…Send your stuff for the Smokestack Calendars to: kitsapsmokestack@gmail.com…
BOOKS & LECTURES
FRIDAY OCT 2
MARY MILLER DOYLE SHARES the collected works of her late husband Brian Doyle, a three-time Pushcart Prize awarded essayist and novelist, in ‘Wonder Is A Lovely Place To Be’ at 6:30 p.m., free, all ages at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge. RSVP at eagleharborbooks.com.
THURSDAY OCT 8
BESTSELLING AUTHOR & NATURALIST Lyanda Lynn Haupt releases her new book ‘Among The Birds’ a wandering journey through the Pacific Northwest region’s avian world w/ illustrations by Justin Gibbon at 6 p.m. Oct 8, free, all ages, in collaboration with Imprint Bookshop at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Chimacum. More at imprintbookshop.com and lyandalynnhaupt.com
LOCAL ACCLAIMED AUTHOR Mary Lou Sanely shares her new collection of essays ‘An Island Called Bainbridge: People, Places, Conversations’ at 6:30 p.m., free, all ages, at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge. RSVP at eagleharborbooks.com, more at marylousanelli.com
FRIDAY OCT 9
LOCAL QUEER/NEURODIVERSE AUTHOR Casey Tonnelly will read from and discuss their new novel ’Striving For Antiracism: My Imperfect Journey’ time TBD at Over The Moon Coffee Roasters, Kingston. More on the socials @over_the_moon_coffee_roasters and beyondthinkingwithcasey.com
TUESDAY OCT 13
STONEWALL HONOREE H.E. Edgmon celebrates their newest book ‘Realmsweep’ a middle-grade fantasy about a 12 year old transgender prince competing in a dangerous scavenger hunt to earn access to gender-affirming magic, in conversation with Marisa Spence, Q&A and booksigning at 5:30 p.m., free, all ages at Ballast Book Company, Bremerton. RSVP at ballastbookco.com
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT FOR ‘Landscapes of Forgotten Forts,’ exploring Forts Casey, Worden & Flagler, with photographs by Kathy Fridstein and poems by Kelli Russell Agodon, in conversation with curator Kathleen Garrett and historian David Hansen at 5:30 p.m., free, all ages, presented by Imprint Bookshop at Taps at the Guardhouse, Fort Worden, Port Townsend. RSVP at imprintbookshop.com
NYT BESTSELLING CHILDRENS AUTHOR Rosanne Parry celebrates her new book ‘A Raven Of The Forest,’ a stand-alone addition to her bestselling Voice of the Wilderness novels at 6 p.m., free, all ages at Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo. More at libertybaybooks.com and rosanneparry.com
WRITER/EDITOR/LITERARY ADVOCATE Tamara Kaye Sellman launches her new novel ‘Trust Fall’ about young girl raised under a rigid misogynistic patriarchal ideology until a sharp-witted, bad-ass fairy godmother steps in at 6:30 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge. RSVP at eagleharborbooks.com, more at tksellman.com
WEDNESDAY OCT 14
AUTHOR OF ‘THE SECRET HISTORY OF WITCHES’ Louisa Morgan celebrates the launch of her latest book ‘The Faerie Handmaid’ sequel to ‘The Faerie Morgana’ continuing the story when the king is cursed and a magic-less handmaid must embrace her power to save the kingdom, in conversation with Anna Quinn at 6 p.m., free, all ages at Imprint Bookshop, Port Townsend. RSVP at imprintbookshop.com, more at louisamorgan.com
THURSDAY OCT 15
LOCAL AUHTOR INEZ RAY celebrates her debut ‘Buzzard’ about a dark and daunting dystopia in 2086 where humanity and heart shine through at 6:30 p.m., free, all ages at Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo. More at libertybaybooks.com and inezray.com
FRIDAY OCT 16
OLYMPIC COLLEGE EMERITUS & UW Department of Astronomy faculty Bob Abel will share early updates from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory which officially began operations in June on an Andean peak with a huge mirror and the largest digital camera ever built, regarded as the most ambitious sky survey ever, doors at 6 p.m., free, all ages, presented by Enlighten Kitsap at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Bremerton. Also on zoom. Register and more at enlightenkitsap.org
SATURDAY OCT 17
BOOKS, BOTTLES & BOOS A pop up bookshop featuring local indie booksellers Ballast Book Company and Wicked Words from 4-8 p.m., 21+, no cover, ethereal and haunting garb encouraged at Tipsy Blackbird Wine Bar, Bremerton.
