Fri, Mar 5  
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
Free

KIT BAKKE, author of Miss Alcott's E-Mail, TGIF at the Leavenworth Library (Presentation)

Kit Bakke's book Miss Alcott's E-Mail was called by the Boston Globe "A whirlwind exchange of ideas about reform and revolution." Louisa May Alcott was an independent thinker, civil war nurse, activist, champion of women's rights, and a neighbor and friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Alcott's novels were written to support her parents and siblings, who would otherwise have lived in extreme poverty. "Yours for reforms of all kinds," Louisa Alcott signed her letters. And so is Kit Bakke, it seems, beginning with this imaginative construction for a biography - in which Kit emails Miss Alcott about issues of the day - and Miss Alcott emails back.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Miss Alcott's E-Mail - $24.95
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Sat, Mar 6  
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Kristall's Restaurant
10% OFF $38 $34.20

"And That's the Way It Was: The Joys and Challenges of Writing Oral Histories."
Kit Bakke, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant (Writers' Workshop Series)

Sat, Mar 6  
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Kit Bakke, author of Miss Alcott's E-Mail, book signing at A Book For All Seasons (Book Signing)

How can you capture oral history -- in all its depth, breadth, and personality? An oral history is built from structured conversations that gather information available from no other source. Oral histories are not about facts that a writer can find in newspaper archives or historical texts. Oral histories document what the subject remembers, with all the color and idiosyncratic character each person brings to his/her life experience. This workshop will cover tips and techniques for preparing for and conducting the interview, and discuss potential pitfalls such as accuracy, silence, and libel.

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Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of Miss Alcott's E-Mail - 10% OFF $38 $34.20
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Fri, Mar 12  
7:30 PM
Performing Arts
Center of Wenatchee
$21

Poor Again, Dagnabbit! a one-man play by Patrick McManus, performed by Tim Behrens at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee. (Performance & Book Signing)

Laugh out loud at nationally-renowned humor writer McManus' reminiscences of poverty, from maggot farming to dating. Learn how to inventively present poverty foods like blood sausage, and how to build a car from spare parts. One of the most popular humor writers in the country, McManus' titles have sold more than 6 million copies, with five on the N.Y. Times Bestseller's list. Book-signing after the show!

One lucky ticket-holder will win free accommodations in the Patrick McManus room in A Book For All Seasons' book-themed inn.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Double-Jack Murders - $24.00

Fri, Mar 26  
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
Free

KENNEDY FOSTER, author of All Roads Lead Me Back to You, TGIF at the Leavenworth Library (Presentation)

Sat, Mar 27  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

KENNEDY FOSTER, author of All Roads Lead Me Back to You, A Book For All Seasons (Book Signing)

Alice runs a one-woman ranch, Standfast, in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Her horses and dogs are all the company she wants. But then Domingo, a ranch hand on the run from the INS, is thrown and badly injured near her ranch. With Standfast already financial threatened, Alice doesn't want more trouble. And Domingo can't quite see himself working for a woman. But to the amazement of both, through seasons of grueling workdays, their tentative friendship blossoms slowly into love.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of All Roads Lead Me Back to You - $15.00
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Thu, Apr 1  
7:00 PM
Wenatchee Library
Free

Kristin Hannah, N.Y. Times best-selling author. (Presentation)

Sat, Apr 3  
10:00 AM - NOON
Kristall's Restaurant
$15, $25, $37

Breakfast with Kristin Hannah, author of eleven novels including Winter Garden, True Colors, and N.Y. Times best-selling Firefly Lane. (Breakfast)

Sat, Apr 3  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Book-signing with N.Y. Times best-selling Kristin Hannah. (Book Signing)

Mesmerizing from first to last, Kristin Hannah's evocative, lyrically-written novels will long be remembered. Whether illuminating the intricate mother-daughter bond, as in Winter Garden, describing best friends forever in Firefly Lane, or navigating the underground currents between sisters (True Colors), "Hannah really knows what women — her characters and her audience — want" — Publisher's Weekly.

