Poetry & Storytelling
Events
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Gerald Elias reads from his new book CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MURDER
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesGerald Elias reads from his new book CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MURDER Acclaimed author and concert violinist, Gerald Elias, a recent West Seattle transplant, will entertain with a discussion and Q&A of his newest murder mystery, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MURDER, and will perform selections from Vivaldi's Four Seasons that inspired the story.…
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WordsWest
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesOne Night Only--Bring WordsWest Back Together Again: Katy E. Ellis, Harold Taw, and Susan Rich Come join us for a celebration of poetry and prose readings by the WordsWest curators. Katy E. Ellis' debut full length prose-poetry-novel Home Water, Home Land is forthcoming from Tolsun Books in September 2022. Her work has appeared in numerous publications…
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The Classic Novels (and Movies) Book Club of West Seattle
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Classic Novels (and Movies) Book Club of West Seattle We begin each time with a fun trivia quiz--the winner receives a prize !--which raises issues and themes of interest. After one hour or so of free-range discussion on the book, we turn to the future, and collectively propose titles and choose one to read.…
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The West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies)
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) book club will next read a classic of Japanese literature: I am a Cat, by Natsume Sōseki (1906). Location: Outdoor table in backyard of C & P Coffee
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Author reading with Lyanda Haupt and Donna Sandstrom
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesAuthor reading with Lyanda Haupt and Donna Sandstrom The 2022 Washington State Book Awards finalists were recently announced, and two West Seattle-based authors are among them! "Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit" by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Little, Brown) is a finalist in the Creative Nonfiction category, and "Orca Rescue! The true…
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AT HOME ON AN UNRULY PLANET
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesAT HOME ON AN UNRULY PLANET West Seattle journalist and author Madeline Ostrander will join KNKX's environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp to talk about Ostrander’s new nonfiction book, At Home on an Unruly Planet (Holt)—in an event hosted by C&P Coffee and Paper Boat Booksellers. A series of vivid and hopeful accounts of American communities confronting the climate crisis, the book asks, how do we find a…
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West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) book club
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesWest Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) book club Title to discuss: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Location: an outdoor table behind C & P Coffee on California Ave SW. P.S. The Remains of the Day is also a 1993 film directed by James Ivory; it stars Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens and Emma Thompson as…
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WordsWest
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesOne Night Only--Bring WordsWest Back Together Again: Katy E. Ellis, Harold Taw, and Susan Rich Come join us for a celebration of poetry and prose readings by the WordsWest curators.
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Jim Page
C & P Coffee 5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA, United StatesJim Page Jim Page; singer-songwriter: “Jim Page is a lyrical genius with a guitar. This man personifies the word ‘free-flow.’ Page takes to the mic and the song invents itself on the spot; his talent is a natural wonder.” http://www.nodepression.com/profile/JimPage
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West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) book club
West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) book club Title to discuss: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea (winner of Booker Prize for 1978; Ireland/UK) Location: C & P Coffee (at an outdoor table in the backyard), on California Ave SW All are welcome! Contact for more info: juliawsea@gmail.com