Talks & readings in Seattle

Upcoming talks & readings events in Seattle — author talks, readings & lectures.

427 events

Tuesday, October 20

Spoken Word / Reading

Beyond Treaties: Native Stories of Survival and Strength

2:00 PM PDTPort Gamble S’Klallam Longhouse

Lecture / Talk

Perspectives on AI and Health: Power, Parity, and the Public Good

3:00 PM PDTNorth Creek Events Center NCEC UWB Bothell

Lecture / Talk

A&NHPI General Election Candidate Forum

5:30 PM PDTWing Luke Museum

Spoken Word / Reading

One Bellevue One Book: Evening Book Discussion of Intemperance by Sonora Jha

6:00 PM PDTBellevue Library

Lecture / Talk

Mushroom Foraging Basics & Mushroom Seasons

6:00 PM PDTTukwila Community Center

Spoken Word / Reading

(Not-So-)Silent Reading — Horror Edition

6:00 PM PDTAsylum Collective

Lecture / Talk

Thomas Dambo Artist Talk

6:30 PM PDTNational Nordic Museum

Spoken Word / Reading

Book Release Party: Lyndsay Faye’s Raven

6:30 PM PDTSwoon City

Spoken Word / Reading

Katee Robert Book Event with Tessonja Odette

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Spoken Word / Reading

Kiri Callaghan: A Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork Book Release

7:00 PM PDTBeguiled Books

Lecture / Talk

Catherine Mutti-Driscoll: The Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria Workbook

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books Ravenna

Spoken Word / Reading

Tara Goedjen with Elise Hooper: Please Enjoy Your Stay

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books

Lecture / Talk

Dan Werb with Eliza Heery and Margaret Siple — 'Our Wild Familiars'

7:00 PM PDTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Lecture / Talk

Luddite R.O.A.D.T.I.P.: Occupying Public Space & Ditching Technology

7:00 PM PDTWashington Hall

Lecture / Talk

Bill Nye

7:30 PM PDTThe 5th Avenue Theatre

Wednesday, October 21

Lecture / Talk

The Loom: On Authenticity with Rhonda Faison

10:00 AM PDTShelterwood Collective

Lecture / Talk

Consuming Wisely: Is Consumer Privacy Still Possible In The Age of AI?

5:30 PM PDTAdvancement and Alumni Building

Spoken Word / Reading

Meet Sno-Isle Reads Together Author Shelby Van Pelt

6:00 PM PDTRosehill Community Center

Lecture / Talk

Seattle Field Guide | Author Talk

6:00 PM PDTREI Flagship Seattle

Lecture / Talk

Seattle City Council District 5 Live Debate: Julie Kang vs. Nilu Jenks

6:00 PM PDTNational Nordic Museum

Lecture / Talk

History Café: Black Baseball in Washington

6:30 PM PDTMuseum of History & Industry (MOHAI) — Faye G. Allen Grand Atrium

Lecture / Talk

2026 Doug Walker Lecture & Reception

6:30 PM PDTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

Lecture / Talk

Author Talk: Brett Adams and Jacob Grier, The Bartender's Library

6:30 PM PDTBook Larder

Spoken Word / Reading

Angela Bourassa "Never Lasting" Book Event

6:30 PM PDTLovestruck in Seattle

Lecture / Talk

Eastside Audubon: One Bird, One Beach, One Community

6:30 PM PDTRedmond Library

Lecture / Talk

What’s Up with the Pacific Northwest and Serial Killers?

7:00 PM PDTSpanish Ballroom at Elks Temple

Spoken Word / Reading

Natalie Baszile Book Event with Amber Flame

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Spoken Word / Reading

Black Jaw Reading Series with UW MFA Program

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books Ravenna

Spoken Word / Reading

Kawai Strong Washburn: The Names of the New World

7:00 PM PDTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Thursday, October 22

Conference / Symposium

Early Music America 2026 Summit

9:30 AM PDTIntellectual House

Lecture / Talk

Beyond Memory Loss: Understanding Behaviors, Communication, and Connection

11:00 AM PDTHeron's Key

Lecture / Talk

Adrianne Haslet: Resilience • Advocacy • Inspiration

12:00 PM PDTLa Quinta Inn & Suites

Lecture / Talk

Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award Lecture

4:00 PM PDTSeattle University Student Center

Lecture / Talk

Just Labor: A Conversation with Br. Ken Homan, SJ

4:00 PM PDTCampion Ballroom

Lecture / Talk

What is a Therapy Dog?

