Literary Lions Gala – A truly Grand Affair
Let’s celebrate the success of the Literary Lions Gala! It was a year of firsts for the Gala held March 10: a new venue at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency, a record crowd of nearly 500 guests and significantly more donations than ever before. The event raised more than $208,000, which will help fund literacy and lifelong learning programs.
Keynote speaker and bestselling author Lee Child was gracious and funny and he spoke highly of KCLS’ impact in the community. Emcee Nancy Pearl introduced the popular 30 Northwest authors at the event and delighted the crowd with her remarks.
KCLS Foundation President Kari Glover told of her personal experiences in the library as a young reader and talked about the library’s value in our community.
Bill Ptacek delivered the annual state of the library report to applause and cheers from the crowd. Tickets for the Author Salons sold out. More than 160 avid readers will dine or attend events with 11 authors: Sherman Alexie, Paul Gregutt, David Horsey, Art Thiel, Valerie Easton, Tom Douglas, Bob Dugoni, Garth Stein, JA Jance, Nancy Pearl and Greg Atkinson.
We hope you will join us in 2013! Watch our website for the announcement of the date and keynote presentation. |
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Thank you to the sponsors who generously contributed to this event:
First Edition Sponsors
Kari Glover & Thad Alston
Berta Seltzer
Best Seller Sponsors
Bellevue Endodontic Associates
The Boeing Company
Crossroads Bellevue
Davis Wright Tremaine
Deloitte
Foss Maritime
Johnston Architects
Pacific Northwest Writers Association
Resources Global Professionals
Technical Furniture Systems
Starred Review Sponsors
Brainfuse
Copiers Northwest
EBSCO Subscription Services
Garvey Schubert Barer
Miller Hull Partnership
Seattle Met
Synergy Construction
URS
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Book Club Selection Sponsors
Barclay Dean
Bernard Development
Equinox Software
Gale Cengage Learning
Lyngsoe Systems
Partners West Book Distributing
Sasquatch Books
Weinstein A|U
Costco Wholesale and Random House for facilitating
Lee Child's appearance as our keynote speaker.
Third Place Books for coordinating the book sale and donating a portion of the sales.
The authors for generously donating their time at this evening's event and at the Author Salons.
Hatchette Book Group, Sasquatch Books, Simon and Schuster, Harper Collins,
Elliott Bay Productions, ImageSource, Vios Café, Marvin Stein Associates,
Boushey Vineyards, Compass Wines, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, GLY Construction,
The Seattle Mariners, Green Apple Catering, Third Place Books, ThriftBooks
and J. Bookwalter Tasting Room.
Table hosts and Author Salon hosts.
Literary Lions Gala Committee: Karen True, Chair,
Chris Blondino, Kathy Brown, Pennie Clark-Ianniciello, Kira Druyan, Bill Keough,
Marcia Kuszmaul, Pam Martin, Kim Moen, Berta Seltzer, Kristine Skinner,
Dean Smith, Shari Wetherby, Claire Wilkinson and Cindy Sharek. |
