Paul Doyle Loves Books

Now a local entre­pre­neur has pro­posed a 2009 ver­sion [of the North­west Book­fest]. Paul Doyle, direc­tor of Colum­bia City Cin­ema, says he’s recruit­ing authors and book­sellers for a neigh­bor­hood book fes­ti­val: If plans firm up, Colum­bia City’s 2009 Seat­tle Book­fest will be both a book fes­ti­val and a fundraiser for the cin­ema, an inde­pen­dently owned neigh­bor­hood theater.

Doyle said he was moti­vated by “a com­bi­na­tion of things: one, I missed the old fair, and two, we were look­ing for a sig­na­ture event for the com­mu­nity and a fundraiser for the cinema.”

The Colum­bia City event is planned for the week­end of Oct. 24 – 25. Doyle says he’s already signed up local authors Garth Stein (“The Art of Rac­ing in the Rain”); Nancy Rawles (“My Jim”); Jen­nie Short­ridge (“Love and Biol­ogy at the Cen­ter of the Uni­verse”); Michael Gru­ber (“The Forgery of Venus”) and Jerome Gold (“Para­noia and Heart­break: Fif­teen Years in a Juve­nile Facil­ity”). The event would be held at the Colum­bia City Event Cen­ter, a his­toric school build­ing at 3526 S. Edmunds, a block off Rainier and a block from the Colum­bia City Light Rail Station.

via Books | New prospects for the return of Book­fest | Seat­tle Times News­pa­per.

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