We're zooming today from the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people, specifically the Duwamish people. We encourage you to find out more about and support the programs of the Lushootseed Language and Cultural Center.“We sacrificed our land to make the City of Seattle a beautiful reality.We are still waiting for our justice.” ​- Cecile Hansen, Chairwoman of DuwamishTribe.We encourage you to find out more about the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center: https://www.realrentduwamish.org/Learn more about Lushootseed Language and Culture: http://lushootseedresearch.org/index.phpLushootseed Research is dedicated to sustaining Lushootseed language and culture to enhance cross-cultural knowledge, wisdom and relations, as shared and celebrated by the First Peoples of Puget Sound, through research, recording, publishing and the presentation of oral traditions and literature.Video from this event will appear on our Facebook page under "Videos." https://www.facebook.com/elliottbaybookcomp

Way to go, Rebekah!

Rebekah Anderson, The Grand Promise (in stock now): https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781737040859Michael Daley, Telémachus: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781737052067(also, most recently, poetry too): Reinhabited: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781953252500wl Press!

Empty Bowl Press: https://www.emptybowl.org/

https://pleasureboatstudio.com/

Michael Daley, debut novelist!

"A garland tinseled..." 👏👏👏

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“We control nature, son. Don’t let yours control you” !!!!

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Well done!

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Wonderful reading, thank you. I also enjoyed seeing the photos you presented. A history that needs thoughtful stories such as yours.

We'd love to take some questions from the audience today. Please write your questions here in the chat.

Great illustration of the trickster life, Michael.

Unreliability is an excellent indicator of humanity — great point

Thank you for your questions. If you have a question tonight, please write it here in the chat.

Very enjoyable work! I intend to go to Elliott Bay Books & buy both of your novels. I have a question for both of you. Has the pandemic affected your writing! If so, how?

Inspired reading from both Michael and Rebekah, although I've read both books already hearing the words being spoken was a highlight.

Working on a Habitat house (re-imagined?) right before Telemachus came out, the young mason, teaching me, his name, Nestor. I asked him about his name. "Something..." he said. I took him a copy of Odysseus, with pages turned down. I'll take him Telemachus. How about this: The story that takes thirty years? Or, Rebekah's, 100 years.

Rebekah, I know you worked with a sensitivity reader -- did that open up any changes that you needed to make?

Steve!!

For either writer, how do you know when you're done researching?

That’s what Mountford did

I don’t know that running empty bowl counts as retired

That’s a beautiful way to put it — investigating emotional landscapes

Thanks, all, R.A., R.S. and M.D. Gotta go.

The covers are quite excellent

Beautiful reading. Thank you both!

The official publication date for "The Grand Promise" is June 1st. We will need to reorder copies of the book! If you ordered when you registered, thank you! We will send your book after Rebekah signs them tomorrow.

The Grand Promise (in stock now): https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781737040859Telémachus: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781737052067Reinhabited: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9781953252500

This has been so wonderful! Thank you for bringing these books to life! I can't wait to binge-read!

https://www.emptybowl.org/

https://pleasureboatstudio.com/

Wonderful small presses.

Great reading, thank you!

Wonderful evening and conversation! Thank you!

Thanks to Rick and Karen for being great hosts!

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Thank you both for your insights

Thanks! That was awesome. Congratulations!