Amanda Montell

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Amanda Montell, the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, visits the store to launch her latest nonfiction. To help us plan for audience size, please RSVP for the free, public event here.

Free

Gary Janetti

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

New York Times bestselling author, television writer, and producer Gary Janetti discusses We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay, his hilarious and often touching collection that takes us with him on travels across the globe. Please RSVP to the free event here to help us plan for audience size.

Free

Ananda Lima

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Ananda Lima, author of the award-winning poetry collection Mother/land, launches her short story collection.

Free

Melissa Broder

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Melissa Broder, multi-talented novelist, poet, and essayist visits the store for the paperback release of her latest novel, Death Valley.

Free

RENÉE WATSON

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Renée Watson, the acclaimed young adult author, discusses her debut adult novel with local writer Jodi-Ann Burey.

Free

Brianna Madia With Steph Jagger

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Bestselling author Brianna Madia returns to Seattle to celebrate the release of her second memoir.

Free

Raquel Willis

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Trailblazing Black transgender activist and author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom discusses her memoir with Jaelynn Scott, the executive director of the Lavender Rights Project.

Free

The Girl in the Yellow Poncho Book Signing

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Kristal Brent Zook visits Elliott Bay Books to present her book The Girl in the Yellow Poncho, which PEOPLE magazine calls "a brave, heart-stirring memoir." The Girl in the Yellow Poncho is Kristal Brent Zook’s coming-of-age tale about what it means to be biracial in America. Throughout, she grapples with in-betweenness, childhood sexual assault, economic…

Free

Chuck Wendig with Sadie Hartmann

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Chuck Wendig, the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents launches his latest horror novel, Black River Orchard, in which a small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples. Sadie Hartmann, aka “Mother Horror,” will join Chuck in conversation.    

Free

Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth with Paul Constant

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Author Garth Stein and illustrator Matthew Southworth celebrate the release of Book Two of The Cloven graphic novel series with Paul Constant. In the eagerly anticipated Cloven Book Two, Dr. Kenneth Langner, a world-renowned geneticist and creator of the Cloven species, reveals himself to Seattle Stranger reporter Jake Arthur, who continues his in-depth research on…

Free

Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars by Tom Fucoloro

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

In Biking Uphill in the Rain, Tom Fucoloro, a leading voice on bike issues in the region, blends his longtime reporting with new interviews and archival research to tell the story of how a flourishing bike culture emerged despite the obstacles of climate, topography, and—most importantly—an entrenched, car-centric urban landscape and culture. From the arrival…

Free

Book Release & Reading: Author, Robert Lashley

Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave., Seattle

Join us as we celebrate the release of the debut novel of Robert Lashley. Poet Robert Lashley celebrates the launch of his debut novel with the help of Monique Franklin and Jonah Barnett. I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer is a campus satire, tragic coming of age story, and ode to a beauty salon…

free