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Buy Breakfast with Kristin Hannah, including a copy of her new book Winter Garden (hardcover) - $37.00
Buy Breakfast with Kristin Hannah, including a copy of her book True Colors (paperback) - $25.00
Buy Breakfast with Kristin Hannah, (no book) - $15.00

Buy a SIGNED copy of Winter Garden (hardcover) - $26.99	Buy a SIGNED copy of True Colors - $14.99	Buy a SIGNED copy of Firefly Lane - $14.95

Wed, Apr 7  
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Performing Arts
Center of Wenatchee
Free

Lois Lowry, award-winning author of young-adult novels including Newberry-medal-winner The Giver. Sponsored by North Central Regional Library and A Book For All Seasons. A FREE, family-friendly event. (Presentation)

Renowned author Lois Lowry is the featured speaker in a program inspired by parents reading together with children. Lowry's featured book, Newberry Medal-winner The Giver, describes a highly controlled world with no pain, no fear, no war -- and no choices. When twelve-year-old Jonas is assigned to be the new Giver, there is no turning back. Lowry has received countless honors, including The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the California Young Reader's Medal and the Mark Twain Award. The Giver is a 1996 Young Reader's Choice Award Winner.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of The Giver - $6.99

Sat, Apr 10  
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Kristall's Restaurant
10% OFF $31 $27.90

"Finding Your Voice in Memoir."
Glenda Burgess, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant (Writers' Workshop Series)

Glenda Burgess, author of The Geography of Love,
book signing at A Book For All Seasons (Book Signing)

Memoir is a form of literature that, like poetry, invites the reader deeper into the experience of reflection. In this workshop we will focus on "voice;" that is, the style, tempo, and structure of our narrative. We will learn to draw from the writer's toolbox to help structure our stories, whether choosing personal essay, adventure, journal, or narrative. Through writing exercises and sharing our work, we will come away with a solid understanding of how to create our story.

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Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of The Geography of Love - 10% OFF $31 $27.90
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Sat, Apr 16  
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
Free

Maria Semple, author of This One Is Mine, Leavenworth Library (Presentation)

Maria Semple spent her first two years of life in Spain where her father wrote the pilot for the TV series Batman. After graduating from Barnard College, Maria sold a movie script to Twentieth Century Fox. Thus began a fifteen-year career in television, writing for shows like Beverly Hills 90210, Ellen, Saturday Night Live, Mad About You and Arrested Development. But then Maria decided to resist Hollywood and return to her dream of novel-writing. Maria's first novel This One Is Mine, is a compassionate and wickedly funny satire about our need for more - and the often disastrous choices we make in the name of happiness.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of This One is Mine - $14.99
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Sat, Apr 17  
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Kristall's Restaurant
10% OFF $33 $29.70

"The Page Turner: How to Keep Your Reader Hooked."
Maria Semple, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant (Writers' Workshop Series)

Maria Semple, author of This One Is Mine (Book Signing)

In Maria's workshop, you'll learn pacing, character, dialogue, plot and narrative techniques that will infuse your work with compulsive readability. Come ready to participate in writing exercises, and to critically examine classic and contemporary works to see how these authors did it. Whether you're about to start, muddling though a first draft, or deep in revisions, you'll leave this workshop with tools that can transform your novel into a page turner.

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Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of This One Is Mine - 10% OFF $33 $29.70
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Sun, Apr 18  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Ana Maria Spagna, author of Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: a Daughter's Civil Rights Journey, and Now Go Home. (Book Signing)

It's a long way from Ana Maria's home in Stehekin, Washington to civil rights era Florida. Ana Maria's father died when she was eleven, so she never heard the story from her father -- why, in 1957, he stood waiting on a Tallahassee street corner to step up onto the Sunnyland bus. Join Ana Maria on this award-winning journey back into her -- and all of our -- pasts.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: a Daughter's Civil Rights Journey - $19.95

Thu, Apr 22  
7:00 - 9:00 PM
NCR Library Distribution Center,
16 North Columbia Street, Wenatchee
Free

Garth Stein, author of New York Times best-selling The Art of Racing In the Rain comes to Wenatchee for "Columbia River Reads." (Presentation)

A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it. Despite what he sees as his own limitations, Enzo comes through heroically for his human family.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of The Art of Racing in the Rain - $14.99

Sat, Apr 24  
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

18 Year Anniversary Party

Sat, Apr 24  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Multi-author Book Buzz

It's been 18 wonderful years since A Book For All Seasons opened its doors — what a great reason to have a party!

