Do you have a favorite Halloween-themed or scary book, story, or poem? Let us know in the comments!
In the meantime, check out this week's readings and signings, brought to you with some truly horrifying haiku.
10/25/10 6 p.m. Pilot Books
Writer's Group
"New exercises every week. Come prepared to write and discuss." Aye, Cap'n!
10/25/10 6:30 p.m. Secret Garden Books
Christina Wilsdon
For Horse-Crazy Girls Only
Kids can nab a blue ribbon at this launch party.
10/25/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Yiyun Li
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Yiyun conjures hope
with rare delicacy in
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.
10/25/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Cristina Eisenberg
The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades and Biodiversity
Do you remember
the old program, Wild Kingdom?
The food chain at work.
10/25/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Ingrid Betancourt
Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
Six years captive of
Columbian terrorists
yet she lives to speak.
10/26/10 6:30 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Stages: Drama Book Group
RED by John Logan
Biographical
drama about Mark Rothko
won a Tony, bitch.
10/26/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Christopher Ryan
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Human Sexuality
From horny cavemen
to Laura Ashley sheet sets,
let's talk about sex.
10/26/10 7 p.m. UW Bookstore
David Wilma & Laura Tufts
Hope on the Hill
A history of
Seattle Children's Hospital,
pediatric superstar.
10/26/10 7 p.m. Secret Garden Books
Liz Mills
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus
Ultimate Tuesday
reading with free door prizes!
"The wheels on the bus..."
10/26/10 7 p.m. UW Kane Hally, Room 130
Robin D.G. Kelley
When Africa Was 'The Thing': Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times"
The Solomon Katz
Lecture: Distinguished in the
Humanities, presents...
10/26/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Aron Cramer & Zachary Karabell
Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast Changing World
From carbon footprint
to subcontracted labor,
companies step up.
10/26/10 7:30 p.m. UW Kane Hally, Room 210
Connie Willis
All Clear
The SF legend
is back from Blackout with this
exciting sequel.
10/26/10 7:30 p.m. Richard Hugo House
Hugo Classes for Teens
End of Quarter Reading
Teens from Hugo Classes for Teens fall quarter classes share their new work with instructors Rachel Kessler and Eli Hastings.
10/26/10 7:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble U-Village
Kevin Kelly
What Technology Wants
Join Kevin Kelly,
Executive Editor
of Wired magazine.
10/26/10 7:30 p.m. Open Books Poem Emporium
Megan Snyder-Camp
The Forest of Sure Things
The Seattle poet won the Tupelo Press's Outstanding First Book award for this one.
10/27/10 6 p.m. Richard Hugo House
Write Time
Weekly
A weekly drop-in writing circle for teens facilitated by Hugo House writer-in-residence Karen Finneyfrock.
10/27/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Lisa Birnbach
True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World
Pop your collar, boy,
the Eighties are back, in pink
plaid and corduroy.
10/27/10 7 p.m. UW Bookstore
President Jimmy Carter
White House Diary
The ex-President
is in Seattle to sign
books, and only books.
10/28/10 5 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Kim O'Donnel
The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour
For bacon lovers
who--for health, ethics, dharma—
want to go veg-ist.
10/28/10 6 p.m. Northwest African American Museum
4 Beats to the Bar
Happy Hours at NAAM
Live jazz series,
free admission, no cover charge--
bring your ID card.
10/28/10 6:30 p.m. Seattle Public Library
Alvin Ziontz
A Lawyer in Indian Country
Gripping memoir of
integrity, and justice
for Native people.
10/28/10 6:30 p.m. Richard Hugo House
Uptown Writers
Sunday Ink
The Uptown Writers
release their anthology
with many readings.
10/28/10 7 p.m. Burke Museum
Charlotte Cote'
Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditons
Thought provoking
talk about controversial
Native traditions.
10/28/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Jack de Yonge
Boom Town Boy: Coming of Age on Alaska's Lost Frontier
A boyhood memoir
of rough and tumble Fairbanks--
tundra Tom Sawyer.
10/28/10 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble U-Village
Judy Bentley
Hiking Washington's History
Historic trail-guide
includes quotes from journals and
photographs galore.
