Book Club

The Best Romantic Comedies Actually Shot in Seattle

Our book club pick Storybook Ending is inspired by the genre.

10/22/2025 By Moira Macdonald

Book Club

An Ode to Seattle's Independent Bookstores

The setting of our next book club pick, Storybook Ending, might look familiar to Seattle book lovers.

10/15/2025 By Moira Macdonald

Book Club

There’s Nothing Like Old-School In-Person Connection

Our latest book club pick, Storybook Ending, is about finding each other in the real (imagined) Seattle.

10/08/2025 By Moira Macdonald

Read All About It

The Seattle Met Book Club Is Back

Our second ever book club selection is Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald.

09/17/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Summer Book Report

Pacific Northwest Beach Reads

School is out and self-motivated erudition is in. If a Seattle summer ever materializes, these are the local authors you should bring to the beach.

06/22/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Serious Business

Jon Mooallem’s New Book Finds Beauty in Being Ugly

In Serious Face, the Bainbridge Island–based writer quietly exalts the imperfection of everything, from the way we handle catastrophes to his own face.

05/20/2022 By Sophie Grossman

A Rose for Emily

Seattle’s The Bachelor Is Way Better Than Hollywood’s

Andrew Palmer’s smart new novel is a fun and heady plunge into reality and identity.

07/16/2021 By Stefan Milne

City of YA Lit

11 Local Reads for Kids and Young Adults

Everything from narwhals and robots to summer flings.

06/18/2021 By Sophie Grossman

Local Lit

10 New Seattle Books to Read This Spring

Three texts take on Amazon, while Daniel James Brown follows up The Boys in the Boat.

05/10/2021 By Stefan Milne

Lit Fall

11 Localish Books to Read This Autumn

From Megan Rapinoe's new memoir to an anthology of local writers meditating on Covid-19.

10/07/2020 By Stefan Milne

Interview

Jon Mooallem's New Book about an Alaskan Earthquake Can Offer Hope

The Bainbridge author's This Is Chance! tells the story of the biggest earthquake in American history—and a radio broadcaster who met its challenge.

04/01/2020 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work September 16–19

Fleabag returns to the stage, Town Hall merges art and poetry in an autoimmune benefit, and a 17th century painter takes her rapist to trial.

09/16/2019 By Courtney Cummings, Lily Hansen, and Stefan Milne

Blessed Be the Fruit

Elliott Bay Book Co. Is Throwing a Midnight Party for The Handmaid’s Tale Sequel

To celebrate the release of Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated new novel, The Testaments, the bookstore will host a raffle, trivia, and prizes Monday night.

09/05/2019 By Lily Hansen

Weekly Planner

Where to Eat and Drink May 29–June 4

The week in which: Andy Ricker talks noodles, Humphry Slocombe gives away scoops, and Molly Moon dedicates an entire party to ice cream sandwiches for charity.

05/29/2019 By Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Dining Events

Where to Eat and Drink March 13–19

The week in which: Lucky Charms takes on magically delicious new forms, Andrea Nguyen shares Vietnamese cooking secrets, and Hot Stove Society hosts a coconut cream pie workshop.

03/13/2019 By Haley Gray and Jaime Archer

Long Time Coming

A Musical Version of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet?

A Seattle–born composer has secured the rights for a stage adaptation of Jamie Ford's beloved local novel.

01/31/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

News Feed

Seattle Restaurant News December 2018

This month: Chicago-style pizza, Filipino fine dining, and nerd-approved coffee.

11/20/2018 By Rosin Saez

Weekday Picks

Culture Fix: October 9–13

Art Garfunkel reads from his new memoir, Steph Burt kicks off the Seattle Arts and Lectures 2017–18 Poetry Series, and Twist: Seattle Queer Film Festival opens.

10/09/2017 By Isabel Boutiette

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 10–16

Icelandic bands team up with locals for Reykjavik Calling, the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival rebrands as Twist, and Charles Burns returns with his latest dark comics collection.

10/10/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder