BOOK FAIRS with the author event network - 2025

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Pine Lake Cellars in West Seattle was my first official book launch with a lovely group of close family and friends. It was a cozy evening with fine wine and snacks, including Pilot Bread crackers and cheese! What a blast.

My first public reading to family, friends, and newcomers, I focused one section on the "kaleidoscope feeling" of being in the Arctic, where I often had the sense of "being one" with something larger than myself. 

I practiced reading for Open Mic Night at the Issaquah Train Depot Museum (recording coming soon!) I read from Chapter 1, "The Surprise." Always amazed how many people have a story about Alaska or dream of having one!

Nome was my first stop in my Alaska book tour in October 2024. My brother, Todd, and I arrived at the start of a crazy storm that upended our desire to get to Shishmaref, but we several people braved the frigid air and high winds to attend my talk in the cozy, very modern Carrie M. McLean Museum. 

The last leg of my Alaska Book Tour was in Juneau, where I lived from 1985-1992. It was a wonderful time of reuniting with old friends and making some new ones. The weather was spectacular, allowing for stunning views of show-capped mountains, soaring eagles, spouting whales and pop-up seal sightings. 

Book Talk at the Edmonds Sno-Isle Library, January 2025

I had the chance to speak to a small group of book enthusiasts about my memoir, taking advantage of the opportunity to speak more thematically about my experiences: "Who I was, What it was like, and What I learned."