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Saturday • November 1 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Beverly Pressey
Simple & Savvy Strategies for Creating Healthy Eaters (BASCOM HILL PUBLISHING GROUP)
Reading & Book Signing
Bellevue store
|  $14.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Wednesday • November 5 • 7pm
Brandon Sanderson and David Farland
Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn (TOR) and Wyrmling Horde: The Seventh Book of the Runelords (TOR)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
|  $27.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Thursday • November 6 • 11am
Story Time with Jessica (Ages 3 to 7)
Mill Creek store, Kids Books
Join Jessica for dramatic readings of the best in new and classic children's books. You bring the kids; we'll supply the activities and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530 for details.
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Thursday • November 6 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • November 6 • 7pm
M.T. Anderson
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume II: Kingdom on the Waves (CANDLEWICK)
Reading & Book Signing
Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle
|  $18.39 Reserve a Copy |
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Friday • November 7 • 6:30pm
Film Screening of Paperback Dreams
U District store
Paperback Dreams is the story of two landmark independent bookstores and their struggle to survive. The film follows Andy Ross, owner of Cody's Books, and Clark Kepler, owner of Kepler's Books, over the course of two tumultuous years in the book business. Also featured in Paperback Dreams: Michael Powell. From humble storefront beginnings in 1971 on a derelict corner of northwest Portland, Oregon, Powell's Books has grown into one of the world's great bookstores, with seven locations in the Portland metropolitan area, and one of the book world's most successful dot-coms.
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Saturday • November 8 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Monday • November 10 • 7pm
Daniel Vosovic
Fashion Inside Out: Daniel V's Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond (WATSON-GUPTILL)
Discussion & Book Signing
U District store
|  $23.95 Reserve a Copy |
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Tuesday • November 11 • 6pm
Bellevue Books Reading Group
The Woman in White (PENGUIN) by Wilkie Collins
Bellevue store
Join us to discuss an alternating selection of fiction and non-fiction titles, including classic and modern literature, history and contemporary culture, philosophy, biography, and just about everything in between. |  $9.00 Add to Bookbag |
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Tuesday • November 11 • 7pm
Allison Amend
Things that Pass for Love (OV BOOKS)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
|  $16.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Wednesday • November 12 • 6pm
Bloody Mary's Mystery Book Group
Frankenstein (SIGNET BOOK) by Mary Wollsontecraft Shelley
Bellevue store
Join Bloody Mary on the second Wednesday of each month for a discussion of the mystery genre's gems.
|  $4.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Wednesday • November 12 • 7pm
Van Jones
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems (HARPERONE)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
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Wednesday • November 12 • 7:30pm
Ivan Doig
The Eleventh Man (HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT)
Reading & Book Signing
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book Store. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating. |  $20.80 Add to Bookbag |
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Thursday • November 13 • 11am
Story Time with Jessica (Ages 3 to 7)
Mill Creek store, Kids Books
Join Jessica for dramatic readings of the best in new and classic children's books. You bring the kids; we'll supply the activities and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530 for details.
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Thursday • November 13 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • November 13 • 7pm
David Knibb
Grizzly Wars: The Public Fight Over the Great Bear (EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PRESS)
Discussion & Book Signing
U District store
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Thursday • November 13 • 7pm
Provost's Distinguished Lecture: David Domke and Mark Smith speak on "Faith and Finance: Election '08, What Really Happened"
UW Kane Hall, Room 130
Sponsored by University Book Store and the UW Alumni Association. Admission info at www.uwalum.com. | |
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Saturday • November 15 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Saturday • November 15 • 5:30pm
Bush School Diversity Lecture Series in partnership with the Seattle King County NAACP presents: Michael Eric Dyson ? "Power, Justice, Freedom: Vote!"
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave, Seattle
|  $19.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Sunday • November 16 • 2–3:15pm
Bellevue's Young Adult Book Group (Ages 9-13)
Bellevue store
Join us on the third Sunday of every month. Ask a staff member for details.
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Monday • November 17 • 1:30pm
Tomie dePaola
Brava, Strega Nona!: A Heartwarming Pop-Up Book (PENGUIN YOUNG READERS)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
|  $29.99 Reserve a Copy |
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Monday • November 17 • 7pm
Fantastic Fiction Salon with Connie Willis
Richard Hugo House Cabaret, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle
Sponsored by NW MediaArts, Richard Hugo House, and University Book Store. $5 donation at the door.
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Tuesday • November 18 • 7pm
Jesse Reklaw
The Night of Your Life: A Slow Wave Production (DARK HORSE)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
|  $15.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Wednesday • November 19 • 7:30pm
Robert Laughlin
The Crime of Reason: And the Closing of the Scientific Mind (BASIC)
Reading & Book Signing
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book Store. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
|  $25.95 Add to Bookbag |
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Wednesday • November 19 • 7pm
Spencer Shaw Lecture: Gerald McDermott
UW Kane Hall, Room 220, Seattle
Sponsored by University Book Store, iSchool and the UW Alumni Association. Admission info at www.uwalum.com. | |
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Thursday • November 20 • 11am
Story Time with Jessica (Ages 3 to 7)
Mill Creek store, Kids Books
Join Jessica for dramatic readings of the best in new and classic children's books. You bring the kids; we'll supply the activities and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530 for details.
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Thursday • November 20 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • November 20 • 6-7:30pm
Queen Mary's Travel Book Group
Finding George Orwell in Burma (PENGUIN) by Emma Larkin
Bellevue store
Recount adventure, exploration, and conquest with Queen Mary as your guide on the third Thursday of each month. |  $15.00 Add to Bookbag |
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Thursday • November 20 • 6:30pm
Walker-Ames Lectures presents Achille Mbembe
"Rethinking the Future in a Neo-Liberal Age"
UW Kane Hall, Room 110
Sponsored by The Graduate School and University Book Store. Free and open to the public. | |
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Saturday • November 22 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Monday • November 24 • 6pm
Nick's Book Club
the book store café, fireside
Join our own resident writer, Nick DiMartino, for a lively discussion of this month's selection.
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Tuesday • November 25 • 7pm
Lloyd Kahn
Builders of the Pacific Coast (PGW)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
|  $26.95 Reserve a Copy |
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Wednesday • November 19 • 6:30pm
Main Street Book Club
Hunting & Gathering () by Anna Gavalda
Mill Creek store
Join host Amanda Corr on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the Book Store Café to discuss the very best in contemporary fiction. Save 20% when you purchase this title at our Mill Creek store. |  $16.00 Add to Bookbag |
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Saturday • November 29 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Events held on the University of Washington campus and other sites are co-sponsored by KUOW 94.9 FM. Visit their website at www.kuow.org. |
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