Seattlite, this looks like fun: Ellis Avery is reading from her first novel, The Teahouse Fire, at 7:30 next Monday at Elliott Bay. Ellis tells us she will also be performing "a basic Japanese tea ceremony, modified for a western room." Should be interesting.

Ellis wrote an excellent review of Kuhaku in The Kyoto Journal last year. Now it's her turn to hit the road, promoting what sounds like a real page-turner. We wish her luck.