Come kick up your heels with us April 24!

• Healthful and Tasty Refreshments!
• Free, Fun Literary Entertainment!
• Drawings and door prizes!
• Meet award-winning, established, and up-and-coming authors!
• As always, 10% of sales all day long will go back to the community - this year, Community Cupboard and Icicle River Middle School!

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Fri, Apr 30  
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
Free

Building Sustainable Community: Thomas Linzey author of Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community (Presentation)

Sat, May 1  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Thomas Linzey, co-author of Be The Change: how to get what you want in your community (Book Signing)

Be The Change is a revolutionary handbook that shows everyday citizens how to stand up and take control of their local governments. Thomas Linzey and the cutting-edge methodology of his Democracy School described in Be The Change will teach you how to achieve true self-governance and help provide ecosystems with the inalienable right to exist and flourish.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community - $12.99

ABFAS February Top 10 Best-Sellers...

What's even hotter than our writing workshop series?

A 10% Discount on our writing workshop series!

Ask for your discount when you sign up today, by phone or email, for any of our Writers' Workshops. Say you saw it in the newsletter!

	Sat, Mar 6, 10:00 - 2:30pm, "And That's the Way It Was: The Joys and Challenges of Writing Oral Histories." Kit Bakke, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant (Writers' Workshop Series) Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of Miss Alcott's E-Mail - 10% OFF $38 $34.20
	Sat, Mar 13, 10:00 - 2:30pm, "The Absolute Wonder and the Ever-Changing Horror of Teenagers—and Writing for Them." Randall Platt, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant (Writers' Workshop Series) Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of Hellie Jondoe - 10% OFF $33 $29.70
	Sat, Apr 10, 10:00 - 2:30pm, "Finding Your Voice in Memoir." Glenda Burgess, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of The Geography of Love - 10% OFF $31 $27.90
	Sat, apr 17, 10:00 - 2:30pm, "The Page Turner: How to Keep Your Reader Hooked." Maria Semple, workshop at Kristall's Restaurant Buy the workshop, including lunch and a copy of This One Is Mine - 10% OFF $33 $29.70

You're invited! All women are welcomed to join a new women's book club.

The book club will read fiction and non-fiction, and will meet Tues or Weds evenings at 7 pm. For more information, come to the organizational meeting March 9, 7:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons, or contact Barbara Teasley, (509)-548-7058, bteasley@nwi.net.

What's New? What's Hot Off The Press? What's Just Been Released in 2010?

    Fiction  |  Non-Fiction  |  Young Adult  |  Early Grades & Picture Books  |

Fiction

Honolulu by Alan Brennert  $14.99

Just released in paperback: Honolulu, selected as "One of the Best Books of 2009" by The Washington Post, and winner of Elle's Lettres 2009 Grand Prix for Fiction. From the bestselling author of Moloka'i comes the irresistible story of a young immigrant bride in the days when Honolulu was a ramshackle town.

"In Korea in those days, newborn girls were not deemed important enough to be graced with formal names, but were instead given nicknames, which often reflected the parents' feelings on the birth of a daughter: I knew a girl named Anger, and another called Pity. As for me, my parents named me Regret."

In 1914, instead of the affluent young husband and chance at an education that she has been promised, a young "picture bride" is quickly married off to a poor, embittered laborer who takes his frustrations out on his new wife. Renaming herself Jin, she makes her own way in this strange land, finding both opportunity and prejudice. With the help of three of her fellow picture brides, Jin prospers along with her adopted city, now growing from a small territorial capital into the great multicultural city it is today. With its passionate knowledge of people and places in Hawai'i far off the tourist track, Honolulu is most of all the spellbinding tale of four women in a new world, united by dreams, disappointment, sacrifices, and friendship.

