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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“We’re going back to cabaret style. … There’s something about the community feel,” Center Salon organizer Bryan Willis explains. “You’re talking with other people at your table. … There’s just more rapport (between) the actors and the audience.”
Join us for an evening with Josephine Ensign, author of “Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in Seattle,” a WA State Book Award Finalist. A reading will be followed by a moderated discussion and audience Q&A. Josephine Ensign is a Professor of Nursing at the UW School […]
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. […]
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 […]
Registration is required for this event. Please click here and scroll down to register. Join us at Sensory Tool House for a book club for neurodivergent (ND*) school-age kids! This group’s mission is to provide a space for ND kids & tweens to find community with their peers and find joy […]
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 […]
