Featured Events in Bothell in November, 2024 (July Updated)

Join YouTube sensation StacyPlays for an after school signing at Lake Forest Park!StacyPlays, the YouTube sensation with more than 2.3 million subscribers, joins us for a signing line meet-and-greet at our Lake Forest Park store to celebrate her new book, Rescue Tails: On Precarious Peaks, the second book in an all-new Minecraft–inspired adventure series. What you need to know: This signing will take place in the Den at Third Place Books from 4pm to 6pm. Customers can stop by and join the signing line until 5:30pm.Purchase of Rescue Tails: On Precarious Peaks is required to join the signing line.Let us know you're coming! RSVP is free and highly recommended in advance.Copies of Rescue Tails: On Precarious Peaks and other titles by StacyPlays will be available for purchase at the store.Click here for more about our COVID-19 policies for in-person events. Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. Tickets:This event is free to attend. For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. About Rescue Tails: On Precarious Peaks. . .From StacyPlays, the New York Times bestselling author of the Wild Rescuers series, comes the second installment in her new illustrated adventure series, Rescue Tails. On this adventure, Stacy and her wolf Everest must rescue a stranded family of goats in the high mountains. Stacy and her pack of intelligent wolves are off on another rescue mission! When Milo the bat alerts the group to a stranded mountain goat family in the jagged peaks, Stacy and her wolf Everest must hurry to save them. They hike deep into the mountains and climb rocky terrain, but the higher they go, the more scared Stacy becomes! Will Stacy be able to conquer her fear of heights to reunite the mountain goat family? Or will she freeze under the pressure? It’s the second book in an all-new Minecraft–inspired adventure series from StacyPlays, the YouTube sensation with more than 2.3 million subscribers! Stacy Hinojosa, better known as StacyPlays on the internet, started playing Minecraft in 2012. She immediately fell in love with telling stories through video games and began posting them to YouTube. Her imaginative building series and fun-filled adventures with her wolf pack earned her a loyal audience of over 2.3 million subscribers. When she’s not visiting real-life biomes around the world, Stacy splits her time between the mountains of northern Utah and the desert in southern Utah with her dog, Molly, and her cats, Milquetoast and Pipsqueak (all rescued by her, of course). About Third Place Books Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite

Third Place Books welcomes Happy at Work podcast hostDr. Laura Hamill for a discussion of her new book, The Power of Culture, in which Dr. Hamill helps everyone at work to be more aware of culture and how to find opportunities to use it for growth and success. This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. Tickets:This event is free to attend. Registration is required in advance. About The Power of Culture. . .All organizations have a culture, whether they acknowledge it or not—and whether it's helping or hindering them. Get it right, and culture can be a positive force for good. Get it wrong, and culture can be a negative force, becoming toxic and undermining performance and reputations. In short, culture matters. Organizational culture, though, can be a tricky thing to understand and master. The Power of Culture tackles this head-on, exploring what culture is, and why it matters; how it needs to be aligned with strategy and values; and how to understand it, change it, and make it a reality. Told through real stories and examples and using the author's Intentional Culture Circle as a guide, this new book helps everyone at work to be more aware of culture and how to find opportunities to use it for growth and success. Laura Hamill is an organizational psychologist, ex-Microsoft director, and Limeade cofounder. Through her firm Paris Phoenix Group, she is now a consultant advising companies on their cultures. She is also a host at the Happy at Work podcast and lives in Seattle, WA with her family. About Third Place BooksFounded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite

Third Place Books welcomes Noelle Salazar to our Lake Forest Park store for a discussion of her new novel, The Lies We Leave Behind. She will be joined in conversation by Elise Hooper. This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. Tickets:This event is free to attend. For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. About The Lies We Leave Behind. . .Somewhere in the Pacific, 1943. Kate Campbell is a nurse who bravely flies back and forth from the front to rescue wounded soldiers, amid long days, harsh conditions and often dangerous weather. Driven by a deep personal need to help in the war effort, she is conflicted when an injury results in her reassignment to the relative comfort of the English countryside. Love has never been part of her plan, but despite herself, she falls for an officer with three bullet wounds, startling blue eyes and a wicked sense of humor. For the first time, Kate sees a future far from the horrors of war and hate. But before she can pursue it, a secret from her past calls her to duty, and she'll have to travel back into danger one more time to rescue a part of herself she'd left behind. But will she make it back? And will that future still be waiting for her if she does? Noelle Salazar was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, where she's been a Navy recruit, a medical assistant, an NFL cheerleader, and always a storyteller. When she’s not writing, she can be found dodging raindrops and daydreaming of her next book. Noelle lives in Bothell, Washington with her family. A native New Englander, Elise Hooper spent several years writing for television and online news outlets before getting a MA and teaching high-school literature and history. Her debut novel The Other Alcott was a nominee for the 2017 Washington Book Award. Three more novels—Learning to See, Fast Girls, and Angels of the Pacific—followed, all centered on the lives of extraordinary but overlooked historical women. Her next book, The Library of Lost Dollhouses, will be out in spring '25. Elise lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters. About Third Place Books Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite

