Enjoy intimate conversations with bestselling authors, poets and other literary professionals in events presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures. Each event offers a variety of ticket prices for increased accessibility, and most come with a copy of the author’s latest work.

Schedule:

• Oct. 20 – Elizabeth Gilbert
• Oct. 26 – Timothy Snyder
• Nov. 18 – Padma Lakshmi
• Nov. 19 – Murmurations (also takes place Jan. 21, March 18 and May 20, 2026)
• Dec. 2 – Salman Rushdie

2026:

• Jan. 13 – Colm Tóibín
• Jan. 27 – Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
• Feb. 5 – aja monet
• Feb. 24 – Cristina Rivera Garza & Javier Zamora
• March 3 – James McBride
• March 30 – Stephen Graham Jones
• April 7 – George Saunders
• April 9 – Emma Straub
• April 22 – Patrick Radden Keefe
• May 6 – Marlon James
• May 12 – Emily Wilson
• May 21 – Tommy Orange
• June 3 and 4 – WITS Year‑End Reading & Celebration for Elementary, Middle and High Schools