Bedtime Stories is a yearly literary celebration in which Northwest writers unveil original short stories created for the event.

The events take place in Seattle and Spokane each year in October, and proceeds go toward Humanities Washington’s mission of sparking conversation and critical thinking throughout the state. National Book Award winner Charles Johnson has called Bedtime Stories “the region’s premier literary event.”

The Bedtime Stories fundraiser has included prominent Northwest novelists like Tom Robbins, Jess Walter, Charles Johnson, Sharma Shields, Jamie Ford, David Guterson, August Wilson, and Garth Stein, to Washington Poets Laureate Claudia Castro Luna, Tod Marshall, Sam Green, Kathleen Flenniken, and Elizabeth Austen.

Save the date:

2019 Bedtime Stories Seattle

Featuring authors Charles Johnson, Claudia Castro Luna, and Sonora Jha

Friday, October 11, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Fairmount Olympic Hotel

2019 Bedtime Stories Spokane

Featuring authors Jess Walter, Sharma Shields, and Ben Goldfarb

Friday, October 25, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

The Spokane Club

Registration opens late summer 2019. For sponsorship opportunities in Seattle or Spokane, please email or call Shelley Saunders at 206-682-1770 x103.