Author Matthew Simmons celebrates the publication of his new collection of short stories, Happy Rock (Dark Coast Press, 2013), with a reading and party.The characters in these quirky intelligent stories hoist the banner of solitude and misfit wit from the vast remote recesses of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.Young lovers discern self-revealing events in celestial skies. A

Pens, paper, Microsoft Word—these are the typical tools of a writer. Tonight, an intrepid herd of writers, Bill Carty, Kathleen Flenniken, Matt Gano, Rachel Kessler, Arlene Kim, Erin Malone, Sierra Nelson, David Schmader, Greg Stump, and Anastacia-Renee, puts down the pen and clicks up the PowerPoint, presenting brand-new slideshows inspired by the PechaKucha format. The

FIRST BOOK-SEATTLE INVITES KIDS AND KIDS AT HEART TO SECOND ANNUAL ALL-AGES STORYTIME  Chef Tamara Murphy, a Seattle Sounders player, Anna Banana Freeze from the Massive Monkees and New Day Northwest host Margaret Larson are among celebrity readers taking part in First Book Seattle’s second annual fundraiser ‘What Was Your First Book?’ ‘What Was Your First