I’m so very sorry, Katelyn. Wishing you comfort. ❤️

Agreed! Here is my cat, and my brand-new paperback, “Storybook Ending“ — a comedy of manners/rom-com set in a bookstore. Available at your favorite bookstore! Here’s mine: www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780593...

I’m so sorry to hear this, Eric! Wishing you all the best in your next chapter. ❤️

I’m so sorry, Marya. Loved reading about Miss Fanny in your obit; she clearly was feline perfection. 🐈

Percival Everett, Andrea Long Chu, Gatsby… 23 new paperbacks out this April. April approaches, and with it comes a bevy of new books to look out for, balms in a year of astonishing chaos and uncertainty, and so I’m delighted to share some novels, memoirs, essay collec…

So thrilled to be included in this new @literaryhub.bsky.social list! The paperback edition of my debut, “Storybook Ending,” will be out in all of your favorite bookstores tomorrow. ❤️📖lithub.com/percival-everett-andrea-...

Moira Macdonald celebrates STORYBOOK ENDING at B&N Northgate B&N Northgate in welcomes Moira Macdonald to sign and discuss her book STORYBOOK ENDING on Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 at 6:00PM PST!

I‘m delighted to announce that my novel, “Storybook Ending,” will be out in paperback next week! I’ll be at the Northgate Barnes & Noble April 2 — and note that you can preorder my book (or any book) for 25 percent off with the code PREORDER25. More events coming! www.eventbrite.com/e/moira-macd...

This best picture Oscar nominee was filmed entirely in the PNW. Here’s where Director Clint Bentley's insistence that "Train Dreams" be made in the region allows the setting to become a vivid, essential character, silent yet nonetheless articulate.

Great article from @moiraverse.bsky.social on TRAIN DREAMS and the natural beauty of this wonderful state I’ve called home for most of my life

Seattle Opera, PNB throw pointed, playful jabs at Timothée Chalamet after actor's dismissive comments Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet's response to the Oscar-nominated actor's declaration that “no one cares” about ballet and opera brought in ticket sales.

Pacific Northwest Ballet here in Seattle was doing it too! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

I’m so, so sorry, Matt. Been reading and enjoying your work for years. Sending all best wishes to you, and hoping a bright next chapter is in your future.

Just learned that Pacific Northwest Ballet (sadly not on BlueSky) is offering a 20 percent discount all weekend on “Giselle” tickets with the promo code TIMOTHEE. ❤️🩰

This is also me. I think of it as sort of a gift, as it makes rewatching more delightful/suspenseful.

I am so sorry, Marya. ❤️

Jon Talton, Seattle Times business columnist and author, dies at 69 Jon Talton had a long, dual writing career: in journalism, as a business reporter, columnist and editor; and in fiction, as the author of 14 detective novels.

Writing an obituary is important work—a final record of a person lost. I wrote this one for a former colleague, business columnist Jon Talton; like me, he moved between the worlds of journalism and fiction. I was honored to write about him. Rest peacefully, Jon. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ Star, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara, a legendary Hollywood actor known for her roles in 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone,' has died. She was 71.

Nooooooooo variety.com/2026/tv/news...

This movie masterpiece is finally being released by the Criterion Collection A quiet masterpiece, Huston's film is a subtle adaptation of James Joyce's novella, about a festive yet fateful evening in Dublin in 1904.

Finally got to write about one of of my all-time favorite movies: John Huston’s “The Dead.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

In case anyone is in need please know that the new season of “All Creatures Great and Small” is now streaming on PBS and it is LOVELY.

❤️❤️❤️

Explore Seattle’s romantic — and vanishing — historic moviehouses All of us go to the movies to feel something: to laugh, to cry, to be frightened, to be thrilled, to lose ourselves in a story. And that experience might feel just the littlest bit richer in a place w...

Eight years ago, I wrote this essay about Seattle’s historic moviehouses, focusing on 7 theaters that were at least half a century old and still operating. Now only 3—the Admiral, the Uptown, and the former Cinerama—are still open; the rest are just memories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

This longtime Seattle movie theater is closing The Varsity Theatre is closing, effective Thursday, leaving the U District, once a hub of moviegoing, without a movie theater.

The last moviehouse in the University District will close its doors this week, after 85 years. It’s very sad news; the Varsity — where my parents went to movies when they were at the UW, in the 1950s — was a place filled with stories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Rob Reiner, ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘The Princess Bride’ and ‘Stand by Me’ Director and ‘All in the Family’ Actor, Dies at 78 in Apparent Homicide (Report) The two-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their Brentwood home.

“When Harry Met Sally.” “The Princess Bride”. “This Is Spinal Tap.” “A Few Good Men.” Such devastating news; such a legend. 💔 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

This is such terribly sad news. Thank you, Madeleine/Sophie, for all of the laughter. ♥️

Wonderful news — congratulations! 🎉

My family wouldn’t dare.

Cheery yellow/red/pink cover, depicting a bookstore, of novel, “Storybook Ending,” sitting on a shelf in an indie bookstore.

Good morning! If anyone is out spending their feelings this weekend, may I modestly note that my novel, ”Storybook Ending,” would make a very cheery holiday gift, and it’s available at indie bookstores everywhere. (Signed copies at Third Place Books in Ravenna and Lake Forest Park!) ❤️📚

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Laura! Good luck with the turkey. 🦃

a black and white photo of a man and a woman dancing on a ice rink . ALT: a black and white photo of a man and a woman dancing on a ice rink .

Every Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie, because they remind me that “poetry in motion” is not just a cliche, and that two people dancing together can create drama, romance and utter joy.

Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald: 9780593851296 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A charming story about friendship, community, and the magic that happens in bookstores—when an anonymous note left in a book finds the wrong recipient. April, a smart and lonely tech worker, worries....

OK! My book is a comedy of manners set in a bookstore and it even has a Thanksgiving scene in it! You might like it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760835...

Oh my goodness, I have just seen Chloe Zhao’s gorgeous “Hamnet,” and I am telling you: bring tissues.

WA’s real Twin Peaks: Seattle Times critics take a surreal day trip Dinner at a Movie finds a classic 1940s diner, moviehouse and film — a trifecta of greatness that makes for a best-ever (and surreal!) day trip.

PSA (courtesy of my long-running column Dinner at a Movie, with Bethany Jean Clement): “Double Indemnity” will be at the North Bend Theatre on Sunday afternoon (hello, Noirvember!), and the BLTs at Twede’s (i.e. the Twin Peaks cafe) across the street are great. www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...

Yay! @blockclubchi.bsky.social is so lucky to have you! (Not grumpy, but INVESTIGATIVE) ♥️