Welcome to the Spokane Lit Calendar!
Here you will find literary related events happening in and around Spokane.
If you have an event you’d like us to include, please send event information to getlit@ewu.edu.
October 2022
Book Signing: Death Came with the Postman by Carroll W. McInroe
Join us and Carroll W. McInroe to celebrate the release of his memoir Death Came with the Postman for a book signing! A Vietnam-era, U.S. Army story of the terrible hatred generated by slavery, bigotry, and the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. Saturday, October 8th from 1pm - 3pm at Auntie’s Bookstore
Find out more »Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-Person or Zoom
Zoom Group Meeting - Transcendent Kingdom by Yas Gyasi. Leader of the Zoom Group: Linda (she/her) In-Store Group Meeting - The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham Leader of the In-Person Group: Gerard (he/him/his) Contact: Linda at auntiesbooks@gmail.com or Gerard at gerard@auntiesbooks.com
Find out more »The Ride-Along by Frank Zafiro and Colin Conway
One night. Two people. And a nation's problems. Join authors Frank Zafiro and Colin Conway for another novel in their Charlie-316 series, The Ride-Along Friday, October 14th at 7 pm at Auntie's Bookstore Please RSVP on Auntie's website for this free event
Find out more »Book Signing with Maxwell Hurley
Join author Maxwell Hurley at Auntie's for a book signing of his LiT series! Maxwell's novel series has received five-star reviews from customers. To keep up-to-date on all his upcoming projects, go to www.Facebook.com/MaxFHurley. Saturday, October 15th from 1-4pm This is a FREE event
Find out more »Poetry with Christopher Howell & David Axelrod
Join us for an evening of poetry with Christopher Howell & David Axelrod celebrating their most recent poetry collections! Christopher Howell: Book of Beginnings and Ends David Axelrod: Years Beyond the River Friday, October 21st at 7pm at Auntie's Bookstore RSVP for this free event on Auntie's website
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
Book: All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (Paperback) Leader: Ness (they/them) Contact: vanessa@auntiesbooks.com This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM.
Find out more »The Sood Family Series by Sapna Srinivasan
Join us in welcoming Sapna Srinivasan and the first two books in her Sood Family Series, A New Mantra and A Rebel's Mantra! Saturday, October 22nd @ 7pm at Auntie’s Bookstore This is a FREE event RSVP on Auntie's website
Find out more »Mystery-Thriller Book Group via Zoom
Leader: Linda (she/her) Contact: auntiesbooks@gmail.com We meet on the 4th Thursday of the month at 12pm noon. We are currently meeting virtually on Zoom.
Find out more »Spooky Storytime & Scavenger Hunt!
Join us at Auntie's for a Spoooooky Storytime followed by a Scavenger Hunt! Saturday, October 29 at 11am Costumes are encouraged! Find all five scavenger hunt items and win a prize! RSVP for this FREE event on Auntie's website
Find out more »November 2022
3 Minute Mic @ Auntie’s Bookstore
Spokane’s favorite First Friday open poetry mic returns, hosted by Chris Cook! All are welcome to read or listen. Keep an eye out for additional hosts and guests. This is a free-speech, uncensored event.
Find out more »Mermaid Storytime
Join us at Auntie's for an exciting opportunity to hang out with some local merfolk and listen to them read some of their favorite children's books! Reading with Mermaid Izira and Mermaid Nimue Saturday, November 5th at 11 am right here at Auntie's Bookstore Please RSVP for this free event on Auntie's website
Find out more »Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Join us to celebrate Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes! The much-beloved BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes is Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes. *The new paperback edition will include a very special, never-before-seen bonus story, 'Pages to Fill.'* Click here to pre-order now! Monday, November 7th, 2022 at 7pm. This event is free and open to the…
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club
Get Lit! is teaming up with Auntie’s Bookstore for a monthly book club run by our very own Get Lit! intern Trisha Kiehn. The Get Lit! Book Club will read a book by a 2023 Get Lit! festival author each month. November’s Read: When the Moon Turns to Blood*, a true-crime novel written by Leah…
Find out more »December 2022
3 Minute Mic @ Auntie’s Bookstore
Spokane’s favorite First Friday open poetry mic returns, hosted by Chris Cook! All are welcome to read or listen. Keep an eye out for additional hosts and guests. This is a free-speech, uncensored event.