Third Place Books is delighted to welcome back local author K. B. Jacksonfor the third book in her Sasquatch Hunters series, The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui! Join the intrepid Sasquatch Hunters—Jake, Jasmine, Lanny, and their loyal companion Benny—on an exhilarating holiday adventure through the Scottish Highlands! For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. Tickets:This event is free to attend. For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. About The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui. . .The Sasquatch Hunters are at it again. Jake, Jasmine, and Lanny, with Benny in tow, are visiting Scotland over Christmas. They're excited about maybe glimpsing the Lochness Monster, but Jake is even more excited about the Big Grey Man, an elusive figure said to haunt the peak of Ben Macdhui. Will the gang get a glimpse of the Big Grey Man? And even more important, will the hunt for the Grey Man distract Jake from his parents' impending remarriage? Join the intrepid Sasquatch Hunters - Jake, Jasmine, Lanny, and their loyal companion Benny - on an exhilarating holiday adventure in Scotland. As they journey to the land of myths and legends over Christmas, the excitement is palpable as they hope to catch a glimpse of the famous Loch Ness Monster. But for Jake, the thrill of the hunt goes beyond the waters of Loch Ness. He's captivated by tales of the enigmatic Big Grey Man, said to haunt the peaks of Ben Macdhui. Determined to uncover the truth behind this elusive figure, Jake leads his friends on a daring expedition into the Scottish Highlands. Will the gang succeed in their quest to find the Big Grey Man? And more importantly, will Jake find the courage to confront his emotions and embrace the changes in his family? Kate B Jackson (KBJackson.com) is an Anthony Award finalist, a 2x Silver Falchion Finalist, and an Agatha Award winning author of mystery novels for grownups and mystery/adventure novels for kids. An alumnus of the University of Washington—go Huskies!—she lives in the PNW with her hilarious husband. Together they have raised four amazing humans. Their youngest son inspired her award-winning Sasquatch Hunters series. About Third Place Books Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite

Third Place Books is pleased to welcome back former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violinist and now lecturer, writer, screenwriter, and arts journalist Erica Miner to our Lake Forest Park store for the third installment in her Opera Mystery series, Overture to Murder. This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! Click here for more about our COVID-19 policies for in-person events. Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. Tickets:This event is free to attend. Registration is required in advance. About Overture to Murder . .The curtain comes down on murder in Overture to Murder, the third novel of the Julia Kogan Opera Mystery series. Julia heads to the San Francisco Opera, this time with her significant other, former NYPD detective Larry Somers, and their five-year-old daughter Rebecca. Julia is under inordinate amounts of pressure as she replaces the ailing concertmaster, Ben, who has suffered serious injuries in a suspicious hit and run accident, which Julia suspects might not have been accidental. Then one prominent company member becomes the victim of a grisly murder, and Julia cannot resist becoming involved in the investigation. As in her previous sleuthing at the Metropolitan Opera and Santa Fe Opera, Julia once again discovers that fiery artistic temperaments, and danger lurking in the dark hallways and back stairways of an opera house, provide a chilling backdrop for murder. This time, however, it’s not only her own life that is in peril. Award-winning Seattle-based author Erica Miner believes opera theatres are the perfect places for creating fictional mischief! Drawing on her 21 years as a violinist at the world-renowned Metropolitan Opera, Erica balances her reviews and interviews of real-world musical artists with fanciful plot fabrications that reveal the dark side of the fascinating world of opera, guiding readers through a dramatized version of the opera world in her Julia Kogan Opera Mystery series. When she isn't plumbing the depths of opera houses for murderous mayhem, Erica frequently contributes reviews and interviews for the well-known arts websites www.BroadwayWorld.com, www.bachtrack.com, and www.LAOpus.com. As a music/opera lecturer, Erica has presented for numerous venues, including the Seattle Symphony; the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of California and the University of Washington; Edmonds College in the Seattle area; and Wagner Societies in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, North Carolina, and Sydney, Australia. Aside from writing and lecturing, Erica spends time admiring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with her French husband, her daughter, her grandkids, and their respective pooches. About Third Place BooksFounded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite

