Third Place Books - Author Readings, Musical Guests, Storytime - All FREE

If you have not had the pleasure of checking out Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, I may be able to entice you by providing their March schedule of local authors that are doing FREE reading and book signings.  There are several Third Place Book Clubs that are FREE, Drop In and themed (cooking, etc).  There are many offerings so peek at the variety of FREE musical guests on Friday and Saturday evenings, or the many other events that are posted on the Seattle Announcements Calendar on the Home page.  You can grab a bite to eat in their food court and enjoy your evening!

First do not miss this weekends Sunday 2/28 2-3pm performance of the Total Experience Gospel Choir as they will inspire you for the week!  Onto book authors as news and sports radio and TV personality Tony Ventrella will introduce his second book which is a sequel, Seattle writer Bruce Taylor has been co-director of The Wellness Program at Harborview Medical and is a special book for Third Place as it is published by The Third Place Press Company.  If you enjoy humor 'The Uptight Seattleite' may hit your funny bone, Seattle author Jeffrey Overstreet follows his first two novels and NW garden writer Linda Chalker-Scott presents her second book using scientific evidence to weed out gardening myths from facts.


There are plenty of other authors that grace Third Place and Jodi Picoult will introduce her 13th novel, this one a gripping story of a boy with Asperger's accused of murder.  Chris Moore's 12th novel, third in his Bloodsucking Fiend series and Kim Harrison's eighth Rachel Morgan urban fantasy, the charming bounty hunter and witch will all be revealed this month.  David Shields tackles a timely topic of reality TV, Facebook and YouTube and how truth and art is approached as a result.  If you believe you can tell what a person feels by what their face looks like, check out Jean Haner as she reveals how acupuncture and Chinese medicine with face reading is a powerful source of wisdom.

Kevin Salwen & Hannah Salwen will discuss how their family sold their Atlanta mansion in an effort to do something about poverty.  Their 14 year old was their inspiration and their book shows us how to live more frugally.  David Corbett shares his compelling book on human-trafficking and Francis Kuffell shares 'Angry Fat Girls' which is a contemporary look at how she found support to lose weight in the cyber world. 

MARCH 2010 Schedule

David Shields - Reality Hunger : A Manifesto
Monday, March 1 at 7pm
David Shields calls for a new art form to match the needs of a new century - and suggests in this age of reality TV, Facebook and YouTube that we need to re-think how we approach the truth and art.

Jean Haner - The Wisdom of Your Face: Change Your Life with Chinese Face Reading!
Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm
What if you could look at people and tell how they feel? Based on the same 3,000 year old foundation as acupuncture and Chinese medicine, face reading is a powerful source of wisdom.

Dave Metz - Crossing the Gates of Alaska (Citadel)
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm
Oregon author Dave Metz has kayaked across Alaska and trekked in Peru, Brazil, and Borneo. This memoir is the tale of his three-month death-defying journey across the Alaskan Arctic with his beloved Airedales.

Beth Rowles Scott
Pinch Me :  A Long Walk From the Prairies
Friday, March 5 at 6:30pm
Beth Rowles Scott's memoir follows her from the Canadian prairie to BC, her marriage at 63, and the evolution of her NGO, the African Canadian Continuing Education Society.

Tony Ventrella - Smile in the Mirror : Dad Was Right and So Was Mom
Saturday, March 6 at 6:30pm  RESCHEDULED
Seattleites know Tony Ventrella from his almost 30 years as a news and sports radio and TV personality, and also from his inspirational first book: Smile in the Mirror. Meet Tony as he introduces his sequel.

Kevin Salwen & Hannah Salwen - The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back (Houghton Mifflin)
Monday, March 8 at 7pm
Inspired by 14-year-old Hannah's plea to DO something about poverty and inequity, her family sold their Atlanta mansion and lived more frugally, creating deeper bonds among themselves.  Their book shows how others can do the same.

