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

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...

Nooooooooo variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Finally got to write about one of of my all-time favorite movies: John Huston’s “The Dead.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

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...

“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...

This is such terribly sad news. Thank you, Madeleine/Sophie, for all of the laughter. ♥️

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...

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...

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?

Hello, fall. You’re gorgeous. 🍂

One of a kind. Rest peacefully. 💔

😢💔https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/seattle-movie-theater-update-siff-will-end-lease-at-historic-egyptian/

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...

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...

It me 🍂

I’m thrilled and honored to share that my novel, “Storybook Ending,” is the fall selection for Seattle Met’s book club! www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-cul...

A great one gone today. Here’s a memory: I interviewed him, years ago, and unlike many very famous people, he didn’t use a wall of publicists but just called me himself. The phone rang: “Hi, Moira, it’s Bob Redford.” Rest peacefully, sir. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

1. Diet Coke 2. Sunflowers 3. Bright, crisp autumn afternoons 4. Random smiles from strangers 5. Rewatching a movie you love

Life is a lot; maybe you need to pay one last (ha!) visit to “Downton Abbey.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Just a reminder, in case anyone needs it, that Martin Scorsese’s glorious “The Age of Innocence” is leaving Netflix at the end of the month and oh, does it ever bear rewatching.

Hit like if you read film criticism weekly and repost if you read film criticism more than that

Mark your calendars: the wonderful Elizabeth George and I will be chatting about her newest Lynley mystery, “A Slowly Dying Cause,” on September 23 at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. 📚🔍. Come join us! For tickets: thirdplacebooks.com/event/elizabeth-george

I just subscribed! You could too. If you love movies, you’ll love @bwdr.bsky.social. 🎥🍿🎬❤️

Happy #InternationalCatDay to everyone but especially to the most adorable cat in the world, who just happens to live at my house.

So yesterday I was in Ravenna Third Place Books, saying hello to “Storybook Ending” (#4 on the bestseller shelf!), and a staffer told me that someone had left a note for me — which is basically the plot of my book. #lifeimitatesart

If you were a teen who obsessively practiced “A Chorus Line” routines in the mirror (I was), this beautiful reunion of 50 years of Broadway dancers will touch your heart. 💃 ♥️

Well, clearly I have arrived, because I just got an email via my author website from the publicist for a “well-known TV Host & Influencer,” which lists in great detail this person’s A-list credentials and offers a “partnership” with me, for which they would be happy to “discuss our rates.”

Fantastic

My mom emailed tonight that she and her friends had a bottle of prosciutto with their dinner, and honestly that sounds pretty good though I don’t know how they got it in the bottle.

My last Seattle Times story for a little while (I’m on leave for a few months, working on another book), and it was a fun one: a tribute to the century-old Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma, a neighborhood movie house filled with stories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

This is something that I carry with me and play often. It comforts me; I hope it does the same for you. It’s a spot-on soundtrack for this particular 4th of July. Thank you, Mssrs Toussaint and Simon. youtu.be/u6Mv0X-1qLA

My interview with @kuow.org about my novel, “Storybook Ending,” went live this week! Many thanks to Libby Denkmann and @gabriellehealy.bsky.social for a lovely chat. omny.fm/shows/sounds...

Congratulations Laura! Can’t wait to pick up my copy!

It’s Father’s Day, and I’m missing my wonderful dad, Jim Macdonald, who died nearly four years ago. For anyone else missing their dad today, here’s something I wrote back then. ❤️ www.seattletimes.com/life/memorie...

A screwball comedy in which Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert team up to open a detective agency in 1920s Manhattan, specializing in marital surveillance and excellent cheekbones. It’s called “Gumshoes and Heels.”

Amazing and unexpected news today: my novel, “Storybook Ending,” made its debut on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller list, coming in at #8 in hardcover fiction! Thank you to all the indie booksellers; I am beyond thrilled and incredibly grateful. ♥️ 📚

Not much of a crowd at my reading at Powell’s last night (though the people who came were lovely!), but it doesn’t matter a bit because always and forever I will have this photo:

My debut novel, “Storybook Ending” — part comedy of manners/part rom-com, and set in a neighborhood bookstore — is finally out in the world today, from @duttonbooks.bsky.social! It’s available everywhere books are sold, but especially at indie bookstores. If you see it in the wild, let me know! 📚❤️

Next week, my tiny but mighty “Storybook Ending” book tour begins! If you’re in Seattle, Portland or Spokane, I would love to see you. More info on my website: heymoira.com. ❤️📚

My colleague and friend Bethany Jean Clement interviewed me about my debut novel, “Storybook Ending,” and we might have both cried a little bit. Book is out 5/27 everywhere (but especially in indie bookstores).❤️📚 www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Tomorrow I am being interviewed by Nancy Pearl about my debut novel, and sometimes life just seems like something I made up.

Lovely feature by @moiraverse.bsky.social on our very own Pulitzer winner in Seattle, Tessa Hulls, whose book Feeding Ghosts has won nearly all the deserved accolades this year! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

My hardcovers arrived today! Excuse me while I pass out. ❤️📚🙀