Author Readings Presented by The Seattle Public Library in July
release date: June 21, 2018
The Seattle Public Library will feature writers and their work at several locations throughout Seattle in July.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Mona Hanna-Attisha – 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Monday, July 9 at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave. S. Physician, scientist and activist Hanna-Attisha tells the dramatic story of the Flint water crisis—the signature environmental disaster of our time. It's an autobiography of scientific resistance by a relentless Flint physician who stood up to bureaucratic indifference and power.
Karen Lord – 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium, 206-386-4636. Barbadian fantasy author and research consultant Lord reads and discusses recent work while teaching for Clarion West's Writer's Workshop.
Chris Dormaier – 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12 at the Southwest Branch, 9010 35th Ave. S.W., 206-684-7455. Dormaier discuss her new book, "Why Yoga Works and How It Can Work for You." This program is part of the Words, Writers and West Seattle author series, which features writers connected to the Duwamish Peninsula.
Karen Joy Fowler – 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 17 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium, 206-386-4636. Previous Seattle Reads author Fowler reads and discusses recent work while teaching for Clarion West's Writer's Workshop.
PARTNERSHIPS & SPONSORS
Author readings at the Southwest Branch are presented in partnership with the Southwest Seattle Historical Society.
Author readings at the Central Library are supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsor Gary Kunis, media sponsor The Seattle Times and presented in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company and University Book Store.