Good Knits Book Club - Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani (Random House)
Monday, March 8 at 7pm
IN THE FRIENDS MEETING ROOM
Lucia's large Italian family is content in 1950's Greenwich Village, but turns of fortune force the young seamstress to find happiness where she least expects it.  Join us to knit Hats for the Homeless and discuss this engaging novel.
In April : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
ALL ARE WELCOME!

David Corbett - Do They Know I'm Running (Ballantine)
Tuesday, March 9 at 7pm
'David Corbett's new novel is a bold look into the darkness that is human-trafficking, a sharp revelation of the intended and unintended consequences of such evil,' says Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone.

Geneen Roth - Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything (Scribner)
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm
Your relationship with food is the doorway to freedom, and the demystification of weight loss leads to the luminous presence that many call 'God,' says Geneen Roth, who has gained and lost more than a thousand pounds in her life.

Bruce Taylor - Mountains of the Night (Third Place Press)
Friday, March 12 at 6:30pm
Seattle writer Bruce Taylor has been co-director of The Wellness Program at Harborview Medical, and is a hypnotherapist and a teacher. His work includes magical realism and spiritualism. This book is the first to be designed, printed, and released by The Third Place Press Company, located in our store.

Celebrate Small Press Month w/ Book Publishers Northwest
March 13 at 6:30pm
Join publishers and authors of fiction and nonfiction from Washington State

Cook Book Club - Eat Memory & Jamie's Food Revolution
Monday, March 15 at 7pm NEW DATE!
Join Erica in the Den to discuss this month's books and sample recipes.  All are welcome for tastings and food conversation. 
Please register at : Erica Cooper ecooper@thirdplacebooks.com

Mark Teppo - Heartland
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm
When the beautiful girl who has haunted his dreams moves into an old plantation in his hometown, Ethan changes his mind about leaving Gatlin, in this atmospheric Southern Gothic young adult novel.

The Uptight Seattleite - A Sensitive Liberal's Guide to Life (Gotham)
Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm
The Uptight Seattleite, whose Seattle Weekly column offers tips on reaching one's inner leftist, brings his savvy smugness to a larger audience. Enjoy laughs from the pinnacle of political correctness.

All Thing[s] Green & In Between - Pajama Party!
Wednesday, March 17 at 6:30pm
Storyteller Debbie Deutsch will share stories to chase the chills - wear your furry slippers, bring a blankie, and cuddle up for a heart-warming storytime!

Jeffrey Overstreet - Raven's Ladder
Thursday, March 18 at 7pm
Seattle author Jeffrey Overstreet follows his first two novels, Auralia's Colors and Cyndere's Midnight, with another fantasy gem, in which King Cal-raven establishes New Abascar, clinging to the vision he sees in Auralia's colors.

Reading with Rover
Thursday, March 18 at 6:30 - 7:30pm
Listening dogs wait patiently in our kids' section for young readers to read to them.  Drop in and pick a dog.  Many return each month and get to know 'their' children.
Visit their site for more information about the program.

Jodi Picoult - House Rules  (Atria)
Friday, March 19 at 6:30pm
House Rules goes on sale March 2.  Purchase the book at Third Place to receive a ticket assuring a place in the signing line to have Jodi autograph it. No ticket is required to attend.
We are pleased to welcome Jodi Picoult back to Third Place, as she introduces her 13th novel, this one a gripping story of a boy with Asperger's accused of murder.

Carrie Ryan - Dead Tossed Waves
(The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book Two) (Delacorte for Kids)             
Saturday, March 20 at 6:30pm
Gabry is surrounded by the ravenous undead, relatively happy inside the Barrier. But soon she must face the forest to save herself and the one she loves.

Anthony Brandt - The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage (RH)
Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm
From an editor at National Geographic Society Press comes the harrowing story of the British obsession with finding the Northwest Passage, starting in 1815 and ending with the disappearance of two ships and 145 men 30 years later.

