SPEAKER SERIES | SPRING 2026
Authors, poets and naturalists share their latest works celebrating the natural world
Presented by NORTH CASCADES INSTITUTE, VILLAGE BOOKS of Bellingham and THIRD PLACE BOOKS of Seattle
SPECIAL EVENTS
When The Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
Suzanne Simard in conversation with Jessica Hernandez
In partnership with Third Place Books
MARCH 30, 7 PM at Lake Forest Park location
The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary
Terry Tempest Williams in conversation with Brenda Miller In partnership with Village Books
APRIL 11, 6 PM at Sehome High School, Bellingham
In The Spirits of Right and Respectful Relations: Conversations About Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being in Nature
Kurt Russo, Se'Si'Le Director
Feb 10, 7 pm at Third Place Books, Seward Park
When Tomorrow Burns
Tae Keller
March 3, 7 pm at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Carry the Flame: The Remarkable Story of the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School
Charles Luckmann
March 14, 2 pm at Village Books, Fairhaven
Unfathomable: 20 Wild (but True) Stories About the Ocean and Twelve Daring Grays: A Whale Migration Adventure
Mary Boone and Nora Nickum
Family Story Hour co-sponsored by The Salish Sea School
March 19, 6 pm at Third Place Books, Ravenna
The Bird with Flaming Red Feet
Maria Mudd Ruth
April 7, 7 pm at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
April 26, 4 pm at Village Books, Fairhaven
Seabirds As Sentinels: Auklets, Puffins, Shearwaters, and the View from Destruction Island
Eric Wagner
April 23, 7 pm at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Day Hiking Snoqualmie Pass and Day Hiking Olympic Peninsula
Tami Assars and Craig Romano
May 12, 7 pm at Third Place
Books, Lake Forest Park
May 13, 6 pm at Village Books, Fairhaven
Astonished By Beauty: A Field Guide to the Practice of Paying Attention
Thomas Lowe Fleischner
May 21, 7 pm at Third Place
Books, Seward Park
May 23, 6 pm at Village Books, Fairhaven