Just a friendly warning from your book-loving friends here at Seattlest: if you were planning on picking up some final summertime reading next weekend, you'll be out of luck. more ›

People shot in South Seattle last night, potentially longer bar hours, more Kemperwatch, a series of alleged Fred Meyer gropings, an admitted child molester being allowed to watch his own video evidence, libraries, A LOT OF TOLLS and more in this morning's headlines. more ›

"You could say that this book is about what happens when you give your rites of passage a body-swerve." more ›

OCEAN JUNK: Saturday Curtis Ebbesmeyer reads from his new book Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science at the Central Library. Ebbesmeyer is a very smart guy studying a very disturbing and very new topic: ocean-borne trash. If anyone can figure out where those severed feet that washed up around Puget Sound came from, it’s him. A must for anyone concerned about the state of the oceans. more ›

SPL estimates that the closure will save them $650,000--over half of the budget cuts they're making this fiscal year. Impressive, and if it keeps the library afloat, we're all for it--but where else are we going to get our free media? more ›