4:00 PM PDTLake Stevens Library - Sno-Isle Libraries

Lecture / Talk

Mushroom Foraging Basics & Mushroom Seasons

5:00 PM PDTKingsgate Library

Lecture / Talk

Dark Divide 2026 Race Recap

5:00 PM PDTSound Break Bike House

Lecture / Talk

Viking Blood: Premodern Scandinavia and Thereafter

6:00 PM PDTNational Nordic Museum

Spoken Word / Reading

"The Bartender's Library" Author Event

6:00 PM PDTHere Today Brewery & Kitchen

Lecture / Talk

Constitution Day Civic Series Part III

6:30 PM PDTShoreline City Hall

Lecture / Talk

BeWild Speaker Series: For the Love of Bats with Niki Desautels

6:30 PM PDTThe Mountaineers — Seattle Program Center

Lecture / Talk

Author Talk + Demo: Stuart Lane, Spinasse

6:30 PM PDTBook Larder

Spoken Word / Reading

Author Event with Carrie Powell - The Midlife Edit

6:30 PM PDTIsland Books

Spoken Word / Reading

Mark Smith

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Spoken Word / Reading

Barbara Sjoholm presents 'Sámi Folktales from the Near and Far Worlds'

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books Ravenna

Spoken Word / Reading

Words and Sounds from Jack Straw Artists

7:00 PM PDTCommon Objects

Friday, October 23

Conference / Symposium

Leafline Regional Trails Summit

9:00 AM PDTRedmond Senior & Community Center

Conference / Symposium

Early Music America 2026 Summit

9:30 AM PDTIntellectual House

Lecture / Talk

Guided tour of Ballard Landmark District

10:00 AM PDTMarvin's Garden

Lecture / Talk

Visiting Artist Lecture - Samantha Yun Wall

11:30 AM PDTRaisbeck Auditorium

Spoken Word / Reading

V. L. Bovalino: The Thief and the Traitor Bride Book Event

6:00 PM PDTLovestruck in Seattle

Lecture / Talk

LIKELIHOOD Stadium Talks: Designer & Video Essayist Karsten Kroening

6:30 PM PDTLIKELIHOOD

Spoken Word / Reading

7Stories: Skeletons in the Closet

7:00 PM PDTHighline Heritage Museum

Spoken Word / Reading

Rivka Clifton, Caleb True, & Katie Lee Ellison

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Spoken Word / Reading

Lauren Appelbaum in conversation with Anna E. Collins — 'The Holiday House Swap'

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books Ravenna

Spoken Word / Reading

Scratch Night 2026 with Jocelyn R.C.

7:30 PM PDTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

Saturday, October 24

Conference / Symposium

PNW Arts and Tech Symposium

9:30 AM PDT9th Ave Gallery - Cornish College of the Arts

Conference / Symposium

Early Music America 2026 Summit

9:30 AM PDTIntellectual House

Lecture / Talk

ALL ABOUT COAL

11:00 AM PDTBlack Diamond History Museum

Lecture / Talk

Filipino American History Month: Beyond the Margins

11:30 AM PDTWing Luke Museum

Lecture / Talk

Candidate Forum

12:00 PM PDTByrd Barr Place

Lecture / Talk

Patkanim's Daughters: Julia, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susie and their Cross-cultural Marriages

