Queen Anne Books

Join us for cookies and conversation with Queen Anne's very own Mary Daheim! We'll be celebrating the release of Mary's latest B&B mystery, Vi Agra Falls. When Joe Flynn's ex-wife moves back to the neighborhood (Vivian, or Vi), we all know trouble's brewing! Cousins Judy and Renie keeps the clues and ... (mer)the laughs flowing through this fantastic Seattle mystery. Mary Daheim will provide the fun, we'll provide the food, and you'll fill up the audience-- it should be a great evening!

Join us for cookies and conversation with Queen Anne's very own Mary Daheim! We'll be celebrating the release of Mary's latest B&B mystery, Vi Agra Falls. When Joe Flynn's ex-wife moves back to the neighborhood (Vivian, or Vi), we all know trouble's brewing! Cousins Judy and Renie keeps the clues and ... (mer)the laughs flowing through this fantastic Seattle mystery. Mary Daheim will provide the fun, we'll provide the food, and you'll fill up the audience-- it should be a great evening!

Queen Anne Books takes part in the Queen Anne Art Walk (the third Thursday of every month from 6-8). For September, enjoy the talents of the team behind the lovely children's picture book Ocho Loved Flowers: author Anne Fontaine, illustrator Obadinah, and designer Shannon. Obadinah's illustrations ... (mer)will be up all month as our art exhibit, and the team will be on hand to sign books and answer questions during our opening reception during the Art Walk.

Come discuss the modern classic, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller with our Saturday night drop-in book club.We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about ... (mer)an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

True stories of hardship and survival can be some of the most captivating reading. Join us for a special event with author Richard Farr to celebrate his riveting new book, Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic. This event is part of Seattle's celebration of National ... (mer)Reading Group Month. I think Farr's riveting account of an expedition gone wrong would make a wonderful intergenerational book club book (as the author's website states, the book "was written to appeal to readers aged approximately 12 to 112") or a perfect non-fiction choice for adult book clubs that usually discuss fiction.

Meet the author Amy Bloom at this event for her book-club-perfect novel, Away. now available in paperback. Amy Bloom's collection of short stories, Come to Me, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Fiction Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Story, Antaeus, ... (mer)River City, American Fiction, and other fiction magazines, and has been anthologized in the 1991 and 1992 Best American Short Stories collections and in the 1994 O. Henry Prize Story Collection.

Join Clare Langley-Hawthorne at Diesel Bookstore as she presents the second book in her fantastic new historical mystery series! Featuring the strong, outspoken, intelligent and sassy Ursula Marlow, THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION is a thrilling story of scandal and betrayal that's richly detailed and ... (mer)action-packed. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Clare Langley-Hawthorne was raised in England and Australia. She practiced law in Melbourne until 1995 when she emigrated moved to the United States and began work as a health economist. Clare has since put her pursuit of a PhD on hold to focus on her career as a writer. She lives in the San Francisco bay area with her husband and twin sons. This is her second novel. For more information, visit her web site at www.clarelangleyhawthorne.com

Discuss the fascinating history, Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott with our Saturday night drop-in book club.We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm, but we're doing one week earlier in November due to Thanksgiving. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional ... (mer)book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

Discuss the fascinating history, Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott with our Saturday night drop-in book club.We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. ... (mer) After about an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

Discuss the novel, Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips with our Saturday night drop-in book club.We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about an ... (mer)hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

Sure to be a good time! Doug Fine, a regular contributor to NPR and Public Radio International, decided to take the plunge and live truly Green on a ranch in New Mexico. His new memoir-- an epic adventure in living locally-- explores the joys and challenges of living ecologically responsibly. He chronicles ... (mer)twelve months of eating locally, using solar power, and erasing his carbon footprint. He's funny, he's entertaining, he's educational, and he's environmentally safe! What a great inspiration to put that Earth Day spirit into action! Join us for a presentation and signing with the author. In keeping with Doug's great goals, our neighbor and crusader for green living with great taste, Eat Local, is generously providing coupons for the whole audience and a great door prize for one lucky Queen Anne Books customer! Check out Eat Local's website at www.EatLocalOnline.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us ... (mer)spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

