12:00 PM – Amanda Quick: The Perfect Poison
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Jayne Ann Krentz visits to sign as her alter ego. I believe this is the third book in her clever and fun Arcane Society series.
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7:00 PM – Ben Cole: Walking the Camino de Santiago
Wide World Books and Maps
In this slideshow Ben Cole, the co-author of Pili Pala Press’s Walking the Camino de Santiago, highlights some of the lesser-known detours that can lead to unexpected delights and brushes with fate.
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7:00 PM – Dr. Bradley Nelson: The Emotion Code
East West Bookshop, Seattle, $5
“Want to remove all the things holding you back from abundance, health, love and happiness?…The Emotion Code is a simple, effective way to integrated healing.”
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7:00 PM – Jennifer Culkin: A Final Arc of Sky: A Memoir of Critical Care
UW Bookstore, U-District
The local nurse, and now author, presents her memoir of blood, death, and drama.
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7:00 PM – Yu-Chin Chen: The Brilliance Behind the Columns: Paul Krugman, an Economist of Scale
UW Seattle, Waterfront Activities Center, $3-$7
The 2009 Nobel Prize Lecture examines the work of Professor Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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7:30 PM – Simon Armitage: Poetry Reading
Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, $20-$35
British poet Simon Armitage is the author of nine volumes of poetry, most recently Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid (2006), four stage plays, and numerous radio, TV, and film pieces. He has received the Sunday Times Author of the Year Prizes and a Lannan Award. His translation of the classic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight prompted The Guardian to declare that Armitage was “put on the planet to translate this poem.” [Seattle Arts & Lectures]
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8:00 PM – Emily Beyer: Sightseeing
Richard Hugo House Cabaret
The poet will read from her manuscript.
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