A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures
By Brooke Densmore Williams, Summer Book Bingo Player I look forward to Summer Book Bingo every year, and 2019 marks my fourth year of filling my book bingo card with books written by black, indigenous, POC, LGBTQIA+, and womxn-identifying authors. I have always been an avid reader, but I easily get into reading patterns and […]
By Danielle Palmer-Friedman The game is underway, and we’re set to read, play, and win. Here are some handy tips & tricks on how to master the 2019 Book Bingo Board this summer, straight from the SAL office: Use sticky-notes flags as markers, instead of writing the title directly on your board. The only […]
Everyone’s favorite free summer reading challenge is back for both adults and kids! Download your Adult Board here or your Kid Board here. Keep track of your summer reads from now until September 3, 2019 by writing the title and author in the matching square, and submit your board by mail, in person, or through […]
Are you planning to join us for the best book party of the summer? Celebrate the wrap-up of our free summer reading from 2:00 – 3:00 pm on Saturday, September 15, with our friends at The Seattle Public Library. Grab some bingo swag, eat cake, discuss your favorite summer reads with fellow Book Bingo-lovers, swap […]
Only twelve days remain to binge-read your way through the last of your board—2018 Summer Book Bingo ends on September 4th. If you’ve found yourself guiltily eyeing that American epic you planned to tackle at a more optimistic point in your summer, then Dr. Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs at the University […]
Wondering how to fill your “First in a Series” square for Summer Book Bingo? In this piece, featuring Elena Ferrante, Haruki Murakami, and more, local writer Julia Cook proves that you don’t have to re-enroll at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to get sucked into a great series this summer. Still need your bingo board? Download the […]
Still need to fill your “recommended by an independent bookseller” square for 2018 Summer Book Bingo? SAL spoke with several Puget Sound bookstore owners and employees who are on a mission to put the right books in the right hands. Read on for San Francisco activists, survivalist families, a Victorian haunting, and more bookseller-approved picks from BookTree Kirkland, […]
Summer Book Bingo, a joint program of Seattle Arts & Lectures and The Seattle Public Library, is designed to provide free summer reading fun for all ages. Last summer, participants read a whopping 10,870 books, submitting 668 entries and 323 blackouts—let’s do it again! Download the Adult Card or Kids Card and spend the summer of ’18 reading great books. By Alison Byrne […]
Summer Book Bingo, a joint program of Seattle Arts & Lectures and The Seattle Public Library, is designed to provide free summer reading fun for all ages. Last summer, participants read a whopping 10,870 books, submitting 668 entries and 323 blackouts—let’s do it again! Download the Adult Card or Kids Card and spend the summer of ’18 reading great books. By Michael Brown […]
By Stephany Kim, SAL Intern Summer has a way of beckoning us out of our daily routines and into adventure—in my case, I find myself restlessly drumming my fingers against my desk as I daydream about what lies beyond my lecture hall this season. I often look out the windows and imagine myself cruising through […]