Events

Summit Elementary 5th & 6th Graders led by teachers Amy Smith, Colin Williams, and April Freeman brave the stage to present their poems to the public.  Come out and join us to cheer them on!

Author Ann Putnam, professor of Creative Writing at Puget Sound University, presents her memoir, Full Moon at Noontide: A Daughter’s Last Goodbye, which takes the themes of old age, death and impermanence and makes them fresh with luminous prose.

Popular local historian Jack Nisbet narrates a slide presentation entitled “David Douglas in the Spokane Country,” based on his award-winning book, The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest.  Join us for the talk followed by lively question and answer session.

Join us for a special artist’s reception Summer Hightower with Jewelry and Melanie Hutton with Ceramic Tiles. The show runs March 1 – 31 at the Pottery Place Plus.

University of Arkansas professor Molly Giles, whose visit is sponsored by the Inland NW Center for Writers, presents her novel Iron Shoes and selections from Creek Walk and Other Stories.

Oh, the places you’ll go when you attend this Seusserific event!  Join us as we celebrate the birthday of Theodore Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss!  We’ll read stories and send all of you star-bellied sneetches home with some goodies. All Ages.

Mark your calendar for March 6th, 2:00 pm  to attend a talk followed by a signing with Kathleen Norris, author of the bestsellers Dakota: A Spiritual Geography and The Cloister Walk. This popular writer returns to Auntie's to discuss her latest book,  Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life. Paperback edition ($16.00) due on March 1st.

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We hope you will join us to discuss Sources of the River by Jack Nisbet.

You’re invited to drop by for a lively discussion of Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

Local author Frank Scalise presents his novel, All That Counts, in which Graham Wilson responds to his midlife crisis joining a recreational hockey team, which unexpectedly teaches him what matters most.

Two local authors take the stage with their novels! Virginia Woods Meyer presents Call Me Katherine, in which empty nester Kitty Lundstrom turns down her dream job and moves from Maine to Oregon when her husband is promoted.  Karen Estes presents Plane of the Ecliptic, in which Maggie MacKenzie forms a mystical connection to her newborn granddaughter, and soon after is haunted by dreams of 17th-century Scotland.

Browse Auntie’s while you wait for the parade to start, then come outside to catch a glimpse of Auntie in the parade.  Our leprechauns will be handing out goodies that you won’t want to miss!  All Ages.

Join with other aspiring writers to discuss the latest news about the publishing industry and get that much needed support from your peers.

Popular children's poet Kenn Nesbitt will give a lively reading from his new book, The Tighty Whitey Spider. Auntie's will doneate a share of the proceeds from that day's sales of Kenn's books to Lutheran Family Services.

World traveler Penelope Rundle presents her book, Last Caravan: Touring Afghanistan During the 1978 April Revolution, which tells of her planned 7-day excursion with US military tour guides which turned into a forced stay during a military coup.

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring! Come down for some fresh and fun stories to start the season out right! Then make a pretty 3-D paper flower! All Ages.

Meet the daring helicopter-logging pilot from the History Channel’s Axmen and pick up an autographed copy of his book, Helilogging in a Sucker Hole.

Who doesn’t love Fancy Nancy?! Join us for a few stories featuring the always fabulous Nancy, including the newest- Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire. We’ll even send you home with a Nancy paper doll! All Ages.

Local poet Tom Davis has immersed himself in the landscape and people of the Spokane area. He presents his latest collection of poems, Peaceful Valley as Told to Gregory King.

Editor Michael Bowen leads a discussion of Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato.

Police officer/author Frank Zafiro presents Beneath a Weeping Sky, the third volume of his River City Crime Fiction series, in which four cops are assigned as a team to capture the violent Scarface Robber.