Join us in celebrating 25 years of the Get Lit! Festival with four full days of readings, writing workshops, craft classes, open mics, panel discussions, literary happy hours, and more— offered for free or at low-cost. Each year brings a diverse lineup of highly sought-after authors to our region, while also highlighting our local literary talent. This year, current U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón will be one of our headlining authors.

Schedule of Events

April 20, 2023

3:00pm - Spokane Cookbook Happy Hour featuring poet Jane Wong
Location: Baba

10:00pm - Social Hour at Emma Rue's
Location: Emma Rue's

8:00pm - Pie & Whiskey
Location: Montvale Event Center: Montvale Hall

6:00pm - Spark Central Book Release with the Salish School
Location: Spark Central

9:30am - Prose by Any Other Name
10:30am - Prose by Any Other Name
Location: Spokane Falls Community College

11:00am - Women of the West
12:30pm - Curtain Call: A Conversation on Playwriting
2:00pm - Community Open Mic
Location: The Hive

10:00am - True Histories of the Pacific Northwest
Location: Virtual

April 21, 2023

10:00am - No Such Thing as a Dumb Idea: A Craft Class with Leah Sottile
1:30pm - How to Start a Poem: A Craft Class with Ada Limón
Location: Spokane Public Library- Events A

10:00am - The Parent-Child Relationship in Fiction: A Craft Class with Sindya Bhanoo
12:30pm - Combining the Personal and the Political: A Craft Class with Toni Jensen
Location: Spokane Public Library- Events B

7:00pm - Women Writing in Full Color
Location: Spokane Public Library- nx?yx?yetk? Hall

11:00am - The Write Question: A Live Podcast Recording with Lauren Korn and Lisa Wells
Location: Spokane Public Library- Podcasting Studio

4:00pm - EWU MFA Alumni Around the Globe
Location: Virtual

April 22, 2023

10:00am - 25 Years Later: Celebrating the Festival's Founders
11:30am - You Can't Eat the Scenery
1:00pm - Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
2:30pm - Poetry Salon
4:00pm - Finding the Facts: A Reading and Conversation on Freelance Journalism
Location: Montvale Event Center: Ella's Theater

9:00am - Book Fair
Location: Montvale Event Center: Montvale Hall

10:30am - Dragon Talk: A Conversation on D&D
1:30pm - Lilac City Poets
3:00pm - Underrepresented Writers in Speculative Fiction
Location: Montvale Event Center: Third Floor Ballroom

7:00pm - An Evening with US Poet Laureate Ada Limón, Laura Read, and Gabrielle Bates
Location: The Bing Crosby Theater

11:00am - The Mind, The Body, The Writer
Location: Virtual

April 23, 2023

10:00am - Get Crit!: Dungeons and Dragons LIVE
1:30pm - Readings from the Eclectic North
3:00pm - Finding Home on the Page
4:30pm - Poetry and Prose
Location: Montvale Event Center: Ella's Theater

9:00am - Book Fair
Location: Montvale Event Center: Montvale Hall

9:30am - Conversations Over Coffee
10:30am - VoiceOver: An EWU MFA Open-Mic
Location: Montvale Event Center: Second Floor Lounge

10:30am - Write/Paper/Prompt: A Generative Board Game
12:30pm - Celebrating the Japanese American Experience with Betsy Aoki and Elaine Cockrell
Location: Montvale Event Center: Third Floor Ballroom

4:00pm - Walking Spokane's Wilds with Cascadia Field Guide
Location: People's Park Parking Lot

7:00pm - Spokane Stories
Location: Spokane Public Library- nx?yx?yetk? Hall

10:00am - The Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukranian Poetry Series
2:00pm - Regional MFA Reading
Location: Virtual

Date: April 20-23, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Spokane, WA 99201.

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