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.
Featured Event
October 17
The Gaas Collective Presents: Open Mic Volume One – Maandeeq Book Release
Join us for an evening of poetry, performance, and community as The Gaas Collective celebrates the release of Maandeeq, our first poetry collection. This event features performances from local writers, open mic slots, and a safe space to connect through art and storytelling.
Collections—A Live Magazine and Public Club hosted by Ariel Basom is a monthly showcase of both live readers and video performances featuring a diversity of positions, styles, and modes: poetry
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
In this group, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts. The session will begin with introductions and a short warm-up, after which we’ll read two separate poems and write
Join Seattle author Ren Cedar Fuller and a panel of Hugo House alums to celebrate our city’s center for writing. Ren took her first of many creative writing classes at
Join us for an evening of poetry, performance, and community as The Gaas Collective celebrates the release of Maandeeq, our first poetry collection. This event features performances from local writers, open
Build-a-Skeleton WorkshopWhat'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
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
Silent Reading Night at Hugo HouseThursday, October 23rd | 6:00–9:00 PMTheme: Tales of TerrorEach month, we host a Silent Reading Night with a rotating theme and community partner. For October, Haunted Burrow Books
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
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
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
Enflorar: A Literary Día de los Muertos CeremonyPresented in partnership between La Sala and Hugo HouseThursday, October 30, 20256:00–8:00 pmHugo HouseThis is not a reading. It is a ceremony. An
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
Join us for an evening of poetry, performance, and community as The Gaas Collective celebrates the release of Maandeeq, our first poetry collection. This event features performances from local writers, open mic slots, and a safe space to connect through art and storytelling.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
Collections exists in a space in between the publishing world and the open mic—a third space. A space to present finished and polished work; a space to come together with peers and allies to share fresh ideas; a space to forge community.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
Collections exists in a space in between the publishing world and the open mic—a third space. A space to present finished and polished work; a space to come together with peers and allies to share fresh ideas; a space to forge community.
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.
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!
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.