THURSDAY 1/13
JIM DIERS
Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way is about getting the bludger next door to pull his finger out and let rip among the local pollies. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
JEFFERY PAUL CHAN
Eat Everything Before You Die follows an anklebiter with no rellies in '60s California--the mug's got Buckley's. Elliott Bay Books, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. (Also on 1/14 at Third Place Books, 6:30 pm, free.)
STEVE COLL
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 dobs in the CIA for buggering it all up. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, $5.
BEN LERNER
This bloke's a bonzer poet with an award. Open Books, 2414 N 45th St, 633-0811, 7:30 pm, free.
GARY SHTEYNGART
See Nightstand, this page. Jewel Box Theatre at the Rendezvous, 2322 Second Ave, 441-5823, 7:30 pm, free. FRIDAY 1/14
AUDREY YOUNG
Young tries not to chuck a wobbly in What Patients Taught Me: A Medical Student's Journey. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 1/15
YANN MARTEL
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios is by the tall poppy who wrote Life of Pi. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 3 pm, free.
CRANKY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Hit the turps at this do: readings by contributors to Cranky's fourth issue, including Rebecca Brown. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7 pm, $5.
MICHAEL RUPPERT
This dobber reckons Bush has been coming the raw prawn since 9/11, in Crossing the Rubicon. Well, der! UW Kane Hall, University of Washington, 7-10 pm, $10.
CRAIG CHILDS
The Way Out is a fair dinkum adventure story about a drongo caught with his grundies down in woop-woop. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
MONDAY 1/17
MARY GUTERSON
We Are All Fine Here is a novel, and apparently it's a right cack. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. (Also on Tues Jan 18 at Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave N, 283-5624, 6:30 pm, free.)
TUESDAY 1/18
BILL QUIGLEY
Ending Poverty As We Know It reckons buggerising about with the Constitution will give us a fair suck of the sav for some hard yakka. Tekakwitha Collegium, Seattle University Campus, 901 12th Ave, e-mail ervink@seattleu.edu for more info, 7 pm, free.
REDMOND O'HANLON
The Pommie bastard blags a ride on a boat in Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
WILLIAM STAFFORD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND POETRY READING
This bloke couldn't organise a root in a brothel, but this mob can. Come read a poem to say "onya mate." Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 1/19
KATHLEEN ALCALĂ, CARLETTA CARRINGTON WILSON, RON McLARTY
Turns out this actor bloke was lying doggo. The Memory of Running is about a worthless bludger who hops on his bike and hits the frog. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
