Monday, August 26th: Three Seattle Authors

Paula Becker is the author of a book about one of the Northwest's best-known authors: Looking for Betty Macdonald: The Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I. Shauna M. Ahern wrote Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef: a Love Story with 100 Tempting Recipes and Enough: Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It. Priscilla Long has written The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, 624-6600, http://elliottbaybook.com, 7 pm, free.

Tuesday, August 27th: Wastelands Reading

See our Event of the Week column for more details.

University Book Store,  4326 University Way N.E., 634-3400, http://www2.bookstore.washington.edu/, 6:30 pm, free.

Wednesday, August 28th: The Long Accomplishment Reading

Rick Moody read in Seattle over a decade ago and it was a real chore to sit through because the story was really self-indulgent and repetitive. But many people like Moody, who is a darling of the east coast literary scene. Maybe you'll like his new book about his second marriage, The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony? I mean, I probably won't. But maybe you will? Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, 624-6600, http://elliottbaybook.com, 7 pm, free.

Thursday, August 29th: High Voltage Women Reading

Ellie Belew is the author of High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light. It's an intensely researched local history about the proud lineage of women pioneers in the Seattle-area utility. Third Place Books Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, 474-2200, http://thirdplacebooks.com, 7 pm, free.

Labor Day Weekend: Bumbershoot

The end-of-summer arts festival includes a few podcast tapings and a presentation from the Hair Flip Comix newsletter. https://bumbershoot.com