Our TEEN. BOOK. CLUB. has been going strong since summer, under the conversational leadership of teen-lit-world insider and author Liz Gallagher (THE OPPOSITE OF INVISIBLE, and the upcoming MY NOT-SO-STILL LIFE). With free pizza provided by Ballard's own Snoose Junction Pizzeria, and a free book to take home (yet-to-be-released book sets are provided every month... Continue Reading →
Meet Laurie Halse Anderson
Secret Garden Books is hosting Laurie Halse Anderson's only public event in Washington. Laurie's new book, FORGE, is the long-awaited follow-up to National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor book CHAINS. You can find out more about Laurie, and her work, at her website. Event details are:Ballard Branch Monday, November 8, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30... Continue Reading →
Liz Mills at Secret Garden Books
Liz Mills will be at Secret Garden Books for Ultimate Tuesday, Oct 26, at 7 p.m. with singing, book signing, music, treats, and THE SPOOKY WHEELS ON THE BUS! Find out more about Liz on her website.
25 Ballard Authors Event
Ballard is filled with writers, some better known in other states than locally. This is a chance to meet "the writer next door." It's a free, casual evening for anyone and everyone in Ballard to meet and mingle with neighbors - who just might be award-winning childrens' authors, young adult writers, crime writers, psychics and/or... Continue Reading →
Good News & Launch Party for Christina Wilsdon
Congratulations to Christina Wilsdon! Her book FOR HORSE-CRAZY GIRLS ONLY was published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan, September 28, 2010! Here's the Macmillian link. Christina says she has loved horses all her life, and is mom to a horse-crazy daughter, so she's really excited about this book. She also says it was... Continue Reading →
What a Wednesday! Check Out These Free Events!!
You're invited to celebrate the publication of YOU WILL NOT COME BACK UNCHANGED, featuring poetry and prose written by K-12 students in the 2009-10 WITS program. Come celebrate this Wednesday, September 22, at the Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium. There will be a reading by the authors at 7 p.m., with a reception to follow... Continue Reading →
Secret Garden’s Drama Story Events
Secret Garden Books is proud to announce their brand-new partnership with Seattle Children’s Theatre for the 2010-2011 Season! During the run of each show of the season, they will be hosting weekend Drama Story events with artists from Seattle Children’s Theatre. The first one is based on Mem Fox and Judy Horacek’s book WHERE IS... Continue Reading →
Book Birthday Bash for Holly Cupala
Holly Cupala's debut YA novel, TELL ME A SECRET, is now available! Ellen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of CRANK, says “A powerful story of self-discovery, and a brilliant debut novel.” Check out more information on Holly, and her book on her website. She's having a big huge book birthday bash to celebrate on... Continue Reading →
Not Your Usual Sidewalk Sale
Straight from Secret Garden Books:This year during all the wild shenanigans that make up the 30th Annual Ballard SeafoodFest, we're doing something a little different. We've unearthed the voluminous trove of children's book posters we've been assiduously collecting since 1995 . . . and we're offering them up for sale on a pay-what-you-like basis as... Continue Reading →
John Abbott Nez at Secret Garden’s Ultimate Tuesday
Author / Illustrator John Abbott Nez shares his new book: CROMWELL DIXON'S SKY-CYCLE , June 29 from 7 – 7:30 p.m., at the Secret Garden Bookshop in Ballard.Fun fact about John; He's done book projects with Mercer Mayer and Rosemary Wells, as a ghost illustrator. Check out more information on his website