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Whether it’s a reading, discussion, craft talk, or interview, find these events and more featuring renowned authors, emerging writers, and talented new and local voices.

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Build a Skeleton Creative Writing Session

In Person at Salon

What's scarier than Halloween? The blank page. Join Julie to beat the blank page blues and get organized. In this two-hour drop-in session, you'll gather the bones of your next story and leave excited to bring it to life. 

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

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Silent Reading Nights

In Person at Lapis Theater

Each month, we host a Silent Reading Night with a rotating theme and community partner. For October, Haunted Burrow Books will be featured!

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Little Tomes & Tiny Tales: Make Your Own Mini Book Bookmark

In Person at Kicking Horse

Learn how to craft your own tiny book bookmark—a miniature handbound book that doubles as a charming keepsake and page marker. Participants will explore the basics of traditional bookbinding on a small scale, using paper, thread, and decorative covers to create a functioning miniature book. All materials are provided, and no prior experience is needed—just a love of books, crafts, or tiny things!

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DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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Fright Night: A Spoken Word Spectacle (Halloween Open Mic)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Dare to share... if you’re brave enough.

Join us for a chilling night of storytelling at the Hugo House where the ghosts come out and make their presence known, disembodied wailings echo from a distance, and the lights flicker just a little too long. Whether you're spinning tales of haunted houses, eerie encounters, or creatures that go bump in the night, this is your moment to grab the mic and send shivers down our spines.

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Enflorar: A Literary Día de los Muertos Ceremony

In Person at Lapis Theater

Presented in partnership between La Sala and Hugo House. This is not a reading. It is a ceremony. An act of honoring our literary forebearers, our literary community, and our land. A literary celebration of Día de los Muertos rooted in Latine/x tradition.

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Whose Crit Is It, Anyway?

In Person at Lapis Theater

Join our Party and delve into the dark with a special Halloween-inspired show! Inspired by improv shows and Dungeons & Dragons, we’ve combined them into a performance with a cast of professional (and spooky!) actors that will take on the characters you create. Guide them through a story of vampires, witches, or zombies with your suggestions! 

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Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

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From Page to Voice: Jack Straw Writers Reading

In Person at Lapis Theater

In the first of two events, 2025 Jack Straw writing fellows Mateo Bracken, Bill Hollands, Jenny Harrington Lill, Nhatt Nichols, and Monique Ouk read some of the poetry and creative non-fiction they’ve been working on this year.

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Baldwin: A Love Story! Reading

In Person at Lapis Theater

Nicholas Boggs visits Hugo House to discuss his new book, Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how profoundly his personal relationships shaped his life and work, drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

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DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

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Thom Schramm’s Thorn House: West Coast Book Launch and Poetry Reading

In Person at Theater Lobby

Seattle writer Thom Schramm will read from his debut full-length poetry collection Thorn House, which won the 2025 Granite State Poetry Prize and was launched at the University of New Hampshire’s Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in April. A graduate of the University of Washington’s MFA program and former UW poetry instructor, Schramm returns to read at Hugo House for the first time in our new building.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

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DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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