Your Empress Of Information Says Happy Holidays To All!

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Happy Holidays to each and every one of our fine bookworms out there! Can you believe it’s almost 2010? (and isn’t that the “Year... [Read more]

Heard Of “Speed Dating”? How About “Read Dating”? It’s Coming To Burien Oct. 12th

Heard of Speed Dating? How about Read Dating?The King County Library System is hosting an evening of fun, books and possibly romance at 7pm on Monday, Oct. 12th at Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub in Burien.... [Read more]

Book Signing & Wine Tasting With Seattle Cop/Author Neil Low At Vino Bello Sept. 11th

BTB Advertiser Vino Bello is holding a special Book Signing & Wine Tasting on Friday, Sept. 11th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm with Author Neil Low, who will be signing his new book “Sign of the Dragon.” Neil... [Read more]

New Book Being Written On 3 Tree Point; Authors Seek Help

A new book recapping over 100 years of life at Burien’s Three Tree Point is now in the developmental and research stage by husband and wife authors and longtime residents Guy and Pam Harper.

Beginning with the early Native American days, Three Tree Point (aka “Point Pulley”) was used extensively for meeting areas, feasts and potlatches. It provided an excellent stop over point for the Native canoes when traveling between the northern and southern Puget Sound waters as the area was particularly abundant with fresh water, clams, salmon and fine camping grounds…

NY Times Best-Selling Author Sets Latest Novel In Burien

by Scott Schaefer

That’s New York Times best-selling Author Robert Dugoni above on the left, along with Burien businessman Dan House, right. Dugoni has incorporated the Burien area into his latest novel, “Wrongful Death,” including this pivotal scene set in House’s The Tin Room:

Dugoni will be celebrating his creative ties to Burien with a reading and book-signing party at The Tin Room at 6pm on Wednesday, May 6th…

Empress Of Information Says: “Design A New Library Card!”

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Happy Spring my sprouting B-Town Bookworms from your Empress of Information! LIBRARY CARD CONTEST: Create the next new Library Card! That’s... [Read more]

“Growing Up In Rat City & Beyond” Excerpt & Book Signing

Burien's Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it. Recently we’ve been posting excerpts from longtime Burien resident, architect, artist and now author... [Read more]

Your Empress Of Information Is Thankful *And* Giving

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Greetings again Dear Readers from your very own Burien Library’s Empress of Informationâ„¢! I am certain that, like me, you’re all... [Read more]

Artist/Photog Chris Jordan At Woodmont Library Tonight

Seattle-based Environmental Artist/Photographer Chris Jordan will be speaking tonight (Thursday, Nov. 13th at 7pm) at the Woodmont Branch of the King County Library, located at 26809 Pacific Highway South... [Read more]

EXCERPT: “Growing Up In Rat City & Beyond” Part 2

Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it. by Scott Schaefer Last week we posted the first excerpt from longtime Burien resident, architect, artist and now author Alexander... [Read more]

EXCERPT: “Growing Up In Rat City And Beyond”

Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it. by Scott Schaefer Alexander Sasonoff is a longtime Burien resident whose acronym could easily be “AAA” –... [Read more]

Dr. Mehmet Oz Coming To SeaTac Oct. 4th

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a regular on The Oprah Winfrey Show and one of the world’s most influential people according to Time magazine, will be the featured speaker at Highline Medical Center’s Women’s... [Read more]

Holocaust Survivor To Speak At Historical Society Aug. 10th

The Highline Historical Society is sponsoring a very special presentation this Sunday, Aug. 10th, from 2pm–4pm at SeaTac City Hall (4800 S. 188th, SeaTac – map below) with Henry Friedman,... [Read more]

Author Debbie Macomber To Spin Yarn At Burien’s Yarn Stash

Bonnie at The Yarn Stash tells us that they’re very excited to have world-renowned Author Debbie Macomber slated to appear in-store this coming Wed. July 23rd, from 3:30pm on at their store located... [Read more]