* 6:30 PM: I still haven’t read Snow Falling on Cedars, but I have added In Defense of Our Neighbors: The Walt and Milly Woodward Story, the true story of the internment of Japanese Americans and one community’s unique response, that inspired Snow Falling on Cedars, to my “to read” pile. Mary Woodward, daughter of Walt and Milly Woodward and author of In Defense of Our Neighbors, will discuss, read, and sign at the SPL Beacon Hill Branch. Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Elliott Bay Book Company.
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* 7:00 PM: East West Bookshop hosts Deanna Minich, PhD, CN, to discuss nutrition and health. Minich is the author of Chakra Foods for Optimum Health and the upcoming An A to Z Guide to Food Additives: Never Eat What You Can’t Pronounce (Conari Press, August 2009). Words to live by. Or eat by.
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* 7:00 PM: Eugene Mirmam, author of The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life, visits the U-District UW Bookstore to read, sign, and be funny.
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* 7:30 PM: The Town Hall Center for Civic Life and Elliott Bay Book Company present investigative journalist Pratap Chatterjee at Town Hall Seattle. Chatterjee’s new book, Halliburton’s Army: The Long, Strange Tale of a Private, Profitable, and Out-of-Control Texas Oil Company, “marshals extensive evidence pointing to a disturbing record of corruption, political manipulation, and human rights abuses.” We knew that Halliburton is made of pure evil; now there’s a whole book about it. $5, Downstairs.
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