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February 2010 Readings & Events at Elliott Bay Book Co.

An average of ten times a week we are proud to present contemporary authors in the intimate yet casual setting of our reading room, a book-lined room that accommodates a pleasantly sized audience, next to the Elliott Bay Café. These are generally free or with nominal charge. Tickets for designated events are available two weeks in advance of the event on a first come, first served basis. Questions and signings often follow these readings.
In addition to here online, a printed monthly schedule of events is available free in the store. You may also sign up to receive our Monthly Events e-blast or arrange have our printed schedule mailed to you for a $5 annual fee—just contact the store to start your subscription today.

JOSH SUNDQUIST
Just Don't Fall
Monday, February 1 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

ELLIOTT BAY BOOK GROUP
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
Tuesday, February 2 at 6:30 p.m.

MARY JO BANG
The Bride of E
Tuesday, February 2 at 7 p.m.

RICK SMITH & BRUCE LOURIE
Slow Death By Rubber Duck
Wednesday, February 3 at 7 p.m.

BRENDA PETERSON
I Want to Be Left Behind
Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m.

W.S. MERWIN & Friends: A Tribute
The Shadow of Sirius
Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      POETRY
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

AMALIO MADUEÑO &
PAUL E. NELSON
Lost in the Chamiso
A Time Before Slaughter
Friday, February 5 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

NIKHIL PAL SINGH &
JACK O'DELL
Climbin' Jacob's Ladder
Saturday, February 6 at 2 p.m.
at the Northwest African American Museum

JAMES B. SWAN
Chicago's Irish Legion
Saturday, February 6 at 2 p.m.

MICHELINE AHARONIAN MARCOM
The Mirror in the Well
Saturday, February 6 at 7 p.m.

ANN B. IRISH
Hokkaido
Monday, February 8 at 7 p.m.

ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP
The Duel
by Tariq Ali
Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30 p.m.

JEDEDIAH BERRY
The Manual of Detection
Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m.
--PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR THIS EVENT!--

MARIA FINN
Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home
Thursday, February 11 at 7 p.m.

KEVIN SAMPSELL
A Common Pornography
Friday, February 12 at 7 p.m.

A SEARCH FOR MEANING: Pacific Northwest Spirituality Book Festival
Saturday, February 13 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
at Seattle University

R. GREGORY NOKES
Massacred for Gold
Saturday, February 13 at 2 p.m.

ED SKOOG
Mister Skylight
Saturday, February 13 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

E B C welcomes FABIO ZARDETTO
Tuesday, February 16 at 5:30 p.m.
      ADMISSION CHARGE
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

SPECULATIONS - ELLIOTT BAY
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
BOOK GROUP
Dying Inside
by Robert Silverberg
Tuesday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m.

JOEL KOTKIN
The Next Hundred Million
Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

THOMAS MULLEN
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
Wednesday, February 17 at 12:30 p.m.

LAURA McKEE
Uttermost Paradise Place
Wednesday, February 17 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY
--PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR THIS EVENT!--

HEIDI W. DURROW
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Thursday, February 18 at 7 p.m.

LORRAINE McCONAGHY
Warship Under Sail
Thursday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m.
at Horizon House

KARYNA McGLYNN &
BRANDON SHIMODA
I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl
The Inland Sea
Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

HUGO LITERARY SERIES presents
"GODS AND MONSTERS"
with LINDA BIERDS,
TERRANCE HAYES,
GARTH STEIN &
music by BLOODHAG
Friday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m.
at Richard Hugo House
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED
      POETRY
      MUSIC

ELIZABETH ESLAMI
Bone Worship
Saturday, February 20 at 7 p.m.

ERIC PENZ
Cryptid
Sunday, February 21 at 2 p.m.

DEBORAH BLUM
The Poisoner's Handbook
Monday, February 22 at 7 p.m.

STAGES - ELLIOTT BAY
DRAMA BOOK GROUP
Yellow Face
by David Henry Hwang
Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30 p.m.

RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL
& Friends
Best Sex Writing 2010
Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m.

JIM WALLIS
Rediscovering Values
Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle First Baptist Church

NASEEM RAKHA
The Crying Tree
Wednesday, February 24 at 12 noon

PETER HESSLER
Country Driving
Wednesday, February 24 at 7 p.m.

 

SHARI STORM &
KAREN BURNS
Motherhood is the New MBA
The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl
Thursday, February 25 at 5:30 p.m.

ADAM HASLETT with
CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE
Union Atlantic
Friday, February 26 at 7 p.m.
at the Sorrento Hotel

SEATTLE OPERA presents
ASPECTS OF FALSTAFF
Friday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.

GINA OCHSNER
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight
Saturday, February 27 at 2 p.m.

AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS ALLIANCE
Group Reading
Saturday, February 27 at 7 p.m.

REACT THEATRE presents
EASTERN STANDARD
Sunday, February 28 at 2 p.m.
      ADMISSION CHARGE
      PERFORMANCE
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION--

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UTTERMOST PARADISE PLACE is the title of Seattle poet LAURA McKEE's debut collection of poems (see February 17).