Award Winning Author, Dahr Jamail to speak on Climate Change
2023-10-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
Dahr Jamail will discuss the gravity of the climate crisis and share from his most recent book, ‘We are the Middle of Forever’ which includes interviews with 20 Indigenous people, perspectives, grounding and healing for these times. There will be a Q & A followed by a book signing. $10 suggested donation, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Literacy Breakfast with Nancy Pearl
2023-11-16 08:30 - 09:30
Join the Whatcom Literacy Council as we hear author and NPR commentator Nancy Pearl’s book recommendations for the year. Her suggested books will be on sale by Village Books.

Breakfast Club with The Hub
2023-12-07 07:30 - 09:00
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SPEAKER : Heather Simpson
Here’s what you can look forward to!
If you feel a lack of excitement, focus and joy in planning your business, career + life… it’s time to get in gear and IN FOCUS.
Heather Simpson is a business strategist that is here to remind you of the reasons you started your journey in the first place. Creating your plan for the next year doesn’t have to be a blah experience. Let’s infuse happiness into your process to get you thriving in all areas of your life!
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​New comer to our event? Don’t worry, we’ve got you! We are the real deal and will truly embrace you when you walk through the door. Connections + Community is what we are all about. Come see for yourself and feel the difference!
Event Details
Event Date: December 7th, 2023
Event Time: 7:30a-9:00a
Location: Her Connection Hub ✨NEW LOCATION ✨
1323 Commercial Street, Bellingham
👉 Bring your work with you | Our breakfast event tickets also include a day pass to work from Her Connection Hub, a coworking space for women. We invite you to bring your computer and stay for the day after the event is over. We will be giving tours of our new location after the event for those who’d like to do a walk through. We’ve got the WIFI and coffee ready for you to have the most productive day at the Hub!
👉 Not your traditional networking event | Please leave your business cards tucked away until after the event is over. We are creating a community and true connections first, and are excited to see relationships (both business and personal) build and grow because of it.
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Questions? Email our team at hello@herconnectionhub.com and we’d be happy to answer any questions you have.
We cannot wait to connect with you!
-The Hub 💕

Poetry Symposium
2024-04-06 13:00 - 14:30
Join us to kick off poetry month and celebrate two of our exhibitions Silva Cascadia: Under the Spell of the Forest & My Roots: Honoring the cultural identity of Skagit Valley’s under-resourced children. Local poets will read original works on the theme of “roots.”
RSVP at https://www.monamuseum.org/events/poetry-symposium-2024

Author Reading
2024-10-24 16:00 - 19:00
Join Asyia Gover, a local writer, artist, educator, and mediator, on Thursday, October 24th from 4-7 PM at the PNWaffle Boutique, located at 1230 Cornwall Avenue in historic downtown Bellingham.
Her poetry has appeared in the multimedia collection, SEXT, and anthology zines such as Love and Outrage. She and her feline familiar, Cora, have made a home in the liminal space between eastern and western Washington State. East Side Solitude is her first chapbook. You can find more of her work online at asyias.poetry.blog

Poetry Pop-Up Series | State Street (Bellingham)
2025-02-20 17:30 - 22:00
Experience Bellingham through poetry.
Presented by the Salish Sea Poetry Festival, this “crawl” of four local State Street hangouts connects poets and poetry groups with each other and the community.
Enjoy spoken poetry in a public house setting and taste local fare. Meet regional writers and learn about the groups that support them. Explore each stop with featured poets from the local writing groups below.
FOUR LOCATIONS, ONE DOWNTOWN STREET
5:30p Honey Moon Mead & Cider | 1053 N. State St. – Pacific Corner Poets’ Third Thursday
7:00p L&L Libations | 1107 N. State St. – Corridor
8:00p Ramble Tamble | 1313 N. State St. – HamLit
9:00p 20th Century Bowl | 1411 N. State St. – Idiom
Contact: SalishSeaPoetry@gmail.com

Dr. Kate Dee in conversation with Julie Trimingham- Med Spa Mayhem: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Secrets of the Aesthetic Industry
2025-02-23 17:00 - 18:00
Join Village Books in welcoming Dr. Kate Dee and Julie Trimingham to the Readings Gallery for Dr. Kate Dee’s debut memoir and exposé, Med Spa Mayhem: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Secrets of the Aesthetic Industry. Questions about Botox or Laser or Skin Care? Get the skinny on all that and more and join conversation.

