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.
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.
Visit https://www.arielbasom.com/collections for monthly line-ups, more details, and archives of past collections.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jack Straw writing fellows Mateo Bracken, Bill Hollands, Jenny Harrington Lill, Nhatt Nichols, and Sigrun Susan Lane read some of the poetry and creative non-fiction they’ve been working on this
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The Slide Rule is a comics strip extravaganza where Seattle cartoonists project their works on a screen and read them before a live audience! Music, comedy, drama and visual art
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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
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Open Mic for PlaywrightsNovember 13, 20257:00 - 9:00 pmWelcome to this special Open Mic Night for Playwrights where writers bring the writing, and the audience does the reading! We encourage dramatic writers
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Silent Reading Nights at Hugo HouseDate: Wednesday, November 19Time: 6:00–9:00 PMTheme: Cozy and ComfortingCommunity Partner: Book LarderEach month, we host a Silent Reading Night with a rotating theme and a featured community partner. This month,
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Come visit Hugo House's Ludonarrative in Video Games panel for a discussion of what it's like to be a writer in the games industry. Discussion will range from breaking into
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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!
In Person at Salon
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.
Visit https://www.arielbasom.com/collections for monthly line-ups, more details, and archives of past collections.
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 Sigrun Susan Lane read some of the poetry and creative non-fiction they’ve been working on this year.
In Person at Lapis Theater
The Slide Rule is a comics strip extravaganza where Seattle cartoonists project their works on a screen and read them before a live audience! Music, comedy, drama and visual art combine in a uniquely entertaining artistic event.
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.
In Person at Lapis Theater
Welcome to this special Open Mic Night for Playwrights where writers bring the writing, and the audience does the reading! We encourage dramatic writers of all experience levels to share their work in this low-pressure, welcoming, and exciting evening of scene readings.
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!
In Person at Lapis Theater
Each month, we host a Silent Reading Night with a rotating theme and a featured community partner. This month, we’re thrilled to highlight our friends at Book Larder! Bring your coziest and most comforting book to read with the Hugo House community!
In Person at Lapis Theater
Come visit Hugo House's Ludonarrative in Video Games panel for a discussion of what it's like to be a writer in the games industry. Discussion will range from breaking into the games industry, designing procedurally generated stories, writing for AAA games, and more.
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.
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!
In Person at Salon
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.
Visit https://www.arielbasom.com/collections for monthly line-ups, more details, and archives of past collections.
In Person at Lapis Theater
In the second of two events, 2025 Jack Straw writing fellows Hillary Behrman, Asha Dore, Makayla Danielle Gay, Monique Ouk, and Connor Watkins-Xu read some of the poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction they’ve been working on this year.
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.
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!
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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