Eagle Harbor Book Company is located at 157 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island, a short walk from the Seattle ferry. All events are free and open to the public. Two seats may be reserved with advance purchase of the featured book.With advance notice, sign language interpretation can be arranged for these and other events at Eagle Harbor Books. For more information, please call 206 842 5332 or 360 692 2375 or visit the store’s website at
www.eagleharborbooks.comMAY 3, SUNDAY, 3PM JENNIFER CULKIN
A FINAL ARC OF SKY. Bainbridge resident and winner of a 2008 Rona Jaffe Foundation Award for emerging women writers, Jennifer Culkin presents her debut book, a gripping story of critical care at all altitudes.
Culkin—a critical care and former emergency flight nurse—writes of the intensity of trying to keep patients alive and making split-second medical decisions. Through these experiences, she explores the overlap with her private life, where her care-giving extends to her sons, her dying mother, then her father, and finally, as she adjusts to life with multiple sclerosis, herself.
MAY 7, THURSDAY, 7:30PM WILL NORTH & KAYA MCLAREN WATER, STONE, HEART and ON THE DIVINITY OF SECOND CHANCES. Award-winning ghost writer of non-fiction Will North, who divides his time between Seattle and Great Britain, presents his new novel, which revolves around two damaged people, divorced Americans whose relationship is transformed in the crucible of a life-threatening storm in a quaint Cornwall village. North will be joined by Kaya McLaren, author of Church of the Dog. She visits to talk about her inspiring new novel—an IndieNext pick for May—which involves a family of five, on the brink of disintegration, that is given a second chance with a little help from a group of tap dancing older ladies, a sensual tango teacher, and a lot of luck.
MAY 9, SATURDAY, 11AM WENDY EDELSON
SATURN FOR MY BIRTHDAY. Join Bainbridge illustrator Wendy Edelson for a fun, funny and informative presentation on a book that seamlessly weaves a story about a young boy, Jeffrey, with a lot of fascinating lore about Saturn—the planet he anticipates will arrive for his birthday. Not only will you learn how well the moons of Saturn might serve as night lights for Jeffrey’s bedroom, you’ll also find out just how enormous the planet is, and what kinds of relationships it has with Earth. Children’s authors George Shannon and Bonny Becker will also be on hand in celebration of National Children’s Book Week and the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program, which gives new books to kids in need.
MAY 14, THURSDAY, 7:30PM BOOK GROUP RECEPTION We dedicate an evening to our legions of books groups—and those interested in forming a book group—by hosting a reception that features presentations by three of the sharpest minds in the business: Publisher sales representatives Amy Schoppert from Simon & Schuster, Dan Christiaens from W.W. Norton, and David Glenn from Random House. They will be on hand to talk up terrific reads, generate ideas for book groups, and give out freebies. We’ve also invited local authors willing to attend book groups to discuss their books. This should be a great brainstorming opportunity for your book group, and just in time before you break for the summer.
MAY 19,
TUESDAY, 7:30PM BPA PRESENTS: LOCAL ACTORS READ LOCAL AUTHORS!
Celebrate local authors and local theater! Bainbridge Performing Arts and Eagle Harbor Book Co. co-host an evening of dramatic readings by local actors of excerpts of new or soon-to-be-published works by Bainbridge authors Mary Guterson, Jennifer Culkin, Jonathan Evison, Carol Cassella, Anthony Flacca, and Kathleen Alcalá. Refreshments and a reception will follow.
Info: 206-842-8569
www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org.
MAY 21, THURSDAY, 7:30PM DOUG STANTON
HORSE SOLDIERS: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A BAND OF U.S. SOLDIERS WHO RODE TO VICTORY IN AFGHANISTAN. Doug Stanton, author of the New York Times bestseller In Harm’s Way and former contributing editor at Esquire and Outside, visits from his Michigan home to talk about his story of ordinary men doing extraordinary things. Horse Soldiers recounts the exploits of twelve U.S. soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan immediately following 9/11 and rode to war on horses, defeating the Taliban.