2:00 PM PDTMonroe Library - Sno-Isle Libraries

Lecture / Talk

Dollhouses and the Mighty Power of Miniatures

3:00 PM PDTTacoma Public Library Wheelock Branch

Spoken Word / Reading

The Stories We Carry: Memoir, Mental Health, and the Power of Connection

3:30 PM PDTShoreline Library

Spoken Word / Reading

Julie Orringer w/ Claire Dederer

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Spoken Word / Reading

Other People's Poems: Amber Flame, K. Van Petten & Katie Prince

7:00 PM PDTOpen Books A Poem Emporium

Lecture / Talk

SALON: STREETWEAR ACCORDING TO LUIS G. VELEZ

7:00 PM PDTOpen Form

Sunday, October 25

Lecture / Talk

The Archaeology of Rock Springs Chinatown and the 1885 Chinese Massacre

12:00 PM PDTStroum Jewish Community Center — on Mercer Island

Lecture / Talk

Cemetery Tour - Cromwell

1:30 PM PDTHarbor History Museum

Lecture / Talk

Denizens of Highline Forest: For the Love of Bats

2:00 PM PDTBurien Library

Spoken Word / Reading

Watch Party for Minecraft Author Event: Danica Davidson

2:00 PM PDTWoodmont Library

Lecture / Talk

Climate Conversation: Salmon Stories Past, Present and Future

4:00 PM PDTThird Place Commons

Spoken Word / Reading

Sarah Cavanaugh & Lynya Floyd with Michael Wiegers

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Conference / Symposium

PNW Arts and Tech Symposium

All day9th Ave Gallery - Cornish College of the Arts

Monday, October 26

Lecture / Talk

Kirkland: Funeral Options Presentation (Public)

2:00 PM PDTPeter Kirk Community Center/Kirkland Senior Center

Lecture / Talk

Read, Roam, Rules: Bowling Alone Book Discussion

5:00 PM PDTKitsap Regional Library, Bremerton - Sylvan Way

Spoken Word / Reading

Black Futures Book Club X Langston Seattle

6:00 PM PDTLangston Hughes Performing Arts Institute

Lecture / Talk

Pamela Ronald

6:30 PM PDTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

Spoken Word / Reading

Alliance Française de Seattle: Marie NDiaye presents 'The Witch'

6:30 PM PDTGood Shepherd Center

Lecture / Talk

Science on Tap

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books Ravenna

Lecture / Talk

Paul Loeb: The Impossible Will Take a Little While

7:00 PM PDTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Spoken Word / Reading

ACOTAR Midnight Release Party!

Time TBAEagle Harbor Book Co

Tuesday, October 27

Lecture / Talk

Hot Stove Radio Show

9:00 AM PDTHot Stove Society

Lecture / Talk

Universal Monster Movies Talk

1:00 PM PDTGreenwood Senior Center

Lecture / Talk

Facing Turmoil with Integrity: What Gandhi and MLK Learned from an Ancient Masterpiece

1:00 PM PDTHeron's Key

Spoken Word / Reading

Book Launch Party & Open House

4:00 PM PDTOlalla Bay Market & Landing

Lecture / Talk

Community Wealth, Community Futures

4:30 PM PDTMilgard Hall

Lecture / Talk

Women Trailblazers Across Disciplines - Women's Leadership Panel With Wismer Professor

5:00 PM PDTCenter for Science and Innovation, Seattle University

Spoken Word / Reading

"Command Performance Series": A True Crime Listening Event

5:30 PM PDTDes Moines Theater

Spoken Word / Reading

Honoring the Dead from the Old Pioneer Cemetery

6:00 PM PDTMcMenamins Anderson School

Lecture / Talk

Stand Up for Science: a teach-in event

6:30 PM PDTObec Brewing

Spoken Word / Reading

Daryl Gregory w/ Sadie Hartmann

7:00 PM PDTElliott Bay Book Company

Spoken Word / Reading

Taryn Delanie Smith with Shoshannah Cutler: Welcome to the Afterlife

7:00 PM PDTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Spoken Word / Reading

Crab Creek Review & Friends

7:00 PM PDTThird Place Books Ravenna

Spoken Word / Reading

Listening in the Dark: Stories of American Spiritualism from 1848-1926

7:30 PM PDTStimson-Green Mansion

Wednesday, October 28

Spoken Word / Reading

Neal Stephenson discusses & signs D: HEAVY WATER at B&N Northgate

6:00 PM PDTNorthgate Station — Barnes & Noble

Lecture / Talk

The Secret Life of Bats

6:00 PM PDTRenton Library

Lecture / Talk

Mushroom Foraging Basics & Mushroom Seasons

6:00 PM PDTIssaquah Library

Lecture / Talk

Choose Your Own Adventure: Exploring Seattle's Archives

6:30 PM PDTFolio: The Seattle Athenaeum

Lecture / Talk

Author Talk + Demo: Morgan Eckroth, Coffee, for Here

6:30 PM PDTBook Larder