Kip will appear in conversation with Seattle poet Elizabeth Austen, to discuss Kip’s debut novel Shoal Water. Signed books will be available for purchase. We hope you'll join us !

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"A haunting, lyrical, and startling debut novel set in a close-knit Nova Scotian fishing village. In these treacherous currents, selkies and a drowned villager's ghost greet a young American woman, Kate, as she escapes New York City life, disillusioned by the Vietnam War and her troubled past. Through an unexpected love triangle, a family disaster-at-sea, Kate searches for home. Shoal Water is a revelation of the changeling characters of sea and self--a poignant reminder that survival is not ever as predictable as the tides." -- Brenda Peterson, author of the New York Times "Notable Book of the Year, Duck and Cover.

Kip Robinson Greenthal worked as a librarian in schools and public libraries for over 18 years. In 1993, she founded and served as the first director of the award-winning Seattle Arts and Lectures "Writers in the Schools" program. A longtime resident of Seattle, she has participated in the Jack Straw Writers Program and was awarded a residency at Hedgebrook. She now lives and writes on Lopez Island. More information (and a song composed by Stanley Greenthal HERE)

Former Washington State Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen is the author of Every Dress a Decision (Blue Begonia Press), two chapbooks, and an audio CD. Poems from her next collection-in-progress appeared recently in the New England Review and Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota’s Garden. Elizabeth provided on-air poetry commentary and interviews for NPR affiliate KUOW for nearly 20 years.