan Hill, The Magic Mirror: Concerning a Lonley Princess, A Foundling Girl, a Scheming King, and a Pick Pocket Squirrel (MG)

Secret Garden Books

June 9, 6PM

Children’s and YA Author Extravaganza

Featuring Kevan Atteberry, Ruth McNally Barshaw, Tara Dairman, Janet Fox, Christine Hayes, Lindsey Lane, Megan Wagner Lloyd, Megan Morrison, Dan Richards, Laurie Ann Thompson, and Conrad Wesselhoeft

University Book Store, Bellevue 

June 9, 7PM

Mo Willems, The Thank You Book (PB)

Elliott Bay Book Company

Tickets ($10) admit one child to the talk  and include a copy of The Thank You Book. Adults free when accompanying a child but otherwise ($10, including a copy of The Thank You Book. 

For more information: email or call 206-624-6600.

June 10, 7PM

David Levithan and Nina LaCour, You Know Me Well (YA)

University Book Store, U-District

June 11, 3PM
SPECIAL STORYTIME: Sara Jensen, Be Glad Your Dad (Is Not an Octopus) (PB)
University Book Store, U-District

 June 13, 7PM 
Dani Hoots, Endangered Daughters of Hades (YA)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

June 14, 11AM

SPECIAL STORYTIME: Keith Negley, My Dad Used to be So Cool (PB)

University Book Store, U-District

June 17, 10AM
Lolly Hopwood and YoYo Kusters, MOVE (PB)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
RSVP HERE

June 17, 3PM
Lolly Hopwood and YoYo Kusters, MOVE (PB)
Secret Garden Books


June 19, 3PM

Sherman Alexie, Thunder Boy, Jr. (PB)

Elliott Bay Book Company

June 20, 7PM 
Laura Moe, Breakfast with Neruda (YA)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

June 22, 6PM

Ben Canton, It Came in the Mail (PB)

University Book Store, U-District

June 23 7PM 
Stephanie Campisi, The Ugly Dumpling (PB)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

June 24, 7PM

Ksenia Anske, The Badlings (YA)

University Book Store, U-District

June 25, 6:30PM

Rachel Barnard (Donuts In an Empty Field), and Ksenia Anske (The Badlings) (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

June 28, 7PM

Stephen Graham Jones, Mongrels (YA)

University Book Store, U-District

Raise a glass to Rori on SUNDAY!

 

 Books...and WINE! Two great reasons to celebrate!

 

 

 

 

Please join Rori Shay for a book launch party to celebrate the release of PERFECTED, the last novel in the YA Elected Series trilogy. 

 

 

Sunday May 22

4-6pm

Matthews Winery

16116 140th Pl NE

Woodinville, WA 98072

Wine samples will be free for the first 100 people, plus…live music, food, desserts, book-themed costumes, and favors for the kids!  

The party is open to the public and is kid friendly, so feel free to bring family members, friends, etc.  Feel free to contact Rori through her website for any additional info: www.rorishay.com

The Elected Series is the story of an eighteen-year-old girl who masquerades as a boy to take her country’s presidential role in a futuristic America. It delves into themes of technology dependence, gender identity, and environmentalism.

Summer is HERE! Let's HANG OUT!

Yep, they're all scheduled! We'd love to see you during the summer months! Please mark your calendars and plan on meeting up with your kidlit peeps for doodling and fun (drinking NOT required!). Hope to see you at least once, at one of the following events. Please note: All Kid Lit Drink Nights run from 6:30–9ishpm (or beyond––stay tuned for exact times closer to the events).

FIRST UP: SHORELINE IN JUNE!

SECOND TIME AROUND: MERCER ISLAND, BABY!

LAST, BUT NOT LEAST: FAMILY NIGHT IN REDMOND!

Racial equity in the literary arts: free workshop

This might be of great interest to our members. Please note the RSVP. This takes place
next weekend, and it is free of charge. Space is limited. RSVP to: rsvp@seattlecityoflit.org

 

Crystal Kite Awards announced

In case you haven't heard through the grapevine, this year's Crystal Kite Awards were announced this week.

In the West (WA/OR/AK/ID/MT/ND/SD), the winner was Elise Parsley's IF YOU EVER WANT TO BRING AN ALLIGATOR TO SCHOOL, DON'T!


For a a complete list of winners, CLICK HERE.



Congratulations to all of our chapter's nominees and finalists! And to all the winners!

SATURDAY = Scholastic's Summer Reading Road Trip!

This Saturday (YES, the 21st!), Third Place Books is THE place to be. Not just because the NEW LOCATION is opening in Seward Park, but the Lake Forest Park is going to be bringing down the house with its

SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP!

