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'Olmsted in Seattle' Shines Light on History of City Parks

‘Olmsted in Seattle’ Shines Light on History of City Parks

Local historian Jennifer Ott explores Seattle’s Olmsted-influenced parks, boulevards and green spaces in her new book

GREEN SPACE: Environmental historian Jennifer Ott in Volunteer Park, one of her favorite Olmsted-designed parks

Seattle Group and Third Place Books Send Congress Members Book About 20th Century Tyranny

Seattle Group and Third Place Books Send Congress Members Book About 20th Century Tyranny

An anonymous crew of South Seattleites wants Congress to heed lessons from the past.

When the group approached Third Place Books, they were immediately on board.

Three Seattle Books That Belong on Your Must-Read List

Three Seattle Books That Belong on Your Must-Read List

A trio of acclaimed books released this year offer revealing portraits of the city.

Ghosts of Seattle Past (Chin Music Press, $19.95)Edited by Jaimee Garbacik, illustrated by Joshua PowellAs development changes the face of Seattle, this anthology of essays, photographs and hand-drawn maps memorializes places that have disappeared. Love and Other Consolation Prizes (Ballantine Books, $28)By Jamie FordThe author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns…

Dr. Joy Buolamwini with Charles Mudede: Decoding the Future

Dr. Joy Buolamwini with Charles Mudede: Decoding the Future

Dr. Joy Buolamwini, known as ‘The conscience of the AI revolution’ by Fortune, discusses her journey from robotics in Memphis to challenging tech giants as a Fulbright fellow in Zambia. Author of Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

Seattle author Nisi Shawl discusses "The Kinning"

Seattle author Nisi Shawl discusses “The Kinning”

Join us to celebrate the release of “Kinning,” the sequel to local luminary Nisi Shawl’s debut novel, “Everfair.”  

Burnt Toast Live Podcast Recording With Virginia Sole-Smith and Angela Garbes

Burnt Toast Live Podcast Recording With Virginia Sole-Smith and Angela Garbes

Journalist, author, and podcaster, Virginia Sole-Smith, was previously among those who upheld diet culture as a way to practice healthy living. After becoming a mother, Sole-Smith went through a reckoning as to the hidden damage that dieting can cause oneself as well as one’s children. In her new book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age…

David Brooks: In‑Person & Online

David Brooks: In‑Person & Online

David Brooks, one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators, delivers a practical, heartfelt guide in How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. In order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives, Brooks digs into the essential conversations and questions of any community…

Horror Writer Tananarive Due on "The Reformatory"

Horror Writer Tananarive Due on “The Reformatory”

Award-winning horror author and screenwriter Tananarive Due will speak at the Central Library about her much-anticipated new book “The Reformatory,” based on her family’s history and 10 years in the making. The book follows a 12-year-old Black boy who is sent away to a notorious, segregated reform school in Jim Crow Florida after kicking a…

The Girl in the Yellow Poncho Book Signing

The Girl in the Yellow Poncho Book Signing

Kristal Brent Zook visits Elliott Bay Books to present her book The Girl in the Yellow Poncho, which PEOPLE magazine calls “a brave, heart-stirring memoir.” The Girl in the Yellow Poncho is Kristal Brent Zook’s coming-of-age tale about what it means to be biracial in America. Throughout, she grapples with in-betweenness, childhood sexual assault, economic…

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair

Dealers from across North America and beyond descend annually upon Seattle, offering for sale thousands of collectible books, prints, maps, autographs, photographs, posters, postcards, ephemera, manuscripts, broadsides, fine bindings and more. Come tour the aisles of this most literate city’s beloved event. Meet with specialists from all over the world. Browse this veritable museum of…

Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars by Tom Fucoloro

Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars by Tom Fucoloro

In Biking Uphill in the Rain, Tom Fucoloro, a leading voice on bike issues in the region, blends his longtime reporting with new interviews and archival research to tell the story of how a flourishing bike culture emerged despite the obstacles of climate, topography, and—most importantly—an entrenched, car-centric urban landscape and culture. From the arrival…

Book Excerpt: Demystifying Mussels with 'The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook'

Book Excerpt: Demystifying Mussels with ‘The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook’

In her first cookbook, Seattle magazine contributor Naomi Tomky proffers a complete guide to preparing—and understanding—the region’s bounty of fresh seafood

This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Local food and travel writer Naomi Tomky’s work has been published in dozens of national magazines, but The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook (November 5, The Countryman Press, $27.95) is her first foray into cookbook writing. In her signature relatable style, Tomky outlines everything there…

'Olmsted in Seattle' Shines Light on History of City Parks

‘Olmsted in Seattle’ Shines Light on History of City Parks

Local historian Jennifer Ott explores Seattle’s Olmsted-influenced parks, boulevards and green spaces in her new book

GREEN SPACE: Environmental historian Jennifer Ott in Volunteer Park, one of her favorite Olmsted-designed parks

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