THURSDAY 9/1
STEPHANIE KALLOSKallos reads from her debut novel, Broken for You. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.
INGA MUSCIOMuscio reads from Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil: My Life and Times in a Racist, Imperialist Society. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
"GOODBYE, MY LOVE"A reading by local women writers. Plus wine and cheese. Santoro's Books, 7216 Greenwood Ave N, 784-2113, 7 pm, free.
FRIDAY 9/2
NOEL FRANKLIN, GREG ZURA, CAS McGEE, JON LONGHI, BUCKY SINISTER, JAMES TRACY, JULIETTE TORREZWriters and artists associated with alternative publisher Kapow! read and show their stuff. Confounded Books, 315 E Pine St, 382-3376, 7 pm, free.
SATURDAY 9/3
DAVE EGGERS, SARAH VOWELL, DANIEL HANDLER, MIKE DOUGHTY, AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ORCHESTRADave Eggers makes good omelets. Sarah Vowell is an astronaut. Daniel Handler handles things. Mike Doughty works on railroads. The Transatlantic Orchestra includes members of Death Cab for Cutie, which is a nonprofit dedicated to regional transportation issues. (For more information about this event, see page 25 of The Stranger's Bumbershoot pullout.) McCaw Hall, 1020 John St, 8 pm, admission to Bumbershoot required, $28.
TUESDAY 9/6
ARIELLE ECKSTUT & DAVID HENRY STERRYEckstut and Sterry (sounds like a law firm) read from Putting Your Passion Into Print: Get Your Book Published Successfully! Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 5 pm, free.
SIBYL JAMESJames reads from Ho Chi Minh's Motorbike, all about Vietnam, ghosts, war, imperialism, women, war protests, China, some other stuff. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7 pm, free.
BRET EASTON ELLISSee review, this page. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
ROBIN HOBBShaman's Crossing: Book One of the Soldier Son Trilogy sees the author leaving behind the Farseer world and entering "a new realm." University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 9/7
GREGORY BERNSThe professor of psychiatry and behavioral science talks about Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment. Town Hall Seattle, downstairs, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255, 7 pm, $5.
KAREN FISHERA Sudden Country is an historical novel (19th century; Oregon). Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
ED VIESTURSThe mountain climber is the first American to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. Why? How? What was he wearing? Find out. Town Hall Seattle, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, $15.
