Shade Literary Arts and The Quarantine Reading Series are coming together for an intimate virtual poetry reading, celebrating BIPOC and LGBTQ writers in this time of COVID19 and racial justice. Join poets Fatimah Asghar, Golden, Dujie Tahat, Jesus Valles, and I.S. Jones for this one-night event sponsored by Hugo House and supported by Lambda Literary
Works in Progress has gone virtual! Via the magic of Zoom, Hugo Houseâs semi-monthly open mic series is now weekly. Please RSVP at the "Tickets" link to receive the Zoom link and reserve your place in the reading lineup. Held every Monday at 7 p.m., Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers.
Join us for a virtual reading with celebrated writers Rae Armantrout and Heather McHugh, who will read from their new books, Conjure and Muddy Matterhorn (respectively). RSVP for this free reading at the "Tickets" link. About Conjure Rae Armantrout has always taken pleasure in uncertainties and conundrums, the tricky nuances of language and feeling. In Conjure
Join us for our fall fundraiser, Novel Nights! At this event, author Matt Ruff will speak about his book, Lovecraft Country, and its transition to screen (now an HBO series) with fellow writer Garth Stein. This event will be held virtually. Tickets: $25 for general admission $75 for admission plus a signed copy of the
Hosted by Hugo House, Red Hen Press & Elliott Bay Book Co. Kristen Millares Young spent years researching Subduction before she began to write her debut novel. A lyric retelling of the troubled history of encounter in the Americas, Subduction follows a Latinx anthropologist, Claudia, as she embarks on fieldwork on the Makah Indian Reservation carrying serious baggageâher husband
Join us for our fall fundraiser, Novel Nights! At this event, renowned author Erik Larson will speak about his latest book, The Splendid and the Vile, with fellow writer Garth Stein. This event will be held virtually. Tickets: $25 for general admission $75 for admission plus a signed copy of the book This event takes
Join us for our fall fundraiser, Novel Nights! At this event, US congresswoman Pramila Jayapal will speak about her new book, Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change, with author Sonora Jha. This event will be held virtually. Tickets: $25 for general admission $75 for admission plus a
Works in Progress has gone virtual! Via the magic of Zoom, Hugo Houseâs semi-monthly open mic series is now weekly. Please RSVP at the "Tickets" link to receive the Zoom link and reserve your place in the reading lineup. Held every Monday at 7 p.m., Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers.
Two of Washington Stateâs premier writers of natural history, John Seibert Farnsworth and Lyanda Lynn Haupt, join together to share their visions of the natural world. Haupt will read from her highly acclaimed book Mozart's Starling, her most recent from Little, Brown, and Farnsworth will read from Nature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field, his
Join us for a celebration of all things verse with visiting poets Julia Guez and Tess Taylor, along with local favorites and cohosts of the Poet Salon Podcast Gabrielle Bates, Luther Hughes, and Dujie Tahat. This event will be held on Zoom and broadcast simultaneously through Facebook Live. To RSVP to the Zoom call, click
Join us for our fall fundraiser, Novel Nights! At this event, author Jess Walter will speak about his bestselling novel, Beautiful Ruins, with fellow writer Jim Lynch. Jess's newest book, The Cold Millions, will be available in late October; as part of your ticket, you can purchase a signed copy of that book, which will
Due to the coronavirus, this event will be held virtually. For his Word Works lecture, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Adam Johnson will give a talk on writing research-based narratives, in which heâll share stories from the lives of people heâs interviewed for his booksâincluding rare individuals who defected from North Koreaâand
Join us for our fall fundraiser, Novel Nights! At this event, author Sharyn Skeeter will speak about her novel, Dancing with Langstonâinspired by her grandmotherâs Langston family and their oral history of Langston Hughesâwith fellow writer Donna Miscolta. This event will be held virtually. This event is sponsored by Michael and Lois Trickey. Tickets: $25
Join us for our fall fundraiser, Novel Nights! At this event, award-winning author Neal Bascomb will speak about his latest book, Faster, with fellow writer Garth Stein and car expert Fred Russell. This event will be held virtually. Tickets: $25 for general admission $75 for admission plus a signed copy of the book This event
In this group, writers introduce themselves, talk about their writing and discuss an evocative opening topic. They are given a prompt and 20-30 minutes of silent writing time, with the opportunity to read what they wrote in a mutually supportive, welcoming environment. Brett Hamil is a writer, cartoonist and performer in South Seattle. Heâs
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