I hope you've heard that Seattle will have a Bookfest starting again this year!
http://www.seattlebookfest.com/index.php
From their site:
Remember the old Northwest Bookfestival on the waterfront?
How much fun it was? Well, it's about to happen again!
Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood is bringing it back October 24-25 at the Columbia City Event Center, a former school that's one block from the new Columbia City light rail station.
The resurrected fair will feature more than 100 local authors, including poets and writers of fiction, nonfiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, and children's books. In addition, the fair will showcase over 50 area bookstores, nonprofits, and small but influential publishers as exhibitors. There is also a long list of panels, workshops and special events including a spelling bee, SCRABBLE contests, bookbinding demo, and a How-to-Write-a-Novel-in-a-Month workshop.
Check out the list of authors that will be attending:
http://www.seattlebookfest.com/authors.php
If there are enough local bloggers interested, we could organize a meet-up at a certain time at the book fair. Anyone interested?