Find out more »CANCELLED: December Get Lit! Book Club
** Event cancelled due to holiday, book club will resume in January ** Get Lit! is teaming up with Auntie’s Bookstore for a monthly book club run by our very own Get Lit! intern Trisha Kiehn. The Get Lit! Book Club will read a book by a 2023 Get Lit! festival author each month. Book…
Find out more »January 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club
Get Lit! is teaming up with Auntie’s Bookstore for a monthly book club run by our very own Get Lit! intern Tricia Kiehn. The Get Lit! Book Club will read a book by a 2023 Get Lit! festival author each month. January's read is Tell me I'm An Artist by Chelsea Martin
Find out more »February 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club
Get Lit! is teaming up with Auntie’s Bookstore for a monthly book club run by our very own Get Lit! intern Tricia Kiehn. The Get Lit! Book Club will read a book by a 2023 Get Lit! festival author each month. Book TBA
Find out more »March 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club
Get Lit! is teaming up with Auntie’s Bookstore for a monthly book club run by our very own Get Lit! intern Tricia Kiehn. The Get Lit! Book Club will read a book by a 2023 Get Lit! festival author each month. Book TBA
Find out more »April 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »May 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »“What Small Sound” by Francesca Bell & Fellow Authors
Join Auntie's to celebrate Francesca Bell's latest poetry collection, What Small Sound, with fellow authors Laura Read, Tiffany Midge, Douglas Manuel, and Maya Jewell Zeller! Monday, May 15th, 2023 at 7pm at Auntie's Bookstore (402 W Main Ave). This event is free and open to the public. More about the event: https://www.auntiesbooks.com/event/what-small-sound-francesca-bell-fellow-authors
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »June 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »July 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »August 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »September 2023
Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »October 2023
3 Minute Mic
First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 1 Free Words A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes' worth of content. Open to all ages.
Find out more »Erin Pringle: Unexpected Weather Events
Free Words Pringle signs copies of her new short story collection Unexpected Weather Events. 509-838-0206
Find out more »Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Auntie’s Book Club: Afternoon
Free Words Discuss “Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century” by Kim Fu.
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »Auntie’s Book Club: Get Lit!
Auntie's Bookstore Free Words Book TBD. 509-838-0206
Find out more »November 2023
3 Minute Mic
First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 1 Free Words A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes' worth of content. Open to all ages.
Find out more »Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »December 2023
3 Minute Mic
First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 1 Free Words A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes' worth of content. Open to all ages.
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club “November” Meeting
November's Meeting will be held on December 3rd due to the holidays! In November we will be discussing Spinning Tea Cups: A Mythic American Memoir by Alexandra Teague. Teague writes nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, and she is the editor for Broadside Press. "Spinning Tea Cups will appeal to readers interested in American cultural studies, those concerned…
Find out more »Auntie’s AM Book Group – In-person
Happy New Year Everyone! To set off 2023, we will meet on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00 A.M. at Auntie's to give our group some time to read after the holidays! Looking forward to seeing everyone! This group reads a wide selection of mainstream fiction and some nonfiction. We meet the second Tuesday of the…
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »January 2024
3 Minute Mic
First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 1 Free Words A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes' worth of content. Open to all ages.
Find out more »Queer & Weird Book Club with Ness
This group meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 6 PM. We will be meeting Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 PM to discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's blistering debut novel, Iron Widow, a ferocious YA fantasy where The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim to create a story unlike anything I've read before, with a…
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club with Tricia
Welcome to the new Get Lit! Book Club! This book club will meet at Auntie's Bookstore the last Sunday of every month from 6-7pm. Leading up to the Get Lit! Festival held in April, this book club will be reading a book each month by one of the contributing authors. The discussion for these meetings is focused on…
Find out more »February 2024
3 Minute Mic
First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 1 Free Words A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes' worth of content. Open to all ages.
Find out more »Get Lit! Book Club
This month we will be reading "Cipota Under the Moon" by Claudia Castro Luna. Luna was the Washington Poet Laureate from 2018-2021. Her work is inspired by her experience immigrating to the US from El Salvador when she was 14. "In lush prose poems, musical tankas, and free verse, Castro Luna affirms that the desire…
Find out more »March 2024
3 Minute Mic
First Friday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 1 Free Words A poetry open mic where readers may share up to three minutes' worth of content. Open to all ages.
Find out more »The Forgotten Five by Lisa McMann & Monsterious by Matt McMann
X-Men meets Spy Kids in the The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author Lisa McMann. And for fans of Goosebumps, Matt McMann has a series of stand-alone terrifying tales that combine monsters + mysteries. Auntie's is excited to bring back Lisa & Matt McMann! Join us to hear all…
Find out more »BOOK SIGNING: “Cougar Bay Nature Preserve” by Theresa Shaffer
Fighting for Ecological Heritage Stop by Auntie's to get a signed copy of Cougar Bay Nature Preserve: Saving Coeur d'Alene's Natural Gem by Theresa Shaffer and chat about her book! Sunday, March 10th between 11am and 1pm at Auntie’s Bookstore. About the book In 1992, a Hawaiian developer proposed a subdivision on Cougar Bay's northern…
Find out more »“Bardo” by Joseph Haeger
Join us and author Joseph Haeger for his latest book Bardo! Friday, March 15th at 7pm at Auntie's Bookstore (402 W Main Ave). This event is free and open to the public. RSVP below! About the book When the death of his son’s murderer fails to ease his pain, a grieving father finds himself on…
Find out more »October 2024
3 Minute Mic
Spokane’s favorite First Friday open poetry mic returns, hosted by Chris Cook (guest-host, Chris Coppen)! All are welcome to read or listen. This is a free speech, uncensored event.
Find out more »November 2024
3 Minute Mic
Spokane’s favorite First Friday open poetry mic returns, hosted by Chris Cook (guest-host, Chris Coppen)! All are welcome to read or listen. This is a free speech, uncensored event.
Find out more »
