Monday, April 7, 2025 7:30 pm PST
Join SAL for a conversation with Bonnie Garmus, author of one of the greatest literary phenomena in recent years! With over eight million copies sold, her novel Lessons in Chemistry has struck a chord with readers around the globe.
Moya Nolan
Thursday, April 3, 2025 7:30 pm PST
Abby Jimenez, “full of fierce humor and fiercer heart,” (Casey McQuiston) is the bestselling author of seven wildly popular, laugh-out-loud, pull-at-your-heartstrings romantic novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Just for the Summer, The Friend Zone, The Happy Ever After Playlist, and the forthcoming Say You’ll Remember Me.
Ryan LaPlante
For the past 30 years, WITS has matched professional local writers with K-12 public schools to support young people as they discover and develop their authentic writing voices. Since our founding in 1994, WITS has inspired over 150,000 students. This year, we will serve 6,000 students at 39 sites in six school districts!
What’s next? We’re centering students who have the least access to arts engagement opportunities through our WITS Rewritten initiative. Learn more about how you can get involved.
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Meet Cute
Abby Jimenez, “full of fierce humor and fiercer heart,” (Casey McQuiston) is the bestselling author of seven wildly popular, laugh-out-loud, pull-at-your-heartstrings romantic novels, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Just for the Summer, The Friend Zone, The Happy Ever After Playlist, and the forthcoming Say You’ll Remember Me. Q&A with Amber Flame.
Monday, April 7, 2025
SAL Presents
Join SAL for a conversation with Bonnie Garmus, author of one of the greatest literary phenomena in recent years!
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Encore
Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball growing up in Columbus, Ohio, one which inspired the writing in his memoir, There’s Always This Year—a triumph, which is brimming with joy, pain, solidarity, comfort, outrage, and hope.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Community
This two-part professional development workshop is led by WITS writers, Corinne Manning and Putsata Reang.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Literary Arts
C Pam Zhang has stunned audiences with her rapturous and revelatory storytelling in her acclaimed bestselling novel Land of Milk and Honey.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Community
This four-part reading series features acclaimed poets, writers, and comics artists who teach in SAL’s Writers in the Schools program.
Seattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations.
This winter, consider an End of Year gift to SAL to help us continue bringing our community together – people of all ages and backgrounds – to read and write, to listen deeply, and to bring forward the voices we all need to hear. More than sixty percent of our annual revenue comes from charitable donations. We hope you will join us with a gift that powers another year of inspiration, conversation, and community.
Community
Every summer, we partner with The Seattle Public Library to create a Summer Book Bingo card as part of our free summer reading program. Adults, teens, and kids play along from May – September to be entered in a chance to win fabulous prizes.
Give the gift of SAL! If you’re looking for a literary-themed gift for loved ones near and far, SAL’s digital gift cards are on sale now.
