Don’t Want To Be Your Monster: Meet Author Deke Moulton!

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 …

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Armory Arts Intervention – Illuminate Pride: A Celebration of Diversity and Community

Illuminate Pride: A Celebration of Diversity and Community Illuminate Pride is an immersive one-day festival that merges the vibrant LGBTQIA2S+ community with the creative energy of the city hosted by Capital City Pride, WildTiny Productions, and Lucy ElleBalls Productions. Festival highlights include a Pride Gathering, Artistic Light Installations, Cultural Showcases, Workshops & Panels, Pride Market, …

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Campfire Stories Reading

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 …

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Orca Books Co-op Author Talk: HEAVEN ON THE HALF SHELL

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 …

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“Am I Trans Enough?” with Author Alo Johnston

Join us for an evening with Alo Johnston, @thetranstherapist and author of the new book Am I Trans Enough? How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self. The author will read from and discuss the book, followed by a brief Q&A. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Born out of thousands of …

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An Evening with MariNaomi

Join us for the Olympia book launch of MariNaomi’s newest graphic memoir, I Thought You Loved Me, a collage-comics memoir about queer friendship and the unreliability of memory. The evening will consist of a reading (with visuals) by MariNaomi, followed by a moderated conversation with the author and Frank Hussey of Danger Room Comics, and …

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South Sound Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Critique

We’re the South Sound Speculative Fiction Writers’ Group. We’ve been meeting every Friday for the past two years via Slack (no video or audio. only text). 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 …

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Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Decompression

We’re a mixed group of writers just starting out and writers who have been writing for years. We also have short fiction writers, novel writers, and some that fall into both camps or somewhere in between. Our aim is to get better at our speculative fiction and advance our writing careers through honest and knowledgeable …

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