Authors & Books Recorded Events
Watch and listen to recordings of discussions and readings by major, local, and up and coming authors. Learn more about your favorite authors, discover new voices and go behind the scenes to hear the stories behind the stories.
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Cruel & Ineffective: A conversation about the criminalization of homelessness in our communities
Josephine Ensign, the author of "Way Home: Journeys Through Homelessness", along with fellow panelists Derrick Belgarde and Sara Rankin have a discussion on homelessness and criminalization in city, state, and country.
View Video (01:19:08) | Posted January 2026
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KUOW Summer Book Club: Lynda Mapes discusses "The Trees are Speaking"
KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell sits down with Seattle author and environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes to discuss her latest book. "The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests."
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Author Talk: Jodi-Ann Burey and Sonora Jha discuss "Authentic"
Jodi-Ann's book: "Authentic: The Myth of Bringing your Full Self to Work."
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Author Talk: One City. Three Perspectives. Countless Stories
Hear three Seattle authors, Thomas Kohnstamm, Jennifer Ott, and Karen Treiger, in conversation as they look at Seattle's history through different lenses.
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KUOW Summer Book Club: Kim Fu discusses "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century"
KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell sits down with Seattle author Kim Fu to discuss her acclaimed short story collection.
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KUOW Summer Book Club: Ijeoma Oluo discusses "Be a Revolution"
KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell sits down with Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo to discuss her latest book, "Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--and How You Can, Too."
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Moira Macdonald and Bethany Jean Clement discuss "Storybook Ending: A Novel"
Join Seattle Times arts critic Moira Macdonald for a discussion of her debut novel, "Storybook Ending" with food critic for The Seattle Times, Bethany Jean Clement.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen and Shawn Wong discuss “To Save and Destroy”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his new book with fellow author and scholar Shawn Wong.
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"Dark and Tender": Aaron Johnson and Prentis Hemphill in Conversation
Join us for an interactive film screening with embodiment practice and conversation with Aaron Johnson and Prentis Hemphill.
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Karen Russell discusses "The Antidote"
Join us to hear bestselling author Karen Russell discuss her new novel, a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town.