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 Unfathomable: 20 Wild Day Hiking Snoqualmie and Respectful Relations: (but True) Stories About Pass and Day Hiking Conversations About the Ocean and Twelve Olympic Peninsula Indigenous Ways Daring Grays: A Whale Tami Assars and Craig Romano of Knowing and Being Migration Adventure in Nature May 12, 7 pm at Third Place Mary Boone and Nora Nickum 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
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
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
Eric Wagner April 23, 7 pm at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
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