A special pre-show event:
Lilac City Welcoming Committee
Saturday, September 27
Part 1
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Spokane Public Library--Central
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A Spokane special keynote event, where four authors from the greater-Spokane area
(plus a special guest or two) will be the first faces to welcome booksellers to the city and show off
the Central Spokane Library's incredible event space.
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Emcee: Sharma Shields | Spokane Public Library Sharma Shields is the author of a short story collection, Favorite Monster, and three novels, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac. The Cassandra, and Duckling (forthcoming from Henry Holt in 2027) . Sharma’s fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Electric Lit, Catapult, Slate, and elsewhere and have garnered such accolades as the PNBA Award, an Artist Trust Fellowship, and the Washington State Book Award. Sharma has worked in independent bookstores and public libraries throughout Washington State and is currently the Writing Education Specialist for Spokane Public Library and the Chair for Spokane Is Reading.
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Travis Baldree | Brigands & Breadknives | Tor Books Readers will rejoice at the return of author Travis Baldree's beloved Legends & Lattes series, with Brigands & Breadknives (Tor Books), the third installment in the NYT-bestselling series. Fantasy, humor and, yes, bookselling combine once again for a new tale about foul-mouthed rattkin bookseller Fern; a story that demonstrates that changing your life is not always as simple as a change of scenery or a fresh coat of paint. When he's not writing bestselling novels, Travis Baldree has a busy career as a professional narrator, with his voice featured on the audio versions of his own books as well as books by other authors.
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Kelly Milner Halls | Cryptid Sea Monsters | Sasquatch Books Kelly Milner Halls, the Spokane author of dozens of non-fiction books for young readers, once again shows her mastery of all things weird and wonderful in Cryptid Sea Monsters : A Field Guide to 50 Fascinating Beasts (Sasquatch Books). Middle-grade readers will love meeting these mythical creatures and real-life monsters, all found under the sea, each rated on a scale of hoax to scientific fact. Halls's engaging style and carefully researched findings will draw kids into a wonderful realm of exploration and discovery. Among the prolific and award-winning writer's previous books are Cryptid Creature Field Guide, In Search of Sasquatch and A Dinosaur for Washington.
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Sarah Mackenzie | Dear Duck, Please Come! | Waxwing Books A slight misunderstanding is behind the gentle fun in Sarah Mackenzie's new picture book (and perfect read-aloud) Dear Duck, Please Come! (Waxwing Books). A letter from Rabbit informs Duck that his friend has lost a tooth - and immediately Duck knows he must help find the lost treasure. Along the way, Duck enlists help from his other forest creature friends to search high and low. But maybe Duck has not quite understood what his friend Rabbit was trying to tell him. Sarah Mackenzie, author of several previous books for little ones, is the host of Read-Aloud Revival Podcast, and author of The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections
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Part scientific exploration, part glorious art book, The Wonder of Mushrooms (AdventureKEEN) by Maya Jewell Zeller opens up the extraordinary world of fungi in all their myriad forms. Zeller provides factual information about mushrooms and the crucial role they play in ecosystems, while her lyrical prose celebrates the wonder, beauty and complexity of fungi, beings closer to animals than plants. Maya Jewell Zeller is a Professor of English at Central Washington University and the author of several books of poetry, most recently out takes/glove box. Her prose has appeared in a number of journals including The Rumpus, Diagram, and Bellingham Review, as well as in several anthologies, including the NYT-bestselling This is the Place: Women Writing About Home.
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