Events

INTO PLACE

May 2012 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. 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.


CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, May 1 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

FRANKLIN SERVAN-SCHREIBER
Not the Last Goodbye
Tuesday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m.
at Alliance Française
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

ELLIOTT BAY BOOK GROUP
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
Tuesday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m.

DAVID WAGONER
After the Point of No Return
Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m.

STUART FIRESTEIN
Ignorance
Wednesday, May 2 at 6 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

BRYAN SYKES
DNA USA
Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

CHIMANANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
at Benaroya Hall
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

SEATTLE READS "The Submission" with AMY WALDMAN
The Submission
Thursday, May 3 at 12 noon
at the Broadway Performance Hall

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WRITING STUDENTS Group Reading
Fragments
Thursday, May 3 at 5 p.m.

RAJESH PARAMESWARAN
I Am an Executioner
Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m.

SEATTLE READS "The Submission" with AMY WALDMAN
The Submission
Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

WILLIAM DEWEY
The Homeland of Pure Joy
Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

ROBIN R. MEYERS
The Underground Church
Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle First Baptist Church

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, May 5 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

CAT PATRICK
Revived
Saturday, May 5 at 2 p.m.
      KID'S EVENT

SEATTLE READS "The Submission" with AMY WALDMAN
The Submission
Saturday, May 5 at 4 p.m.
at the Columbia Library

DANA GIOIA
Pity the Beautiful
Saturday, May 5 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

PONGO Group Reading
Sunday, May 6 at 2 p.m.
      POETRY

PAUL FRENCH
Midnight in Peking
Monday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Asian Art Museum

MICHAEL J. SANDEL
What Money Can't Buy
Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

TIMOTHY NOAH
The Great Divergence
Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, May 8 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP
Nine Lives
by William Dalrymple
Tuesday, May 8 at 6:30 p.m.

LINEA & CINDA JOHNSON
Perfect Chaos
Tuesday, May 8 at 7 p.m.

TIMOTHY PACHIRAT
Every Twelve Seconds
Wednesday, May 9 at 7 p.m.

STEVE COLL
Private Empire
Wednesday, May 9 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

JON RAYMOND
Rain Dragon
Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m.

PAMELA A. MATSON
Seeds of Sustainability
Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

JAMES BERNARD FROST
A Very Minor Prophet
Friday, May 11 at 7 p.m.

SEATTLE7WRITERS BOOK CLUB BRUNCH
Truth Like the Sun
Saturday, May 12 at 10 a.m.
at Greenwood Square
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

CHILDREN'S BOOKS OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, May 12 at 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
      KID'S EVENT

 

LUCIA PERILLO
Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain
On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths
Saturday, May 12 at 2 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library
      POETRY

KAROLINE MORRISON
Twilight of the Blondes
Sunday, May 13 at 2 p.m.

EYAL PRESS
Beautiful SOuls
Monday, May 14 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, May 15 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

SPECULATIONS - ELLIOTT BAY
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
BOOK GROUP

Blueprints of the Afterlife
by Ryan Boudinot
Tuesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m.

JON WELLS
Shipwrecked
Tuesday, May 15 at 7 p.m.

 

MEGHAN O'ROURKE
Once
The Long Goodbye
Wednesday, May 16 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

JOHN IRVING
In One Person
Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle

TOVAR CERULLI
A Mindful Carnivore
Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m.

HEATHER BARBIERI
The Cottage at Glass Beach
Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, May 19 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

FIRST BOOK SEATTLE READ-A-THON with
SHERMAN ALEXIE,
PAUL CONSTANT,
MARTHA SILANO & Friends

Saturday, May 19 at11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
      DONATIONS APPRECIATED
      KID'S EVENT

SIERRA NELSON &
ZACH SAVICH

I Take Back the Sponge Cake
The Firestorm
Saturday, May 19 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

JOHN T. EDGE
The Food Truck Cookbook
Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m.
      FOOD/DRINK

THOMAS GRAHAM, JR.
Unending Crisis
Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

NOVA POETRY PROJECT
Sunday, May 20 at 4 p.m.
      POETRY
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

MARK SUNDEEN &
DANIEL SUELO

The Man Who Quit Money
Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m.

ERIK LARSON
In the Garden of Beasts
Monday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, May 22 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

STAGES - ELLIOTT BAY DRAMA BOOK GROUP
Jerusalem
by Jez Butterworth
Tuesday, May 22 at 6:30 p.m.

TIMOTHY SNYDER
Thinking the Twentieth Century
Tuesday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

ROBERT SANTELLI
This Land is Your Land
Wednesday, May 23 at 7 p.m.

TIMOTHY SNYDER
Bloodlands
Wednesday, May 23 at 7 p.m.
at Kane Hall

AVNER COHEN
The Worst-Kept Secret
Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

PETER CAREY
The Chemistry of Tears
Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m.

ADAM PARFREY
Ritual America
Friday, May 25 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, May 26 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

IMRAN AHMAD
The Perfect Gentleman
Sunday, May 27 at 2 p.m.
--PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE FROM EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENTS--

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, May 29 at 11 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

  

MOLLY MOON,
MARK KLEBECK &
JESS THOMPSON

Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts
Pike Place Market Recipes
Tuesday, May 29 at 5 - 6:30 p.m.
      FOOD/DRINK
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

 

BUFFY CRAM &
ANAKANA SCHOFIELD

Crossing the Yard
The Last Person to Hear Your Voice
Time of Grace
Tuesday, May 29 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

DARRIN DRDA
The Four Global Truths
Wednesday, May 30 at 7 p.m.

TERRY McDERMOTT
The Hunt for KSM
Wednesday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

GLENN HUGHES & TIM McNULTY
Notes from Disappearing Lake
Thursday, May 31 at 7 p.m.

ALSO TO NOTE

JUNEIFIED

INTO PLACE is from a DAVID WAGONER poem, "Falling into Place" (see May 1).