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Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Page updated at 05:09 a.m.

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Kids books: A conversation with 'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola, author of "Strega Nona's Harvest," talks about the grandmotherly Italian witch/folk healer and her magic pasta pot.

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Mary Karr
Elliott Bay Book Co.

Al Gore
Town Hall

Isabella Rossellini
Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum)

Valerie Easton
Third Place Books

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Friday, November 13

Book review | 'The Lacuna' is an ambitious bridge of cultures, ideologies, decades

Thursday, November 12

Authors Greg Bear and Lester R. Brown in Seattle

Sarah Palin goes public with new memoir, "Going Rogue"

Tuesday, November 10

Local books: Illustrated Goethe, the Battle of Seattle and Wheedle on the Needle

Monday, November 9

Lit Life | Author Timothy Egan shares a bit of NW history with the world in 'The Big Burn'

50 years: Kan. town grieves 'In Cold Blood' deaths

Author Ken Auletta, 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,' at the Seattle Public Library

Book Review: Story of WWII told through 3 generals

Review: New bio of Sugar Ray Robinson packs punch

Review: Samuel Johnson bio shows man behind text

Sunday, November 8

The birth of 'Grunge,' in photos by Michael Lavine

Book review | Ayn Rand: goddess of the market, gateway to the American right

Book review | 'Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same': a teenaged friendship in rural Alaska

Book review | 'The Children's Book': A.S. Byatt's opus of the Edwardian age

Book review | 'Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary': on fire with the cause, at odds with everyone

New in crime fiction: dark doings from Hong Kong to Seoul to rural Idaho

Best-sellers: 'The Lost Symbol' and 'Have a Little Faith'

Queen Anne Books' best sellers

Friday, November 6

Book review | 'The Collector': David Douglas, a great NW botanist

Seattle's Sorrento calls 'Night School' to order, with books, whiskey and music

Authors Jerry Brewer, Martin Limón and Kirby Larson make Seattle-area appearances

Augusten Burroughs shares his holiday stories

Wednesday, November 4

Obama brother's novel tells of abusive father

Book review | 'The Road Out of Hell': a chilling tale

Author Lydia Davis at Benaroya Hall

Tuesday, November 3

Book review | 'Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker': an all-American game comes of age

Local authors offer mystery, adventure and heart

Storied Capitol Hill bookstore to close

Monday, November 2

Lit Life | Literary season in full swing with Heather McHugh, John Irving and others

Novelist NDiaye wins France's top literary prize

Rick Riordan trading Greek myths for Egyptian gods

Author Ken Auletta searches for the Google story

King County Library System hosts a series of writing workshops

 



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