Praise

"A moving, multilayered epic by a master of historical fiction, in which one immigrant's journey helps us understand our nation's "becoming." — San Francisco Chronicle

"[A] sweeping, epic novel...Brennert weaves the true stories of early Hawaii into his fictional tale, and many of the captivating people Jin encounters are real...Let's hope Brennert follows up this second novel with a third and continues to capture this intriguing and little-explored segment of American history in beautifully told stories." — Library Journal (starred review)

"Brennert's lush tale of ambition, sacrifice, and survival is immense in its dramatic scope yet intimate in its emotive detail." — Booklist

About the Author

Alan Brennert is the author of the bestselling novels Honolulu and Molka'i, lives in Sherman Oaks, California, but is an "F.I.V." -- a Frequent Island Visitor.

Buy Honolulu by Alan Brennert - $14.00

Non-Fiction

Diet For A Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
By Anna Lappé  $24.00

If we're serious about the climate crisis, says Lappé, we have to talk about food.

While you may not think "global warming" when you sit down to dinner, our tangled web of global food—from Pop Tarts packaged in Tennessee and eaten in Texas to pork chops raised in Poland, with feed from Brazil, shipped to South Korea—contributes to as much as one-third of the global warming effect. Livestock alone is associated with more emissions than all of the world's transportation combined. Move over Hummer. Say hello to the hamburger.

With seven principles for a climate—friendly diet and success stories from sustainable food advocates around the globe, Lappé dishes up strategies and stirring inspiration to bring to life food that's better for people and the planet. An engaging call to action, a spirited call for a food system for tomorrow, Diet for a Hot Planet delivers a hopeful message during this troubling time.

About the Author

Anna Lappé is the coauthor of the nationally bestselling Hope's Edge with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, and Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen with eco-chef Bryant Terry. Named one of Time magazine's "eco" Who's Who, Lappé is a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and daughter.

Buy Diet For A Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It by Anna Lappé - $24.00

Young Adult

Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta   $18.99  Age 14 and up

Just released! From Melina Marchetta, winner of the Printz and Aurealis awards, Finnikin of the Rock is an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, intrigue, and romance that rivets from the first page.

Finnikin was only a child when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter seized the throne. Now a curse binds all who remain inside Lumatere's walls, and those who escaped roam the surrounding lands as exiles, persecuted and despairing. In a narrative crackling with the tension of an imminent storm, Finnikin, now on the cusp of manhood, is compelled to join forces with an arrogant and enigmatic young novice named Evanjalin, who claims that her dark dreams will lead the exiles to a surviving royal child and a way to pierce the cursed barrier and regain the land of Lumatere. But Evanjalin's unpredictable behavior suggests that she is not what she seems — and the startling truth will test Finnikin's faith not only in her, but in all he knows to be true about himself and his destiny.

About the Author

Melina Marchetta is the acclaimed author of Jellicoe Road, winner of the Printz Award, Finnikin of the Rock, winner of the Aurealis Award, Saving Francesca, and Looking for Alibrandi. She lives in Australia.

Buy Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta - $18.99

Young Adult

Born Under A Million Shadows By Andrea Busfield  $14.00

Just released in paperback - an Afghan boy's tale of triumph of the human spirit.

The Taliban have withdrawn from Kabul's streets, but the long shadows of their regime remain. In his short life, eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed, his sister has been abducted, and Fawad and his mother, Mariya, must rely on the charity of parsimonious relatives to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence.

Ever the optimist, Fawad hopes for a better life, and his dreams seem realized when Mariya becomes housekeeper for a charismatic Western woman, Georgie. But Georgie is drawn into a destructive relationship with a powerful Afghan warlord, and Fawad must face a calamity so devastating that it threatens to destroy the one thing he thought he could never lose: his love for his country.

A big-hearted novel infused with crackling wit, Andrea Busfield's brilliant debut captures the hope and humanity of the Afghan people and the foreigners who live among them.

About the Author

Andrea Busfield is a British journalist who first traveled to Afghanistan to cover the fall of the Taliban in 2001 as a reporter for the News of the World. She is now a full-time writer living in Bad Ischl, Austria.