MAY 28, THURSDAY, 7:30PM KATHLEEN ALCALÁ, CURT COLBERT & FRIENDS SEATTLE NOIR. This evening we celebrate short fiction from the seamy underside of Seattle. Join contributor and renowned Bainbridge author Kathleen Alcalá and anthology editor Curt Colbert—himself the author of a series of hard-boiled private detective novels set in ’40s Seattle—plus others to be announced, for glimpses of crime in Seattle from its days as a hardscrabble seaport to its present incarnation as the cosmopolitan home of Microsoft and Starbucks. Alcalá will read from her selection, which involves a Native American shaman caught in a web of secrets and tribal allegiances.
JUNE 4, THURSDAY, 7:30PM MICHELLE DUFFY, LESLIE FORSBERG, BETH WHITMAN, & JANET BROWN WANDERLUST & LIPSTICK: TRAVELING WITH KIDS and TONE DEAF IN BANGKOK. A double-header on themes of travel is up tonight, first with a trio of talent behind a new book dedicated to moms making the most of travelling with their kids. Authors Michelle Duffy and Leslie Forberg join editor/publisher Beth Whitman in a presentation on their comprehensive guide. Combining anecdotes and experiences from nearly fifty mothers, their book shows how to overcome some of the more difficult barriers to travelling with children; gives useful tips on safe, economical travel; and suggests eco-friendly trips. The second half of the evening features Pacific Rim wanderer Janet Brown. Formerly the travel buyer at Elliott Bay Book Company, she taught English in Bangkok between 1995 and 2001 and now calls herself a permanent resident of that sensuous city, which she regards as her soul mate and which she portrays with humor and devotion in the pages of the book that recounts her life there.
JUNE 6, SATURDAY, 11AM FABULOUS CHICKENS WITH FARMER SALLY METCALF & NANCY REKOW!
Yahoo! Hey y’all, it’s time once again for Farmer Sally Metcalf to liven up the store with her awesome petting chickens. Come on over and meet some of the prettiest poultry on Puget Sound, and be regaled with chicken stories to boot! As an added bonus this year, Nancy Rekow presents her revival of the 1975 classic, Minnie Rose Lovgreen’s Recipe for Raising Chickens.
JUNE 11, THURSDAY, 7:30PM HESTER RUMBERG TEN DEGREES OF RECKONING: THE TRUE STORY OF A FAMILY’S LOVE & THE WILL TO SURVIVE. Seattle author and maritime expert Hester Rumberg presents her gripping and inspirational story of one person’s survival at sea, which began in 1993, when Judith Slavin and her family were pursuing their dream of sailing around the world. When a freighter off the coast of New Zealand rammed their boat, killing her husband and two children, Judith survived after forty-four hours in the water with a back broken in several places and paralyzed below the waist. After the tragedy befell the Slavins, Rumberg, together with Judith, established the non-profit Sleavin Family Foundation, dedicated to promoting maritime safety throughout the world. Eric Matthews, Coast Guard investigator of the collision and a Bainbridge resident, will be in attendance to add perspective to this remarkable story.
JUNE 14, SUNDAY, 3PM (SLIDESHOW) COLIN BULL INNOCENTS IN THE DRY VALLEYS: AN ACCOUNT OF THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1958-59. We proudly welcome back Bainbridge author Colin Bull, author of Innocents in the Arctic, here to present a slideshow and recount another true-life tale of hardy and resourceful scientists in a far-off place. Dr. Bull, a geophysicist, glaciologist, cook, and former Director of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University, will discuss his role in the expedition to Victoria Land, Antarctica. Its members included a physicist, a biologist and two undergraduate geology students— all of whom reveled in adverse conditions.
JUNE 18, THURSDAY, 7:30PM KAREN BURNS
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF WORKING GIRL: REAL LIFE CAREER ADVICE YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE. Kirkland writer Karen Burns discusses her unique illustrated career advice book based on the 59 jobs she has held in her life. Each chapter tells a story from one of the jobs—which have included stints as ditch digger, busser, teller, translator, English teacher and artist—and uses it to offer pithy advice on life and career.
