Join Hedgebrook this September for Great Minds: On Optimism, Speculative Futures, and the Worlds We Dream Into Being. We're bringing together three brilliant voices in speculative fiction: Kira Jane Buxton (Hollow Kingdom), Kathleen Alcalá (Spirits of the Ordinary), and moderator Rashida J. Smith (aka author Jasmine Silvera) for a night about the futures we have the power to write. Expect a reading by SAL’s Youth Poet Laureate, performances by Bushwick Book Club Seattle, an audience Q&A, and a reading list to take home. A reception will follow with light-bites and fresh-squeezed apple cider from our retreat center on Whidbey Island. Readers and writers alike are invited to imagine the worlds we dream into being. September 17, 2026 | 6-9pm 6:00 pm: Doors open 6:30 pm: Program Begins 8:00 pm: Reception Hugo House | Seattle, WA Presented by Hedgebrook. A huge thanks to our partners at Clarion West, the celebrated speculative fiction organization, as well as Seattle Arts and Lectures, Bushwick Book Club, and Hugo House.
Join Hedgebrook this September for Great Minds: On Optimism, Speculative Futures, and the Worlds We Dream Into Being. We're bringing together three brilliant voices in speculative fiction: Kira Jane Buxton (Hollow Kingdom), Kathleen Alcalá (Spirits of the Ordinary), and moderator Rashida J. Smith (aka author Jasmine Silvera) for a night about the futures we have the power to write.
Expect a reading by SAL’s Youth Poet Laureate, performances by Bushwick Book Club Seattle, an audience Q&A, and a reading list to take home. A reception will follow with light-bites and fresh-squeezed apple cider from our retreat center on Whidbey Island.
Readers and writers alike are invited to imagine the worlds we dream into being.
6:00 pm: Doors open
6:30 pm: Program Begins
8:00 pm: Reception
Hedgebrook
PO Box 1231, Freeland, WA 98249-9911 (360.321.4786)
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