12:00 PM – Mary Malloy: The Wandering Heart
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Historian Lizzie Manning is invited to England to catalogue and prepare for display the writings and artifacts of Lieutenant Francis Hatton, who sailed with Captain Cook in the 18th century. She is excited about getting the first look at these unique papers and objects, including items from the Tlinget in Alaska. While there, she’ll become involved in a centuries-old search for relic from the Crusades. The author was born in Spokane and now lives on the East Coast. [Source: Seattle Mystery Bookshop]
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6:30 PM – Michael Perry: Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
SPL Ballard Branch
In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.
Last seen sleeping off his wedding night in the back of a 1951 International Harvester pickup, Michael Perry is now living in a rickety Wisconsin farmhouse. Faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home, Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood—his city-bred parents took in more than a hundred foster children while running a ramshackle dairy farm—for clues on how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father. [Source: Secret Garden Bookshop]
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6:30 PM – NW Independent Editors Guild: Meeting
Richard Hugo House, Alice Room
Instructor, editor and writing coach WaverlyFitzgerald will discuss the differences and similarities of the editor/coach relationship. All Editors Guild meetings are open to current members and to professional freelance editors considering membership. Bring a potluck item to share if you like. [Source: RHH]
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7:00 PM – Mike Gastineau, Art Thiel, & Steve Rudman: The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists
UW Bookstore, U-District
We’ve lost the Sonics but not our Emerald City enthusiasm for sports. In this new book, three local sports commentators have collected a series of debate-inspiring lists about Seattle sports with the help of some locals: Mike Holmgren, Ichiro Suzuki, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Kevin Calabro. It’s sure to get a crowd of sports nuts talking. [Source: UW Bookstore]
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7:00 PM – Tamora Pierce: Bloodhound
Secret Garden Bookshop
Beka Cooper is finally a Dog–a full-fledged member of the Provost’s Guard, dedicated to keeping peace in Corus’s streets. But there’s unrest in Tortall’s capital. Counterfeit coins are turning up in shops all over the city, and merchants are raising prices to cover their losses. The Dogs discover that gamblers are bringing the counterfeit money from Port Caynn. In Port Caynn, Beka delves deep into the gambling world, where she meets a charming banking clerk named Dale Rowan. Beka thinks she may be falling for Rowan, but she won’t let anything–or anyone–jeopardize her mission. As she heads north to an abandoned silver mine, it won’t be enough for Beka be her usual “terrier” self. She’ll have to learn from Achoo to sniff out the criminals–to be a Bloodhound. [Source: Secret Garden Bookshop]
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7:30 PM – John Daniel: The Far Corner: Northwestern Views on Land, Life, and Literature
Elliott Bay Book Co.
The Far Corner builds on themes explored in earlier books such as The Trail Home and Rogue River Journal, fine writing not only about this part of the country, but insightful writing about what others have written here, as well. [Source: Elliott Bay Books]
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7:30 PM – Mattias Klum: Borneo: Paradise Under Siege
Benaroya Hall
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
One of the most highly regarded natural history photographers, whose advocacy on behalf of biodiversity earned him a medal from the King of Sweden and designation as a 2008 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Mattias Klum has a special passion for Borneo. He has spent 20 years exploring its unique flora and fauna and producing magazine articles, books, and documentary films. [Source: ???]
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7:30 PM – Tony Horwitz: A Voyage Long and Strange
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs
Everyone knows Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and Jamestown’s 1607 founding is an American history staple, but what about the time in between? Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz set out on an epic expedition of his own to rediscover the New World of that “lost century.” Following in the footsteps of the Europeans who preceded the pilgrims, Horwitz blends history, myth, and misadventure in A Voyage Long and Strange, an accessible, enjoyable travelogue. Journeying from Florida’s Fountain of Youth to Plymouth’s sacred Rock, Horwitz captures the wonder and drama of first contact as Vikings, conquistadors, and French voyagers roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, and even a cure for syphilis. [Source: Town Hall Seattle]
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