Mary Lou Sanelli's In So Many Words, was nominated for a 2025 Pacific Northwest Book Award and a 2025 Washington State Book Award. Her newest book, An Island Called Bainbridge: People, Places, Conversations, published in the fall of 2026. She is a columnist for the Kitsap Sun, the Bainbridge Islander, Pacific Publishing's Seattle newspapers, Art Access magazine, and she contributes to The Seattle Times and Weekend Edition, NPR. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Port Townsend Library.