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Buckle up, October is packed with events - local authors readings, special launches, book clubs, and more! by @kingsbooks

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Take a trip back to 🗣️the 90s🎶 with comedian, viral sensation, and author Kevin James Thornton! His new memoir “Big Baby: On Endings, Beginnings, and an Interdimensional Cat” is a hilarious, heartfelt story of growing up in a Christian fundamentalist church, turning trauma into comedy, and finding your own way. Tickets available at @tacomacomedyclub tacomacomedyclub.com and he will be signing books after the show! by @kingsbooks

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When: Saturday and Sunday November 21 & 22, from 11-4
Where: King’s Books
218 St Helens Ave, Tacoma

Join us all weekend long! With a different line-up each day, and almost 40 artists to choose from, you are sure to find many amazing treasures. We can’t wait to see you!

Watch this space for updates on all of our artists and vendors.

Thank you @erika_rier for the amazing poster! by @kingsbooks

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‘Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle’ by Paul de Barros is the definitive story of Seattle’s early jazz scene. Celebrate the release of this new edition with us at @tacomalibrary Main Branch on October 14! by @kingsbooks

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Join poet Weston Morrow (Cloud Builder) and writer Chris Vanjonack (Out of Body) as they read from and talk about their debut books! by @kingsbooks

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Join us on Oct 7 at 6pm for a reading by forestry poet Robert Perschel! Here are a series of essays, stories, and poems emerging from the natural world 🌲 by @kingsbooks

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This Friday I’ll be joining several fantastic writers (@zobecquer @sunspilledink & @_ambalievable_ ) for a night of literary experimentation. I’ll be reading from a collection of short stories and poems called Instructions on Remembering. And I’ll be performing original live music (the song you’re hearing now). Explore the depths with us October 2nd at 6pm at King’s Books in Tacoma.

Here’s one of the poems I’ll be reading this Friday:

Rearrange time, question your entire life, keep an eye on the unending mystery she said. I will cross Death with you, a trip to an emerald garden, to life continued. Let me go home my longtime friend.

This poem is sourced from Murder, She Wrote; Death on the Emerald Isle, by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran, and it was purchased at King’s Books, where you can join us this Friday! I’ll have prints available for purchase of this poem as well as a few others I’ll be reading.

Thanks for listening, and I look forward to seeing you all on Friday. Love ya, Sasha. taken in King's Books by @kingsbooks

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Come for the books. Enter another world. Join us on Friday Oct 2 at 6pm for a reading of Runtimes - a celebration through writing, speculative worlds, and literary experimentation. by @kingsbooks

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Join us for the Tacoma Reads 2026 headline event at UW Tacoma on October 1st! Daisy Hernández, in conversation with Mayor Anders Ibsen, will be discussing Hernández’s book Citizenship and how we define ourselves as a country and a people. We’ll be on hand selling books as well! by @kingsbooks

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Join us to raise a class to the legacy of Frank Herbert on what would be his 106th birthday and the 61st anniversary of the publication of Dune! Come in costume and try to win a copy of Dune in Croation for your collection. @proof_tacoma will be serving cocktails inspired by the series 🥂 by @kingsbooks

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We had a “ruff” start to the summer, but are so glad to be back at it!

Join us from 6-8pm on October 6 at @kingsbooks for the official launch of the Queer Tails project. A limited number of prints, including the final version of these RUFFS, will be available for purchase.

Come dressed as your favorite queer critter and win prizes in our costume contest.

Queer Tails is a letterpress printed ABC series celebrating queerness and gender diversity in the animal queendom. From the minds of @springtidepress and @beverlyqueery and @mediumwhelmed.

This project is funded in part by Tacoma Artist Initiative Project (TAIP). by @kingsbooks

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MEET THE READERS ✦

We’re getting closer to RUNTIMES_ Reading & Celebration, so it’s time to meet the writers who’ll be bringing their work into the room.

Join Blue Cactus Press + loyal.industries for an evening at the edges of possibility, celebrating Lorenzo Bécquer’s Runtimes alongside readings from Sasha Victor, Rae Miqueli, and Ambalila Hemsell. Each writer will share work of their own, and music will find its way into some of the readings along the way.

✦ SASHA VICTOR

Sasha Victor writes surreal poetry and fiction, plays the trombone in multiple bands, and creates mixed media art. You can find him on Instagram @sashavictor0_o or on TikTok @sashaspoetrylounge

✦ RAE MIQUELI

Rae Miqueli is an experimental poet and writer. They enjoy doing somatic painting, crocheting, and movement. They are passionate about protecting and preserving all living and non-living beings. Connect w/ them @sunspilledink .

✦ AMBALILA HEMSELL

Ambalila Hemsell is a writer, musician, and educator from Colorado and India. She is the author of the poetry collection Queen in Blue, and the lead singer of the band Sea Wolf. She lives in Tacoma, WA with her two children and her beloved cat, where she teaches high school English.

✦ LORENZO BÉCQUER

Lorenzo Bécquer is a Colombian American writer and producer, his debut novel Runtimes is out now on Vega Books / loyal.industries. You can find him on instagram @zobecquer and hear some of his post capitalism neo noir apocalitpic dadcore techno boom bap rap shit on Soundcloud @zobecquer, con mucho sabor.

Come hear writers you know, discover work you don’t, and gather around books, other worlds, and new possibilities.

RUNTIMES_ READING & CELEBRATION
Friday, October 2 · 6 PM
King’s Bookstore · 218 St. Helens Ave, Tacoma
Hosted by Chris Vega of Blue Cactus Press
Free · No RSVP · Just show up

Copies of Runtimes, along with books and related works by the featured writers, will be available for purchase throughout the evening. taken in King's Books by @kingsbooks

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