Third Place Books welcomes back Mac Barnett for a special storytime event. In Santa's First Christmas, beloved children’s book creator Mac Barnett and illustrator Sydney Smith have unveiled Santa unlike ever seen before, and as a result, created a merry new Christmas classic. All ages welcome! This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! For accessibility inquiries, please contact events@thirdplacebooks.com Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. About Santa's First Christmas. . .Mac Barnett and Sydney Smith team up for an unforgettable celebration of Christmas. We all know that Santa makes everyone’s dreams come true every Christmas, but it turns out that he needs a little help getting into the holiday spirit himself. Instead of letting Santa get right back to work after he returns home to the North Pole on Christmas morning, his loyal elves want to make sure he experiences the same Christmas cheer he provides for others. With the perfect tree, lots of delicious treats, and, of course, presents, Santa experiences the magic of Christmas for the very first time. Beloved children’s book creators Mac Barnett and Sydney Smith have unveiled Santa unlike ever seen before, and as a result, created a merry new Christmas classic. Mac Barnett is the New York Times bestselling author of many picture books, including the New York Times bestseller The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse; the Caldecott Honor Book and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award winner Sam and Dave Dig a Hole; and the Caldecott Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Extra Yarn. He is also the coauthor of the bestselling Terrible Two series with Jory John. Mac lives in Oakland, California. (Photo credit: Carson Ellis) About Third Place BooksFounded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite

If you have the good fortune to be in the field with Thomas Bancroft, you will be immersed in wonders detailed by his keen awareness of creatures and their relations in all directions. This book is the next best thing. —Kim Stafford, author of As the Sky Begins to ChangeThird Place Books is pleased to welcome Thomas Bancroft to our Lake Forest Park store for a presentation of his new book Beyond the Wonder: An Ecologist’s View of Wild Alaska, a beautiful meditation on nature-one that highlights the importance of untamed places and the role they play in crafting a better world. This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! Having trouble registering? See Eventbrite's troubleshooting FAQ here. Tickets:This event is free to attend. RSVP is recommended in advance. About Beyond the Wonder. . .More than just a biological perspective on Alaska's wonders, a discussion of potential environmental impacts from tourism, mining, and climate change, a personal travel account, or a collection of dynamic photographs, Beyond the Wonder is a beautiful meditation on nature-one that highlights the importance of untamed places and the role they play in crafting a better world. The grizzly paused in knee-deep water, staring straight at the man behind the camera. Abruptly he bolted, racing full tilt toward Thomas Bancroft, his eyes glued to the photographer's face. The bear kept coming, closer and closer, as Bancroft snapped pictures and frantically debated what to do. Suddenly a sockeye darted out of the water, and just as quickly, the powerful animal veered away to chase the fish. A biologist and scientific policy advisor, Bancroft planned his weeklong trip to the Katmai National Park and Preserve intending to photograph bears, but he ended up finding a great deal more. Having spent much of his professional career in Washington, DC, working to protect places like the Alaska wilderness and now struggling with a deep personal loss, when he finally walked among its salmon, bears, and caribou, emotions overwhelmed him. Wild things are essential to human wellbeing. Whether standing in a crystal-clear river feeling dozens of sockeye salmon swim around his legs, watching gulls lurk around a feeding bear, meeting a thrush by a Lake Clark cabin, pondering conservationist Dick Proenneke's determination, flying over spectacular volcanoes, mountains, and glaciers, or sitting beside a pilot who has lived his entire life in wild Alaska, Bancroft felt a profound awe and respect for Alaska's wild creatures and landscape. He also found himself contemplating his own life choices, family relationships, and career. More than just a biological perspective on Alaska's wonders, a discussion of potential environmental impacts from human actions, a personal travel account, or a collection of 100 dynamic full color photographs, Beyond the Wonder is a beautiful meditation on nature-one that highlights the importance of untamed places and the role they play in crafting a better world. Thomas Bancroft has been a lifelong birder and naturalist. Washington State University Press recently published his book Beyond the Wonder: An Ecologist’s View of Wild Alaska. The Press called his book “a beautiful meditation on nature—one that highlights the importance of untamed places and the role they play in crafting a better world.” He holds a Ph.D. in Biology and an M.A. in Zoology from the University of South Florida. His research focused on birds and their conservation. Thomas served in leadership roles for several conservation organizations, where he championed the use of scientific information in U.S. public lands policy and stewardship decisions and was often interviewed for TV, radio, and print media. He is a frequent speaker and writes regularly for the Mountaineers, Washington Ornithological Society, and Audubon chapters. His photographs have appeared in numerous books and publications, including Audubon, Birding, American Birds, and Mountaineer Magazine, as well as at the Smithsonian Natural History and the Burke Museums. Bancroft received the Mountaineers 2020 Service Award for his volunteer work. About Third Place BooksFounded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events. Information Source: Third Place Books | eventbrite