Mark Spragg - Bone Fire (Knopf) & Laura Bell - Claiming Ground (Knopf)
Wednesday, March 24 at 7pm
Mark Spragg returns to Ishawooa, Wyoming, and the characters from An Unfinished Life in his novel Bone Fire. The author of the award-winning Where Rivers Change Direction's  third novel resonates with his love of the West.

Laura Bell's memoir of moving to Wyoming from Kentucky, seeking roots, follows her through life as a sheep herder, wife, mother, and forest ranger, and is imbued with an appreciation for the beauty of the Western landscape.

Christopher Moore Bite Me : A Love Story (HarperCollins)
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm
Bite Me goes on sale March 23. Purchase the book at Third Place to receive a ticket assuring a place in the signing line to have Christopher autograph it. No ticket is required to attend.
Love.  Vampires.  Chris Moore's 12th novel, third in his Bloodsucking Fiend series.  Don't miss it.

Kim  Harrison - Black Magic Sanction (Harper)
Friday, March 26 at 6:30pm
In New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison's eighth Rachel Morgan urban fantasy, the charming bounty hunter and witch fights a deadly battle with elves, demons, and even a leprechaun.

Francis Kuffell - Angry Fat Girls  (Berkeley)
Saturday, March 27 at 6:30pm
Frustrated with re-gaining half of the 188 pounds she'd dieted off, Frances Kuffell met four others on line who shared her moods, fears and hopes, and her memoir tells how they found their best selves.

Third Place Book Club - Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (Penguin)
Monday, March 29 at 7 pm (Meets Monthly)
March - what better month to read a novel set in mid-twentieth century Ireland, written in lyrical prose by Sebastian Barry, included on the Booker short list in 2005.  The 100-year-old Roseanne is writing her memoirs, from the asylum where she's lived for decades. Mystery, history, and a cautionary tale.
ALL ARE WELCOME!

Linda Chalker-Scott - The Informed Gardner Blooms Again  (UW)
Tuesday, March 30 at 7pm
Using scientific evidence to weed out gardening myths from facts, NW garden writer Linda Chalker-Scott presents her second book to help urban gardeners determine the cheapest, greenest plant care.

Storytime for Kids - Every Friday at 10am

March 5 - Debbie Deutsch

March 12 - Mrs. Wigglesworth

March 19 - Farida Dowler

March 26 - Debbie Deutsch

Live Music

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) - 'Swing'
Friday, March 5 at 7:30pm
The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) features many of the finest female jazz artists in the region. Showcasing high intensity jazz, tight harmonies, and lush dynamic sounds, the band performs with a fresh energy stemming from seven years of thrilling audiences on two continents.

Howlin' Houndogs & the Infamous Loosers 'Rockin' Blues & Country'Saturday, March 6 at 7:30pm
A combination of both Country & Blues, what they like to call, 'Porch Music'  because it's what you play on the porch with your friends.

Mark DuFresne 'Blues'
Friday, March 12 at 7:30pm
Mark DuFresne is one of the most sought after Blues talents in the Northwest.

Momentum Jazz Quartet 'Jazz'
Saturday, March 13 at 7:30pm

March 19th
NO MUSIC

Ocho Pies 'Latin'
Saturday, March 20 at 7:30pm
Ocho Pies (eight feet in Spanish) is a quartet of multi-instrumental, cross-cultural music.

Paul Green & Straight Shot 'Blues'
Friday, March 26 at 7:30pm
Hard-driving blues, R&B, and funk band that will keep you on the dance floor all night, or just as easily, let you just sit back and enjoy the music.

Lil' Bill & the Bluenotes 'Blues'
Saturday, March 27 at 7:30pm
Everyone's favorite Blues

Carmindy
April 3 6:30pm

Martha Grimes
April 4 1pm

William Vollman
April 7 7pm

Shoot To Thrill
PJ Tracy May 6 7pm


All events on Seattle Announcements Calendar.