Author Jamie Ford speaks: a sneak preview

Ahead of Jamie Ford’s March 6 appearance at the Lincoln Theatre as a benefit for the La Conner and Burlington libraries, Ford spoke with the Weekly News.

Highlights:

On libraries, both growing up and now?

As a kid, I was a total latch key kid. There was a Carnegie library I would walk to after school. My mom would pick me up from her work. I haunted libraries. I met my wife in the Great Falls public library;

On using libraries today

I am active in my own library and am on the foundation board myself. I use them for research, whether it is Seattle and their historical collection or going to my...