Faces of SAL: Jennifer Cast
July 27, 2021
We have new faces on the SAL Board of Directors to introduce to you over the coming weeks! Most of our board members began their SAL journey the same way you did: as readers and event-goers. Learn abo...
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Category: Behind the Scenes
Bookshop Superheroes: Secret Garden Books
July 20, 2021
In appreciation of our local indies who have reinvented their processes and protocols during the past year in the service of getting the just-right book into the just-right hands, our Bookshop Superhe...
Faces of SAL: Lauri Conner, SAL Board President
July 15, 2021
By Gabriela Denise Frank “Writing for me had become this thing where I didn’t have to fit into anybody’s box, except for the one I created,” poet and educator Lauri Conner said. We were discus...
Faces of Bushwick: Olivia Brownlee
July 14, 2021
To celebrate our longtime partnership with Bushwick Book Club Seattle, we’re speaking with local musicians who have composed and performed songs inspired by the written works of SAL speakers. Learn ...
Bookshop Superheroes: Third Place Books—Ravenna
July 12, 2021
In appreciation of our local indies who have reinvented their processes and protocols during the past year in the service of getting the just-right book to the just-right hands, our Bookshop Superhero...
Create Your Own Series: Your SAL, Your Way
Tickets go on sale today for our Create Your Own Series subscriptions, which allow you to curate your own SAL experience with four tickets to four events of your choice. The question then becomes, how...
Bookshop Superheroes: Open Books
June 29, 2021
In appreciation of our local indies who have reinvented their processes and protocols during the past year in the service of getting the just-right book to the just-right hands, our Bookshop Superhero...
Go Inside a WITS Classroom Visit with Ocean Vuong
June 24, 2021
In June, students from Franklin High School spent time with poet and fiction writer Ocean Vuong in a session they called “Breaking Virtual Bread Together.” SAL’s Spotlight Author visits, held t...
Faces of Bushwick: Ken Nottingham & Carrie Wicks
June 16, 2021
To celebrate our long-time partnership with Bushwick Book Club Seattle, we’re speaking with local musicians who have composed and performed songs inspired by the written works of SAL speakers over t...
Bookshop Superheroes: Elliott Bay Book Company
June 7, 2021
Bookstore workers and owners have been absolute essential workers during this pandemic—heroes on the frontlines of our mental health. After those first months when reading felt really hard, when th...