What: Author Q&A to celebrate Small Town Romance Where: Q&A at Paper Boat Booksellers: 6040 California Ave SW When: Wednesday, September 11th at 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free Tickets: RSVP via Eventbrite (Space is limited, so please reserve a ticket if you plan to join)

Kelly Brenner, The Naturalist at Home and Nature Obscura Paper Boat Booksellers June 22, 6:30-7:30 pm Join us as we welcome local author Kelly Brenner, author of Nature Obscura and her latest book The Naturalist At Home: Projects For Discovering The Hidden World Around Us. Kelly will be discussing her new book and showing us some of the items in her own curio cabinet. The event starts at 6:30 and will be followed by Q&A and a book signing.

West Seattle author Sallie Crotty will read from her memoir Out of the Ashes: A Story of Recovery and Hope at Paper Boat Booksellers on Tuesday, Nov 1, at 6:30 PM. The event will include q&a, books for sale, a signing, and refreshments. Detailing a mid-life descent into debilitating despair that culminates in a suicide attempt, the memoir brings the reader on a deeply personal journey. She reveals her struggles, time spent in a psychiatric ward, and how lacking a clear diagnosis almost led to her death. She also describes how proper care and receiving the right diagnosis and treatment can provide hope, stability, and a path to happiness. An Amazon top seller, the book has been praised by Kirkus Reviews as an “ultimately inspiring narrative about living with bipolar disorder.” The NY Journal of Books wrote, “A harrowing but ultimately hopeful account of her descent into mental illness… What sets Crotty’s account apart is the thoroughness with which she documents her struggle to be properly diagnosed and then the painstaking process by which she was able to regain her health.” Hospitals and clinicians have begun sharing the books with patients as part of their wellness plans, and other readers have related how the book empowered them to understand and help loved ones. The author also implores us to begin an urgent national conversation about mental health so we take better care of each other. Along with admiring Crotty’s courage and honesty, readers have lauded her elegant prose. Please attend the reading and, in the words of one mental health clinician who reviewed the book, “Be prepared to experience your full range of feelings and learn how you can help those around you suffering from a mental illness.” You can learn more about the author and the book at www.salliecrotty.com.

Local photographer/author Mike Hipple will be at Paper Boat Booksellers to sign his new book following up on '90s musicians.

Classic Novels (and Movies) book club at Paper Boat Booksellers: join us to read the classics! Our first book will be Jane Austen's Emma-it's a long one, but full of subtle humor and wit! This club will meet to read classic works of fiction from any era and country, beginning with nineteenth-century England. We will discuss them as literary works and as the basis for recent film adaptations as available. If there are no movies released in the near future, we will simply choose another great novel to read, as a group. To begin, we will read Jane Austen's Emma, which has inspired a film version Emma (dir. Autumn de Wilde; scheduled for release in late February 2020). Discussion leader: West Seattle native Julia Douthwaite Viglione lived in Indiana for many years as professor of French literature at Notre Dame and is delighted to be back home! She proposes this club as a fun and intellectually stimulating way to enjoy reading psychologically deep, complex works of fiction with other people. With the release of new films inspired by classics, it’s especially intriguing to read the “real thing” and observe the changes made… To register for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/classic-novels-and-movies-bookclub-tickets-90739162277

Author Event: Matt Kracht, author of "The Field Guide To Dumb Birds Of North America" Saturday 2/29 6 pm

Author Event: West Seattleite EJ Koh, author of "The Magical Language Of Others" (she lives in West Seattle) Thursday 2/27 6 pm

What? Little Women Book Discussion Club When? Thursday January 2, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Where? Paper Boat Booksellers bookstore, 6040 California Ave SW Ste A, Seattle, WA 98136 For whom? People age 8 and up, readers of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott What will we do? We will engage in spirited and well-focused discussion of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. You will read the book before coming, and you will write down your favorite quotes to share during the discussion. Who will lead it? Julia Douthwaite Viglione, PhD, professor emerita of French literature at the University of Notre Dame, currently teacher of “Write YOUR Story” workshops for kids ages 8-12 How much does it cost? $0.00 This unique event is free! In return, participants will read the book in advance and come prepared to contribute to a great discussion. For more info, contact Paper Boat Booksellers at 206-743-8283 or INFO@PAPERBOATBOOKSELLERS.COM