April 2015

The Elliott Bay Book Company

Since 1973 

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A pril Readings & Events
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Book Groups & Kid's Events


The Elliott Bay Book Group
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman  
Tuesday, April 7th
6:30 PM

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The Elliott Bay Underground
Our YA Book Group for grades 6-12
Thursday, April 9th
6:30 PM

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The Darker Nations
by Vijay Prashad
Tuesday, April 14th
6:30 PM

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Speculations: Elliott Bay Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group
City of Stairs
by Robert Jackson Bennett
Tuesday, April 21st
6:30 PM

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Kid's & Young Adult Events

Tommy Wallach
We All Looked Up
Tuesday, April 7th
7:00 PM

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Chris Scofield
The Shark Curtain
Friday, April 24th
7:00 PM

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Please join us by the castle for  Children's Storytime every Saturday at 11 AM
 
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News & Notes: 
- Poet and actress Amber Tamblyn reads from her new poetry collection Dark Sparkler on Monday, April 20th at 7:00 PM. Tickets ($20 admits one person and includes a copy of the book) are available now
- New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses his new book The Road to Character on Wednesday, April 29th at 7:30 PM at Town Hall Seattle. Tickets ($35 admits one and includes a copy of The Road to Character, or $40 admits two and includes one copy of the book) are available now
- Renowned composer Philip Glass talks about his new memoir Words Without Music with Seattle Symphony musician Rajan Krishnaswami on Wednesday, May 13th at 7:30 PM at Town Hall Seattle. Tickets ($37 admits one and includes a copy of Words Without Music, or $42 admits two and includes a copy of the book) are available now
- Acclaimed Seattle science fiction author Neal Stephenson reads from and discusses his new novel Seveneves on Monday, May 18th at 7:30 PM at Seattle First Baptist Church. Tickets ($35 admits one and includes a copy Seveneves) are available now
-As a subscriber to our author events newsletter, you'll read this bit of news here first! Renowned chef, author and television host Anthony Bourdain will be visiting Seattle soon.  Check with us on April 6 for news about a Seattle date for Bourdain 's Close to the Bone tour, including time, place, and special ticket pre-sale information. We can't say anything more now, except that we might be wearing shorts by then.
- Tickets for Elliott Bay Book Company hosted events are availble online at  www.elliottbaybook.com,   in-store, or by calling (206) 624-6600 or toll free at 1-800-962-5311.
- If you are unable to attend an author event you can call us at (206) 624-6600, toll free at 1-800-962-5311 or email us at [email protected] to request an autographed copy.


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THOMAS McGUANE

Crow Fair: Stories

Wednesday, April 1st at 7:00 PM


JIM MOORE with MARTHA SILANO

Underground: New and Selected Poems 

Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM


JUDITH ROCHE & margareta waterman

All Fire, All Water denouement

Friday, April 3rd at 7:00 PM


CHILDREN'S STORYTIME

Saturday, April 4th at 11:00 AM


LAURA DA'

Tributaries 

Monday, April 6th at 7:00 PM


ELLIOTT BAY BOOK GROUP

Lev Grossman's The Magicians

Tuesday, April 7th at 6:30 PM


TOMMY WALLACH

We All Looked Up

Tuesday, April 7th at 7:00 PM


 

MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

Wednesday, April 8th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


 

THE ELLIOTT BAY UNDERGROUND

Teen book group // Grades 6-12

Thursday, April 9th at 6:30 PM


CAL WINSLOW

E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left

Thursday, April 9th at 7:00 PM


 

AMBER DAWN, VIVEK SHRAYA & LEAH HORLICK

with IMANI SIMS & ANIL VORA

Where The Words End and My Body BeginsShe of the MountainsFor Your Own Good

Friday, April 10th at 7:00 PM


CHILDREN'S STORYTIME

Saturday, April 11th at 11:00 AM


JOHN C. HAMPSEY

Kaufman's Hill: a Memoir

Saturday, April 11th at 7:00 PM


CHRIS HOKE

Wanted:A Spiritual Pursuit Through Jail, Among Outlaws, and Across Borders

Sunday, April 12th at 3:00 PM


SEATTLE PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE presents:

A Little Misunderstanding

Sunday, April 12th at 6:00 PM

$5 Suggested Donation


 

PER PETTERSON

I Refuse

Monday, April 13th at 7:00 PM

at Seattle Public Library - Central Branch



 

ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP 

Vijay Prashad's 
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World 

Tuesday, April 14th at 6:30 PM


 

PATRICE VECCHIONE

Step Into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life

Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00 PM


BRUCE BARCOTT

Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America

Wednesday, April 15th at 7:00 PM


T.C. BOYLE

The Harder They Come

Wednesday, April 15th at 7:30 PM

at The Sorrento Hotel

TICKETED EVENT


 

PETER COYOTE

The Rainman's Third Cure: An Irregular Education

Thursday, April 16th at 7:00 PM

at Seattle Public Library - Central Branch


 

ROBERT D. PUTNAM

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

Thursday, April 16th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


MARIAN PALAIA

The Given World

Friday April 17th at 7:00 PM


CHILDREN'S STORYTIME

Saturday, April 18th at 11:00 AM


ANTHONY ALVARADO

D.I.Y. Magic: a Strange and Whimsical Guide to Creativity 

Saturday, April 18th at 7:00 PM


JENNIFER TEEGE

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past 

Sunday, April 19th at 3:00 PM


AMBER TAMBLYN

Dark Sparkler

Monday, April 20th at 7:00 PM

TICKETED EVENT


 

SPECULATIONS: ELLIOTT BAY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY BOOK GROUP

Robert Jackson Bennett's
City of Stairs

Tuesday, April 21st at 6:30 PM


ANN PACKER with NANCY PEARL

The Children's Crusade 

Tuesday, April 21st at 7:00 PM


 

BRUCE BARCOTT & CHRISTIAN HAGESETH

Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America
Big Weed: An Entrepreneur's High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business

Tuesday, April 21st at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


Hover

ERIN MALONE

Hover

Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:00 PM


CHRIS SCOFIELD

The Shark Curtain

Friday, April 24th at 7:00 PM


 

SANDY TOLAN

Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land

Friday, April 24th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


CHILDREN'S STORYTIME

Saturday, April 25th at 11:00 AM




MAGGIE MESSITT & WENDY CALL

with KRISTEN MILLARES YOUNG

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South AfricaNo Word for Welcome

Saturday, April 25th at 7:00 PM

Electrical Theories of Femininity, Sarah Mangold

DONNA STONECIPHER & SARAH MANGOLD

Model City
Electrical Theories of Femininity

Sunday, April 26th at 3:00 PM



 

BRIAN TURNER & SUSAN RICH

My Life As A Foreign Country
&
Cloud Pharmacy

Monday, April 27th at 7:00 PM


 

JAMES BRADLEY

The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia

Monday, April 27th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


GREG ILES

The Bone Tree

Tuesday, April 28th at 7:00 PM



 

RICHARD WAGAMESE & SHERMAN ALEXIE

Medicine Walk

Tuesday, April 28th at 7:00 PM

at Seattle Public Library - Central Branch


DAVID BROOKS

The Road to Character

Wednesday, April 29th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


 

SAM QUINONES

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

Wednesday, April 29th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield

Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 PM


PHILIP GLASS

Words Without Music 

Wednesday, May 13th at 7:30 PM

at Town Hall Seattle

TICKETED EVENT


NEAL STEPHENSON

Seveneves

Monday, May 18th at 7:30 PM

at Seattle First Baptist Church

TICKETED EVENT