Local author Jo Ann Bender presents a work of historical fiction\, Lebensborn\, which centers on a network of maternity homes for women who had encounters with the SS during World War II.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T040000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/first-friday-artist%E2%80%99s-reception URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/first-friday-artist%E2%80%99s-reception SUMMARY:First Friday Artist’s Reception DESCRIPTION:Join us for an artist’s reception featuring Dan McCann with his mixed media show which continues through Oct. 31.
Don't forget! Every First Friday\, used books are 25% off at Auntie's from 5pm to 9pm.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T180000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/ook-and-gluk-celebration URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/ook-and-gluk-celebration SUMMARY:Ook and Gluk Celebration DESCRIPTION:Hey\, Captain Underpants fans! Dav Pilkey's new book The Adventures of Ook and Gluk\, Kung-Fu Cavemen is finally here! If you haven't picked it up yet\, come here a sample\, learn to speak Caveman and take home some cool activity pages.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T220000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/sam-lien-le-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/sam-lien-le-signing SUMMARY:Sam Lien Le (signing) DESCRIPTION:Local author Sam Lien Le signs copies of his memoir\, The Spirit Stills the Storm\: From Tyranny to the American Dream\, which tells about his escape from Vietnam to the United States.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T220000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/dick-jensen-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/dick-jensen-signing SUMMARY:Dick Jensen (signing) DESCRIPTION:Dick Jensen\, owner of Inland Empire Tours\, signs copies of his book\, Spokane Set In Stone\, which documents hundreds of historic landmarks and plaques in the Spokane area.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T193000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T193000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/new-poets-american-west URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/new-poets-american-west SUMMARY:New Poets of the American West DESCRIPTION:Lowell Jaeger\, editor\, is today’s master of ceremonies to launch the new anthology\, Poets of the American West. Poets reading their work onstage include Christopher Howell\, Victor Charlo\, Charles Potts\, Boyd Benson\, Georgia Tiffany\, Tiffany Midge\, James Bertolino\, Ron McFarland\, William Johnson\, and Maya Jewell Zeller.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101006T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101006T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/gay-lesbian-book-group-3 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/gay-lesbian-book-group-3 SUMMARY:Gay & Lesbian Book Group DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to drop by for a discussion of Rip Van Dyke by Kate McLachlan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/john-keeble URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/john-keeble SUMMARY:John Keeble DESCRIPTION:Retired EWU professor John Keeble presents his critically acclaimed novel\, Broken Ground\, which was recently reissued.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T180000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/heads-storytime-and-activities URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/heads-storytime-and-activities SUMMARY:Heads Storytime and Activities DESCRIPTION:We’ll read Matthew Van Fleet’s latest\, Heads\, and play a game of Heads memory. You’ll get to take home an animal hat and activity pages to continue the fun at home!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T220000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/jr-parker-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/jr-parker-signing SUMMARY:J.R. Parker (signing) DESCRIPTION:J.R. Parker\, a 19-year-old author from Idaho\, will sign copies of his young adult fantasy novel\, Kestrel’s Midnight Song.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T220000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/betty-campbell-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/betty-campbell-signing SUMMARY:Betty Hodges (signing) DESCRIPTION:Local author Betty Campbell will sign copies of her beginning reader book\, Jamie and the Haunted Lighthouse.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T230000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/hit-run-iv-staged-reading-short-plays URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/hit-run-iv-staged-reading-short-plays SUMMARY:Hit & Run IV\: A Staged Reading of Short Plays DESCRIPTION:Play-Makers Spokane is back at Auntie's with Hit &\; Run IV\: A Staged Reading of Short Plays by local authors Sandra Hosking and Paul Ruch\, as well as by playwrights from as far away as New York. Plays range from a drama that takes place in a snowglobe to a comedy about a man who finds a surprise guest in his closet. Directors include Anne Selcoe\, David McCallum\, Toni Cummins\, Will Gilman\, Kat Malcolm\, and Ron Ford. Free admission.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101009T210000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/literary-freedom-book-group-3 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/literary-freedom-book-group-3 SUMMARY:Literary Freedom Book Group DESCRIPTION:We hope you will join us to discuss City of Thieves by David Banioff.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T180000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/auntie%E2%80%99s-morning-book-group-9 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/auntie%E2%80%99s-morning-book-group-9 SUMMARY:Auntie’s Morning Book Group DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to drop by for a lively discussion of The Big Burn by Timothy Egan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101013T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101013T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/auntie%E2%80%99s-evening-book-group-9 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/auntie%E2%80%99s-evening-book-group-9 SUMMARY:Auntie’s Evening Book Group DESCRIPTION:We hope you will join us to discuss The Big Burn by Timothy Egan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101014T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101014T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/sister-madonna-buder URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/sister-madonna-buder SUMMARY:Sister Madonna Buder DESCRIPTION:Super athlete Madonna Buder discusses her accomplishments and her book\, The Grace to Race\: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/auntie%E2%80%99s-presents-poets-laura-read-and-james-shea URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/auntie%E2%80%99s-presents-poets-laura-read-and-james-shea SUMMARY:Auntie’s Presents\: Poets Laura Read and James Shea DESCRIPTION:Poetry takes the stage at Auntie’s! Local author Laura Read presents selections from her chapbook\, Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You\, and James Shea\, assistant professor in English at Nebraska Wesleyan University\, presents his poetry collection\, Star in the Eye.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/susan-j-cobb URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/susan-j-cobb SUMMARY:Susan J. Cobb DESCRIPTION:Author Susan J. Cobb presents Virgin Territory\: How I Found My Inner Guadalupe\, which she explains is\, “much more than a memoir about retiring to Mexico\, this is the vision I want to share with women\, that each of us is self-complete\, worthy and capable of unconditional love.”
