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As founder of The Warren Report, Warren Etheredge hosts over 250 events every year,
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Happy February from all of us at Book Events!
The New Year is well underway and we are excited to bring these upcoming book events to you. Included below are details about our brand-new series with Skamania Lodge as well as the next two events in our popular Good Life: books for better living Series.
Put these on your calendar now:
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“Imagination is like fire. No — strike that. Imagination is fire now comes the question: to what ends shall you use that fire?” – excerpt from Imagination First
Join author Eric Liu on February 17 at the Hotel Andra as he discusses why innovation and imagination are the key to limitless possibilities. His new book,Imagination First, shows us how, with 28 (and a half) universal practices for opening minds at work, home and play. All of them are designed to enable anyone –from corporate executives to preschool teachers — to get unstuck, to reframe challenges and to help others do the same.
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Eric Liu is an author, civic entrepreneur and founder of the True Patriots Network, has taught at the University of Washington, been an executive at Real Networks and penned the “Teachings” column for Slate from 2002-2005. Eric served as a White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and later as the President’s deputy domestic policy adviser, and is the author of two previous bestselling books: a memoir The Accidental Asian as well as Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life.
Come find out how you can bring imagination into your work and life!
This event takes place at the Hotel Andra at 6:30 p.m., with onstage interview at 7 p.m.
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On March 9 in our Good Life seris we welcome Kevin and Hannah Salwen (father and daughter) who will be here to discuss their book The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back. It all started when 14-year-old Hannah Salwen had a “eureka moment.” Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood alongside a Mercedes, she said “You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, maybe that man there could have a meal.”
Until that day the Salwens had been caught up in the American Dream: providing a good life for their children, working hard, accumulating stuff. As a family they made the extraordinary decision to sell their Atlanta home, downsize to a house half the size and give half the profit to a worthy charity.
Learn about the many ways their family changed in the process!
All Good Life events are $35 and include appetizers, confections from Theo Chocolate, a signed copy of the featured book and an on-stage interview of the author by Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report.
Our Good Life series is sponsored by Children’s Trust of Washington, who make the lives of families in our state better every single day: http://www.childrenstrust.org/
We also thank these additional sponsors: The Warren Report, Seattle’s Child, Tom Douglas Restaurants, Lush Life Floral and Theo Chocolate — all folks who make our community a better place to live!
Announcing Skamania Lodge Bed & Book-fest!
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At Book Events we are thrilled to announce our latest fun project with Skamania Lodge, an all-season mountain resort in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bed and Book-fest is a new literary series that gives book lovers an opportunity to get away to a beautiful, historic lodge and spend time with some of your favorite NW authors. The series will feature five author hosted weekends in 2010, and launches with Kathleen Flinn, the bestselling author of The Sharper the Knife, the Less You Cry, on February 19 & 20.
Each Bed & Book-fest weekend will include an exclusive author’s reception with readings and book signings, as well as customized, author-hosted workshops and a copy of the author’s featured work. Guests who attend the first Bed & Book-fest with Kathleen Flinn will enjoy an exclusive cooking demonstration during which Flinn will share a favorite recipe from her book, followed by an author-hosted lunch of the same featured dish, prepared by Skamania Lodge’s award-winning culinary team.
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For reservations and more info, click here.
The second event in the series takes place March 13-14 and will feature Jennifer Worick and her latest book, Backcountry Betty: Crafting With Style. Jennifer has written or co-authored more than 20 books, including the New York Times bestseller, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating & Sex. Worick currently resides in Seattle and is the Seattle reporter for Allure.
We are always looking for fun and different ways to connect people who love books with the authors who write them — so check our website, join our mailing list and keep an eye out for soon-to-be-announced authors in our ongoing Words & Wine and Cooks & Books series!
We hope to see you at an event soon — and in the meantime: happy winter reading!
As ever,
