12:00 PM – Garry Disher: Blood Moon
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
A rare visit by this Australian writer. Insp. Hal Challis and his crew investigate the murder of a woman who oversaw the penalties on land-use violations, and the beating of a school chaplain. Complicating their work is the growing romance between Challis and Sgt. Ellen Destry.
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12:05 PM – Thrilling Tales: Adult Story Time
SPL Central Library
Love a good story? Sit back, relax, and escape from the everyday as we bring you gripping short stories expertly read, and well-calculated to keep you in suspense!
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7:00 PM – Mark Obmascik: Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled–and Knuckleheaded–Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
The Mountaineers Club
Over forty and feeling every year of it, Obmascik decided to embark on a midlife adventure in the mountains of Colorado, and in the process, gives us a peek at the quirky personalities of those who seek the peaks. Sponsored by The Mountaineers. Free and open to the public.
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7:00 PM – Paul Park: Readings
Richard Hugo House, Cabaret
Paul Park, author of “The Starbridge Chronicles” trilogy, among others, reads and discusses his work.
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7:30 PM – Mark Kurlansky: The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation’s Food was Seasonal, Regional, and Traditional—from the Lost WPA Files
Elliott Bay Book Co.
While researching another project, Mark Kurlansky came across an abandoned writing project that had been started during FDR’s ‘stimulus package,’ the New Deal—this project, America Eats, was never published. The material is fascinating and revelatory—Aplets & Cotlets, and salmon are some of the foods from this area, with ‘Montana Fried Beaver’ being found over the mountains. These and many other savory stories await. Also in hand for this evening—representative of Mark Kurlansky’s range—is his new translation of Emile Zola’s The Belly of Paris (Modern Library).
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7:30 PM – Reza Aslan: How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
UW Kane Hall, Room 210
“An eloquent plea for defanging terrorism with rights for Muslims, both in the West and the Middle East. Iranian-born Aslan offers an attention-grabbing proposition: George W. Bush got something right in the Middle East. The former president correctly said that only by extending democratic freedoms to oppressed Muslims in the Middle East could we quell the appeal of terrorism. Yet Bush failed to back up his own words … readers who believe a fight with terror requires throwing some military punches will learn from Aslan’s endorsement of soft-power approaches.” – Kirkus Reviews
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7:30 PM – Rose Alley Press: Poetry Reading
Richard Hugo House, Theater
Hear the work of four excellent poets: Karen Finneyfrock, Victoria Ford, Jack McCarthy and Joannie Kervran Stangeland. Refreshments served and prizes offered.
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