Sunday, November 24, 2024 7:30 pm PST
The newest book from Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water, reminds audiences of why he is hailed as one of the modern era’s greatest epic novelists. At once a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, this story is a humbling testament to generational connection and a shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself. Q&A with Professor Deepa Rao.
Christopher Michel
Thursday, December 5, 2024 7:30 pm PST
Known for her poetry, her essays, and the way she lights up the world, Aimee Nezhukumatathil restores our astonishment again and again in her poetry collection Oceanic and in her latest essay collection Bite by Bite—a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from nature. Q&A with Jane Wong.
Tenola Plaxico
Give the gift of inspiration! Pick four in-person events of your choice to make up a Flex Pass for family, friends, or yourself this holiday season.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Community
This four-part reading series features acclaimed poets, writers, and comics artists who teach in SAL’s Writers in the Schools program.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Literary Arts
The newest book from Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water, reminds audiences of why he is hailed as one of the modern era’s greatest epic novelists.
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Poetry
Known for her poetry, her essays, and the way she lights up the world, Aimee Nezhukumatathil restores our astonishment again and again.
Monday, December 9, 2024
Encore
Author of the sensational Braiding Sweetgrass—a book that forever changed nature writing—Robin Wall Kimmerer returns with The Serviceberry.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Free Events
Join us for a poetry reading featuring SAL’s talented Youth Poetry Fellows. At Youth Poetry Fellowship (YPF) meetings this year, fellows have been honing their craft and strengthening their performance.
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Free Events
Join SAL and our friends at The Seattle Public Library and Silent Book Club Seattle for another wonderful evening of silent reading! Make your way to the stunning 10th floor of the Seattle Central Library for a silent reading evening with fellow book lovers. Enjoy quiet, camaraderie, and literary “tasting menus” of some fan favorite books from 2024 Summer Book Bingo categories. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required!
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.
