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Seattles community cookbook store opens in fremont. A community cookbook store, will open in the fremont neighborhood in seattle in october. Comprehensive listings of book readings, author signings, and lectureswith expert suggestions. The good life with richard wilkinson and kate pickett. She was the force behind kim ricketts book events, bringing books to life and introducing them to everyone from her three children to a cast of thousands. On march 16th david grann will be at the pan pacific hotel to discuss his new book the devil and sherlock holmes. Kim ricketts book events events, kim ricketts book events, nonprofit events. This amazing new series, the good life, has been created by kim ricketts book events and the warren report, and is supported by sponsorship from bastyr university, tom douglas restaurants, seattle s child, theo chocolate, conscious choice seattle and lush life floral. Director of marketing, kim ricketts book events, greater seattle area previous. Search for other book stores in seattle on the real yellow pages.
Kim ricketts book events llc 4252 fremont ave n seattle wa 98103. The book larder, a new cookbook store and events space and the only store between san francisco and vancouver, bc to sell cookbooks exclusively, opened this week to much fanfare my friend, lara hamilton, is the owner, and her eye for quirky, useful, esoteric and lesserknown cookbooks is impeccable. After returning to her hometown of seattle, she worked as publicity manager for kim ricketts book events, before going on to to join the team at girl friday productions as their executive director of social media and marketing. Kim ricketts book events 711 n 35th st ste 207, seattle. Kim ricketts book events 711 n 35th st ste 207 seattle, wa. Through her kim ricketts book events, she brought the most interesting and the most highprofile authors to town and they were not always the. This amazing new series, the good life, has been created by kim rickettsbook events and the warren report, and is supported by sponsorship from bastyr university, tom douglas restaurants, seattles. According to her website, kim founded book events in july of 2003 with the goal of connecting authors and books with readers in a wide variety of nontraditional venues, from corporate campuses to cocktail parties.
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May 01, 2011 kim ricketts kim ricketts lost her courageous battle with amyloidosis on april 25, 2011, at the age of 53. This amazing new series, the good life, has been created by kim ricketts book events and the warren report, and is supported by sponsorship from bastyr university, tom douglas restaurants, seattle s. Kim ricketts, a leader in both the food and books communities of seattle and a board trustee of the greater seattle chamber of commerce, has died of cancer at the age of 53. Big congrats to lara hamilton, whose new store, the book larder. Lara was in the midst of buying kim ricketts book events when kim. After leaving her job as events coordinator at the university book store, the gregarious live wire has. View monique shiras profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Apr 26, 2011 on monday seattle lost kim ricketts, founder of kim ricketts book events and former events coordinator at the university book store.
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