Upcoming Events
Hillary Clinton - SOMETHING LOST, SOMETHING GAINED in conversation
October 20, 2024 - 2PM
The Paramount - Seattle, WA
Past Events
Jonathan Franzen - CROSSROADS - in conversation
October 12, 2021 - ZOOM
Willy Vlautin, The Night Always Comes, with Maria Semple
April 12, 2021 - ZOOM
Holly Goldberg Sloan with Maria Semple
March 2, 2021 - ZOOM
Lauren Groff craft talk with Maria Semple
February 5, 2020 - ZOOM
Susan Orlean with Maria Semple
October 28, 2020 - ZOOM
Ayad Akhtar, Homeland Elegies with Maria Semple
September 21, 2020 - ZOOM
West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation Signature Series
August 12, 2020
Marcy Dermansky with Maria Semple
July 30, 2020
Evening celebrating Jeopardy! GOAT Ken Jennings at Town Hall
February 29, 2020 - Seattle
The John Cooper School Author Series
December 6 2019 - The Woodlands, TX
Fort Vancouver Library Foundation
November 6 2019 - Vancouver, WA
Puyallup Festival of Books
November 1 2019 - Puyallup, WA
Dallas Museum of Art
May 2019 - Dallas, TX
Books on the Lake
May 2019 - Grosse Pointe, MI
Hugo House Craft Intensive
January 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 2019 - Seattle, WA
Elliott Bay Books
Interviewing Ben Fountain - October 18, 2018 - Seattle, WA
Hugo House Grand Reopening
September 22, 2018 - Seattle, WA
Seattle Public Library
Interviewing Patrick DeWitt - September 6, 2018 - Seattle, WA
Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation
September 5, 2018 - Mukeltio, WA
The Oncenter
May 29, 2018 - Syracuse, NY
Pen and Podium
May 16, 2018 - Denver, CO
Maltz Performing Arts Center
March 20, 2018 - Cleveland, OH
Community Read
October 2, 2017 - Charlotte, NC
Sun Valley Writers’ Conference
June 30-July 3, 2017 - Sun Valley, ID
Spark Salon
January 20, 2017 - Spokane, WA
Waterstones London-Islington
September 28, 2016 - London, UK
Barnes & Noble Union Square
October 5, 2016 - New York, NY
Watchung Booksellers/Bluestone Coffee Co.
October 6, 2016 - Montclair, NJ
Town Hall Seattle
October 8, 2016 - Seattle, WA
Village Books/Chuckanut Radio Hour
October 10, 2016 - Bellingham, WA
Boston Book Festival w/ Tom Perrotta & Emma Donoghue
October 14, 2016 - Boston, MA
Vancouver Writers Fest
October 19, 2016 - Vancouver, BC
Barnes & Noble The Grove
October 21, 2016 - Los Angeles, CA
Women & Words Literary Event
October 22, 2016 - Los Angeles, CA
Newport Mesa Library
October 22, 2016 - Newport Beach, CA
Warwick’s/La Jolla Library
October 23, 2016 - La Jolla, CA
Warwick’s/The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe
October 24, 2016 - Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Live Talks LA, in conversation with Gigi Levangie
October 24, 2016 - Santa Monica, CA
Rakestraw Books
October 26, 2016 - Danville, CA
Book Passage Literary Supper
October 27, 2016 - Corte Madera, CA
Bookshop Santa Cruz/Peace United Church
October 28, 2016 - Santa Cruz, CA
Silicon Valley Annual Author Luncheon
October 29, 2016 - Palo Alto, CA
Philadelphia Free Library
November 1, 2016 - Philadelphia, PA
Barnes & Noble Princeton
November 2, 2016 - Princeton, NJ
Politics & Prose
November 3, 2016 - Washington, DC
Wordstock
November 5, 2016 - Portland, OR
Texas Book Festival
November 6, 2016 - Austin, TX
Garden District Book Shop
November 14, 2016 - New Orleans, LA
Rainy Day Book Club at Unity Temple
November 15, 2016 - Kansas City, MO
Left Bank Books
November 16, 2016 - St. Louis, MO
Parnassus Books
November 17, 2016 - Nashville, TN
Miami Book Fair
November 19, 2016 - Miami, FL
Explore Booksellers
November 25, 2016 - Aspen, CO
Bookworm of Edwards
November 29, 2016 - Edwards, CO
Steamboat Library
November 30, 2016 - Steamboat Springs, CO
Tattered Cover
December 1, 2016 - Denver, CO
Island Books
December 3, 2016 - Mercer Island, WA
* ticketed event
Eagle Harbor Books
December 4, 2016 - Bainbridge Island, WA
King’s Books
December 8, 2016 - Tacoma, WA
Live Wire Live
December 9, 2016 - Seattle, WA