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From March 13-20, Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Wash., will host Ellen Cregan, a bookseller from Readings in Melbourne, Australia, as part of the Melbourne Booksellers in Residence program.
An initiative of Melbourne City of Literature, the program is sending three more Melbourne booksellers to bookshops in other Cities of Literature "to observe, to participate and to exchange ideas": The Book Hive in Norwich, England; Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh Scotland; and The Bookcase in Nottingham, England.
Cregan, who handles marketing and events for Readings, will spend most of her residency at the Lake Forest Park location but will also visit Third Place's other stores. In addition to being a bookseller, Cregan is also a writer and editor; her work has appeared in publications such as Kill Your Darlings, the Suburban Review and Feminartsy.
David Ryding, director of Melbourne City of Literature, had the idea for the program after visiting Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa, and wondering how booksellers could create connections and exchange ideas around the world.
Melbourne joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2008, and was the first City of Literature in Australia. The residency has also been supported by Seattle City of Literature, which was founded in 2013.