Authors & Books Recorded Events
Watch and listen to recordings of discussions and readings by major, local, and up and coming authors. Learn more about your favorite authors, discover new voices and go behind the scenes to hear the stories behind the stories.
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Jasmine Silvera, Olivia Waite & Robin Bradford on Romance Novels
Popular local romance writers Silvera and Waite discuss their books “Binding Shadows" & "The Care And Feeding Of Waspish Widows" with Pacific Northwest librarian Robin Bradford.
View Video (01:08:42) | Posted October 2020
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Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager discuss 'The Writer's Library'
Listen to our favorite librarian Nancy Pearl and noted-playwright Jeff Schwager talk about the books that shaped them and inspired them to leave their own literary mark.
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Akwaeke Emezi and Esmé Weijun Wang discuss 'The Death of Vivek Oji'
Award-winning writer Akwaeke Emezi discusses their new novel, 'The Death of Vivek Oji,' a propulsive story of family and friendship that challenges expectations. They appear in conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang.
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Laurie Frankel - Home Library Tour
Poet Laurie Frankel shows us her home library and introduces us to some of her friends.
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Cathy Park Hong and Vince Schleitwiler discuss 'Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning'
Cathy Park Hong talks with UW Professor Vince Schleitwiler about “Minor Feelings,” which explores memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America.
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Claudia Castro Luna - Home Library Tour
Claudia Castro Luna is the Washington State Poet Laureate (2018-2021). She walks us through her at home library in Seattle, WA.
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BJ Cummings, Cecile Hansen & Lynda Mapes discuss 'The River that Made Seattle'
BJ Cummings, author of "The River That Made Seattle: A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish" talks with Duwamish Tribal Chairperson Cecile Hansen and journalist Lynda Mapes.
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Max Brooks: Author Of Devolution, Discusses Sasquatch, Zombies, And Other Monsters
The #1 bestselling author of World War Z returns with a horror tale that blurs the lines between human and beast, and asks, What are we capable of when we’re cut off from society?
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E.J. Koh and Karen Maeda Allman discuss The Magical Language of Others
Local poet and translator E.J. Koh recently sat down with Elliott Bay Book Company's Karen Maeda Allman to talk about her new book, The Magical Language of Others. In her memoir, Koh writes about her parents' return to South Korea and being left behind in California with her older brother. Koh uses letters her mother sent during that period as the starting point to explore their family history; the continuity between grandmother, mother and daughter; and the ways that absence and distance shape our love for one another.
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Ginger Gaffney discusses 'Half Broke: A Memoir'
Listen to this top-ranked horse trainer discuss her life-affirming memoir that offers profound insight into the ways both horses and humans seek relationships to survive. Recorded on Feb. 25, 2020.
Listen to Audio (01:13:23) | View transcription (pdf) | Posted February 2020