Seattle Reads Podcasts
Listen to recordings of past Seattle Reads author talks, book discussions and other community events from our annual “one city, one book” program.
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2012 Seattle Reads Amy Waldman, May 5
Amy Waldman's acclaimed debut novel asks hard questions about the American values of tolerance, diversity, and community. Amy discusses "The Submission" at the Ballard Branch as part of Seattle Reads. Recorded on May 5, 2012.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 21.13MB] [Play time: 0 hr 46 min]
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2012 Seattle Reads Amy Waldman, May 4
Amy Waldman's acclaimed debut novel asks hard questions about the American values of tolerance, diversity, and community. Amy discusses "The Submission" at the Central Library as part of Seattle Reads. Recorded on May 4, 2012.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 27.46MB] [Play time: 0 hr 59 min]
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2011 Seattle Reads Chris Cleave at Beacon Hill Branch, May 14
Chris Cleave speaks at the Beacon Hill Branch about "Little Bee" as part of the 2011 Seattle Reads program. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "Little Bee," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Recorded on May 14, 2011.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 17 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 36 min]
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2011 Seattle Reads Main Event with Chris Cleave, May 13
Join us for the main event of Seattle Reads "Little Bee": An Evening with Chris Cleave. Two narrators tell a story, both heartbreaking and heartwarming, about how their lives are forever changed and linked when they meet one fateful day on a beach in Nigeria: Little Bee, a young Nigerian refugee in the UK, and Sarah, posh British magazine editor and mother of four-year-old Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. Recorded on May 13, 2011.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 28 MB] [Play time: 1 hr 01 min]
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2010 Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': Main Event with Author Laila Lalami
Author Laila Lalami read from and discussed "Secret Son" for the main event of Seattle Reads on May 7, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 39 MB] [Play time: 1 hr 25 min]
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2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Main Event with Nancy Rawles
Nancy Rawles spoke on "Living with Passion" for the main event of Seattle Reads "My Jim" on May 22, 2009 at the Central Library.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 72 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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2009 Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Contemporary African-American Writing
Two authors, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Attica Locke, discussed contemporary African-American writing on May 15, 2009 at the Central Library.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 69 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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2008 Seattle Reads Main Event: An evening with Dinaw Mengestu
Dinaw Mengestu spoke on "Exile, Imagination, and the American Dream" for the main event of the 2008 Seattle Reads series on May 9 at the Central Library. Set in a poor neighborhood in Washington, D.C., Dinaw Mengestu's award-winning novel tells a story of the African immigrant experience through three main characters: narrator Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian immigrant, who runs a small corner grocery store, and his friends, Joseph, from the Congo, and Kenneth, from Kenya. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities.Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 67 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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2007 Seattle Reads - An evening with Jhumpa Lahiri in conversation with Nancy Pearl
In this ninth year of the "Seattle Reads" series, The Seattle Public Library selected "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Lahiri visited Seattle May 14-15, to talk with readers about her critically acclaimed first novel.
Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl, former director of the Washington Center for the Book, bestselling author, and regular commentator on National Public Radio and KUOW, interviewed Lahiri on stage at Town Hall.View the video [play time: 1 hour, 11 minutes]
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Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 61 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]
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2007 Seattle Reads - Writing India in the Pacific Northwest
Join the Library for a discussion with local South Asian novelists Bharti Kirchner and Indu Sundaresan that took place on Wednesday, April 25 at the Central Library. The program is part of "Seattle Reads: 'The Namesake."Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 37 MB] [Play time: 0 hr 00 min]