Get Lit! Festival 2025

Are you a novelist looking for a critique group? A poet looking for other poets to share prompts and inspiration? Are you a reader and want to talk about the books you can't get out of your head? Join us for our fourth-annual Conversations Over Coffee! This event (inspired by an Unconference format) offers participant-driven conversations that cover a range of topics--essentially anything you’d like to talk with others about! Bring your expertise and your hopes to connect on any question or topic, and we'll create in-the-moment groups so people can talk about their interests with others. This is a great space to form lasting connections with other readers and writers in town!

Must Read Fiction began because reader and writer Erin Popelka believes that her life is better when she’s got a novel in hand. In 2017, she started Must Read Fiction, a social media community to meet other readers who feel the same way. The result: a vibrant place for readers to connect to their next great read, hear the story behind the story with author interviews, and receive free books!

*DOMA will be providing free coffee in the Book Fair from 9-12pm. Make sure to arrive early to make time to grab a free coffee before heading to the second floor!

In the mood to be around other people but not interact? Do you need a few minutes in the middle of the festival to take a few quiet moments to regroup? Join our silent reading party with host Kathie McAuliffe to sit together and enjoy some quiet book time! If this appeals to you, you’re in luck - there are two Silent Book Club Chapters in Spokane right now. Join us and get more information for future parties!


Please fill out our festival survey after you have attended this event. The information you provide will help us obtain critical grant funding and will help make next year’s festival even better!

Aspiring writers unite! You're invited to be a part of Spark Central’s supportive writers' community. If you found yourself struck by inspiration during a festival event, desperately jotting down notes for your own work, look no further than this uninterrupted hour of focused writing time! You are also encouraged to bring works in progress to share, or get inspired with creative prompts. Hosted by local writer and Spark central volunteer, Jenny Davis.

Since its inception in 1975, Lynx House Press has published more than 200 poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction titles: 172 poetry collections, 19 volumes of fiction, and nine nonfiction titles. Lynx House has sought always to publish work of outstanding verbal intensity, aesthetic merit, and social engagement and, as a result, has gathered the work of authors from a wide distribution of national and ethnic backgrounds. Come join us to peruse over 200 books which will be on display to celebrate the breadth and depth of amazing work that has been published by Lynx House Press over the last 50 years. This is a casual reception which may include short readings from local and regional writers published by Lynx House Press.

Join us for an open mic that celebrates the bond between humans and animals, and shines a light on animal rescue efforts in our community and beyond! This event will begin with a reading by our special featured author Jessica E. Johnson, whose poems and essays have been featured in publications like The Paris Review, Tin House, Prairie Schooner, and Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry. Jessica will be reading from a new series of poems that center around her two cats and their rescue story. Following Jessica’s reading, the community is encouraged to sign up to read an original work of 1-5 minutes in length, preferably including the themes of animals, pets, rescue, wildlife, or nature. This event will be hosted by Yvonne Leach, a poet and alum of the Eastern’s MFA program, and a volunteer with SpokAnimal. Join us to learn more about the great work SpokAnimal is doing in our community, and celebrate the joys of animals!


Please fill out our festival survey after you have attended this event. The information you provide will help us obtain critical grant funding and will help make next year’s festival even better!