THURSDAY 5/12
JAMES LAWRENCE POWELL
Grand Canyon is about Earth's "grandest puzzle." Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30, free.
JIM CAPLE
The Devil Wears Pinstripes is about hating the Yankees. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
DIANA PRESTON
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima is a history of the atom. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 624-3400, 7:30 pm, $5.
FRIDAY 5/13
KIM STAFFORD
The poet talks about his recent work, including A Thousand Friends of Rain. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
JIM FERGUS
The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932 is a novel. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 6:30 pm, free. (Also on May 14 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 8 pm, free.)
STEVEN JOHNSON
Johnson reads from and signs Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter. UW, Kane Hall 110, 634-3400, 7:30 pm, $5.
ANOSH IRANI
The Cripple and His Talismans is a novel. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. (Also on May 15 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 5 pm, free.)
SATURDAY 5/14
JON TURK
In the Wake of the Jomon is about early contintental settlers. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 1 pm, free.
MAYA KHOSLA
The poet and biologist reads from Keel Bone. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
ROMILA THAPAR
The historian (A History of India) talks about history. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.
LORETTA NAPOLEONI
Terror Incorporated is about terrorist networks and their money. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 6 pm, free.
GOLDIE HAWN
The famous actress signs copies of her memoir, A Lotus Grows in the Mud. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 6 pm, free.
MONDAY 5/16
MARY MATSUDA GRUENEWALD
Looking Like the Enemy is a memoir about Japanese internment. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
NAOMI WOLF
The pop feminist reads from The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and See. Town Hall Seattle, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, $5.
DON WINSLOW
The Power of the Dog is about America's drug world. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
JOHN VAILLANT
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed is about the lengths to which people go to protect the environment. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
TUESDAY 5/17
NANCY PEARL
The famous librarian reads from More Book Lust. Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, 624-6600, 7 pm, free.
AMITAV GHOSH
Peter Matthiessen describes Ghosh's novel The Hungry Tide as "a superb evocation of the vast mangrove delta at the mouth of the Ganges watershed." Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SHERIDAN PRASSO
Prasso reads from and talks about The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient. UW Campus, Allen Auditorium, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 5/18
CHUCH PALAHNIUK
Haunted is a "novel made of stories" by the very popular Fight Club author. Town Hall Seattle, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, $5.
DONALD HALL
The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon is a memoir. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30, price.
DAVID WAGONER
The famous Northwest poet reads from Good Morning and Good Night. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
TRAPDOOR 62
A panel of poets and writers "in persona" (e.g., as Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, etc.) talk about "life, love, liberty, and death." Featuring Stacey Levine, John Olson, and others. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030, 7:30 pm, $5-$7.
