Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the second Monday and following Wednesday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Click here for more information about this book club.

Queen Anne Books welcomes all interested readers to its drop-in, no-guilt book club. We get together the second Monday and following Wednesday of every month, so pick the day that works best for you and join us at 7:00. No reservation or sign-up is needed-- just drop by. Click here for more information about this book club.

Discuss the novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga with our Saturday night drop-in book club.

We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards.

Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

Join us for Storytime with Charles the third Sunday of every month at 2:00.  Charles reads picture books for the storybook crowd-- ages 2-8 and their grownups.  He mixes it up, some classics and some hot-off-the-presses, so please stop in to hear what he's picked this time.

David Smith, author of If the World Were a Village and If America Were a Village, travels the globe sharing his enthusiastic and innovative approach to teaching and learning about our world community.  On October 19 starting at 6:30, he will host an evening of discussion about geography, its place in the curriculum and our lives, and how to make it easy and fun to learn.

Smith was a middle school teacher in Cambridge, MA when he got the idea to help his students visualize the world as a village of 100 people.  Scaling the discussion of global population so 1% represents one individual makes facts and figures about the world more concrete and understandable for kids (and adults). 

Smith's latest book, If America Were a Village, takes a similar leap to represent statistics about the United States. It's a powerful and fascinating book, and a very interesting study not just in geography but also psychology...  When we picture economic data as applying to individuals, there is an immediacy to the discussion that I just don't get from bar graphs and  pie charts.

Whether you're an educator, a parent, or a volunteer who works with students, this should be a fun and educational event.

For more informationabout David Smith and his work, please click on this link to a USAToday article about him: 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-09-02-america-village_N.htm

This event is free and open to all. 

Teachers who plan on using these books in the classroom will get the standard 20% teacher discount off purchases.

Local author David Wilma has gathered hundreds of historic photographs of the region, from the earliest photographic pioneers to the 1970s, for his gorgeous new book, Historic Photos of Puget Sound.

Join us for a presentation by the author followed by a reception and signing.  A holiday plan-ahead tip:  an autographed copy of this book would be a perfect gift for history buffs!

Come one, come all to meet author Dave Boling for a reception and signing at 6:30! 

Then stay and discuss Guernica with the author and our drop-in, no-guilt monthly book club from 7:00- 8:00 if you're interested. 

Saturday November 14 and Sunday November 15, Queen Anne Books will participate in the Upper Queen Anne Merchants Association "Shop Local for Schools" event.  Buy things at participating merchants (displaying the sign shown on the UQAMA site here), and 10% of your purchase will go to the local school of your choice. 

Queen Anne Books will also be holding a McClure Benefit Book Fair starting at 3:00 on Sunday November 15.  For more information about McClure's Book Fair, click here. 

Book Mixer meets a earlier in the month than usual because of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Get in that "Happy Family" mood by discussing Pharmakon, or the Story of a Happy Family by Dirk Wittenborn.

We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm.
Our book choices tend to be a little edgier than the traditional book
club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about an hour
talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or restaurant to
socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and
in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with
fellow readers afterwards.

Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are
encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're
Saturday nights starting at 8:00.