There’s an old saw that every journalist has a book inside of them, but three local newspaper columnists have actually managed to get those books out, and into readers’ hands. Or at least into bookstores.

It could be said that their publishing efforts weren’t much of a stretch, as all are compilations of their best columns.

Presenting their works 3 p.m. March 5 at Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island are Tom Tyner, Sally Robison and Seabury Blair, Jr.

Tyner writes a weekly column for the Bainbridge Review, “The Latte Guy,” and has published a second collection of his columns, “More Skeletons From More Closets.” The first one was, you guessed it, “Skeletons from Our Closet.”

Tyner has expanded beyond coffee stand reviews to offering a wide range of Bainbridge-based observations on topics that range from philosophical to humorous. He is reported to have taken a sabbatical from his day job as a lawyer for the Trust for Public Lands in order to work on a novel.

Robison, a writer, artist and Bainbridge resident, writes a bi-weekly column for the Bainbridge Review, “Permanent Guest.” She will present “A Permanent Guest’s Illustrated Guide to Bainbridge Island, Book One (Winter and Spring) and Book Two (Summer and Autumn).”

Blair has long held the title of “Mr. Outdoors” at the Kitsap Sun, writing a regular column by that name.

He is the author of “Day Hike! Olympic Peninsula,” and will present his latest work, “Stummick, Hardbody & Me: A Compilation of Tall Tales & Old Newspaper Columns About the Great Outdoors & Not-So-Great Indoors.”

With a title like that, no summary is needed. wu