
Events at SAL
Upcoming Events

A Conversation with Kevin Kwan
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Meet Cute
From Kevin Kwan, the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy, comes Lies and Weddings—a new outrageous, thrillingly plotted comedy of manners in which a forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding. Meet Cute Series, Create Your Own Series, Super SAL subscriptions, and single tickets, with the exception of a limited number of Pay What You Can tickets, include a paperback copy of Lies and Weddings. Q&A with Jane Hyo-Sung Park.

A Conversation with Ocean Vuong
Sunday, June 1, 2025
SAL Presents
Ocean Vuong returns with The Emperor of Gladness, a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Elementary & Middle Schools
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Free Events
Bring a listening ear and a joyful spirit to the WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration! Every year, WITS culminates in a program-wide reading and celebration of student work that features student readers from approximately 30 schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration: Middle & High Schools
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Free Events
Bring a listening ear and a joyful spirit to the WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration! Every year, WITS culminates in a program-wide reading and celebration of student work that features student readers from approximately 30 schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Chapbook Launch
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Free Events
Please join us in celebrating the launch of the 2024/25 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Janae Lu’s chapbook, In All Spaces Liminal. Published by Poetry Northwest Editions this is the tenth edition of the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate series. Janae Lu will read from the collection alongside other talented poets.

A Conversation with R.F. Kuang
Friday, September 12, 2025
SAL Presents
Tickets for this event will go on sale June 17 at noon.