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### Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Chapbook Launch

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### July 2026

THU 09

### Ann Patchett

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SUN 12

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### Silent Reading at Seattle Center 2026

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### August 2026

THU 27

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### Book Bingo Party at Seattle Public Library

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### September 2026

MON 14

### Alexis Nikole Nelson

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### Emily St. John Mandel

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### Ke Huy Quan

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MON 28

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### October 2026

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### Kyle MacLachlan

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MON 05

### V. E. Schwab

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### Ayad Akhtar

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### Professional Development for Educators Workshop with Laura Da’

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MON 19

### Barbara Kingsolver

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### Michael Lewis

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### November 2026

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### Claudia Rankine

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SAT 14

### Min Jin Lee

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### Murmurations

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### Stacey Abrams

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### December 2026

FRI 11

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### Youth Poetry Fellowship Celebration Reading

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### January 2027

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### Professional Development for Educators Workshop with Putsata Reang

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### Murmurations

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MON 25

### David Treuer

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### February 2027

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### Roz Chast

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TUE 09

### Brian Goldstone

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### March 2027

FRI 05

### Franny Choi

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### Professional Development for Educators Workshop with Corinne Manning

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### Murmurations

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### April 2027

THU 22

### Kiran Desai

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### May 2027

WED 12

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### Professional Development for Educators Workshop

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### Colson Whitehead

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### Murmurations

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### June 2027

WED 02

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### WITS Year-End Reading: Elementary & Middle Schools

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### WITS Year-End Reading: Middle & High Schools

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WED 16

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### Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Chapbook Launch

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