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Saturday • January 2 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Tuesday • January 5 • 11am
Story Time with Lauren & Caitlin (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Lauren & Caitlin for fun and inspiring stories every Tuesday morning. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Thursday • January 7 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • January 7 • 11am
Story Time with Jessica (Ages 3 to 7)
Mill Creek store, Kids Books
Join us for lively readings of the best in new and classic children's books. You bring the kids; we'll supply the activities and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530 for details.
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Friday • January 8 • 7:30pm
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (PENGUIN)
Reading & Book Signing
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book Store. Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
|  $28.00 Reserve a Copy |
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Saturday • January 9 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Saturday • January 9 • 1pm
Writing Workshop with Jayne Ann Krentz
Fired Up (PUTNAM)
Bellevue store
|  $25.95 Reserve a Copy |
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Monday • January 11 • 7pm
Brian Hart
Then Came Evening: A Novel (BLOOMSBURY)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store
|  $25.00 Reserve a Copy |
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Monday • January 11 • 7:30pm
Daniel H. Pink
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (RIVERHEAD)
Reading & Book Signing
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book Store. Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
|  $21.56 Reserve a Copy |
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Tuesday • January 12 • 11am
Story Time with Lauren & Caitlin (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Lauren & Caitlin for fun and inspiring stories every Tuesday morning. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Tuesday • January 12 • 5:30pm
Bellevue Books Reading Group
Bellevue store
Join us to discuss an alternating selection of fiction and non-fiction titles, including classic and modern literature, history and contemporary culture, philosophy, biography, and just about everything in between. | |
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Tuesday • January 12 • 7:30pm
Seattle Arts and Lectures present: Jane and Michael Stern
Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle
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Wednesday • January 13 • 6pm
Bloody Mary's Mystery Book Group
Bellevue store
Join Bloody Mary on the second Wednesday of each month for a discussion of the mystery genre's gems.
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Thursday • January 14 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • January 14 • 11am
Story Time with Jessica (Ages 3 to 7)
Mill Creek store, Kids Books
Join us for lively readings of the best in new and classic children's books. You bring the kids; we'll supply the activities and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530 for details.
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Thursday • January 14 • 7pm
Read Dating
U District store
It's ba—aacckk! Join us for a delightful take on 'speed dating'. This month's installation of Read Dating will be of interest to single, straight 40-50 year olds. Come and meet your reading sweetheart!
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Saturday • January 16 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Sunday • January 17 • 2–3:15pm
Bellevue's Young Adult Book Group (Ages 9-13)
Bellevue store
Join us on the third Sunday of every month. Ask a staff member for details.
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Monday • January 18 • 6pm
Robert McChesney and John Nichols
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again (NATION BOOKS)
Reading & Book Signing
UW Kane Hall, Room 210
Sponsored by the UW Department of Communication.
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Tuesday • January 19 • 11am
Story Time with Lauren & Caitlin (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Lauren & Caitlin for fun and inspiring stories every Tuesday morning. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Tuesday • January 19 • 7:30pm
Robert McChesney and John Nichols
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again (NATION BOOKS)
Reading & Book Signing
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book Store. Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
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Wednesday • January 20 • 6:30pm
Walker Ames Lecture Series presents Robert Fishman
"Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson: The Death and Life of Nature and the City"
UW Kane Hall, Room 120, Seattle campus
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Thursday • January 21 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • January 21 • 11am
Story Time with Jessica (Ages 3 to 7)
Mill Creek store, Kids Books
Join us for lively readings of the best in new and classic children's books. You bring the kids; we'll supply the activities and refreshments. Call 425.385.3530 for details.
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Thursday • January 21 • 6pm
Queen Mary's Travel Book Group
Bellevue store
Recount adventure, exploration, and conquest with Queen Mary as your guide on the third Thursday of each month. | |
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Friday • January 22 • 7:30pm
Jeremy Rifkin
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis (TARCHER)
Reading & Book Signing
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Sponsored by Town Hall and University Book Store. Part of the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
|  $22.36 Reserve a Copy |
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Saturday • January 23 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Monday • January 25 • 6pm
Nick's Book Club
the book store café, fireside
Join our own resident writer, Nick DiMartino, for a lively discussion of this month's selection.
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Monday • January 25 • 7pm
Rebecca Goldstein
36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction (PANTHEON)
Reading & Book Signing
University Temple Chapel, United Methodist Church Chapel, 1415 NE 43rd St.
|  $27.95 Reserve a Copy |
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Tuesday • January 26 • 11am
Story Time with Lauren & Caitlin (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Lauren & Caitlin for fun and inspiring stories every Tuesday morning. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Tuesday • January 26 • 6:30pm
Walker Ames Lecture Series presents Charles Falco
"The Science of Optics; The History of Art"
UW Kane Hall, Room 120, Seattle campus
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Wednesday • January 27 • 6:30pm
Main Street Book Club
The Best American Short Stories 2009 edited by Alice Sebold
Mill Creek store
Join host Amanda Corr on the fourth Wednesday of each month to discuss the very best in contemporary fiction. Save 20% when you purchase this title at our Mill Creek store.
The enduring Best American series of short stories will kick off our new year of reading. This brilliant collection edited by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author Alice Sebold, boasts voices both new and recognized, a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" (Chicago Tribune). This collection has both well-known and first time authors from major and smaller publications around the country. Included authors are: Joseph Epstein - Ron Rash - Yiyun Li - Kevin Moffett - Annie Proulx - Alice Fulton - Richard Powers - Daniel Alarcon.
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Thursday • January 28 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Thursday • January 28 • 11am
Story Time with Mary (Ages 3 to 7)
Bellevue store, Kids Books
Join Mary for a lively hour of stories and art. Animated readings will entertain your children and help them form positive reading habits. Painting and drawing will stimulate their creative minds. Juice and cookies to follow. Call 425.462.4500 for details.
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Saturday • January 30 • 11am
Story Time with Anna and Kitri (Ages 3 to 7)
U District store, Kids Books
Join Anna or Kitri for fun and inspiring stories every Saturday morning and enjoy juice and cookies, too. Call 206.634.3400 for details.
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Events held on the University of Washington campus and other sites are co-sponsored by KUOW 94.9 FM. Visit their website at www.kuow.org. |
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