From 11am–2pm, a whole smorgasbord of authors will read from their books and get you geared up for summer, including: Matthew Holm, Kazu Kibuishi, Martha Brockenbrough, Kirby Larson, Sundee Frazier, Lisa Schroeder, and Megan Morrison.

For all the times and specific appearance details, please click HERE!

WHEN: Saturday, May 21 from 11am–2pm
WHERE: Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
WHAT: A summer reading roundup that can't get any better than THIS!

Kevan! Kevan! Kevan!

KEVAN.

 

ATTEBERRY.

The man. The ears. The picture-book master!

Join the giddy romp to celebrate the  launch of

Kevan Atteberry's new picture book

PUDDLES!

Tuesday, May 24 at 6pm (please note updated time!)

University Book Store, Bellevue

Free tickets. Sherman Alexie. 'Nuff said!

This is author Sherman Alexie.

He has written his first picture book, THUNDER BOY, JR. 

Here's an article about why he wrote it.

He's an acclaimed novelist and poet.

He won the coveted Printz Award for
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN.

He's kindly offering SCBWI-WWA folks FREE TICKETS 

to his appearance at University Temple, 

across from University Book Store in Seattle.

 Come to our meeting tomorrow for a chance to get in on this action.

MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!

THIS WEDNESDAY. BE THERE.

OUR STUNNING SEASON FINALE!

Wednesday, May 18 at 7pm

COME AND CELEBRATE A GREAT KIDLIT YEAR!

Submit to SCBWI-WWA Illustrator Show

SCBWI-Western Washington's Illustrator Show is set for July–September, 2016!

 

 

 

 

Calling all illustrators: Don’t miss this opportunity to exhibit your work! 

For the second time, SCBWI members in the state of Washington have the opportunity to exhibit their artwork at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle and we want YOU to participate. 

The exhibit will run from July 1–September 29, with member events TBD. The application period for this juried opportunity will be from May 14–30. Participants must be a current member of SCBWI to exhibit their work.
 

The selected artwork must be delivered to the Convention Center on June 29 and picked up on September 30, and must be conventionally framed. For all the details and to apply click HERE.

Questions? Email Tina Hoggatt at wwa-ic@scbwi.org 

    

SCBWI Season Finale! And even more!

ALL IN ONE AND ONE FOR ALL: Writing and Illustrating Picture Books

(Sigh.... Together At Last!)

WEDNESDAY, May 18: MEETING INFO

We’re counting the minutes before we see you for our FINAL monthly meeting of the season!

WHERE: Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall

WHEN: Wednesday, May 18 (to reiterate!), at 7pm (get there early for snacks and chat!)

First: The Illustrating

Who better to actually SHOW and tell us than Doug “Boomer” Keith and Jessixa Bagley? We start by viewing brief videos shot at the illustrators’ studios and then we get to grill them in person. No question too personal or invasive. Doug, who’s been illustrating for longer than most people have been alive and has more than 15 picture books under his belt, will give us the skinny on The Storybook Prince, his first outing as both author AND illustrator. Jessixa, author/illustrator of three (and counting) picture books, will not only tell us how to pronounce her name, but show us the process for illustrating her Golden Kite-winning Boats for Papa.

Then: The Writing

Brianna Caplan Sayres presents, “Writing Words that Beg for Pictures: Tips for Authors Who Want to Write Picture Books.” Brianna is the author of the wildly popular Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night?, Tiara Saurus Rex and her newest Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night? She obviously knows what kids love, so listen up and learn the elements needed for a picture book manuscript that kids will, well, dig! 

OTHER UPCOMING COOL STUFF:

Kid Lit Drink Night: Thursday, May 12, starting at 6:30 pm. Queen Anne Beer Hall, 203 W. Thomas St, Seattle 98119. 

Why? To mix and mingle with your peeps, of course! Alcoholic beverages NOT a requirement!

Convention Center Illustrator Exhibit Submissions begin May 14 and end May 30! 

Why? Click HERE for details about how to submit and why you DON’T want to miss out on this opportunity!

Many thanks,

Dana Arnim and Dana Sullivan

Co-Regional Advisors, SCBWI Western Washington

JUMP for joy! Jen's book is here!

Jennifer K. Mann proudly welcomes her latest picture book, SAM AND JUMP, to the world this coming Tuesday, May 10 AND next Sunday, May 15! Come one, come all––both sides of Elliott Bay are ready for this new dynamic duo!

Jennifer K. Mann

1) WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 at 7pm
    WHERE: Secret Garden Books

AND....

