We’re the South Sound Speculative Fiction Writers’ Group. We’re a mixed group of writers just starting out and writers who have been writing for years. Our aim is to get better at our writing and advance our careers through honest and knowledgeable feedback, deliberate practice, and community building. We meet every Friday online through Slack …
Hal Schrieve, reading from “How to Get Over the End of the World” on Wednesday, October 25th at Browsers Books, grew up in Olympia, now lives in New York City, and works as a children’s librarian. Hir says, “I hope it resonates with people from Olympia! It is very inflected by my own teen years 2010-2014.”
Join local artist and instructor René Westbrook for a fun-filled, easy, and rewarding papercraft workshop, where we will learn how to transform ordinary books into fantastic pieces of art! Using a few basic folding techniques, each participant will create a “lighthouse” from their own hardcover book. The finished result will be something you can take …
Join us for a spooky author visit with Deke Moulton! Their new middle-grade novel Don’t Want to be Your Monster takes place in Lacey, WA and features 10 year old Adam and his older foster brother Victor, 14, who live with their adoptive vampire mothers. These vampire foster brothers solve a series of murders and unite with …
Come join other book lovers for a discussion of what we’ve been reading lately. Share your likes & dislikes, and find new reads! For teens and adults.
Join Ilyssa Kyu and Dave Kyu, editors of the new anthology Campfire Stories Volume II: Tales from America’s National Parks and Trails, and special guest Harvest Moon for a reading and book signing at Browsers Bookshop on Wednesday, August 2 at 6:00 PM. Inspired by America’s beloved national parks, Campfire Stories Volume II: Tales from America’s National …
It’s back! The 12th Annual Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition! (June 5 – July 27, 2023) Opening Reception June 7, 4:30-6:30pm, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound Remarks from the curatorial team and awards will be presented during the reception at 5:30 pm.
Come discuss some theory & history with Orca Books Co-op’s Marxist Reading Group.Our next title is Leslie Feinberg’s TRANSGENDER WARRIORS [1996] We will be discussing the text in it’s entirety Monday, June 26th at 6:00PM at Orca Books Co-op (315 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA) We will also be watching a video lecture by Feinberg …
Join us in store at Orca Books co-op with authors David George Gordon and MaryAnn Barron Wagner with a new edition of their book HEAVEN ON THE HALF SHELL: The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest A richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest’s beloved bivalve, Heaven on the Half Shell chronicles how …
Stories matter. The act of sharing a story at its core is how we as a species connect. There’s an alchemy that results from what happens when we listen to others share a life experience and in this case, hearing tales from our friends and neighbors who have served is beneficial for all. It allows …