4:00 PM – Richelle Mead: Vampire Academy Book 3: Shadow Kiss
UW Bookstore, U-District
Richelle Mead’s youth-focused urban fantasy series stars a teenage dhamphir (half-human, half-vampire) training to become a guardian of a Moroi, a full-blooded vampire. In Shadow Kiss, Rose—our heroine—is assigned the task of guarding someone, but not her good friend, a Moroi royal named Lissa. This causes her behavior to become erratic, and leads to ghostly visions. [Source: UW Bookstore]
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6:00 PM – People Eating and Giving: 826 Seattle – Fundraiser
Palace Ballroom
This is the inaugural year of People Eating and Giving and features Dave Eggers (bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and What is the What and founder of 826 National), Stewart Stern (Oscar-nominated screenwriter of films such as Rebel Without A Cause and Rachel, Rachel), Teri Hein (Executive Director of 826 Seattle and author of Atomic Farmgirl), Karen Finneyfrock (spoken-word artist, Mistress of Ceremony and Paddle Master), and select 826 Seattle students. [Source: Beats me…826 probably]
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7:00 PM – Erica Bauermeister: The School of Essential Ingredients
Santoro Books
Debut novel: “Eight students gather in Lillian’s Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear, however, that each one seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen as Chef Lillian, a woman whose connection with food is both soulful and exacting, helps them to create dishes whose flavor and techniques expand beyond the restaurant and into the secret corners of her students’ lives.” [Source: GE Putnam's Sons]
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7:30 PM – Naomi Shihab Nye: Seattle Arts & Lectures Poetry Series
Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, $10-$35
Naomi Shihab Nye’s mixed heritage–her father is Palestinian, her mother is American–shapes the subjects of her poetry. She is the author of numerous books of poems, including You and Yours and Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, a collection of new and selected poems about the Middle East. She is also the editor of numerous anthologies for children. Nye has traveled extensively, including to the Middle East and Asia to promote goodwill through the arts. [Source: Seattle Arts & Lectures]
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7:30 PM – Richard Mason: Natural Elements
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Mason reads and signs the first American publication of his second novel. Mason has lived in South Africa, London, and Scotland; his eclectic background is reflected in his work.
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