At thirty-nine, movie critic Mary Pols knew she wanted to have a baby. But never—not in a million years—on her own. To take on the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of motherhood without a perfect soul mate/husband would be absurd, kind of like not bothering to use a condom during a one-night ... (mer)stand with an adorable but jobless guy ten years her junior... Pols spends the ensuing weeks despairing over everything, from the financial nightmare of single motherhood to the end of her hopes for a traditional life. Not the least of her worries is finding the right way to drop the bombshell on loved ones, including her five siblings and eighty-four-year-old father, who has a German temper and an Irish Catholic attitude toward babies out of wedlock. Yet faced with the frightening, lonely truth that this might be her only chance at motherhood, she plunges ahead with the pregnancy and an Odd Couple version of a co-parenting relationship that looks like one more disaster in a long line of romantic disappointments. But even as she tries to give her son’s young father a radical makeover, she realizes that his devotion and love for their child matters more than his spotty résumé or his inability to remember to put oil in the car. With humor, insight, and compelling honesty, Pols reveals what it means to compromise in the name of love and to find joy in an accidental life, suddenly brimming with purpose. Meet the author at a reading, signing and reception at Queen Anne Books on Sunday June 22 at 3:00!

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

Parents: Get a sitter and come to this provocative, inspiring presentation by author Kimberly Ford. Her new book, Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids is racier than most of our readings, so we'll start just a half hour before closing and go after-hours, until 9:00. The Seattle PI's "Working Dad" and ... (mer)Family Beat reporter Paul Nyhan co-hosts with Queen Anne Books. In his work for the Seattle PI and on his Working Dad blog, Nyhan's articles about parents and post-baby love are of big interest. We thought a reading, Q&A and reception with Kimberly Ford would be a welcome date night option for parents in the Seattle area!Here's what the publicity says about the book: "Hump: True Tales of Sex after Kids" is a candid—sometimes dark and often hilarious—look at the difficulties and rewards of nurturing an excellent sex-life in a household overrun by young children. Marked by wit and its accessible, intelligent tone, Hump is a page turner that will speak meaningfully to any parent who plans to keep having sex. The collection of true stories features a wide cast of recurring, unforgettable characters engaged in a wide variety of (equally unforgettable) sexual adventures, all the time underscoring the importance of monogamy and the richness of family life.

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris was my favorite book of 2007, so I'm very excited to discuss it with the group on the last Saturday of July! Everyone is welcome to our no-guilt, drop-in alternative book club. We meet every other month, usually on the last Saturday night of the given month. ... (mer) The store closes at 6 on Saturdays, so we have the place all to ourselves for an hour of in-depth discussion about the book (usually something a little edgier than the regular book club fare). After an hour of literary-mindness, we keep the fun going by heading out to a local bar or restaurant together. Pop in and join us; it's a great way to think about what you've read and meet some fantastic people.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Sign up for Patti's email list ... (mer)if you would like to receive reminders, discussion links and summaries.

Join us for a multiple author reading from the new travel collection How to Fit a Car Seat on a Camel and other Misadventures Traveling with Kids. Sally Bjornsen, Dana Standish, Mary Jane Beaufrand and J. Anderson Coats will share their stories of travel with children. From lucky underwear to airport ... (mer)shenanigans, projectile vomits to culture shock, these ladies have had quite the experiences!

The Queen Anne Art Walk is the third Thursday of every summer month from 6:00- 8:00. Businesses all along upper Queen Anne host receptions and show the work of local artists. For August-September, Queen Anne Books will be featuring the incredible photography of Roseanne Olson. During our reception ... (mer)with the artist, Olson will be signing her new book, This is Who I Am. We are proud to show gorgeous photography and sell her compassionate, thought-provoking book. For a sample of Roseanne Olson's work, please see her website, www.roseanneolson.com.