Location: Kirkland, WA

You’re cordially invited to attend our every third Thursday of the month Book Club.

This month's book is Swamplandia! By Karen Russell.

Moderated by longtime bookseller Michelle and events gal Suzanne, our book club is multi-generational, friendly, casually well read, and one of the best groups to talk about a book with we've ever met!

There's no need to register or RSVP. Just show up and join the lively discussion. As always, our club books will be discounted 10% every month. Additionally, if your book club buys 3 or more copies of one title, we’ll happily discount any and all other book club’s titles too!

Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Welcome to Secret Garden's book club for readers 8-12! It's a regular EVERY-THIRD-WEDNESDAY-AND-FRIDAY thing! Young Readers Society has grown so much over its' first year, that starting with this month, we're going to offer the club the 3rd Wednesday, as usual, AND the 3rd Friday! Come to whichever meeting works best in your schedule! We always serve piping hot FREE pizza.

We choose books that will interest both boys and girls, especially in this age bracket.

This month's book is The Luck of the Buttons.

We would ask you to encourage your kids to come to society meetings even if they aren’t necessarily interested in the book. As long as they’re interested in reading, we’ll be happy to have them.

Young Readers’ Society is about giving kids a safe place to talk about books and reading and to express their opinions openly. Parents will be encouraged to browse the shop, or grab a bite to eat in Ballard, but as far as the Society goes – no grown-ups allowed!

Don’t hesitate to call the shop anytime with questions/comments. Or, you can write us directly by clicking the "contact us" text above left.

Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Debut by a local writer. Fina Ludlow is the black sheep of her family’s law firm. A law school drop-out, her father kept her close by making her the firm’s investigator. And she’s extremely good at that because she follows her own rules, whether it is dealing with the family, the cops, or Boston’s criminals – and, really, how can you tell the difference most of the time? But now one of her sister-in-laws has disappeared and everything Fina thought she understood about her world is altered. Adele recommends this debut.

She will be on hand to sign books and speak informally to her fans. All we ask is you purchase one of her new books at our store, so we can continue to host these great events! (SeaMystery)… (more)

The Lake Forest Park Farmers Market happens from 11am until 4:30pm, every Sunday until October 13, 2013. Fresh local vegetables, fruit, beautiful plants and flowers, fish, meat and cheese, coffee, wine, honey, jams and more. Come hungry and eat while you shop.

At the intersection of Bothell Way (SR522) and Ballinger Way (SR104) in the lower parking lot, Sundays during the season, rain or shine. Plenty of free parking, accessible. (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Seattle Times science reporter Sandi Doughton has written the definitive book on what is expected to be the biggest earthquake in the continental United States, one that some scientists argue it may be overdue. Bainbridge Island author Bruce Barcott will join us to lead a discussion on Full Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.

The culprit is the Cascadia subduction zone: a 750-mile-long creeping giant that runs along the Pacific coast from Northern California up to British Columbia. Though the Pacific Northwest has been mostly quiet for hundreds of years, it is capable of producing an earthquake sixty times as powerful as the 1906 quake that flattened San Francisco. It’s a harsh wake-up call for a region previously considered a “seismological backwater” whose earthquake research only began in earnest in the 1980s. Since then, the Pacific Northwest has been the epicenter of some of the world’s most exciting earthquake discoveries.

Doughton delves into the fascinating and often terrifying world of “The Big One.” She introduces readers to the scientists who are dedicated to understanding the way the earth moves and describes what patterns can be identified and how prepared (or not) people are in the region’s urban centers of Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver.

Location: Street: 157 Winslow Way E. City: Bainbridge Island, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98110 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Well, as usual, there really is no way to succinctly note a Hiaasen plot and this one is no different: a cop on Health Inspector duties who is hoping to get hired by the Key West department, a kinky medical examiner, a human arm in the freezer and the ‘twitchy’ widow of the owner, a vivacious voodoo witch, an idiotic and greedy developer and - oh yeah - a devious, talented and troublesome monkey. Sounds like the expected and standard Hiaasenian lunacy!

Please note: Carl will be here just one hour. We’ll have lots of reserves and we cannot guarantee that all of your older copies can all be signed. If you do want to get some signed, figure out ahead of time which ones are the most important to be signed.

And, of course, you must buy the new book here in order to get any older/new copies signed. (SeaMystery)… (more)

Carl Hiaasen (A Death in China, Basket case, Flush, Hoot, Lucky You, Naked Came the Manatee, Native Tongue, Nature Girl, Powder Burn, Scat, Sick puppy, Skinny Dip, Stormy Weather, Strip Tease, Team rodent)

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick puppy, and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald. (added from Random House)… (more)

Join us as we celebrate our friend author/illustrator Paul Schmid's newest book, Oliver and his Alligator.

Oliver is nervous about the first day of school, so he picks up an alligator at the swamp, just in case. And boy, does it come in handy! Whenever anything scares Oliver-be it a teacher, a classmate, or the prospect of learning "everything"-the alligator makes the problem go away. Quickly, school becomes much simpler . . . and a little lonely. But Oliver knows "just "what to do!

Paul Schmid's gentle, funny tale about overcoming first day of school jitters is destined to become a modern classic that fans of Olivia and Kevin Henkes' books will love.

Paul Schmid's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all artists. In 2010, Paul was awarded a monthlong fellowship with Maurice Sendak. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Anna.

Visit his website here.

Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)