Literary Voices

A Friends of the Libraries Event

Literary Voices 2013 - A Smashing Success!

Thank you to all who attended and supported the Friends of the Libraries' eighth annual Literary Voices at the UW Club!

  • We raised over $40,000 for the Libraries Senior Conservator endowment
  • Garth Stein delivered an inspiring keynote speech
  • Raffle prizes included a tour for two of Vietnam
  • Event partners were UW Alumni Association, Speidel Underground Tour, Intrepid Travel and Seattle Weekly

photos below by John Pai

Guests at LV2013Betty Wagner and Belinda Louie
Buying Raffle Tickets Garth drawing raffle tickets
Garth Stein's table Martha Tucker and Garth Stein

    Garth Stein, Keynote Speaker

    Garth Stein is the author of the New York Times best selling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper, 2008). Now published in 30 languages, The Art of Racing in the Rain was the #1 BookSense selection for June, 2008, the Starbucks spring/summer 2008 book selection, and has been on the IndieBound bestseller list since its publication.

    Other Authors hosting tables:

    • Dean Adams
    • Sharon Cumberland
    • Claire Dederer
    • Kathleen Flenniken
    • Nalini Iyer
    • Diana E. James
    • Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
    • Clare Hodgson Meeker
    • Mahlon Meyer
    • Suzanne Morrison
    • Kevin O’Brien
    • Bill Porter (aka Red Pine)
    • Kurt Timmermeister
    • Adam Warren
    • Conrad Wesselhoeft
    • Marty Wingate

     

      More Information

      For more information or underwriting opportunities, please call 206-616-8397.

      Dennis AndersenEric Liu

      Ivan DoigLinda Bierds

      How to Find Us

      UW Club
      Directions
      Parking
      Maps
      Access Guide for Persons with Disabilities

      2012

      Rebecca Brown, keynote speaker
      Maid Adams, Jean Durining,
      Joan Singler, and Bettylou Valentine
      Kurt Armbruster
      David Barash
      Paula Becker and Alan Stein
      Misha Berson
      John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly
      Kathleen Flenniken
      Molly Gloss
      John Laursen
      Stephen Manes
      Karl Marlantes
      Donna Miscolta
      Richard Morrill
      Jennie Shortridge

      2011

      Erik Larson, keynote speaker
      Stephanie Coontz
      David Domke
      Charlotte Coté
      Ellen Forney
      Michael Gruber
      Gordon Hempton
      Michael Honey
      David Horsey
      Hanson Hosein  
      Stephanie Kallos
      Linda Johns
      Charles P. LeWarne  
      Lawrence Matsuda  
      Lorraine McConaghy
      Frances McCue
      Robin Chapman Stacey

      2010

      Timothy Egan, keynote speaker
      Paul Bannick
      Knute Berger
      Nicolette Bromberg
      Linda Chalker-Scott
      Ellen Dissanayake
      Curtis Ebbesmeyer
      Karen Fisher
      Lyanda Lynn Haupt
      Lesley Hazlelton
      Jim Lynch
      Heather McHugh
      Doug Nufer
      Art Thiel
      Coll Thrush
      Sasha Su-Ling Welland
      David B. Williams

      2009

      J.A. Jance, keynote speaker
      Kathleen Alcala´
      Bruce Barcott
      Daniel James Brown
      Charles R. Cross
      Madeline DeFrees
      Lauro Flores
      Lawrence Kreisman
      Marc Laidlaw
      Lynda Mapes
      Cliff Mass
      Ann Pancake
      Malcolm Parks
      Matt Ruff
      Peter Ward

      2008

      Sherman Alexie, keynote speaker
      Tony Angell
      Kit Bakke
      James A. Banks
      & Cherry McGee Banks
      Lance Bennett
      William Dietrich
      Paul Dorpat
      and Jean Sherrard
      Tess Gallagher
      Jack Hamann
      Maria Headley
      Susan Jeffords
      Ruth Kirk
      David Laskin
      Robert Schenkkan
      Alice Shorett
      Shawn Wong
      Robin Wright

      2007

      Pepper Schwartz, keynote speaker
      Greg Bear
      Michael Biggins
      Mark Jenkins
      Laura Kastner
      Joel Migdal
      David Montgomery
      Jeffrey Ochsner
      Nancy Pearl
      Maya Sonenberg
      Indu Sundaresan
      Woodruff “Woody” Sullivan III
      Solveig Torvik
      David Wagoner

      2006

      Charles Johnson, keynote speaker
      Dennis Andersen
      Gerald Baldasty
      Linda Bierds
      David Bosworth
      William Calvin
      Ivan Doig
      Valerie Easton
      Patricia Kuhl
      Margaret Levi
      Eric Liu
      Colleen J. McElroy
      Andrew Meltzoff
      Ronald Moore
      David Shields