National Reading Group Month -- Library Events 2013

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Library & Other Events — 2013

Readings 'Round the Bay (San Francisco, Cal.)
WNBA-SF and Books Inc. in association with one other metropolitan bookstore. Participating venue: Bookshop West Portal — Your Neighborhood Bookstore (Wed., Oct. 1; 7 p.m.): Meg Waite Clayton (The Wednesday Daughters, Ballantine Books), Patricia V. Davis (The Diva Doctrine, Bonneville Books), Tracy Guzeman (The Gravity of Birds, Simon & Schuster), Mary Mackey (Immersion, Amazon Digital Services), and Amanda McTigue (Going to Solace, Harper Davis Publishing). Contact: Joan Gelfand, joan@joangelfand.com.

Readings 'Round the Sound (Seattle, Wash.)
WNBA-Seattle and the University Book Store/U District (Seattle, Wash.) in association with seven metropolitan bookstores and libraries present “Readings ‘Round the Sound” — a month-long, multi-event National Reading Group Month celebration giving prominence to local authors with national recognition. Participating venues: Seattle Public Library/Central Branch (Fri., Oct. 4; 7 p.m.), Paul Harding (Enon, Random House); Edmonds Bookshop at Edmonds Library (Fri., Oct. 4; 7 p.m.), Robert Dugoni (The Conviction, Touchstone); Eagle Harbor Books (Sun., Oct. 6; 3 p.m.), Norman Rush (Subtle Bodies, Knopf); Queen Anne Books (Thurs., Oct. 10; 7 p.m.), Rosette Gault (Paperclay: Art and Practice — The New Ceramics, University of Pennsylvania Press); Third Place Books (Thurs., Oct. 17; 7 p.m.), Ann Hood (The Obituary Writer, W.W. Norton & Co.); Parkplace Books (Thurs., Oct. 17; 7 p.m.), Indu Sundaresan (The Mountain of Light, Washington Square Press); Mockingbird Books (Thurs., Oct. 17; 7 p.m.), Suzanne Selfors (The Sasquatch Escape — The Imaginary Veterinary, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers); University Book Store/U District (Wed., Oct. 23; 7 p.m.), Jo Baker (Longbourn, Knopf); Elliott Bay Book Company (Sat., Oct. 26; 5 p.m.), Elizabeth George (Just One Evil Act: A Lynley Novel, Dutton Adult). Contact: Leslie Adams, leslieadams.adams@gmail.com.

Readings ’Round the Town (New Orleans, La.)
WNBA–NOLA and Tulane University Bookstore at the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women —Tulane University in association with three metropolitan bookstores and libraries present “Readings’ Round the Town.” Participating venues: Octavia Books (Thurs., Oct. 15; 6 p.m.), Alan Gurganus (Local Souls, Liveright); East Bank Regional Jefferson Parish Library (Wed., Oct. 23; 7 p.m.), Susan Larson (The Booklover’s Guide to New Orleans, Louisiana State University Press); Dillard University Will W. Alexander Library Commons (Wed., Oct. 24; 6 p.m.), Erna Brodber (Louisiana: A Novel, University Press of Mississippi). Contact: Susan Larson, slarson05@gmail.com.