Psyched to be teaching Hugo House this fall! hugohouse.org/store/class/sc…

Join us, tonight!

🚨💳GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! 💳🚨 I've got 10 X $50 gift cards to @elliottbaybooks. (They ship anywhere in the US!) What are you reading now? Comment below, I'll pick 10 random winners 8/14. #indiebookstores #USPSisEssential #readingisessential elliottbaybook.com

🚨💳GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! 💳🚨 I've got 10 X $50 gift cards to @elliottbaybooks. (They ship anywhere in the US!) What are you reading now? Comment below, I'll pick 10 random winners 8/14. #indiebookstores #USPSisEssential #readingisessential elliottbaybook.com

Yay, I’m teaching Hugo House this fall. Enrollment begins today. On Zoom, so open to all! hugohouse.org/store/class/sc…

A group of us just studied BELOVED with Christopher, and it was transformative! Now it's your turn... SO worth it. xx

Monday, 9/21 6PT. SO excited to be talking about this modern masterpiece with brilliant sweetie-pie Ayad Akhtar. Monday, 9/21 6PT. Sign up to watch, the price is right: free! But be dolls and buy a book Elliott Bay Book Co. …. elliottbaybook.com/event/ayad-akh…

A Republican who is voting for Joe sent this to me and said it was circulating in a Facebook group of hers with other Republican’s voting for Joe and was having a major impact with her friends and family. I wanted to share it with you. I think the description is spot on:

So excited to be taking these classes, this Sunday and next, with the always brill Garth Greenwell. Need you some style? Perhaps you'll join, too.... theshipmanagency.com/classes/craft-… Garth Greenwell @shipman_agency

Thank you, Claire! If anyone's looking for inspiration, I post book recs on my Instagram. #readingisresistance

🚨📚💻GIFTCARD GIVEAWAY!!💻📚🚨Who says #cybermonday means buying books on Amazon? How bout shopping online at your local indie? To get into the spirit, I'm giving away 5 giftcards to Elliott Bay Book Co. on Insta. (They ship anywhere.) instagram.com/mariasemple/ #shoplocal #indiebooks

Head over to my Instagram to win gift cards! Cyber Monday can still mean #shoplocal. Elliott Bay Book Co. ships anywhere. Let's show our indies some love. #indiebooks instagram.com/mariasemple/

Feeling this, too...

🎁🚨📚Giving away my favorite hardcover fiction of 2020 on Instagram, sent to you from the indie of your choice. Can’t wait to see you at author events in 2021! ❤️ #ShopLocal #indiebooks Ayad Akhtar Jess Walter @lilykingbooks Anthony Horowitz

I signed up for this with my daughter. Baby's first Vonnegut. Okay, Mom's too. (Embarrassed to admit, but so it goes. See, I've done my reading!) See you there? xx

Semple-ly amazing throw! Thanks to New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter Maria Semple for throwing out today’s first pitch.

We love him as a teacher, essayist, short-story writer, and infectious enthusiast. Seattle, let's show some love for Steve Almond as a debut novelist! So excited for this IN PERSON event at Hugo House with one of my all-time faves.

"My pal Nina Stibbe ... The funniest person who owns a computer" - Ann Patchett Join Nina Stibbe discussing her new novel, One Day I Shall Astonish The World, with Maria Semple at Parnassus Books tomorrow! 8pm UK time/2pm Central Time. Details here: parnassusbooks.net/event/virtual-…

Seattle! Join me this weekend 4 the inaugural Town Hall Seattle Lit Fest! Crazycool lineup: Ted Chiang Joyce Carol Oates Siddhartha Mukherjee @DavidQuammen Lan Samantha Chan @OscarHokeah Leila Mottley (and me in convo w) Sloane Crosley Just announced...all-weekend passes $10! townhallseattle.org/volumefestival/

This was fun!