On Book: 5 Sweet Escapes in a World of Worry (Picks for December)
This month’s picks — three in translated Japanese fiction and two rom-coms — include some of the best books I’ve read all year. They couldn’t come up at a better time.
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On Book: The Horrors! — 5 Not-So-Scary Picks for October + Author Events
Spooky season shows up every year. But what if scary stuff isn’t your thing? Here are new releases to ease you into horror season without getting the chills.
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On Book: Back to School (5 Picks for September) + Author Events
These great books take you back to school: from epic, with eager lifelong learners, reluctant rebooters, epic PTA drama, and book club behind bars.
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On Book: Emerald City Romance
On August 17, Seattle’s Emerald City Romance Author & Reader Event brings dozens of romance authors (and loads more readers) together in one place.
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On Book: Bookstore Romance Day Edition
Bookstore Romance Day, August 17, celebrates Romance as a genre, its loyal readers, and the bookstores that champion them. Find great reads and Seattle-area events here.
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On Book: Summer Sizzlers (5 Picks for August)
When your attention span won’t match your reading aspirations, here are five smart, fast, and fun new books to enjoy in the waning days of summer. Plus, some great author visits this month.
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On Book: Hot Stuff (5 Picks for July)
Think romance novels are junk? So did I. But there’s no better time than summer for a fast and easy read, and there are plenty of well-written, sharp and funny new ones out now.
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On Book: Writing Home
Two satisfying, deceptively funny books find their characters seeking strength in the familiar as life unravels all around them.
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On Book: 5 Reads for June
A basketball superstar, a Seattle Civic Poet, a romance novelist, a foodie editor, and a dame. Here are five recent releases poised to start your summer reading off right.
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On Book: Ghosts in Plain View
Ghosts of Segregation, an impressive new book, gives a fresh look at familiar visuals by digging into their past. Photographer Richard Frishman will discuss the book on 3/9 at a Whidbey Island event.
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On Book: Maid, Mother, Memoirist
Her bestselling memoir, Maid, left off with Stephanie Land aspiring to be a writer. Her follow-up, Class, leaves little doubt she’s arrived. Land heads to Town Hall Seattle on 11/14 to discuss her engrossing new book.
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On Book: ‘All the Fighting Parts’ Reads Fast, Hits Hard
Hannah V. Sawyerr’s new YA novel-in-verse champions survivors, brings empathy to the decision of whether to report, and delivers a compelling read with the art of a poet.
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Summer Stacks: Playwright’s Newest Young Adult Novel Is Spot-On
Seattle-based playwright and novelist Joy McCullough’s latest is a story about periods that celebrates youth finding their voice. It might be as illuminating for adults as it is for its young adult audience.
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Table Read: On Cooking and Chemistry
Whether you’ve resolved to read more this year or are simply looking for a companion to wait out the rain, check out these sweet books.
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Jonathan Van Ness: Dishing on the Page (And a Seattle Stage This Friday)
On screen, he’s the personality-forward, effervescent fifth of the Queer Eye team. Behind the glowing smiles and tresses, Jonathan Van Ness has a story to tell. Read about his new book here, ahead of his show at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on 12/9.
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Book Revue: In ‘Fearlessly Different’, an Autistic Actor Finds His Light
In his debut book, released today, Seattle-raised actor Mickey Rowe shares how autism guides, not stifles, his stage performance. ‘Fearlessly Different’ offers behind-the-scenes perspective on disability, acting, and difference as strength.
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With Unique Book Club, Coming Together by Staying Apart
As social isolation from the novel virus threatens to drive us all mad, novel book clubs bring Washingtonians together from afar.
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A Changing Belltown Still Has its Ghosts. In ‘Belltown Exposed’, They Come Alive.
This Sunday night, the Rendezvous decks the halls with decades past, with a unique, free, through-the-eras party and variety show called ‘Belltown Exposed’. It celebrates the release of Staci Bernstein’s new art photography book of the same name. NWT talked with Rendezvous owner Jane Kaplan about the show, the book, and the storied neighborhood.
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5 Questions with Playwright & Novelist Joy McCullough
‘Blood Water Paint’ imagines the great 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi in her studio, interacting with the apocryphal subjects who inspired her. NWT talked with playwright Joy McCullough about the work, ahead of the play’s opening this Friday with Macha Theatre Works.
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‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Can’t Quite Match the Magic of the Book
The stage adaptation of Joan Didion’s best-selling memoir of grief, on now through August 11 at ACT Theatre, is a beautifully performed, communal catharsis over the inevitability of death. But its attempt at universality leaves it a flattened version of the original.
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‘Citizen’ Powerfully Engages the Everyday of Racism in America
The book, by MacArthur Genius Claudia Rankine, is a masterwork. So is Sound Theatre and the Hansberry Project’s staging, in which all elements coalesce flawlessly into a challenging and invigorating production. It runs through July 28.
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Book Groups for People Who Actually Want to Read the Books
Discover great new reading and connect in person, with three book clubs built around shared interests — in this case, arts, theatre, and queer studies.
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