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

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

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

April Events

 APRIL BOOKSTORE EVENTS and APPEARANCES

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 

April 2, 1PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Liz Wong, Quackers (PB)

Mockingbird Books

April 2, 11AM

Asia Citro, A Little Bit of Dirt: 55+ Science and Art Activities to Reconnect Children with Nature (NF)

University Bookstore, Bellevue

April 5, 7PM

Frank Beddor, and Erick Laster, Mad Hatter, Static (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

April 5, 7PM

Peter Brown, The Wild Robot (MG)

University Bookstore, U-District

April 7, 7PM

Jennifer Longo, Up to This Pointe (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

April 7, 7PM

Deb Caletti, Essential Maps for the Lost (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

April 8, 7PM

Dan Wells, Blue Screen (YA)

Third Place Books, Ravenna

April 8, 7PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Thor Hanson and Dana Arnim, Bartholomew Quill: A Crow’s Quest (PB)

Secret Garden Books

April 12, 7PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Django Wexler, The Palace of Glass: The Forbidden Library: Volume 3 (YA)

University Bookstore, Mill Creek

April 13, 10:30AM

Mark Holtzen, The Pig War (MG)

Island Books, Mercer Island

April 13, 7PM

Richelle Mead, The Glittering Court (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

April 16, 11AM

Katherine Pryor, Zora’s Zucchini and Sylvia’s Spinach (PB)

Third Place Books, Ravenna

April 17, 12PM

Eric Morse, What is Punk? (PB-NF)

Third Place Books, Ravenna

April 18, 7PM

J.A. Pitts and Camille Gripe, Night Terrors and New Charity Blues (YA)

University Bookstore, U District

April, 23, 2PM

Gary Schwartz, The King of Average (MG)

University Bookstore, Bellevue

April 30: INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!

Events scheduled all over - see your favorite local bookstores for specific details. Celebrate your indies, and support their efforts on behalf of all our favorite authors!

April 30, 9AM

Emerald City Author Event

Featuring over 50 YA, contemporary romance, paranormal, and urban fantasy authors all together in one place, Emerald City Author Event is one of the largest and most exciting book signing events in the Pacific Northwest. And we'll be there in the middle of all the excitement with books by the many talented authors in attendance!

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle Center

For full details and to see if your favorite authors will be there, visit: emeraldcityauthorevent.blogspot.com/.

April 30, 11AM

Special StoryTime! with Elizabeth Rose Stanton, Ben Clanton, and Kevan Atteberry (PB)

University Bookstore, U-District (in honor of Independent Bookstore Day)

April 30, 11AM

Michael Shafbuch, S is for Seattle (PB)

Third Place Books, Ravenna

February author/illustrator 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 

Feb 2, 7PM
Diana Renn, Blue Voyage (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Feb 2, 7PM
Marissa Meyer, Stars Above, Lunar Chronicles  (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

Feb 3, 7PM
Gordon Korman, Master Minds Criminal Destiny (MG)

Secret Garden Books

Feb 4, 7PM
Mick Szydlowski, Travis Bossard, Alex Novoseltsen, Oskar and Klaus, The Mission to Cataria (PB)

University Bookstore, Mill Creek

Feb 6, 2PM
Carole Estby Dagg,  Sweet Home Alaska  (MG)

U-District Sponsored at Everett Public Library 
2702 Hoyt Ave. Everett WA

Feb 6, 12PM
Rita Wirkala, The Encounter, (YA)

Seattle Public Library, Greenwood Branch

Feb 8, 7PM
Garth Stein, A Sudden Light (YA)

Sno Isle Library, Lynnwood branch

Feb 8, 7PM
David Joy and Ingrid Thoft, Where All Light Tends to Go (YA)

Elliot Bay Book Company

Feb 9, 7PM
Carole Estby Dagg, Home Sweet Alaska (MG)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Feb 11, 7PM
Pierce Brown, Morning Star  (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

