February and March 2026 Author and Community Events at The Seattle Public Library
release date: February 5, 2026
Celebrate late winter at the Library by making a zine, seeing multidisciplinary artist Miz Floes perform a fusion of spoken word and theater, or hearing bestselling author Michiko Aoyama discuss her latest title, “Hot Chocolate on Thursday.” We’re also kicking off a new KUOW Book Talk series with historian Coll Thrush on Feb. 26 and Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe on March 23.
Find all our book-related events, including a variety of book and writing programs, at our Books and Authors calendar. Find information and registration through the event links below.
All Library events are free and open to the public. Many of these events are supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation.
Registration is not required unless noted.
UPCOMING AUTHOR AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
- Miz Floes presents "Royalty Revisited." Thursday, Feb. 19, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Central Library, Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium. Join multidisciplinary artist Miz Floes for an evening of spoken word fused with theater. Miss Barbara and Miss Rosa Lee reminisce about the neighborhood of their youth while seeking to restore the once-thriving community of their memories. Can they restore the neighborhood and change the narrative? Registration is required.
- Queer Silent Book Club Seattle. Thursdays: Feb. 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Central Library, Level 3 - Living Room. Queer folks and allies: join us for silent reading and bookish chit-chat with Queer Silent Book Club Seattle!
- “Meet Cute at the Library.” Sunday, Feb. 22, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Central Library Level 4 (the Red Floor), Room 1. The second event in guest curator Amber Flame’s guest-curated series was inspired by a cheap date suggestion by “The Stranger” to find a book of love poems and read together on the Central Library’s Red Floor. At our re-creation, local performers will share poems and short stories that celebrate all kinds of love, and participate in a panel on writing the heart. Registration is required.
- Michiko Aoyama discusses "Hot Chocolate on Thursday." Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. The bestselling author of “What You Are Looking For Is in the Library" will discuss her new Japanese cozy novel, a tapestry of slice-of-life moments that open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious Marble Cafe. Registration is required.
- KUOW Book Talk with Author Coll Thrush. Thursday, Feb. 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Library, Level 1 Microsoft Auditorium. Join KUOW’s Katie Campbell in conversation with Indigenous Studies Professor Coll Thrush to explore the stories behind his new book, "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific." “Wrecked” is a haunting and deeply researched look at the Northwest Coast. With Third Place Books. KUOW Live Events are sponsored by Phinney Ridge Painting and Microsoft. Registration is required.
- “Peepless in Seattle” with Guest Curator Amber Flame.” Sunday, March 1, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central Library, Level 4, Room 1. The third event in guest curator Flame’s series “We Belong Together” features creatives and community leaders whose work is grounded, formed and rooted in the Pacific Northwest, but hail from other parts (or countries). This panel will dive into belonging and how long it takes to call a place home. Registration is required.
- Kim Fu discusses "Valley of the Vengeful Ghosts.” Tuesday, March 3, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company. From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century" comes "The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts" — an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age.
- The Bullitt Lecture in American History presents Dr. Ned Blackhawk. Tuesday, March 10, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Central Library, Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium. Drawn from the last chapters of his National Book Award-winning book, "The Rediscovery of America," Blackhawk’s talk offers insights into the hidden histories of Native American activists whose lives and legacies helped to reshape the American Century. Arguing that we cannot fully understand the making of contemporary American society without focus upon Native nations and their citizens, this presentation offers entryways into the now vibrant study of Native Americans in modern U.S. history. Registration is required.
- Claudia Rowe discusses "Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care.” Thursday, March 19, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. High Point Branch. “Wards of the State” was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award, and Rowe's reporting on racially skewed school discipline for The Seattle Times helped to change education laws in Washington State.
- Book Release: "Limitless, Stories from the Neighborhood that Shaped Seattle.” Saturday, March 21, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Douglass-Truth Branch. Meet artists and storytellers whose voices and artwork are in “Limitless,” a collection of oral histories recorded by the Shelf Life Community Story Project, and illustrated by Central District artists. The oral histories of “Limitless” reveal how the people of Seattle’s Central District, forced together by discriminatory housing practices, built a thriving community that felt limitless to those who grew up there. Presented by Jill Freidberg, Shelf Life Community Story Project.
- KUOW Book Talk with Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe. Monday, March 23, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Library, Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium. Writer and artist Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe will discuss her celebrated essay collection, “Thunder Song,” with KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell. “Thunder Song” explores Indigenous identity, resilience, and community, weaving together stories of trauma, healing, and creative expression. Registration is required.
- ZAPP Zine Collection Winter Open Hours and Zine-Making Drop-In. Saturdays, January 24 through March 14, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central Library, Level 7 Zine Room. Browse one of the world's largest collections of zines made in Seattle and beyond, and make one of your own with free zine-making supplies that we’ll have on hand. Originally part of Richard Hugo House, ZAPP (the Zine Archive & Publishing Project) is a library of over 30,000 zines, minicomics and other self-published and small press titles.
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