2) WHEN: Sunday, May 15 at 1pm
    WHERE: Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island

SAMANTHASAURUS REX! This Thursday!

Please join illustrator Suzanne Kaufman

for the GIGANTIC launch of

SAMANTHASAURUS REX!

 

WHEN: Thursday, May 12 at 7pm
WHERE: University Book Store, University District

May bookstore events

KEY:
YA = young adult
MG = middle grade

ER = easy reader
PB = picture book
NF = nonfiction
GN = graphic novel

LINKS: University Book Store Third Place Books Elliott Bay Book Company Secret Garden Books Seattle Central Library 

May 3, 4PM

Book Week Party! Mike Curato, Ruth Chan, Little Elliott: Big Family and
Where’s the Party? (PB)
University Book Store, U-District

May 3 7PM

Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury (YA)
University Book Store, U-District

Ticketed event: click HERE for tickets. Each ticket admits one person and includes a copy of A Court of Mist and Fury.

MAY 3, 7PM

SCBWI Inside Story

Dana Arnim (Bartholomew Quill: A Crows Quest), Kevan Atteberry (Puddles!!!), Michele Bacon (Life Before), Dori Hillestad Butler (The Ghost in the Tree House: Haunted Library #7), Ben Clanton (It Came in the Mail), Carole Estby Dagg (Sweet Home Alaska), Sandra Evans (This is Not a Werewolf Story), Mark Holtzen (A Ticket to the Pennant), Suzanne Kaufman (Samanthsaurus Rex), Nina Laden (Are We There Yet?), Kirby Larson (Audacity Jones to the Rescue), Curtis Manley (The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read), Jennifer K. Mann (Sam and Jump), Jeanie Mebane (At the Marsh in the Meadow), Clare Hodgson Meeker (Rhino Rescue!), Brianna Caplan Sayres (Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?), John Skewes (A Ticket to the Pennant), Dana Sullivan (Digger and Daisy Plant a Garden), Corey R. Tabor (A Dark, Dark Cave), Jaime Temairik (Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds), Liz Wong (Quackers), and Toni Yuly (Cat Nap)

RSVPs requested. University Book Store, Bellevue: 425-462-4500.

MAY 4, 6PM

Morgan Matson, Siobhan Vivian, and Suzanne Young,

The Unexpected Everything, The Last Boy and Girl in the World, and The Epidemic (YA)

University Book Store, Bellevue

May 7, 3PM

Erin L. Schneider, Summer of Sloane (YA)

University Book Store, U-District

May 7, 3PM

Madeleine Gasperi, Bullied: From Victim to Victorious (YA)

University Book Store, Bellevue

May 7, 1PM

Dan Gemeinhart, The Honest Truth and Some Kind of Courage (MG)

Burien Library, 400 SW 152nd Street, Burien, 98166

May 10, 7PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! Jennifer K. Mann, Sam and Jump (PB)
Secret Garden Books

May 11, 10:30AM

Clare Meeker, Rhino Rescue: And More True Stories of Saving Animals (NF)

Island Books, Mercer Island

May 12, 7PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! Suzanne Kaufman, Samanthasaurus Rex (PB)

University Book Store, U-District

May 12, 7PM

Audrey Greathouse, The Neverland Wars (YA)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

May 14, 12PM

Laura Moe, Breakfast with Neruda (YA)

University Book Store, Mill Creek

May 14, 2PM

Rebecca A. Demarest, Less Than Charming (YA)
Mockingbird Books

May 15, 3PM

Michelle Andreani, Mindi Scott, The Way Back to You (YA)

Elliott Bay Books

May 15, 12PM

Scholastic Summer Reading Tour, Authors and Illustrators TBA

University Book Store, U-District

MAY 17, 7PM

Jennifer Bosworth, Kristin Halbrook, A.R. Kahler, Lish McBride, The Killing Jar, Every Last Promise, Shades of Darkness, and Firebug (VARIOUS)

University Book Store, U-District

May 21, 11AM

Tobi Hill-Meyer, A Princess of Great Daring (PB)

Central Library

May 21, 11AM

Scholastic Summer Reading Tour, Authors and Illustrators TBA
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

May 24, 6PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! Kevan Atteberry, Puddles!!! (PB)

University Book Store, Bellevue

May 24, 7PM

Sherman Alexie, Thunder Boy Jr. (PB)

University Temple United Methodist Church The Sanctuary, 1415 NE 43rd Street
Click for Tickets

May 24, 7PM

Audrey Greathouse, Neverland Wars (YA)

Duvall Library, 15508 Main St NE, Duvall

May 25, 7PM

Elana Azose, Never Insult a Killer Zucchini (PB)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park