The result is a terrific gift idea for the new college grad, or thirty-something, or forty-something—in fact, every woman who has ever wanted, needed, lost, quit, hated, or loved a job.
JUNE 25, THURSDAY, 7:30PM (DOUBLE SLIDESHOW) JAIMAL YOGIS & AMY WAESCHLE SALTWATER BUDDHA: A SURFER’S QUEST TO FIND ZEN ON THE SEA. From San Francisco, Jaimal Yogis comes our way to relate his story of enlightenment found through the medium of the ocean’s curling waves.
Running away from home to Hawaii at the age of 16 with little more than a surfboard and a copy of Hesse’s Siddhartha, he begins a coming-of-age journey—recounted as equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer’s diary— that also takes him to monasteries in France and to the icy shores of New York, all in search of the green pipeline’s meditative focus.
CHASING WAVES: A SURFER'S TALE OF OBSESSIVE WANDERING. Amy Waeschle has just moved to Poulsbo. Join us as she celebrates the joys of traveling around the world to feed her surfing addiction. Each author will present a short slide show, brief talk and answer questions from the audience.
JUNE 28, SUNDAY, 3PM JIM LYNCH
BORDER SONGS. The author of The Highest Tide, the enchanting coming-of-age debut novel that has captivated many hereabouts—including booksellers, book groups, and students at Bainbridge High, where the novel has enjoyed curriculum status— Jim Lynch visits from his Olympia home to unveil his new novel. Its endearing protagonist—a Washington/British Columbia Border Patrol agent whose extreme height and dyslexia give him a peculiar perspective—indulges his obsession with birds and art while incidentally spotting smugglers and illegal aliens.
JULY 7, TUESDAY, 7:30PM MARY GUTERSON
GONE TO THE DOGS. The bookstore staff’s verdict is in: our own Mary Guterson’s new novel is the beach read for the summer season. We proudly serve as the official launch for Mary’s follow-up to We Are All Fine Here, her acclaimed first novel.Gone to the Dogs—whose plot is triggered when the main character steals her former boyfriend’s dog—is garnering praise from all quarters, to wit the following: “Hilarious, touching, and downright inspiring, Gone to the Dogs is unrestrained good fun and an irresistible read!” ~ Garth Stein, author The Art of Racing in the Rain. “Fans of Jennifer Weiner will eat this up like good dark chocolate.” ~ Debra Dean, author of The Madonnas of Leningrad.
JULY 9, THURSDAY, 7:30PM DAVID COHEN
IT’S A GIFT. Bainbridge’s David Cohen unveils a fusion of photography with text, a book having local roots and a great heart and cause.
Beautiful and thought-provoking, It’s A Gift juxtaposes Cohen’s black and white photographic images of Bainbridge—still lifes, portraits and landscapes in a variety of moods—with text by Bainbridge Islanders including some high school students. The project directly benefits our community with a goal of raising funds to provide over 330 hours of free mental health counseling for Bainbridge students from 12 to 19 years of age.
JULY 11, SATURDAY, 11AM CHRISTINA RUDE
GREAT ADVENTURES FOR KITSAP PENINSULA: FAMILY FUN IN THE WEST SOUND.
With plenty of summer left abounding in possibilities of fun for the whole family, Poulsbo author and Kitsap Sun reporter Christina Rude takes the podium with a wide-open view of what’s out there. She brings the newly updated third edition of her guidebook, which includes a host of tips on good values, dog-friendly options, birthday party locations, trails & hikes, noteworthy museums, activities geared to the changing seasons, summer camp locations, and magnificent parks.
