June 6, Nikki McClure, "All in A Day" at the library, 2 p.m.

"All in a Day" is a picture book and has been popular at Secret Garden Books.

With text by Cynthia Rylant, and illustrations by paper artist Nikki McClure, the book is destined to delight read-alouders for years to come.

June 16, Carol Cassella, "Oxygen" at the library, 6:30 p.m.

During the fragile moments of surgery, Seattle anesthesiologist and writer Carol Cassella is not only aware of the scientific intricacies of the human body, but more importantly, understands the emotional complexities patients and doctors face when entering an operating room. This intimate and professional perspective was reflected in her exquisite and critically acclaimed debut, "Oxygen."

June 17, Jennifer Hahn, "Spirited Waters" at the library, 6:30 p.m.

Award-winning writer, naturalist, illustrator, avid wildharvester, and solo kayaker Jennifer Hahn will share slides and stories from her new book.

In a kayak named Yemaya with a cedar wreath lashed to the stern, Hahn launched from Ketchikan, Alaska on a solo voyage home to Bellingham, Washington. With 26 years of wilderness kayak travel under her hull, Hahn chronicles more than her intrepid 750-mile solo journey through the Inside Passage over two springs and summers.

June 22, Janna Cawrse Esarey, "The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of Wife" at the library, 6:30 p.m.

Meet Janna and Graeme. After a decade-long tango (together, apart, together, apart), they’re back in love, but the stress of nine-to-five is seriously hampering their happiness. So they quit their jobs, tie the knot, and untie the lines on a beat-up old sailboat for a most unusual honeymoon; a two-year voyage across the Pacific. Their goal is relaxation and relationship therapy – but the passage from First Date to First Mate is anything but smooth sailing.

Cawrse Esarey was a 2008 Jack Straw Writers fellow. Her work appears in travel anthologies and sailing magazines.

Esarey will speak about her experience, read from her book, and sign copies of the book available for sale. Free.

June 25, Curt Colbert, ed. and contributors, "Seattle Noir" at the library, 6:30 p.m.

Seattle's evolution to high-finance and high-tech has provided greater opportunity to those with sinister intent.

Join in an event celebrating this volume filled with brand new stories from the noir-iest talent here in Seattle or anywhere.

Speakers will include editor Curt Colbert and contributors Bharti Kirchner, Stephan Magcosta, and Brian Thornton, among others.

June 30, ULTIMATE TUESDAY! Kevan Atteberry, "Tickle Monster," at the bookstore, 7 p.m.

Secret Garden Books is located at 2214 N.W. Market St.

The Ballard Library is at 5614 22nd Ave. N.W.