Congratulations to Third Place Books, which is holding grand opening celebrations for its third store, Third Place Seward Park, in Seattle, Wash., this Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22. Events include a range of book signings with authors, including Maria Semple (Where'd You Go Bernadette?); Tim Egan (Immortal Irishman); Garth Stein (Sudden Light); Tom Nissley (Reader's Book of Days); Ken Jennings (Dinosaurs, Junior Genius Guide); Jim Lynch (Before the Wind); and Johnny Evison (This Is Your Life Harriet Chance).
Third Place has stores in Lake Forest Park, Wash., and in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle. Its Seward Park store, a 7,200-square-foot space that has been extensively renovated, will sell new and used books and include Raconteur, a restaurant created by the owners of the Flying Squirrel Pizza Company, which has three locations, including one in Seward Park.