Whatcom READS is a countywide program that encourages everyone to read and discuss the same book.
READ THE BOOK
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Get your copy of Solito: A Memoir from:
UPCOMING EVENTS
- The Future of Borders with Laurie Trautman and Ted Alden
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Whatcom Museum Rotunda Room, Bellingham WA
- A Celebration of Unofficial Languages at Village Books
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Village Books in Fairhaven, Bellingham WA
- The Sonoran Desert: Biodiversity and the Perils of Human Passage(Online Presentation)
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Whatcom WRITES Group Reading - Village Books in Fairhaven
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Village Books in Fairhaven, Bellingham WA
- Art, Creativity and Immigrant Youth with Lakeya Afolalu
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Ferndale Library, Ferndale WA
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR 2025 SEASON
REVISIT LAST SEASON WITH OUR YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
Thanks to our 2025-26 Whatcom READS Sponsors
$5,000+
$1,000+
- City of Bellingham
- Joan and Keith Magee
- Western Washington University Libraries
Author accommodations generously provided by Hotel Leo
Whatcom READS is in your earbuds, thanks to the Whatcom County Library System’s podcast, Library Stories. Listen to an oral history featuring the voices of Linda Lambert, Chuck and Dee Robinson, Paul Hanson and Christine Perkins.