Feb 11, 6:30
Dana Simpson, Unicorn on a Roll, (MG-YA Graphic Novel)

Elliot Bay Book Company

Feb 18, 7PM
Amber J. Keyser, The V Word (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

Feb 21, 3PM
Neil Shusterman and Eric Elfman, Hawkings Hallway (MG) 

University Bookstore, Bellevue

Feb 27, 6:30
Barbara Caridad Ferrer, Between Here and Gone (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

January author/illustrator 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 

Friday, Jan 8, 7PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Elizabeth Rose Stanton, Peddles (PB)

University Book Store, U-District

Saturday, Jan 9, 6PM

YA After Hours: The Secret World of YA––Sex, Scandal and Shame

Featuring Martha Brockenbrough, J. Anderson Coats, Lish McBride, Jeanne Ryan, Rori Shay

University Book Store, U-District

Tuesday, Jan 12, 7PM

Ruth Wariner, The Sound of Gravel (YA)

Third Place Books, Ravenna

Wednesday, Jan 13, 7PM

Monica McDowell, The Girl With a Gift (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Thursday, Jan 14, 7PM

Caroline Allen, Air (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Monday, Jan 18, 7PM

Sam Lansky, The Gilded Razor (YA)

Elliott Bay Book Company

Tuesday, Jan 19, 7PM

Salina Yoon, Be a Friend (PB)

Secret Garden Books

Thursday, Jan 28, 7PM

Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky (MG)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Friday, Jan 29, 6PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Jennifer Longo, Up to This Pointe (YA)

University Book Store, U-District

Friday, Jan 29, 6:30PM

Margaret Peterson Haddix, Haddix Redeemed (MG)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Sunday, Jan 31, 3PM

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Toni Yuly, Cat Nap (PB)

Elliott Bay Book Company

November events galore

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 

Nov 1–30
NaNoWriMo AND PiBoIdMo!!


Nov 2, 7PM

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff, Kendare Blake, Shawn Speakman, Illuminate, Ungodly, The Dark Thorn (YA)
University Bookstore, U-District

Nov 3, 7PM

Shannon Messenger, Neverseen, Keeper of the Lost Cities (YA)
University Bookstore, U-District

Nov 5, 7PM

Christy Lynn Anana, Finder of Lost Things (MG)
University Bookstore, Mill Creek

Nov 5, 7PM

David Levithan, Another Day (YA)
University Bookstore, U-District

Nov 6, 6:30PM

Gary D. Schmidt, Orbiting Jupiter (MG)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Nov 7, 6:30PM

Karen Kincy, Storms of Lazarus (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Nov 7, 11AM

Chelsea Clinton, It’s Your World, Get Informed, Get Inspired, Get Going (MG NF)
University Bookstore, U-District
TICKETS

Nov 10, 7PM
FALL 2015 INSIDE STORY
PLUS: CRYSTAL KITE AWARD CELEBRATION for Laurie Thompson!!!
Mockingbird Books: RSVP needed!

Nov 14, 10AM
Nov 15, 11AM

Samantha Vamos, Alphabet Trains! (PB)
University Bookstore sponsored: The Great Train Show at PUYALLUP FAIRGROUNDS

Nov 17, 7PM

Dori Hillestad, The Hunted Library: The Ghost at the Fire Station (ER)
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Nov 18, 7PM
NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEETING!
Mini-session: Making book trailers with Jeff James
Main session: School presentations with Dana Sullivan and Vicki Legman
Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall


Nov 21, 1PM

From NaNoWriMo to Self-Published: An Author Panel
King County Library, Kirkland Branch

Nov 22, 3PM

Laurie B. Arnold, Hello There, We’ve Been Waiting for You!  (MG)
Seattle Public Library, Magnolia Branch

October 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 

 

Oct 1, 6PM

Steven Henry, It's Raining Bats & Frogs (PB)

University Bookstore, Bellevue Store

Oct 1, 7PM

Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti, Zeroes (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Oct 1, 7PM

Michael Schein, John Surratt, The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away (NF)

Seattle Library, Central Branch

Oct 3, 11AM

Laurie Ann Thompson, Be a Changemaker (NF)

Seattle Library, Magnolia Branch

Oct 3, 11AM

University Book Store's First Annual Illustrators Day

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 3, 7PM

Jim Butcher, The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass (YA)

University Temple United Methodist Church, The Sanctuary, 1415 NE 43rd St

Tickets are $27.95 and available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2037917 Each ticket admits up to two people and includes a copy of The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass.

