Remember to support YOUR local book store. August and September were slow months for BookTree so please do what you are able to encourage people to visit and shop BookTree. New, Gently-used books, gift certificates, bookclubs, and special events.
Tuesdays at 11AM we offer StoryTime. Bring the kids and enjoy!
StoryTime Event Page for October 3rd and Event Page for October 10th
UPDATE!!! This Saturday's (October 7th) Event has been rescheduled to October 28th! Sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment it could not be avoided.
On Sunday October 8th beginning at 1PM bring the family to meet Ilona Bray and learn some secrets about flying magic carpets! Bray's delightful new book is called Mossby's Magic Carpet Handbook! Don't miss what is sure to be a fun afternoon and maybe get a signed copy of two of the book while you are at it (great for gifts)!
Children's and YA Author Kelly Jones will be making a quick in-store appearance at BookTree on Octobe 12th. I'll soon know approximately what time she will be here. She wrote the acclaimed award nominated early reader chapter book Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer and her new YA book is Murder, Magic, and What We Wore.
Here's our Facebook Event Page for Kelly Jones
You know about our Reading Circle Book Club. Anyone and everyone can join. Just read the book and attend our monthly book club discussion meeting. For October we are reading the award nominated Moonglow by Michael Chabon (now in paperback). We have copies for sale at BookTree of course. Our bookclub discussion meeting will happen on October 26th at 7PM.
We have TWO.... that's 2!!! great events on Saturday October 28th!
First....On Saturday October 28th at 1PM Don't miss meeting Major Margaret Witt.
The Guardian wrote: “The name Margaret Witt may join the canon of US civil rights pioneers.” Her memoir will be released later this week and you can be part of her book launch at BookTree. The true story of the woman who ended the ban on gays in the military. Tell: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights.
Please share our Facebook Event Page
and then.....Saturday, October 28th is also the date of our monthly FREE workshop, reading and open mic night. The workshop is from 4:30 to 6:00 pm followed by a reading and open mic 6:15 to 8:30PM. This time writer/poet/publisher Koon Woon (who was just featured on the PBS News Hour) is leading the workshop. Our featured readers are Koon Woon and Thomas Hubbard!
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And I expect to be booking the author of a brand new book all about Kirkland shortly and perhaps another surprise or two. So stay tuned.
All of this is possible because last year Kirkland became the home of a new independent bookstore. Some very generous Kirkland residents helped to make it possible. Let's keep it going shall we? Remember to support BookTree!