10/28/10 7 p.m. SAAM
Madhur Jaffrey
At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka
Author, actress, chef,
six time James Beard Award Winner,
presents her new book.
10/28/10 7 p.m. UW Bookstore
Mark Bittman
The Food Matters Cookbook: Lose Weight and Heal the Planet with More Than 500 Recipes
Chef, author, blogger,
columnist, and food icon
speaks on food and health.
10/28/10 7 p.m. Pacific Place
Max Brooks
The Zombie Survival Guide
Kick off ZomBCon
by getting your survival
guide signed by Max Brooks.
10/28/10 7:30 p.m. Benaroya Hall
Robert Hass
Seattle Arts & Lectures
The celebrated
two-time Poet Laureate
reads and speaks tonight.
10/29/10 5:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Stokley Towles
Trash Talk: The Social Life of Garbage
A work that explores
the human side of garbage
interactively.
10/29/10 7 p.m. NWFF
Earshot Jazz Films
Howl
The Beats are alive!
Northwest Film Forum presents
James Franco in Howl.
10/29/10 7 p.m. PIlot Books
Joshua Wilkinson w/ Mathias Svalina
Poets on Teaching: A Sourcebook
The writers are joined
by the banjo-pickin' Sloan.
This could be awesome.
10/29/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Lawrence Matsuda
A Cold Wind from Idaho
Minidoka born
poet, father, author, he writes
with ferocious honesty.
10/29/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Seattle Radio Theatre
Dracula
"All I vant to do
is suck your blood. Mwa-ha-ha!"
Starring Pat Cashman.
10/29/10 9 a.m. Pacific Place
Don Roff
Zombies
More ZomBCon stuff.
A coffee house chat with the
author; see above.
10/30/10 1 p.m. Seattle Public Library
Waverly Fitzgerald
The One Day Guide to Starting Your Novel
With Nanowrimo
just around the corner, go
get a plot or two.
10/30/10 10:30 a.m. Northgate Mall
L.Y. Marlow
Color Me Butterfly
Four generations
of women ensnared by
domestic violence.
10/30/10 11 a.m. Borders
Annual Halloween Spooktacular
Kids Event
Kids from three to eight
are invited to dress up
and join in the fun!
10/30/10 12 p.m. Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Greg Rucka
The Last Run
MI6 agent
Tara Chase to the rescue
of a defector.
10/30/10 6 p.m. UW Bookstore
Creepy Tales!
StoryTime for Grown-ups
Every Saturday in October, UW Bookstore staff will read classic tales of terror. And yes, of course Shirley Jackson is on the list. Sheesh.
10/30/10 7 p.m. PIlot Books
Amara Kopakova
Viva la Revolution
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. " -Thomas Jefferson
10/30/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Kary Wayson
American Husband
The local poet
and some friends (Ed Skoogs, et al)
tap into the strange.
10/30/10 9 a.m. Pacific Place
S.G. Browne
Breathers: A Zombie's Lament
More ZomBCon stuff.
A coffee house chat with the
author; see above.
10/30/10 9:30 a.m. Seattle Public Library
Mimi Gardner Gates
'The Buddhist Caves of Dunhuang: Treasure Trove in the Chinese Gobi Desert'
Saturday University Sacred Sites of Asia Lecture Series, presented by the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas. If you build it, they will let you talk about whatever you want.
10/31/10 12 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Stokley Towles
Trash Talk: The Social Life of Garbage
A work that explores
the human side of garbage
interactively.
10/31/10 2 p.m. Seattle Public Library
Ian Frazier
Travels in Siberia
Siberia is
vast, cold, and mostly empty,
with huge mosquitoes.
10/31/10 4 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Short Stories Live
The Witching Afternoon
Spooky short stories
directed by Kurt Beattie
of the ACT Theatre.
10/31/10 6 p.m. PIlot Books
Tom Raworth & Joel Felix
Let Baby Fall/Regional Noir
Poetry reading.
10/31/10 9 a.m. Pacific Place
Kevin David Anderson
Night of the Living Trekkies
More ZomBCon stuff.
A coffee house chat with the
author; see above.
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