12:00 PM – Joanne Fluke: Cream Puff Murder
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
The 11th Hannah Swenson cookery cozy, in which our baking heroine finds a fitness instructor dead in the water. Ja, sure, you betcha!
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5:30 PM – Richard Seireeni: The Gort Cloud: How Ecopreneuers and Their Customers are Building Brands for the Age of Sustainability
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Seireeni is a brand consultant and “creative executive” who proposes to teach readers how to take advantage of a green(er) economy. I have a serious issue with authors (or in this case, brand consultants that write books) who coin words. Gort Cloud, Ecopreneurs, Greenwashing… Give me strength.
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7:00 PM – Joni Sensel: The Farwalker’s Quest
Secret Garden Bookshop
The Secret Garden really knows how to celebrate a book launch! With food, beverages, and a reflexologist/masseuse on hand, the Secret Garden throws a lovely party for Sensel’s latest teen fantasy novel.
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7:30 PM – Azadeh Moaveni: Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Moaveni returns to Elliott Bay Books with her new memoir, which covers her return to Iran in the hopes of making Tehran her home. Moaveni is a US-born Iranian-American journalist, and now lives in London.
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7:30 PM – Quincy Jones: The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions: Photos, Letters, Memories & More from Q’s Personal Collection
Quincy Jones Performance Center
Garfield High School
Garfield alum and American icon, Quincy Jones, visits his alma mater to discuss The Complete Quincy Jones with Carver Gayton. Sponsored by Garfield High, the NW African-American Museum, and Elliott Bay Books, this is a terrific opportunity for fans, but a spectacular opportunity for students. In other words, if you are over 18, don’t hog the good seats.
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