We just got word about a couple of cool events coming up at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE):
On Thursday evening, February 25th at 7 pm, Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, a pioneer in vision therapy for more than 30 years, will be speaking and signing her new book See It. Say It. Do It! The Parent’s [...]

Ooooh, check it out!
We just got word that author Rick R. Reed, the “Stephen King of gay horror,” lives in Green Lake! And, even better, the protagonist of his latest novel, The Blue Moon Cafe, is also a Green Laker.
Thanks for putting us on the map, Rick! Can’t wait to read the book.

On Saturday, February 13th from 10-3, Mockingbird Books [7220 Woodlawn Ave NE] is hosting Kids (Heart) Books, a Valentine event with some of our favorite local authors and illustrators who you will LOVE meeting. Come and talk to them about their books, which will be available for purchase and autographing. Our guests will be Anderson, [...]

There’s a great little book out there, available for purchase directly from the author and for checkout at the Seattle Public Library.
Trees of Green Lake, written and published by Arthur Lee Jacobson in 1992, begins with this charming declaration of intent:
In March 1992, there were 2,472 trees [at Green Lake Park], of 162 different kinds.  [...]

We received the following news from reader Michele Graves:
Local writer Marcia Woodard has published a humorous essay in an anthology about women and exercise that mentions Green Lake. I bet we could all tell some tales about our attempts to get fit at Green Lake, but Marcia has done it in print. Here are details:
Edmonds [...]

Coming Friday, January 8th to the Roosevelt Square Whole Foods (1026 NE 64th St):

Thrive Fitness Book Signing & Lecture with Brendan Brazier
12:00pm to 2:00pm Free
Brendan, a world renowned vegan Ironman Triathlete, has a new book that prepares you for a real world vegan-based training program for maximum strength, health and fitness. As the formulator of the Vega [...]

The ice cover at Green Lake’s east beach was inpenetrable (by kids and dads hurling rocks and chunks of ice), but the rime at west beach could barely support a couple ducks, let alone scare off seven poets. Check out the Poetess at Green Lake’s full summary of Saturday’s second annual Poetry Polar Bear Plunge. [...]

Local author Karin de Weille is planning a new session of her weekly writing workshop, to begin in late January.  These workshops take place in the intimacy of her home, in nearby Ravenna.
Please visit her website www.karindeweille.com.  If you’re interested or have any questions, drop her a line at karin [at] karindeweille [dot] com.
Weekly workshop: [...]

Got some extra towels in your linen closet?  Why not give them a shot at literary glory? Mylinda sent in the following:
Wanted: Towels to dry off cold poets!
They will be reading their frosty lines on Saturday December 12th, then jumping into the lake ~ brrrrr ~ and we need some warm snugglies to wrap [...]

Welcome Heather, new My Green Lake writer!  Heather is a fabulous and prolific yelper who has very kindly offered to share her Green Lake reviews with us as they go live.
Her latest:
Mockingbird Books and Finch Café – 4 stars
7220 Woodlawn Ave NE
(206) 518-5886
This little bookstore fits right in for young, quaint, and cute aspiring readers.
It [...]