Oh yes! A Special 5-Author Event @ BookTree Saturday November 14th, 2026 featuring Sarah Blum, David D. Horowitz, Christopher J. Jarmick, Keith Madsen, and Jeanne Matthews.
Short readings, discussion, and book signing plus an open mic.
Hosted by author, editor, poet, David D. Horowitz!
Thanks for sharing and inviting friends, family, and acquaintances to this gathering!
Bios:
Sarah L. Blum: is a decorated nurse Vietnam veteran who served as an operating room nurse at the 12th Evacuation Hospital Cu Chi, Vietnam during the worst fighting in 1967. She retired as a nurse psychotherapist in 2019 after 34 years’ experience healing trauma. She shares from her new book: Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing, (2025).
David D. Horowitz founded and manages Rose Alley Press. His latest poetry collection, from Rose Alley Press, is Slow Clouds over Rush Hour. He recently edited Purr and Yowl, a cat-themed poetry anthology published by World Enough Writers. His poems have been published in many journals and anthologies, including The Lyric, Raven Chronicles, Terrain.org, and Coffee Poems, and his essays regularly appear in Exterminating Angel. He lives in Seattle, writes, edits, organizes & promotes readings and is a founder of Western Washington Poets Network . Org .
Christopher J. Jarmick has owned and operated BookTree Kirkland Washington’s only independent bookstore for the last 10 years. His latest book is the just published STIR a poetry collection from World Enough Writers; previous books include Not Aloud from Moon Path Press, Ignition, and the mystery-thriller, The Glass Cocoon. His essays, poetry, and more have been published in anthologies, literary journals and online. He has organized and hosted writer panels, workshops, readings and open mics for over 25 years in the Pacific Northwest and is one of the founders of the Western Washington Poets Network. Org
Author Keith Madsen is a retired American Baptist Pastor, living with his wife Cathy in North Bend, Washington. For 41 years he served churches in Kansas, Washington, Oregon, and New Jersey. He volunteers as a hospital chaplain and has written several novels (and a few non-fiction books) including 2025’s Fallen Angels: Stories Inspired by the Urban Homeless, 2023’s The Bridles of Armageddon, The Fellowship of the Fish Searching for Eden, The Sons and Daughters of Toussaint, and others.
Jeanne Matthews is the writer of 2 mystery series: The Dinah Pelerin & The Garnick & Paschal series. Jeanne lives in Renton, Wa. with her husband and a Norwich terrier named Reacher. She enjoys long walks, people, books that make her laugh, and vintage rock ’n roll. The Dinah Pelerin mystery books were inspired by her love of travel. The Garnick & Paschal mysteries were inspired by Jeanne’s love of American history and her retrospective anger at the hardships and discrimination women of the 19th Century faced. Detective Quinn Paschal defies the prejudice against women who dare to work outside the home, let alone in a profession so contrary to the Cult of Domesticity.