The Lineup Includes:

6 P.M.

• Pack Up, We’re Going on an Adventure! @Union Club
  This family friendly line up promises to take adults and youth alike on an adventure between the pages you won’t soon forget. Featuring stories for middle grade to YA readers by Tom Llewllyn and Tyrean Martinson. (all ages)
  

• One’s Own @Blue Rose Bar
  One's Own (flesh & blood) is an exploration of family dynamics, tradition and familial roots. What stories reside in our bones and rumble up through the belly? Featuring Tamiko Nimura, Jenny Bartoy and Christina Vega. (21+)
  

• Spooky Tails @The Mill by J+A
  Come hear tales of our spookiest tails! Enjoy an evening of black cats, night owls, and all of our pets that go bump in the night. Featuring Cat Melaunie, Troy Kehm-Goins, Samuel Snook-Brown and Elizabeth Beck. (21+)
  

• Off the Beaten Path but We Recommend: Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry @Washington State History Museum 
  Join editors Elizabeth Bradfield and Derk Sheffield with writers Ever Jones, Kevin Miller, Anastacia-Reneé to celebrate connection and wonderment. (all ages)
  

7 P.M.

• Froglets & Droplets @Union Club
  Clean rain ripples murky waters. As the leaves fall, the frogs lay down their fiddles and tell stories to their froglets in their muddy dens. Come for fables of misty mornings and slimy souls. Featuring Hannah Throntveit, Joel Hochstrsasser & Joshua Sisson. (all ages)
  

• Come listen to the Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets! Part ONE @Doyles Public House
  Poets from across Tacoma (and beyond) have gathered to share their work on this leg of your adventure. Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets is partly funded by the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program and is working toward the publication of an anthology of poetry of, about, or inspired by Tacoma, to be released in Autumn 2024. Featuring Abby E. Murray, Julie Baldock, Melody Derrick, Kristy Gledhill, Sandy King. (21+)
  

• Inked Psyche @Blue Rose Bar
  A good story does not only resonate when being spoken out loud, it’s like an ink blot on the psyche, an imprint or visual you can put in your pocket and take home with you. Featured readers include Nicole McCarthy, Michael Haeflinger and Kellie Richardson. (21+)
  

• Crosscurrents Presents @King's Books
  Enjoy the written work of five writers from Crosscurrents Magazine, the oldest arts magazine at the University of Puget Sound. Featuring Brenna Sweeny, Sabine Harris-Boundy, Simon Plotkin, Miles Cruger, and Maia Nilsson. (all ages)
  

8 P.M.

• Queer Slime @The Mill by J+A
  Enjoy the harmonious matrimony of poetry and music with Asha Berkes, Michelle Lefton and Kate Threat with musical accompaniment by Michelle Lefton and Kennedy Webb. (21+)
  

• Veteran, Family, Writer: A Collateral Reading @Blue Rose Bar
  Collateral is a lit journal publishing work concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. Join us to learn a bit about how we started and how to submit work, then hear three former contributors share their work: Christina Vega, Kristine Iredale, and MaryEllen Talley will show us how it's done. Facilitated by Abby E. Murray. (21+)
  

• UWT Presents: Embodied Writing, Writing the World Through Contact @Kings Books
  Join a diverse selection of UWT creative writing students, past & present, reading poetry & prose which showcases the way writers forge meaningful connection to the world through embodied interactions both large & small to people & place. Facilitated by Sarah A. Chavez. (all ages)
  

• Come listen to the Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets! Part TWO @Doyles Public House
  Poets from across Tacoma (and beyond) have gathered to share their work on this leg of your adventure. Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets is partly funded by the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program and is working toward the publication of an anthology of poetry of, about, or inspired by Tacoma, to be released in Autumn 2024. Featuring Robert Lashley, Celeste Schueler, Lucas Smiraldo and Lydia K. Valentine . (21+)

AFTER PARTY @Doyle’s Public House’s The Snug
meet up when it's all said and done to connect and conspire with fellow "Crawlers" at Doyle's! Some light snacks will be available in the snug (while supplies last).