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T180000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/potato-chip-science-experiments URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/potato-chip-science-experiments SUMMARY:Potato Chip Science Experiments DESCRIPTION:Potato chip science is “the branch of science specifically devoted to the composition\, structure\, reactions\, and properties of thin-sliced\, deep-fried tubers\, uncooked potatoes\, potato chip bags\, lids\, and tubes.” We’ll attempt a few investigations from the new book Potato Chip Science\, each requiring either potato chip bags\, tubes or the chips themselves!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T210000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/ann-rule URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/ann-rule SUMMARY:Ann Rule DESCRIPTION:Bestselling writer Ann Rule visits from Seattle to present her latest book\, In the Still of the Night\: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds\, a true crime story which is set in Spokane.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101021T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101021T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/jan-brett URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/jan-brett SUMMARY:Jan Brett DESCRIPTION:Beloved author-illustrator Jan Brett talks about her latest storybook\, The 3 Little Dassies.
This event is ticketed\, with free tickets available for pickup at Auntie's\, 402 W. Main\, beginning 9\:30 am on Oct. 16.
Auntie's will give out one ticket per family group\, or per single adult. The first 275 ticket holders will be able to meet Jan Brett and get one book autographed\, and she will sign more if time and crowd size permit.
Those without tickets are welcome and encouraged to attend\, hear Jan's presentation\, and meet Hedgie. Signed bookplates will be provided to all attendees without a ticket.
Attendees must buy their copy of The Three Little Dassies from Auntie's if they want that book to be autographed at the event. We will ask for proof of purchase (The Three Little Dassies only). You are welcome to bring an older book from your collection if you wish to have it autographed that day. A wide selection of Jan Brett's books will be available for purchase at the Bing.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101021T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101021T013000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/inland-nw-writers-guild-16 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/inland-nw-writers-guild-16 SUMMARY:Inland NW Writers Guild DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101022T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101022T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/lois-mcmaster-bujold URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/lois-mcmaster-bujold SUMMARY:Lois McMaster Bujold DESCRIPTION:Bestselling science fiction author Lois McMaster Bujold presents her latest novel\, Cryoburn\, Book 13 in the saga of Miles Vorkosigan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101023T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101023T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/shawn-underwood URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/shawn-underwood SUMMARY:Shawn Underwood DESCRIPTION:Seattle author Shawn Underwood presents her travel memoir\, Mommy\, Are We French Yet? Tales of an
American Family Living in France.
Stop by and pick up a bag full of goodies. There are book reviews\, study guides\, stickers\, posters and more for you to take back to the library or classroom and share with your kids. Save 20% off your purchase today only!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101023T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101023T200000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/john-bladek-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/john-bladek-signing SUMMARY:John Bladek (signing) DESCRIPTION:Author John Bladek signs copies of his hilarious book for middle readers\, Roll Up the Streets.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101023T201500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101023T220000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/rich-faletto-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/rich-faletto-signing SUMMARY:Rich Faletto (signing) DESCRIPTION:Sandpoint author Rich Faletto signs copies of his book\, Four-Eleven\: Planes\, Pulaskis and Forest Fires.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101024T193000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101024T193000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/dana-haynes URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/dana-haynes SUMMARY:Dana Haynes DESCRIPTION:Portland author Dana Haynes presents his suspense novel\, Crashers. When a passenger plane\, a Vermeer One Eleven\, slams into the ground outside Portland\, a team of experts assembled by the National Transportation Safety Board gathers to investigate.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T025244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101027T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101027T020000Z UID:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/eileen-dey URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/eileen-dey SUMMARY:Eileen Dey DESCRIPTION:Reiki master and mental health counselor Eileen Dey has established the only licensed training program
of Reiki in Washington state. She discusses her book\, Touching the World Through Reiki.
Local historical writer Carolyn Nunemaker presents her book\, Spokane and the Inland Northwest During
World War II.
Bestselling author Jane Porter visits from Seattle to present her latest release\, She’s Gone Country\,
which the Chicago Times calls “a richly rewarding story about the importance of love\, family\, and
friendship.”