Books Richard Flanagan Her historical novel The Last of the Blacksmiths is set

Books

Richard Flanagan Her historical novel The Last of the Blacksmiths is set before the Civil War. Seattle Public Library, Northeast Branch, 6801 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98115 Free Monday, September 8, 2014, 6:30 – 7:30pm

Elissa Washuta She reads from My Body Is a Book of Rules and joins in a discussion with fellow locals Suzanne Morrison (Yoga Bitch) and Claire Dederer, erstwhile Seattle Weekly writer and author of the bestselling memoir Poser, also about yoga. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Monday, September 8, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Susan Szenasy The editor of Metropolis magazine discusses her Szenasy, Design Advocate with Natalia Ilyin and Thaisa Way as part of the Seattle Design Festival. Cornish College, 1001 Lenora St., Seattle, WA 98121 Free Monday, September 8, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Nick Bostrom This event is sold out, but you may have tickets to hear the Oxford don discuss his new Superintelligence. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 6 – 7pm

Richard Flanagan From distant Tasmania, he reads from his WWII-set novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Russell Hanbey He shares his experiences as a ranger in the North Cascades in Walking on Trees: Views from the Back Country. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Randall Munroe Those who have tickets to this sold-out events will know the author of What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions from his popular blog. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Charles Baxter He reads from his new story collection There’s Something I Want You to Do. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 $5 Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 7 – 8pm

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John W. Dean Once a member of the late, disgraced president’s inner circle, he’ll share from The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Liz Prince

Tomboy is her memoir of punk rock and gender identity. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Sarah J. Maas Her new fantasy tome is Heir of Fire. Also appearing will be Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles) and Mandy Hubbard (Fool Me Twice). Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Steve Raymond Dinner and discussion with the author of In the Very Thickest of the Fight, a Puget Sound Civil War Round Table event. China Harbor, 2040 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle; $21 Thursday, September 11, 2014, 6 – 9pm

Franklin Veaux and Eve Ricker

More Than Two is their new polyamory guide. Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, 1608 15th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119 Free Thursday, September 11, 2014, 6:30 – 7:30pm

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Wage Slaves: Tales From the Grind Work sucks. But hey, you gotta grind to make that green. For the second installment of the Wage Slaves reading series, five local authors are gathering tonight to share their stories and poems about the crappy things they’ve had to do to make money. Appropriately enough, the event is being held during the Capitol Hill Art Walk at the shared workspace Office Nomads, an apt setting for a smattering of tales about labor’s mundane minutiae. Readers include Anca Szilagyi, poets Steven Barker and Michael Spence, Salon and New York Times freelancer Wilson Diehl, and my former journalism professor/all around badass/novelist Sonora Jha. Michelle Goodman and Sierra Golden host. KELTON SEARS Office Nomads, 1617 Boylston Seattle, WA 98122 Free Thursday, September 11, 2014, 6:30 – 7:30pm

Gloria DeGaetano Her parenting guide (and gun-control guide?) is Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Thursday, September 11, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Justin Taylor

Flings collects his recent short stories. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Thursday, September 11, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Kiersten White and Natalie Whipple Their new magical fantasy novels are, respectively, Illusions of Fate and Transparent. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, September 11, 2014, 7 – 8pm

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George Marshall He’ll find a receptive local audience for his Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Thursday, September 11, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Vikram Chandra From India, the noted novelist shares from his new nonfiction account Geek Sublime: The Code of Beauty, the Beauty of Code. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Thursday, September 11, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

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Seattle Public Library Big Fall Book Sale Sort through thousands of bargain books and other printed material at Building 30 at the north end of the park. Preview for designated friends of the library  6:30-9:30 p.m. Fri. Open to public 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115 Free Friday, September 12, 2014

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James Ellroy The lyrically profane master of crime fiction, probably now possessed of living literary icon status, reads from Perfidia, set in prewar L.A., of course. He’ll also appear at Seattle Mystery Bookshop at noon today. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Friday, September 12, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Peter May He continues his Scotland-set crime series with The Lewis Man. Also Seattle Mystery Bookshop, noon, Sat., Sept. 13. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Friday, September 12, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Thom Hartmann This is a fundraiser for YES! magazine, which includes a dinner banquet option. The popular liberal radio host will discuss his new The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America and What We Can Do About It. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$250 Friday, September 12, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

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Seattle Public Library Big Fall Book Sale Sort through thousands of bargain books and other printed material at Building 30 at the north end of the park. Preview for designated friends of the library  6:30-9:30 p.m. Fri. Open to public 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115 Free Saturday, September 13, 2014

Becky Selengut

Shroom: Mind-bendingly Good Recipes for Cultivated and Wild Mushrooms is her new cookbook.  Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Saturday, September 13, 2014, 2 – 3pm

