August Third Thursday! 

This monthly event is a great opportunity to meet KHN resident artists, writers, and composers, and learn about their work first-hand. And this month we are excited to hear our current resident artists present about their work! 

This evening begins with snacks and wine, graciously donated by the Kimmel Foundation, and a chance to meet the artists and socialize with friends. Then our resident writers and composer present in the KHN Gallery followed by a group visit to each of the visual artists' studios.

Presenters:

Kira Homsher

Ryan Standfest

John Kosch

Kate McIntyre

Amy Wilson

In-person event

In this illuminating panel, five women who have recently published a prizewinning debut short story collection will discuss their individual pathways to the prize. Featuring winners of national book prizes including the Flannery O'Connor Award, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Juniper Prize, the Mary McCarthy Prize, and the New American Fiction Prize, panelists will detail their writing backgrounds, the development of their collections, and submission strategies, offering wisdom and advice.

Join hex and HAD for an evening of brief, weird readings from a bunch of our contributors. Seattle taco pop-up Comal will be on hand selling food, beer, wine, and nonalcoholic drinks.

Readers include Cameron Bocanegra, Aaron Burch, Nicole Callihan, Melissa Dittrich, Robert Long Foreman, Adrian Dallas Frandle, Keith Mark Gaboury, Nancy Huang, Benjamin Niespodziany, Wendy Oleson, Pedro Ponce, Remi Recchia, Ruby Rorty, Valentine Sargent, Parth Shah, Evan Williams

Where: Broadcast Coffee Roosevelt (6515 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115)

When: Friday, March 10, 7-9pm

Get there: From the conference, light rail from the Westlake Station to Roosevelt Station

How can you find new creative inspiration when you open up your writing practice to include others? Kate McIntyre and Joe Aguilar write fiction both separately and together. Their teaching also centers collaborative work. Hear a brief reading of their fiction and learn more about collaborative processes you might try yourselves.

Brookline Booksmith hosts a reading and discussion with Kate McIntyre, author of Mad Prairie, and Roxane Gay, Flannery O’Connor Award series editor and author of Hunger. Register here