Chanticleer Authors Conference and International Book Awards
2025-04-03 09:00 - 2025-04-06 05:00
Bellingham welcomes authors around the world to the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC2025). Learn from bestselling authors, including award-winning author J.D. Barker, in Masterclasses, Workshops, and Panels. Celebrate this year’s best books at the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) and meet the authors at the “Books by the Bay” Book Fair at Village Books – Fairhaven on Sunday, April 6th!
Find out more on the Chanticleer Book Reviews website.
Tickets required. Space is limited. Register today!

"Books by the Bay" Book Fair
2025-04-07 11:00 - 16:00
Meet award-winning authors, explore their latest releases, and celebrate the best books of 2025 at the “Books by the Bay” Book Fair on Sunday, April 6th at Village Books – Bellingham in Fairhaven!

Storytime on the bus!
2025-06-08 11:00 - 15:00
Join us at Blast from the Past for Storytime on the bus! Every hour from 11-3 Sunday in Hammer Heritage Square. Brought to you by Central Skagit Library and Skagit Transit.

Bull Kelp Monitoring in Whatcom County
2025-06-16 17:30 - 18:30
What is bull kelp and why does it matter?! Tune in to learn about the importance of bull kelp and the efforts to monitor and protect this marine species in Washington State.
Presented by: Jeff Whitty, Kelp Program Manager at the Northwest Straits Commission and Eleanor Hines, Whatcom County MRC Volunteer
Please register for this free event at whatcomwin.org/speaker-series

ANN AGUIRRE in Conversation with Sarah Hawley BOOK LAUNCH PARTY!
2025-06-17 18:00 - 19:00
Join Village Books in celebrating New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ann Aguirre newest book, I Think I’m in Love with an Alien! She will be in conversation with USA Today bestselling author Sarah Hawley. Don’t miss out on a fun event! Tickets guarantee you a seat and the cost entitles the reader to a voucher that can be spent on a book.

Diving Before Dawn Sandi Madison- Diving Before Dawn: A Dream Exploration
2025-10-11 16:00 - 17:00
Welcome local author Sandi Madison to the Readings Gallery for a book talk and interactive activity about her debut book, Diving Before Dawn: A Dream Exploration! What if the strangest dreams you’ve ever had hold answers to your biggest life challenges? ‘Diving Before Dawn: A Dream Exploration,’ explores insights, revelations, and the deep, metaphorical nature of dreams, demonstrating the innate knowledge hidden within our subconscious available to us nightly as inner wisdom for creative guidance.
Local author, Sandi Madison, has faithfully kept a dream journal for over fifty-four years. At sixteen, she became intrigued by the metaphorical language of dreams, began documenting their insights, and taught herself techniques for dream recall and interpretation. During the COVID-19 lockdown, she reviewed thirty-eight years of journals. Her journey into self-discovery told through her dream life, is the rich source of material from which Diving Before Dawn was born. Her ardent desire is to help others utilize their dreams as a rich resource of inner guidance. She currently lives in Bellingham, Washington. Follow her at https://sandimadison.com and @sandimadisonauthor on Instagram.

The Traveling Archivist: Eastern Oregon Book Reading and Q&A
2025-11-15 14:00 - 15:00
https://villagebooks.com/events/3484520251115
Join Village Books for a combined reading and Q&A with Mary B. Hansen about her newest book, The Traveling Archivist: Eastern Oregon! She will be bringing some archival materials for people to explore as she shares the inspiration of her book and how archives impact our lives and our futures.

