Readings, signings, and other events vaguely literary for Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Posted By stan On June 30, 2009 @ 6:00 am In books, events | Comments Disabled
6:30 PM – Elizabeth Austen: Reading
SPL Northgate Branch
Seattle poet Elizabeth Austen talks about her poetry and the authors who have influenced her work.
[LINK [1]]
7:00 PM – Karen Joy Fowler: Reading
UW Bookstore, U District
Clarion West presents the World Fantasy and two-time Nebula Award winner.
[LINK [2]]
7:00 PM – Ultimate Tuesday!: Reading
Secret Garden Bookshop
Tickle Monster, by Kevin J. Atteberry, winner of a 2009 National Children’s Choice Picture Book award.
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7:30 PM – Catherine Whitney: Soldiers Once: My Brother and the Lost Dreams of America’s Veterans
Elliott Bay Book Co.
A moving memoir about why we, as a society, must do better: “Whitney takes her veteran brother’s untimely death—alone at age 53 with just $62 in his bank account—as a starting point for this meditation on what it means to be a veteran in America … Whitney persuasively argues that her brother’s fates is common among veterans of all ages.” -Kirkus Reviews
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URLs in this post:
[1] LINK: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_open_events&branchID=21&trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D83962677
[2] LINK: http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/trade.taf?dept=attribute&category=events&par=trade&ttl=events&page=16
[3] LINK: http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp;jsessionid=abchS5tdcECgnbJE06Sis?s=storeevents&eventId=422913
[4] LINK: http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/jun09/whitney.jsp
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