12:00 PM – Mary Daheim: Loco Motive
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
I think this is book 25 of a series featuring B&B-owning cousins, due to be released in hardcover on March 2010. I have no idea how she is going to sign an unreleased book, but that’s what the website says, so I’m going with it.
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6:30 PM – Jennifer Worwick: Backcountry Betty Crafting with Style: 50 Nature-Inspired Projects
SPL Greenwood Branch
Deja vu! “…a hip, snappy craft book that includes projects designed to bring the outdoors in! Worick will discuss a variety of craft projects that she has divided into habitats from your backyard to the seashore.” –SPL
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7:00 PM – Gillian Gaar: The Rough Guide to Nirvana
Bailey/Coy Books
Publication party. No pie.
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7:00 PM – John Kessel: Reading
UW Bookstore
U District
Clarion West, the famed SFF writer’s conference/convocation/workshop/amorphous-whatever, presents the author of Stories for Men, Tiptree Winner, and teacher.
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7:30 PM – Jillian Venters: Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them
Barnes & Noble, University Village
Are people still doing this? Not that there is anything wrong with being Goth: whatever floats your boat (or flutters your tattered lace ascot, whatever), but I don’t think I’ve seen an actual, live Goth since 1994. But The Cure is still touring, so Goth is not dead. If you want to enjoy a little Gothiness without actually donning eyeliner and black velvet, yourself, I suggest Tamagothi. Pixilated heroin has never been more fun!
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7:30 PM – Larry Korn: The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoaka
Theater Off Jackson
“Masanobu Fukuoka’s book about growing food has been changing the lives of readers since it was first published in 1978. It is a call to arms, a manifesto, and a radical rethinking of the global systems we rely on to feed us all. At the same time, it is the memoir of someone whose spiritual beliefs underpin and inform every aspect of his innovative farming system.” –Seattle Tilth
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7:30 PM – Margot Berwin: Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
Elliott Bay Book Co.
“Berwin delivers a bangup debut packed with adventure, betrayal, love and, naturally, rare plants … It’s a fun page-turner-escapist and wonderfully entertaining.” – Publishers Weekly
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