SUNDAY OCT 18
FALL BOOK FAIR Featuring thought-provoking and artful books from Copper Canyon Press, Hyldyr, Empty Bowl Press, Winter Texts, Watermark Bindery, Homeward Books, Neoglyphic Media and Blue Cactus Press, the third annual fair presented by Winter Texts at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Chimacum. More at wintertexts.com and finnriver.com
TUESDAY OCT 20
EXPLORE NATIVE RESILIENCE thru the personal journey of John Halliday (Coyote), a Muckleshoot artist, speaker and formal tribal leader who turned to traditional native values after surviving a near-death experience and losing much of his sight, remaking his life thru art, music and storytelling at 2 p.m. at the Little Boston Kitsap Regional Library, Kingston. More at krl.og
THURSDAY OCT 22
ESSAYIST, REVIEWER & FICTION AUTHOR Miranda Mellis presents a reading and discussion of her recently published eco fiction novel ‘Corcosmia’ centered on Maya as she recollects the ‘great turning,’ a moment of radical social and ecological change effected in part by the art of her mother, moderated by Finnriver co-founder Crystie Kisler at 6:30 p.m., free, all ages at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Chimacum. More at mirandamellis.com and finnriver.com
MONDAY OCT 26
A FAERIE WITCHY EVENING w/ Author Louisa Morgan celebrating her new novel ‘The Faerie Handmaid’ about a magic-less handmaid who must embrace her own power to save the kingdom, in conversation with local historical fiction author Megan Chance at 6:30 p.m., free, all ages, witchy attire encouraged at Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo. More at libertybaybooks.com
TUESDAY OCT 27
LOCAL BESTSELLING TRUE CRIME AUTHOR Gregg Olsen teams up with his daughter Morgan to celebrate the release of their new book ‘Ordinary Wife: The True Story of America’s Forgotten Serial Killer’ about Lady Bluebeard who was accused of poisoning husband after husband and nearly got away with it, 4-7 p.m., free, all ages at Olalla Bay Market, Olalla. More at libertybaybooks.com and greggolsen.com
ESSAYIST, RESEARCHER & PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM Sonora Jha celebrates the US release of her first novel ‘Foreign!’ about a mother who must follow her son, who’s run away to India in search of a father he’s never met, into the home of a suicidal farmer in a village where, every eight hours, a man kills himself at 6:30 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge. RSVP at eagleharborbooks.com, more at sonorajha.com
THURSDAY OCT 29
ARTIST & AUTHOR Karson Brown presented her debut memoir ’48 Days to Barbados’ about a 28-year-old and her friend who answer a call for experienced female sailors to help deliver a 34-foot vessel from Portugal to Florida, in conversation with Beth Ann Mathews at 6:30 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge. RSVP at eagleharborbooks.com, more at karsonbrownarts.com
TUESDAY NOV 3
ELECTION DAY EVENING EVENT w/ Curtis Wright, author of ‘On Resistance: A Manifesto’ a hands-on, don’t-lose-hope study of how writers, painters, musicians and other cultural figures respond to racism, accompanied by Port Townsend Singing Resistance Singers at 5:30 p.m., free, all ages at Imprint Bookshop, Port Townsend. RSVP at imprintbookshop.com
BOOK CLUBS
~Kingston~
SALTWATER BOOKSHOP HOSTS ‘Play Dates’ Book Club the ‘Have You Heard About…??” Book Club, bring whatever you’re reading and tell us about it at 10:30 a.m. every third Thursday of the month, ‘Fiction Addiction’ Book Club at 10:30 a.m. the last Friday of the month and the ‘Queer Your Shelf’ Book Club the last Tuesday of the month… all at Saltwater Bookshop, Kingston. More info at saltwaterbookshop.com and on the socials @saltwaterbookshop
~Bremerton~
BALLAST BOOK CO HOSTS ‘Oh The Horror!’ (Horror) Book Club at 5 p.m. on second Fridays at Grumble & Wine, ‘Book Club at the End of the Universe’ (Science Fiction) at 6 p.m. the third Mondays of the month at Ashley’s Pub, ‘General Fiction’ book club at 6 p.m. second Tuesdays of the month at Grumble & Wine, ‘Reading The Rainbow’ at 2:30 p.m. third Sundays of the month at Cups Espresso, ‘Wine & Silence’ book club at 6 p.m. third Wednesdays of the month at the Tipsy Blackbird, and ‘Fantastic Books’ at 6 p.m. third Thursdays of the month at Ashley’s Pub. More info and current reads at ballastbookco.com
~Bainbridge~
EAGLE HARBOR BOOK CO HOSTS ‘Eagle Harbor Readers Circle’ at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month, virtually, ‘Mystery Book Group’ at 7 p.m. fourth Tuesdays of the month, virtually, and ‘Speculative Fiction Book Group’ at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month, in-store. More info and current reads at eagleharborbooks.com
~Poulsbo~
LIBERTY BAY BOOKS HOSTS ’Tuesday Daytime’ book group at 10:15 a.m. second Tuesdays at the book store, ‘Mystery’ at 10 a.m. fourth Thursdays at the book store, ‘Nordic’ 1 p.m. fourth Tuesdays at the book store and ‘Romantasy Readers’ at 2 p.m. third Saturdays at the Poulsbo Library. Current reads and more at libertybaybooks.com
BLUSH-WORTHY BOOK CLUB, a ‘choose your own adventure’ style romance book club meets at 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month, hosted by Wicked Words at Chocmo, Poulsbo. More at shopwickedwords.com/pages/book-club
~Kitsapwide~
KITSAP REGIONAL LIBRARY has regular book clubs at many of its branches. More at krl.org
…Send your stuff for the Smokestack Calendars to: kitsapsmokestack@gmail.com…