Ivan Doig Tribute Reading
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Third Place Books, Town Center, upper level, intersection of Ballinger Way and Bothell Way, Lake Forest Park.
Join local authors Jonathan Evison, Garth Stein, and Stephanie Kallos in a special tribute reading from the work of beloved author Ivan Doig. They will read from Ivan's last novel Last Bus to Wisdom and share their memories of him.
Doig, who lived in Shoreline but wrote about pioneers in Montana, died in 2014. He may be best known for his memoir This House of Sky. His last novel, Last Bus to Wisdom (Hardcover), will be released on Tuesday. It can be ordered from Third Place Books, 206-366-3333.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ivan through his wife and my SCC English professor, Carol. I came to absolutely enjoy his books and was reading The Bartender's Tale when I received work of his passing into the Summerlands.
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