NEWS
AUTHOR VISIT UPDATE
Due to the tremendous community response, Javier Zamora’s appearance at the Mount Baker Theatre has sold out. To sign up for the waiting list for in-person tickets, you can call (360) 734-6080 or email tickets@mountbakertheatre.com
If you have reserved any tickets that will not be used for the event on Friday, March 13, please contact the Mount Baker Theatre ticket office to release them and allow others on the waiting list an opportunity to attend
Whatcom READS is looking into the possibility of offering a live-stream video option to registered ticket holders and those on the waiting list. We will notify this group via email when details have been finalized.
Whatcom READS is a countywide program that encourages everyone to read and discuss the same book.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- 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
- Whatcom READS Event & Display Featuring Multimodal Art & Writing by WWU Students
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Western Washington University, Wilson Library Reading Room (4th Floor Central), Bellingham WA
- Art, Creativity and Immigrant Youth with Lakeya Afolalu
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Ferndale Library, Ferndale WA
- Celebrating Salvadoran Art Through Painting - Everson Library
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Everson Library, Everson WA
- Exploring Salvadoran Cuisine, Its History and Traditions
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Bellingham Technical College, Building G. Room 105, Bellingham 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.