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Holiday Book Signing
Phinney Neighborhood Center, November 20, 3-6pm

Forget your standard bookshop signings, with their long queues to reach a single bored author slapping his or her Hancock on the title page. On Saturday, the Phinney Neighborhood Center will be the epicenter of Seattle’s literary community with—count ‘em—20 local authors on hand signing and selling their wares. Neighborhood bookstore Santoro’s will supply the merchandise, and plans to donate 10 percent of sales to Seattle Arts and Lectures’ Writers in the Schools program and the Phinney Center. To sweeten the pot, the authors are bringing their own homemade cookies for shoppers to nibble while they grill their favorite authors on just why they killed off that great character. Authors will read on a rotating basis during the three-hour event.

Expect to see: Garth Stein, Stephanie Kallos, Jim Lynch, Erica Bauermeister, Erik Larson, Carol Cassella, Kevin O’Brien, Jennie Shortridge, Elizabeth George, Randy Sue Coburn, Kit Bakke, Maria Dahvana Headley, Robert Dugoni, Sean Beaudoin, Kathleen Alcala, Suzanne Selfors, David Boling, Thea Cooper, Laurie Frankel and Susan Wiggs.

Tom Douglas’s Cookbook Social
Palace Ballroom, December 1, 4-7pm

For the foodies in your family, a historical novel probably isn’t going to cut it. Consider a signed cookbook instead. Your $20 entry ticket here gets you substantial eats from Northwest cookbook authors—who are each bringing samples of recipes from their books—plus a glass of Columbia Crest wine. Get a copy of The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook signed for your vegetarian sister-in-law, or a copy of Seattle Kitchen scribed by The Man himself, Tom Douglas.

Participating cookbook authors: Amy Pennington (Urban Pantry), Becky Selengut (Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook), Cynthia Nims (Gourmet Game Night), Keith Robbins (Tini Bigs Big Martinis), Lara Ferroni ( Doughnuts ), Lisa Dupar (Fried Chicken and Champagne), Lorna Yee (The Newlywed Kitchen), Piper Davis (The Grand Central Baking Book), Rachel Saunders (The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook), Shauna James Ahern (Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef) and Tom Douglas (Seattle Kitchen, Tom’s Big Dinners and I Love Crab Cakes).

Tickets required in advance; call Jessica Moore at 206-448-2001 or email her at [email protected].