“STILLS” Poetry Book Launch Party
2025-12-12 18:30 - 22:00
To kick off the year-long celebration, CASCADIA will host a launch party for a collaborative book project, “STILLS,” a poetry anthology inspired by the films of the 2025 festival, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, December 12 at Aslan Depot (1322 N. State St., Bellingham). The event will open with readings by a number of poets featured in the book, followed by live jazz music from 8 to 10 p.m. A special cider created for the event by Greenwood Cider of Seattle will be available on tap. Admission to the all ages event is free and open to the public.
With an introduction by Stefania Heim, poet and Associate Professor of Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in English at Western Washington University, this anthology connects the work of international film directors who presented at the 2025 festival to poetry, prose and art by noted poets from the Pacific Northwest and across the country, including Tobey Hiller, Julie Gard, Luther Allen, Arlene Naganawa, Jed Myers, Jeff Alessandrelli and J. I. Kleinberg.
Books will be available for purchase for $18 at the event from co-host Village Books. The books may also be purchased through CASCADIA’s website. Books purchased directly from CASCADIA through December will also receive a discount code to watch online free short films featured in the book during the month of January.

Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest
2026-03-01 19:00 - 21:00
The Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest will accept entries March 1-31. Whatcom Co. residents of all ages are invited to participate. Submission guidelines can be found at thepoetrydepartment.wordpress.com/contest
An award ceremony will be held May 28 at 7pm at Bellingham Cruise Terminal.

Chef Renee Erickson Author Talk and Book Signing
2026-04-30 17:30 - 20:00
Join us and special guest speaker Chef Renee Erickson on April 30th. Chef Renee will be in store from 5:30 – 8:00 pm, doing an Author talk from 6 – 6:30, and signing books until 8.
This ticket includes access to the entire event:
– Chef Renee Erickson Author Talk
– Glass of Wine
– Snack Plate made from recipes from “Sunlight and Breadcrumbs”
– Copy of “Sunlight and Breadcrumbs” (10% off retail price!) signed by the author
– Meet and Greet with Chef Renee Erickson
Find Tickets and more info at https://helaprovisions.com/

Authors Lara Messersmith Glavin and Caskey Russel in Conversation
2026-05-16 16:00 - 17:00
Saturday, May 16 • 4 PM – 5 PM BELLINGHAM, WA: Authors Lara Messersmith-Glavin in conversation with Caskey Russell for new book Ruiner.
Village Books and Paper Dreams Bookstore
1200 11th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Event link. Tickets start at $5.
Lara will be in conversation with Caskey Russell, author of The Door on the Sea, one of NPR’s picks for Best Book of 2025!
More about Lara Messersmith-Glavin:Lara Messersmith-Glavin (she/they) lives in the Pacific Northwest, where they write both nonfiction and speculative work, teach creative writing, coach movement practices for all bodies, and serve on the editorial board of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory magazine. While her true loves include forests, crows, and tide pools, she also collects languages, patterns, and magical objects.
Website: https://queenofpirates.netInstagram: @lara.messersmith.glavinMore upcoming events with Lara here.
More about Ruiner: linkRuiner is the first installment of the Tellers series, an epic fantasy of colliding worldviews that demands its fighters draw on all their resources to stop an encroaching extractivist power. It is a political fantasy where storytelling is combat magic and ordinary people must fight against exploitation and environmental destruction. Lush and complex, the story wrestles with trauma, ecological damage, the high cost of resistance, and the nature of violence.
Reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly as, “an ambitious speculative work” that “readers seeking surprising post apocalyptic fiction will want to check out.” An early reader on Netgalley called it, “visionary.”
More about Caskey:Caskey Russell was born and raised in Washington and has lived in Oregon, Iowa, Wyoming, and New Zealand. He is a father, a professor, a musician, and an enrolled member of the Tlingit Nation (Eagle / Kooyu Kwáan) of Alaska. He is the author of the Raven and Eagle Series, a fantasy trilogy based on Tlingit culture. The first book in the series, The Door on the Sea, was published in October of 2025 and was selected as one of NPR’s Best Books of 2025. It also won an Honorable Mention in the International Association for the Fantastic Arts Crawford Award. The second book in the series, The Eagle in the Mountain, will be released on September 22, 2026. The third book in the trilogy is slated to be released in the fall of 2027. His author’s website contains information about the series including a map and glossary: https://caskeyrussellbookeater.com
Instagram: @caskey_russell_author