JULY 16, THURSDAY, 7:30PM DEANNA MINICH, PHD, CN CHAKRA FOODS FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH: A GUIDE TO THE FOODS THAT CAN IMPROVE YOUR ENERGY, INSPIRE CREATIVE CHANGES, OPEN YOUR HEART, & HEAL BODY, MIND & SPIRIT. Nutritionist and yoga practitioner Deanna Minich of Port Orchard presents her plan for healing emotional and physical woes through food. Not a diet book, Chakra Foods aims to give us, in the author’s words, “creative tools and insight as to how foods and ways we eat can heal, brighten, balance, and strengthen parts of us that need not only physical but spiritual nourishment.”
JULY 23, THURSDAY, 7:30PM JUNE COTNER
DOG BLESSINGS: POEMS, PROSE & PRAYERS CELEBRATING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DOGS.
June Cotner makes a welcome return visit from her Poulsbo home for an evening that is bound to inspire and instruct. The prolific editor of books including Comfort Prayers, Amazing Graces, Wedding Blessings, and Family Celebrations, she will read selections—heartwarming, funny, silly and sad— that wax eloquent on subjects ranging from dog days at the beach to the lives of rescue and shelter dogs. To elevate the occasion to a most tangible and practical level, she will be joined by a representative from the Kitsap Humane Society and a selection of dogs that are up for adoption.
JULY 30, THURSDAY, 7:30PM HEATHER BARBIERI THE LACE MAKERS OF GLENMARA. Seattle author Heather Barbieri appears on behalf of her delightful second novel, the story of Kate, a fashion designer who finds herself stranded in an Irish seaside village. After Kate is befriended by a group of local lace makers, she discovers there is more to the place than meets the eye, and soon she and the women work together not only to create a line of exquisite lingerie, but to help each other in their personal lives as well. Barbieri’s first novel, Snow in July, was a Library Journal Notable First Novel, and The Lace Makers has been drawing comparisons to Binchy’s Circle of Friends.
AUGUST 6, THURSDAY, 7:30PM DAVID SHIELDS THE THING ABOUT LIFE IS THAT ONE DAY YOU’LL BE DEAD.
David Shields, Seattle author and the recipient of numerous awards for his writing, talks about his thought-provoking book—now in paperback—a unique double-memoir that presents his and his father’s life stories along with facts about aging and death. “Shields undergoes his midlife crisis and comes out the other side—more accessible than ever before, more tender, ‘nicer.’ And yet The Thing About Life adroitly sidesteps sentimentality—very hard to do when the core of it is a son’s love for his cranky, tenacious, irascible, geriatric Jewish father. I love this book.” ~ David Guterson
AUGUST 8, SATURDAY, 11AM STORYTIME WITH MARY KUPER & LYNNETTE SANDBLOOM HARRY POTBELLY. The team of Mary Kuper and Lynnette Sandbloom— Seattle author and Bainbridge illustrator, respectively—join us for a presentation on their picture book, written by Kuper when she was ten years old and entering the 5th grade. It tells the true story of Harry, a real pig who lives with Betty and John Blackstrom in their barn near Roy, Washington. (Sandbloom lives on the island with her husband and children, a little dog and a spotted horse.)
AUGUST 13, THURSDAY, 7:30PM A CELEBRATION OF ISLAND SONGWRITERS Join us for an evening of poetry in music as we host a gathering of Bainbridge songwriters. An array of local artists will sing original compositions, and their CDs will be available for sale. As of press time, the lineup has not been finalized. For more details, please contact Kathryn Lafond at 206-842-5330. Please note: This is not an open mic.
AUGUST 20, THURSDAY, 7:30PM (SLIDESHOW) PHILLIP LEVINE PHILLIP LEVINE: MYTH, MEMORY, & IMAGE. We are honored by a visit from revered Northwest artist Phillip Levine, whose graceful and iconic sculpture Dancer with Flat Hat graces the 15th Avenue pedestrian bridge from Schmitz Hall to the UW campus. Levine will present a slideshow and talk about his life, work, and influences. A Northwest resident for the past four decades, Levine has taught, exhibited, and placed commissioned public artworks throughout our region.
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