THURSDAY 3/31
JIM DIERS, SERGIO PALLERONI
Diers is the author of Neighbor Power. Palleroni is the author of Studio at Large: Architecture in the Service of Global Communities. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free. (Also on April 4 at University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.)
FRIDAY 4/1
DOUG FINE
Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man is "the story of a journalist's first difficult winter in a one-room cabin." Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 6 pm, free.
LYNNE OLSON, STANLEY CLOUD
The authors read from their new book, A Question of Honor--The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of WWII. UW, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room, 543-6848, 7 pm, free.
KATHLEEN AGUERO
Daughter Of is a collection of poems. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 24th Ave NE, 525-2347, 6:30 pm, free.
SATURDAY 4/2
JULIET KONO
Ho'olulu Park and the Pepsodent Smith and Other Stories is a book of stories about Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
'COOK THE BOOKS'
The "first edible book festival" (as it's being billed) consists of cakes and the like ("edible works") baked and shaped to resemble books (totally fucking bizarre; possibly funny). Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 1:30 pm, free.
SUNDAY 4/3
PHILLIP JENNINGS
Nam-a-Rama is a novel about the Vietnam War. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 5 pm, free.
SHOLEH WOLPE
The Scar Saloon is a collection of poetry. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
HOWARD NORMAN
Norman reads from and signs In Fond Remembrance of Me: A Memoir of Myth and Uncommon Friendship in the Arctic. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4:30 pm, free.
ILYA KAMINSKY, JAMES ARTHUR, ERIC McHENRY
The San Francisco poet Kaminsky reads from his "book-length draft of a fairy-tale-in-verse." James Arthur is an excellent local poet. Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 7 pm, $5.
MONDAY 4/4
SHORT STORIES LIVE!
The stories in this installment are by Chekov and Edna O'Brien. Town Hall Seattle, 652-4255, 4 pm, $16/$13 members, $18/$15 at the door.
JODI PICOULT
Vanishing Acts is Picoult's 12th novel. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
PAMELA CONSTABLE
The deputy foreign editor of the Washington Post gives a lecture called "A Search for Meaning in the Strife of South Asia." UW, Kane Hall, Rm 220, 755-1105, 7 pm, $10/$5 students.
XU XI, OSCAR PENARANDA, PETER BACHO
Various authors read their work. The theme is "Almost Perfectly Inked: Asian Pacific Islander Fiction." Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, $5/$3 members.
JAMES GAINES
Evening in the Palace of Reason is about Bach and Frederick the Great. Town Hall, 1119 Eight Ave, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, $5.
RONALD WRIGHT
A Short History of Progress is a book of philosophical essays. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
TUESDAY 4/5
XU XI
Overleaf Hong Kong is a book of stories and essays. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5:30 pm, free.
TASH AW
The Harmony Silk Factory is Aw's debut novel. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON
The science-fiction writer does his thing. Science Fiction Museum, 325 Fifth Ave N, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
PETER TURCHI
Turchi talks about Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartography. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 4/6
FRANCINE PROSE
The essayist and novelist and overall impressive human being Francine Prose reads from and signs A Changed Man, her new novel. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
JORDAN FISHER SMITH
Nature Noir is a park ranger's memoir. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
LANCE OLSEN, ANDI OLSEN, VANESSA DeWOLF
Lance Olsen is a fiction writer. Andi Olsen is a collagist. DeWolf is into found text and stuff like that. Richard Hugo House, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, free, donations requested.
