Moira Macdonald
@moiraverse.bsky.social
Writer, Seattle Times arts critic, debut novelist (“Storybook Ending,” from Dutton/PRH, now in bookstores), ballet nerd, cat person, Nora Charles wannabe
I wanted to love “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” but alas, I didn’t. [Miranda Priestly voice] That’s all. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ is all style, no substance | Review
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” gives us a lot to look at, but it’s flat Champagne: maybe worth drinking in a pinch, but unsatisfying, writes Moira Macdonald.
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Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay to all who celebrate! Due to poor planning on my part I am on a long flight today, but in my heart I am hanging at Third Place Books. 📚❤️
a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
Alt: a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
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I have been away from home for ten days (on a planned and fun holiday) and my housesitter reports that the cat is STILL hissing at her and living under the bed and only slipping out to eat at night and I feel strangely moved by this demonstration of loyalty.🐈
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...
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 4mo agomy theory is that bluesky is best when my feed is full of books, pets, and pets with books. YMMV.
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. ❤️📖https://lithub.com/percival-everett-andrea-long-chu-gatsby-23-new-paperbacks-out-this-april/
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…
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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...
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!
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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
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.
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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. ❤️🩰
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...
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.
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Finally got to write about one of of my all-time favorite movies: John Huston’s “The Dead.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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.
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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.
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...
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.
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“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...
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.
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This is such terribly sad news. Thank you, Madeleine/Sophie, for all of the laughter. ♥️
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 8mo agoMadeleine Wickham, who wrote the “Confessions of a Shopaholic” novel series under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, becoming an international sensation, died at 55. Read more: nyti.ms/48ysafe
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!) ❤️📚
Oh my goodness, I have just seen Chloe Zhao’s gorgeous “Hamnet,” and I am telling you: bring tissues.
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...
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.
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Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
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Because it’s fun to celebrate the achievements of friends and colleagues, just finished @moiraverse.bsky.social’s STORYBOOK ENDING. So full of life and intimately incisive observations that made me smile. Just made me feel good and - especially right now - there’s precious little better than that.
Apparently you can buy blankets at the multiplex now? Is it too expensive to keep the heat on?
😢💔https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/seattle-movie-theater-update-siff-will-end-lease-at-historic-egyptian/
Seattle is losing yet another indie movie theater
SIFF Cinema Egyptian on Capitol Hill — known for decades as the Egyptian Theatre — will not reopen under SIFF ownership after flooding last year.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Good morning! Should you be in need of a bookish distraction, note that fellow local novelist Ashley Ream (“The Peculiar Gift of July”) and I will be chatting at Island Books on Mercer Island at 6:30 tomorrow, Oct. 2, as a “Writers on Writing” event. Come join us! islandbooks.com/event/2025-1...
Writers on Writing: Moira MacDonald and Ashley Ream
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Need a feel-good story today? Here’s one, about my wonderful former colleague @gabrielcampanario.com (who you might know better as the Urban Sketcher), written by the great Erik Lacitis. www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
A former Seattle Times artist has created a worldwide movement
A remarkable feat by this Seattle-area artist: His urban sketchers group went from 17 members in 2009 to 299,000 worldwide, in 514 cities and more than 70 countries.
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