Tag Archive | Elliott Bay Books

Grant Young Novelists Coming to Seattle May 2011: Barba, Montes, Olmos

The young Granta novelists Andres Barba, Javier Montes, and Alberto Olmos will be coming to Seattle in May. It looks like they’ll be having some sort of conversation since David Guterson is going to be hosting. All I know so far is below: May 15; Granta 113 The Best of Young Spanish Novelists with ANDRÉS BARBA, JAVIER [...]

Elliott Bay Books Update at the Stranger – To Open on Tax Day

The Stranger has a quick review of the new Elliott Bay Books. They note that it will probably be opening on April 15, 2010. It will not be carrying used books, but I don’t think that was really their thing

The Best Time for Writers – Alan Rinzler at Elliott Bay 1/23/10

I went down to Elliott Bay Books on the other day (1/23/10) to see a presentation from Alan Rinzler, an editor at Jossey-Bass, about getting published. Naturally, an interesting topic for any writer: The topic of his talk today is “Why There’s Never Been a Better Time for Writers Who Want to Get Published.” He’ll [...]

Elliott Bay Books in Financial Trouble

It looks like Elliott Bay Books is in financial trouble. The Seattle Times is reporting they many need to move or close. This is a great bookstore and it would be a shame if it went out of business, if for no other reason than the number of author readings it hosts just could not [...]

Michael Chabon at Elliott Bay Books – A Quick Report

Michael Chabon was at Elliot Bay Book Company on Friday for those occasional superstar appearances at the bookstore, where it is standing room only and the fans spill out into the cafe which is normally separated fro the reading area. I would imagine most of the crowd has read one or all of his books. [...]

Larry Wilmore at Elliott Bay Books

Larry Wilmore from the Daily Show was at Elliott Bay Books yesterday evening. He is on a book tour for his new book I’d Rather We Got Casinos, and Other Black Thoughts. The book is a collection of fake interviews, essays, radio shows that he wrote over the last year. He was inspired to write [...]

Amitav Ghosh at Elliott Bay Books

Last night I had the opportunity to go to a reading by Amitav Ghosh at Elliot Bay Books where he read from his new book, Sea of Poppies. He read a long and funny passage from the book the that was part political discussion about the rightness of the opium trade and part comedy of [...]