About this Event
Join Jennifer Silva Redmond and Karson Brown in conversation for Karson's new book 48 Days to Barbados.
This is sure to be an entertaining evening discussing sailing and the book 48 Days to Barbados.
TICKETING INFORMATION (Admission into the event)
A ticket reservation required (PER PERSON). There are two ticket options for this event:
- Admission w/book - This option reserves One copy of 48 Days to Barbados for you. Payment of $18.99 will be required at check-in.
- Reserve a Seat - This option allows entry into the event when accompanied by an Admission w/book attendee.
The reserved book for anyone not checked-in by 4:45pm will be released to will-call.
Author and artist Karson Brown grew up sailing and living aboard boats in the Pacific Northwest. She turned twenty-one aboard a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea and crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a 34-foot sailboat during hurricane season before turning thirty.
Karson raised her two children along the shores of Vashon Island and is a writer, photographer, artist, and lifelong devotee of water. She is an alumna of Joyce Maynard's Write by the Lake workshop in Guatemala.
Four of Karson's microfiction stories appear across the 2025 and 2026 editions of the 50 Give or Take anthology, published by Vine Leaves Press. Red Fern Press will publish her debut memoir, 48 Days to Barbados, on October 20, 2026.
Jennifer Silva Redmond is a freelance editor and a popular writing instructor and speaker. Her award-winning memoir Honeymoon at Sea: How I Found Myself Living on a Small Boat was published by Re:Books of Toronto. Long-time editor-in-chief and acquisitions editor at award-winning Sunbelt Publications, she is now their editor-at-large. She is on staff at the Southern California Writers Conference and San Diego Writers, Ink.
Find Jennifer on Facebook or follow her Substack:
https://editoronboard.substack.com/
www.jennyredbug.com
Additional copies of 48 Days to Barbados will be available for purchase.
GUIDELINES (Admission into the signing line)
- Only books purchased in store will be allowed in the signing line
- Posed photos will not be permitted. Candid photos will be taken on attendees cell phones while meeting the author.
- No memorabilia will be signed.
Event venue & nearby stays
Barnes & Noble, 4324 University Way Northeast, Seattle, United States
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