Oct 4, 3PM

Jeannine Hall Gailey, The Robot Scientist's Daughter (YA)

University Bookstore, Bellevue

Oct 5, 7PM

Jon Scieszka, Frank Einstein and the Brainturbo (MG)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Oct 6, 7PM

John Scieszka, Frank Einstein and the Brainturbo (MG)

Secret Garden Books

Oct 6, 4PM

Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Release Party with Kazu Kibosh, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated Edition (MG)

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 7, 7PM

Laura Anne Gillian, Silver on the Road (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 10, 1PM

Graphic Novel Workshop with Dana Sullivan

University Bookstore, Bellevue

Oct 10, 7PM

Washington State Book Awards! Come cheer for folks you know:
Jennifer K. Mann (Two Speckled Eggs), George Shannon (Hands Say Love, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo), Jennifer Longo (Six Feet Over It), Maureen McQuerry (Time Out of Time), and Mary Cronk Farrell (Pure Grit), all have novels that are finalists as well. Come cheer for the whole gang!

Seattle Public Library, Central Branch 


Oct 13, 7PM

Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 14, 7PM

Judd Wince, Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth (MG)

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 16, 7PM

Cascade Writers Presents Ellen Datlow (YA editor), Kat Richardson, Tom Wright, and Elliott Kay (VARIOUS)

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 16, 7PM

Trudi Trueit, The Sister Solution (MG). Book launch party!

University Bookstore, Mill Creek

Oct 17, 5PM

Amber J. Keyser, The Way Back From Broken (YA). Book launch party!

Secret Garden Books


Oct 19, 6PM

Gennifer Choldenko, Al Capone Does My Shirts (YA) Jennifer Holm, Turtle in Paradise (MG), and Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me (MG). Moderated by Jolie Stekly.

Seattle Central Library

Oct 20, 7PM

Tom Alphin, The LEGO Architect (MG)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park


Oct 21, 7PM

SCBWI-WWA MONTHLY PROGRAM: Agent Barry Goldblatt

Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall

Oct 22, 7PM

Vanessa McAllen, Three Great Lies (YA)

University Bookstore, U-District-Gardening Space

Oct 22, 7PM

Catherynne M, Valente, Radiance (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Oct 23, 6:30PM

John A. Flanagan, The Tournament at Gorlan (YA)

Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park

Oct 24, 6PM

Kirby Larson speaks as part of the Puyallup Festival of Books, Puyallup Public Library, 324 S. Meridian, Puyallup

Oct 24, 6PM

G Willow Wilson and Margaret Stohl, Black Widow: Forever Red (YA)

University Bookstore, Bellevue

Oct 25, 3PM

Sorry, Not Sorry Tour: Featuring: Martha Brockenbrough (The Game of Love and Death, YA), Lish McBride, (Firebug, YA), Jennifer Longo, (Six Feet Over It, YA), Shannon Grogan (From Where I Watch You, YA), and Jeanne Ryan (Charisma, YA).

University Bookstore, U-District

Oct 26, NOON

Ginny Gilder, Course Correction (NF)

King County Library, Vashon Branch

Oct 27, 7PM

Suzanne Selfors will be celebrating the release of the final book in her Imaginary Veterinary Series, Book #6, The Fairy Swarm. Fairy costumes encouraged!

Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island

Oct 7PM

Sigal Samuel, The Mystics of Mile End (MG/YA)

University Bookstore, U-District