Schedule

Tickets for all events are available through TicketsWest outlets – call (800) 325-SEAT – or online at www.ticketswest.com. All tickets are subject to service fees (plus, the Bing Crosby Theater adds a $2 “restoration fee”).

Monday

•EWU master of fine arts candidates readings, 7:30 p.m., Empyrean Coffee House, 154 S. Madison St. Call (509) 838-9819. Free.

Tuesday

•EWU creative writing faculty/alumni readings, 7:30 p.m., Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside Ave. Call (509) 459-4235. Free.

Wednesday

•EWU Writers in the Community Program Teen Poetry Slam

(ages 13-19), 6:30 p.m., Empyrean Coffee House. Free.

•Donald Worster, lecture (“On John Muir’s Trail: Nature in an Age of Liberal Principles”), 7:30 p.m., Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium, 1810 N. Greene St. Call (509) 533-7000. Free.

Thursday

•Timothy Egan and Jess Walter, with Ann Joslin Williams opening, conversation, 7:30 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. Call (509) 227-7638. $20/$16 (plus service fees).

Friday

•EWU Press authors readings/signings, 2:30-4 P.M., Spokane Club. Free.

•Walter Mosley, lecture, with M.L. Smoker opening, 7:30 p.m., Showalter Hall Auditorium, EWU Cheney campus. $20/$16 (plus service fees).

Saturday

•Writing workshops (Karen Karbo, Beth Cooley, Natalie Kusz), 9-11:30 a.m., Spokane Club. $50/$45 (students $25/$22.50).

•Walter Mosley, lecture, 9:30 a.m., Spokane Club. $10. Call (509) 623-4284.

•Writing panel: editing issues (Chris Howell, Pamela Holway, Samuel Ligon, Ed Marquand, John Witte), noon-1 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•Dedicatee panel (Henry Carlile, Tony Flinn, Tess Gallagher, Greg Simon, Lisa Steinman), noon-1 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•Lost Horse Press readings (Boyd W. Benson, Gwen Cash, Tom L. Davis, Lisa Galloway, Dennis Held, John Whalen), 1-2:30 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•Writing workshops (Ed Marquand, Alberto Rios), 1:30-4 p.m., Spokane Club. $50/$45 (students $25/$22.50).

•Get Lit! Young Writers Program reading, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•”Distant Rain” book signing (Tess Gallagher, Keiko Hara), 2:-3:30 p.m., Lorinda Knight Gallery, 523 W. Sprague Ave. Call (509) 838-3740. Free.

•Festival authors readings (Henry Carlile, Karen Karbo, Ann Pancake, Lisa Steinman, John Witte), 2:30-4 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•Willow Springs writing workshop for teens, 3-5 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•Charles D’Ambrosio, reading/signing, 4:15-5 p.m., Spokane Club. Free.

•Evening of poetry (Tess Gallagher, Alberto Rios, with Jim Daniels opening), 7:30 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater. $15/$12 (plus fees)

•Jonathan Lethem, reading/signing, 10 p.m., CenterStage Theater, 1017 W. 1st Ave. Call (509) 747-8243. Free.

April 22

•Sherman Alexie, 2 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater. Call (509) 838-0206. Free (tickets available through Auntie’s Bookstore; collect in person or with self-addressed, stamped envelope).

•Get Lit! Open Mic, 7 p.m. (music starts at 6), various readers, Area 58, 3036 N. Monroe St. Call (509) 327-0427. Free.