Buy Born Under A Million Shadows by Andrea Busfield - $14.00

Young Adult

Hearts at Stake Book one of the Drake Chronicles
by Alexandra Harvey  $16.99
Age 12 and up

Just released! A fun, empowering, new look at the Vampire genre!

Being a vampire princess really bites.

Everyone's after Solange Drake, the soon-to-be undead sixteen-year-old who is prophesized to rule the vampire world. Not that she wants to rule. She'd rather be doing ceramics or talking to Kieran Black, the mysterious vampire hunter that keeps showing up.

Luckily, her best friend Lucy is on her side, plus her seven vampire brothers. Together, just to keep Solange alive, they must take on a royal court, an anti-vamp league, and rival tribes of the undead, and elude a drop-dead-gorgeous Black, anti-vampire agent searching for his father's killer. This dual romance is guaranteed to jumpstart any romance-lover's heart. Vampire fans who thought they'd seen it all will find a fresh read with powerful characters and family dynamics that ring true for all brothers and sisters--vampire or otherwise!

By the stroke of midnight, Solange's fate will be sealed, one way or another.

About the Author

When not writing, Alexandra Harvey is a belly dancer and jewelry-maker. She lives in an old farmhouse in Mono, Ontario with her husband, hawk and two dogs.

Buy Hearts at Stake by Alexandra Harvey - $16.99

Early Grades and Picture Books

The Night Fairy By Laura Amy Schlitz  $16.99
illustrated by Angela Barrett
Age 7 and up

Just released! From Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz and world-renowned illustrator Angela Barrett comes an exhilarating new adventure — and a thoroughly original fairy who is a true force of nature.

What would happen to a fairy if she lost her wings and could no longer fly? Flory, a young night fairy no taller than an acorn and still becoming accustomed to her wings — wings as beautiful as those of a luna moth — is about to find out.

What she discovers is that the world is very big and very dangerous. But Flory is fierce and willing to do whatever it takes to survive. If that means telling others what to do — like Skuggle, a squirrel ruled by his stomach — so be it. Not every creature, however, is as willing to bend to Flory's demands.

Readers will delight in Flory's resourcefulness in finding food, clothing, and transportation and enjoy her brash personality, which softens as she makes friends. Culminating with Flory's brave act of saving a hummingbird, this story reveals how handicaps can be overcome through quick thinking and determination.

About the Author and Illustrator

Author Laura Amy Schlitz is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! She is also the author of A Drowned Maiden's Hair, The Hero Schlieman, and The Bearskinner. She lives in Baltimore, where she is a school librarian.

Illustrator Angela Barrett studied at the Royal College of Art in England with Quentin Blake and is one of Britain's most highly acclaimed illustrators. She has won the Smarties Book Prize and the W. H. Smith Illustration Award for her work and has illustrated more than twenty-four books for children, including classic tales, fairy tales, biographies, story collections, and picture books. She lives in London.

Buy The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz - $16.99

Early Grades and Picture Books

Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham   $15.99
illustrated by Juan Wijngaard
Age 4 and up

A Junior Library Guild Selection! Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet and his wife, Graham, team up for a captivating, lushly illustrated tale evoking a Chinese legend.

Tashi lives in a tiny village at the foot of the mountains, below the tea plantations where her mother works. When her mother falls ill, Tashi goes alone to the plantation, hoping to earn money for the doctor. But she is far too small to harvest the tender shoots, and her clumsy efforts anger the cruel Overseer. She is desolate, until — chack-chack-chack — something extraordinary happens.

Inspired by a centuries-old legend of tea-picking monkeys, here is a richly told tale full of vivid characters: the heartless Overseer, the enigmatic Royal Tea Taster, and, far away, an Empress with a penchant for tea.

About the Author

Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet and his wife Elspeth Graham live in Devon, England. Mal Peet's first novel Keeper, a seamless blend of magic realism and exhilarating soccer action, won the 2004 Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestlé Smarties Book Award, and was selected as an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Tamar, his second book for young adults, is a riveting novel of World War Two, and his Penalty is a follow-up novel to Keeper.

Buy Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham - $15.99