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Readings & Events
Comic Book Jam See comics created before your eyes by members of "Friends of the Nib." Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 S. Vale St., 658-0110, www.fantagraphics.com. 6 p.m. Wed. Jan. 17.
Gilda's Club This cancer support group presents the latest findings on the topic in a lecture "What Scientists Know—And Don't Know—About the Causes of Cancer." Gilda's Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway, 709-1400, www.gildasclubseattle.org. 7 p.m. Wed. Jan. 17.
David HlavsaThis local playwright, director and teacher reveals his thoughts in An Actor Rehearses.Third Place Books. 7 p.m. Wed. Jan. 17.
Dana StabenowA Deeper Sleep is the 15th in her Alaska-based Kate Shugak mystery series. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St., 587-5737. Noon, Wed. Jan. 17; Elliott Bay Book Co., 7:30 p.m. Wed. Jan. 17.
Pamela AidanThese Three Remain is the last in her trilogy reimagining the inner life of Jane Austen's Fitzwilliam Darcy. Third Place Books. 7 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Jan Baross Magical realism from this Portland author in José Builds a Woman. University Book Store. 7 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Alan Deutschman In a rut? Check out his Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life. Borders (Redmond), 16549 N.E. 74th St., 425-869-1907. 7 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Sandra M. Gilbert This UC Davis professor speaks on "Modern Death, Millennial Mourning: The Challenge of 21st-Century Grief." Sponsored by the University Book Store. Room 120, Communications Bldg., UW campus. Free. 7 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Michael Honey Memphis in 1968: a turbulent time and place for the Civil Rights movement. Honey's book Going Down Jericho Road tells the story. Sponsored by the University Book Store. Room 102, Smith Hall, UW campus, 634-3400. 4 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Laura Leist Make a New Year's resolution to de-clutter your life with the help of her Eliminate Chaos. Bellevue Regional Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E., 425-450-1765. 12:30 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Patricia Marx This Saturday Night Live writer's debut novel is Him Her Him Again The End of Him. Elliott Bay Book Co. 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Kevin O'BrienKilling Spree is this Seattle author's latest mystery. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. N.E., 525-2347. 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Anthony B. Robinson Find God in your everyday life with the help of his Common Grace: How to Be a Person and Other Spiritual Matters.Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E. (Bainbridge Island), 842-5332. 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Zaid Abdul-Aziz The former Sonic (and Rocket and Celtic) reads from his new autobiography, Darkness to Sunlight. Shoreline Library, 345 N.E. 175th St., 362-7550. 7 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 18.
Kathleen Flenniken & John Keeble Reading from her Famous and his Nocturnal America. Elliott Bay Book Co. 7:30 p.m. Fri. Jan. 19.
Jörg Friedrich Dresden's destruction and its aftermath recalled in his The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945.University Book Store. 7 p.m. Fri. Jan. 19.
J.A. Jance An ex-anchorwoman is suspected of murder in her new Ali Reynolds thriller, Web of Evil. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St., 587-5737. Noon, Fri. Jan. 19. Third Place Books. 6:30 p.m. Fri. Jan. 19.
Bettina ApthekerIntimate Politics is her memoir of "her own political transformation, healing from childhood sexual abuse, and coming out later in life as a lesbian." As Lady Bracknell might put it, "A life crowded with incident." Elliott Bay Book Co. 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. N.E., 525-2347. 4:30 p.m. Sun. Jan. 21.
Sandi AultWild Indigo, her debut mystery, is set in the Colorado Rockies. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St., 587-5737. Noon. Sat. Jan. 20.
Laurie BlaunerReading from her Crimean War novel Infinite Kindness. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., 322-7030, www.hugohouse.org. 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
Cynthia Bourgeault Episcopal priest, religious and medieval scholar, and musicologist, her new book is Chanting the Psalms—and she'll show you how. Elliott Bay Book Co. 5 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
John Burroughs A lecture, "From Auschwitz to Trident," by this expert witness at the recent trial of three anti-nuclear protesters. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 652-4255. $10. 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
Wes Cowan The star of History Detectives and guest appraiser on Antiques Roadshow shares his antiquing adventures. Kane Hall, UW campus, 543-9681. $15-$18. 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
Juan-Carlos Cruz The Food Network's "Calorie Commando" shares his five-week weight-loss plan. Third Place Books. 6:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
Jack Straw WritersEach year, several writers earn a spot in the Jack Straw Writers Program, designed to help them add an audio component to their works. Now their works can be heard through Jack Straw literary podcasts. Jack Straw Productions produced four podcasts, featuring writers Joan Swift, Larry Laurence, Angela Jane Fountas, and Susan Casey. The celebration of the podcast launch will feature readings by these and several other writers. Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave. S., 684-4711, www.jackstraw.org. 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20. JOANNE GARRETT
Romance Panel Three authors, Shannon McKeldon, Pat White, and Gerri Russell, discuss "Breaking In To A Tough Fiction Market." Borders (Redmond) 16549 N.E. 74th St., 425-869-1907. 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
Isabel Stirling Her book, Zen Pioneer: The Life and Works of Ruth Fuller Sasaki, translates and glosses the Buddhist teacher's works. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. N.E., 525-2347. 7:30 p.m. Fri. Jan. 19. Elliott Bay Book Co. 7:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 20.
