Events

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

January 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.


NEW YEARS DAY
Sunday, January 1

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, January 3 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

ELLIOTT BAY BOOK GROUP
Ilustrado
by Miguel Syjuco
Tuesday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m.

OMAR BARGHOUTI
BDS
Wednesday, January 4 at 7 p.m.

 

CLIFFORD BERNIER &
CECILIA MARTÍNEZ-GIL

The Silent Art
Psaltery and Serpentines
Thursday, January 5 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

OMAR BARGHOUTI
BDS
Thursday, January 5 at 7 p.m.
at St. Mark's Cathedral

 

JUDITH HALBERSTAM &
CHANDAN REDDY

The Queer Art of Failure
Freedom with Violence
Friday, January 6 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, January 7 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

SHIRO KASHIBA
Shiro
Saturday, January 7 at 2 p.m.

JANE BORDEN
I Totally Meant to Do That
Saturday, January 7 at 7 p.m.

ERIC UTNE
Brenda My Darling
Sunday, January 8 at 2 p.m.

ERIC A. STANLEY,
LORI SAFFIN,
RALOWE T. AMPU, &
TOSHIO MERONEK

Captive Genders
Sunday, January 8 at 5 p.m.
--PLEASE NOTE TIME CORRECTION FROM EARLIER PUBLICATIONS--

  

XI CHUAN with
PAUL MANFREDI

Push Open the Window
Notes on the Mosquito
Yours Truly & Other Poems
Monday, January 9 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library
      POETRY

WENDY CALL
No Word for Welcome
Monday, January 9 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, January 10 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP
Ghost Wars
by Steve Coll
Tuesday, January 10 at 6:30 p.m.

 

CAROL GUESS &
KEVIN SIMMONDS

My Father in Water
Mad for Meat
Tuesday, January 10 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

WINIFRED GALLAGHER
New
Thursday, January 12 at 7 p.m.

SARAH VAN GELDER
This Changes Everything
Friday, January 13 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, January 14 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

  

JOHN BURGESS,
STEPHEN ROXBOROUGH, &
JOANNIE STANGELAND

Graffito
This Wonderful, Perpetual, Beautiful
Into the Rumored Spring
Saturday, January 14 at 2 p.m.
      POETRY

ELLIS AVERY
The Last Nude
Saturday, January 14 at 7 p.m.

CATHERINE C. ROBBINS with
RANDE COOK (KWAKWAKA'WAKW)

All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos)
Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m.
--PLEASE NOTE TIME CORRECTION FROM EARLIER PUBLICATIONS--

OLIVIER ZUNZ
Philanthropy in America
Monday, January 16 at 6 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED
--THIS EVENT CANCELLED!--

ADAM JOHNSON
The Orphan Master's Son
Monday, January 16 at 7 p.m.

RYAN BOUDINOT
Blueprints of the Afterlife
Monday, January 16 at 7 p.m.
at Richard Hugo House

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
with special guest
SAMANTHA VAMOS

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
Tuesday, January 17 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

 

SPECULATIONS - ELLIOTT BAY
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
BOOK GROUP

Vellum and
Ink
by Hal Duncan
Tuesday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m.

WILLIAM GIBSON
Distrust That Particular Flavor
Tuesday, January 17 at 7 p.m.

LEIGH STEIN
The Fallback Plan
Wednesday, January 18 at 7 p.m.

THOMAS FRANK
Pity the Billionaire
Thursday, January 19 at 7 p.m.
--THIS EVENT CANCELLED!--

PAULA BECKER &
ALAN STEIN

The Future Remembered
Friday, January 20 at 12 noon
at the Woman's Century Club (Harvard Exit Theatre)
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--
--POSTPONED TO A T.B.A. DATE!--

S.R. "RUDY" MARTIN, JR.
Seaside Stories
Friday, January 20 at 7 p.m.
--POSTPONED TO A T.B.A. DATE!--

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, January 21 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

DENISE FRISINO
Whiskey Cove
Saturday, January 21 at 2 p.m.

ALEXIS M. SMITH
Glaciers
Saturday, January 21 at 7 p.m.

DEBORAH E. LIPSTADT
The Eichmann Trail
Sunday, January 22 at 7 p.m.
at Temple De Hirsch Sinai

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, January 24 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

STAGES - ELLIOTT BAY DRAMA BOOK GROUP
Passion Play
by Sarah Ruhl
Tuesday, January 24 at 6:30 p.m.

GALYA DIMENT
A Russian Jew of Bloomsbury
Tuesday, January 24 at 7 p.m.

DAVID GRAEBER
Debt
Wednesday, January 25 at 7 p.m.

PICO IYER
The Man Within My Head
Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION TICKETS REQUIRED

CARTER SICKELS
The Evening Hour
Thursday, January 26 at 7 p.m.

GARY MARCUS
Guitar Zero
Friday, January 27 at 7 p.m.

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Saturday, January 28 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

DIANA E. JAMES
Shared Walls
Saturday, January 28 at 2 p.m.

TOM MUELLER
Extra Virginity
Saturday, January 28 at 5 p.m.
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

  

RED PINE / BILL PORTER &
ERIC PAUL SHAFFER

P'u Ming's Oxherding Pictures & Verses
The Lankavatara Sutra
Burn & Learn
Sunday, January 29 at 1:30 p.m.

SHARON CUMBERLAND
Peculiar Honors
Monday, January 30 at 7 p.m.
      POETRY

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME
Tuesday, January 31 at 11:30 a.m.
      KID'S EVENT

JONATHAN TALAT PHILLIPS
The Electric Jesus
Tuesday, January 31 at 7 p.m.

ALSO TO NOTE

LEAPING AHEAD: FEBRUARY

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is the title of a book on Occupying Wall Street—see Friday, January 13.