Eva Abram. Photo courtesy of Seattle Storytellers Guild

11:00 AM – Eva Abram: Storytelling
Northwest African American Museum
“This summer at the Northwest African American Museum, gifted griots—storytellers—will enchant young and old with tales recounted following oral traditions. Children of all ages are invited to experience the art of storytelling and the power of stories…” (NAAM)
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12:00 PM – Joe R. Lansdale: Vanilla Ride
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
The long awaited number 7 in a great series: “Hap Collins and Leonard Pine–best friends, freelance troublemakers, and tough guys with good intentions–find themselves in the crosshairs of the Dixie Mafia and the lethal Vanilla Ride after an old friend asks Leonard to rescue his daughter from an abusive, no-good drug dealer.” If you are not familiar with the series, Lansdale has taken the usual “buddy” trope somewhere completely different: wise-cracking, old friends from East Texas, Collins is a straight, white guy, while Leonard is black and gay. The books are funny, smart, and slick.
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3:00 PM – Make A Book! Workshop
SPL Montlake Branch
Instructors from the Seattle Center for Book Arts show you how handmade books can add a creative twist to traditional soft-cover and hard-cover books. All bookmaking materials and supplies provided. For ages 12 and up.
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3:00 PM – Zine Drop In Workshop
SPL University Branch
“Attention zine-enthusiasts! We will provide paper, copier, markers, scissors, glue sticks, papers of different colors and textures and magazines for cutting. You bring your ideas and any special materials you want to use. We also take donations for the materials box if you want to leave your old magazines or interesting papers.” (SPL)
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6:30 PM – Shannon Borg: Chefs on the Farm : Recipes and Inspiration from the Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts
SPL Capitol Hill Branch
“A program for serious foodies – take a journey from farm to plate! Learn about the seasonal workings of life on a goat cheese farm when Borg reads from “Chefs on the Farm.”” (SPL)
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7:00 PM – Lisa Mantchev: Eyes Like Stars
UW Bookstore U District
The local playwright will sign her debut novel, which has garnered excellent reader reviews, so far: “Thirteen-year-old Bertie strives to save Theater Illuminata, the only home she has ever known, but is hindered by the Players who magically live on there, especially Ariel, who is willing to destroy the Book at the center of the magic in order to escape into the outside world.” (Publisher’s description)
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7:30 PM – Samuel Ligon, Sam A.J. Rathbun, & Amy Schrader: Drift and Swerve
Elliott Bay Book Co.
“Samuel Ligon, who teaches at Eastern Washington University’s Inland Northwest Center for Writers, also edits the superb literary journal, Willow Spring. Joining him tonight are two recent contributors, A.J. Rathbun and Amy Schrader, who will also read from their work.” (EBBC)
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