James Dashner With a movie based on his books being released this week, he’ll read from The Maze Runner Trilogy. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Saturday, September 13, 2014, 3 – 4pm

Mac Barnett Birds relay a message in his children’s book Telephone. University Book Store (Bellevue), 990 102nd Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004 Free Saturday, September 13, 2014, 6 – 7pm

Joe Guppy A local therapist, he ends up in the psych ward, as detailed in his memoir My Fluorescent God. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Saturday, September 13, 2014, 7 – 8pm

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Seattle Public Library Big Fall Book Sale Sort through thousands of bargain books and other printed material at Building 30 at the north end of the park. Preview for designated friends of the library  6:30-9:30 p.m. Fri. Open to public 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115 Free Sunday, September 14, 2014

Joannie Stangeland and Oliver de la Paz Their new poetry collections are In Both Hands and Post Subject: a Fable, respectively. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Sunday, September 14, 2014, 3 – 4pm

StringTown Literary Journal Reading Contributors include Bethany Reid, Judith Skillman, Larry Crist, Polly Buckingham, Caroline Allen, Anita Boyle, and James Bertolino. Naked City Brewery, 8564 Greenwood Ave NSeattle,WA 98103 Free Sunday, September 14, 2014, 7 – 9pm

Tony Hoagland He’ll read verse from his Don’t Tell Anyone, then talk about it with fellow poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 $5 Sunday, September 14, 2014, 7 – 8pm

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Daniel James Brown and David Laskin The two local authors discuss their hit history books The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century (about Laskin’s own family) and The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Monday, September 15, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Jess Row Kids from different races swap identities in his Your Face in Mine. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Monday, September 15, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Matthew Thomas His sweeping novel We Are Not Ourselves follows a working-class clan of Irish Americans through the 20th century. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Monday, September 15, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Katherine Bouton In the long run, most of us will be partially deaf, as the author discusses in her Shouting Won’t Help: Why I-and 50 Million Other Americans-Can’t Hear You. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Monday, September 15, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Ruth DeFries Does dystopia lie ahead? Ask the author of The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Monday, September 15, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Elizabeth Guss, Mary Richardson, and Janice C. O’Mahony All three writers contributed to the history anthology Whidbey Island: Reflections on People & the Land. University Book Store (Bellevue), 990 102nd Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004 Free Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 6 – 7pm

James Pendleton He shares from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Coconut Oil Diet. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Leila Lalami Her maritime adventure The Moor’s Account is set during the 1700s. Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Marilyn Reynolds, Jeremy M. Tolbert, and Theresa McCormick They’ll discuss their three books For the Love of Nature and Between the Worlds, Talking With the Devil About Love, and A Far Cry From Here: Growing up and Out of Fundamentalism. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Diane Ackerman She’ll discuss her natural history The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us with radio host Steve Scher. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

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Lawrence Wright To understand the Middle East today, he goes back to 1978 in Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Emma Campion

A Triple Knot is her new palace thriller, set in the reign of Edward III. University Book Store (Bellevue), 990 102nd Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004 Free Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 6 – 7pm

Aaron Becker

Quest is her new adventure tome for kids. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Daniel Kehlmann

F is the title of the German author’s new novel, about three brothers. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Aaron Becker

Quest is his new kiddie adventure book. Seattle Public Library, Northeast Branch, 6801 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98115 Free Thursday, September 18, 2014, 10:30 – 11:30am

Caitlin Doughty She delves among the dead in Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, September 18, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Seattle Lit Fix On hand will be Susan Rich (Cloud Pharmacy), Jim Ruland (Big Lonesome), Kelli Russell Agodon (Hourglass Museum), Jay Ponteri (Ghost Proposal), and Jenny Hayes (Eclectica) . 21 and over. JewelBox Theater at the Rendezvous, 2322 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 $5 Thursday, September 18, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Laurence Steinberg His Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence considers your troubled teens. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5 Thursday, September 18, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

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Robert Pinsky Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures, the eminent poet is joined by Heather McHugh and other local verse-slingers. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 Free Thursday, September 18, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm

Ksenia Anske

Rosehead is her new YA adventure book, set in Germany. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Seattle, 98115 Free Friday, September 19, 2014, 6:30 – 7:30pm

Betsy Leondar-Wright She discusses her Missing Class: Building Bridges Across the Class Divide. Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Free Friday, September 19, 2014, 7 – 8pm

Gay Romance Panel E.E. Ottoman, Radclyffe, Rick R. Reed, Rose Christo, and Jordan Castillo Price discuss their craft. They also appear at Seattle Central Library the following Saturday morning at 10 a.m. University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Friday, September 19, 2014, 7 – 8pm

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Mona Simpson The author of Casebook is joined by locals Dorothea Lasky and Carter Sickels. With music from Drop Shadows. The evening’s theme is ”Backseats & Bedrooms.” Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 $15-$25 Friday, September 19, 2014, 7:30 – 8:30pm