Saturday, Feb 7, 2026, 4:00pm – 5:30pm Registration for this event opens on Thursday, January 1, 2026: Register here: https://wcls.libcal.com/event/15670761 Join us in Whatcom Museum’s Rotunda Room (121 Prospect Street) for a timely discussion. Borders are largely constructed to prevent ‘bad’ things from entering a country – drugs, unwanted foreigners, pandemics – yet with questionable … Read more
Registration for this event opens on Thursday, January 1, 2026: Register here: https://wcls.libcal.com/event/15670723 Join us at the Jansen Art Center in Lynden and discover the vibrant world of Chicana/o and Latina/o art through the inspiring story of the Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery. Initially regarded as art world outsiders, founders Jake Prendez and Judy Avitia-Gonzalez turned … Read more
Celebrate the 2026 Whatcom READS title, Solito by Javier Zamora, at Mt. Baker Theatre on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. The author will be present to talk about the book and sign copies. The event is free however, tickets are required and can be obtained via the Mount Baker Theatre website. Mount Baker Theatre104 … Read more
No Two Persons by Port Townsend, Wash.-based author Erica Bauermeister is the Whatcom READS 2025 book selection. Sasha taqʷšəblu Lapointe, author of the 2024 featured title, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk, made the announcement at the close of the March 15 Whatcom READS author event at the Mount Baker Theatre. Liane Moriarty, bestselling author … Read more
March 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm https://wcls.libcal.com/event/11481946 Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Drive, Everson Join us for a discussion between a Nooksack tribal elder and his apprentice as they talk about their individual journeys to becoming preservers of the Nooksack Language, Lhéchalosem.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BELLINGHAM/WHATCOM COUNTY, WASH., Dec. 22, 2023 – Library staff and booksellers who organize and present Whatcom READS have announced the literary program’s 2024 schedule of community and author events, celebrating Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe. Winner of the Washington State Book Award for … Read more
Sept. 26, 2023 The 2024 Whatcom READS selection, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, has won the Washington State Book Award for Creative Nonfiction/Memoir. LaPointe, who is a Coast Salish author from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian tribes, will visit Whatcom County March 14-16, 2024, for … Read more
Aug. 11, 2023 (Bellingham/Whatcom County, WA) — Whatcom READS invites writers of all ages and experience levels to submit original work for its annual writing challenge, Whatcom WRITES. This year’s prompt is legacies, which is inspired by Whatcom READS 2024 featured title, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe. Submission deadline is Oct. … Read more
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe is the Whatcom READS 2024 book selection. Jess Walter, author of the 2023 featured title, The Cold Millions, announced the book and author during the March 3 author event at the Mount Baker Theatre. Winner of a 2023 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association award, Red … Read more