Subscriptions
4-Part Create Your Own Series
6-Part Create Your Own Series
SAL Membership
Enjoy access to every SAL event in our 2025/26 Season—in-person and online.
Includes all added events, any associated books, and streaming access.
Literary Arts Series
The six-part Literary Arts Series presents talks and conversations with the leading fiction and nonfiction writers of our time.
Featuring: Arundhati Roy, Timothy Snyder, Colm Tóibín, Cristina Rivera Garza & Javier Zamora, and Emma Straub.
Subscription includes two books.
Encore Series
Our four-part Encore Series showcases favorite past SAL authors back by popular demand.
Featuring: Jill Lepore, James McBride, Patrick Radden Keefe, and Tommy Orange.
Subscription includes one book.
Community Curated Series
Our three-part Community Curated Series is directed this year by community leader Colleen Echohawk.
Featuring: Elizabeth Gilbert, Padma Lakshmi, and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.
Subscription includes two books.
Poetry Series
The three-part Poetry Series presents established poets and translators for readings and talks.
Featuring: Li-Young Lee, aja monet, and Emily Wilson.
Literary Arts
The six-part Literary Arts Series presents talks and conversations with the leading fiction and nonfiction writers of our time. One more event to be announced! Subscription includes two books.
Encore
Our four-part Encore Series showcases favorite past SAL authors back by popular demand.
Colleen Echohawk Presents
Our three-part Community Curated Series is directed this year by Indigenous leader and advocate Colleen Echohawk.
Poetry
The three-part Poetry Series presents established and emerging poets for readings and talks.
Subscriber Benefits
- $10 off all single ticket orders (by phone only).
- Early notification of added events.
- Select “Bring a Friend” vouchers.
- 10% discount on books at local independent bookstores.
- Select books included with some subscriptions:
- Literary Arts Series subscribers receive a copy of Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me and Timothy Snyder’s On Freedom (paperback).
- Community Curated Series subscribers receive a copy of Elizabeth Gilbert’s All the Way to the River and Padma Lakshmi’s Padma’s All American.
- Encore Series subscribers receive a copy of Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling.
- Create Your Own Series subscribers receive any associated books with their ticket selection.
- SAL Members receive any associated books for the 2025/26 Season.
- Room deals at local hotels.
- Dining deals.
Partner Bookstores
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- Ada’s Technical Books
- BookTree Kirkland
- Book Larder
- Charlie’s Queer Books
- Edmonds Bookshop
- Elliott Bay Book Company
- Island Books
- Madison Books
- Magnolia’s Bookstore
- Mam’s Books
- Open Books: A Poem Emporium
- Paper Boat Booksellers
- Phinney Books
- Queen Anne Book Company
- Ridgecrest Books
- Secret Garden Books
- Third Place Books: Lake Forest Park
- Third Place Books: Ravenna
- Third Place Books: Seward Park
Food & Drink
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- Charlotte Restaurant (Lotte Hotel)—10% off purchase (excluding Happy Hour)
- Cheeky & Dry Non-Alcoholic Bottle Shop—15% off purchase
- Davids & Co. at Benaroya Hall—10% off a SAL themed cocktail
- Fran’s Chocolates—10% off chocolates
- Gold Coast Ghal Kitchen—10% off purchase
- Ohsun Banchan Deli & Cafe—10% off with purchase
- Six Seven Restaurant (Edgewater Hotel)—10% discount or complimentary dish
- Spice Waala—free mango lassi with a purchase of $15 or more
- STELLA (Hotel Sorrento)—10% off purchase of food
Hotel Stays
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- Lotte Hotel—10% off room stays (see digital benefits card for link)
FAQ
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