Northwest Passages Book Club

Author Craig Johnson, writer of the extensive series of books featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire, stopped at the Northwest Passages Book Club Sept. 6, 2023 at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Washington and talked about his newest book, "The Longmire Defense", and about writing in general.

First-time author Eli Francovich, with interviewer Tyler Tjomsland, took the stage at the Bing Crosby Theater April 13 to talk about his new book "Return of Wolves" which tells the story of how wolves have been reintroduced to the wild and how ranchers and their herds are learning to live with them in Washington, Idaho and other parts of the Northwest.

New York Times #1 bestselling author Nic Stone took to the downtown Spokane theater stage Thursday night, sitting cross-legged with no shoes, to talk about mental health and the unfortunate stigma that comes with it. The talk was part of The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages book club series. Stone said part of the reason she wrote her latest book, “Chaos Theory,” was to destigmatize “brain he...

America's Favorite Librarian (and #1 Northwest Passages Fan) Nancy Pearl interviews prolific author Timothy Egan about his new book " A Fever in the Heartland" at the Northwest Passages Book Club Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga University.

The Bing Crosby Theater was the place to be on March 15 as everyone showed up to celebrate the launch of Ammi Midstokke's collection of columns into a book published by Latah Creek entitled "All the Things." Fun was had by all!

Stephaine Courtney opens the event with a reading of her published book "Our Community." African American high school students in the Spokane area present their work for Spokane Black Voices, with discussion faciliatated by Kiantha Duncan and Mandi Price.

Prolific Author and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes takes the stage at the Spokane Central Library with Gonzaga Law dean Jacob Rooksby to talk about the book " The Forever Witness" a true crime story of solving a cold case murder from the 1980s using genealogical DNA.

New York Times bestselling author, Jamie Ford in conversation with Carolyn Lamberson about his research and the writing process behind "The Many Daughters of Afong Moy." Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhib...

Putsata Reang emigrated from Cambodia as an infant in her mother’s arms. Her mother fought off the boat captain's efforts to toss her child overboard, and that connection began their intricate relationship. Reang was raised in rural Oregon and spent time writing for The Spokesman-Review before the New York Times, Politico and The Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News. Her memoir, “Ma and Me”...

The Northwest Passages Book Club meets for a discussion with author Jess Walter, interviewed by author Shawn Vestal, at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Washington. The interview was centered on Walter releasing a new collection of short stories, "Angel of Rome."

Eli Francovich was dispatched as correspondent to cover the war in Ukraine for The Spokesman-Review. With approximately 30,000 Ukrainian refugees calling Spokane home, what happens in Ukraine has a little more impact in the Pacific Northwest. Francovich talks about his experience and shares his behind the scenes photographs.

Author Mary Cronk Farrell has written books about women who many have not heard of until she wrote the book. One of those is French photojournalist Catherine LeRoy, who went to cover the Vietnam War as a 21-year-old. Farrell spoke to the Northwest Passage Book Club Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at the Montvale Event Center in Spokane, Washington.

Author Sasha LaPointe sits down with Emma Noyes to talk about her book, "Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk", at a live session of The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages Book Club. An indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and u...

Author Victorya Rouse, a Ferris High School English teacher focused on new arrivals in America, collected the stories of her immigrant students into a book called "Finding Refuge." She speaks with author Shawn Vestal about the book at a Northwest Passages event in Spokane on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

YA author Sundee Frazier talks about her new book, "Mighty Inside" with Kiantha Duncan at the Tuesday, Oct. 19th edition of the Northwest Passages Book Club at the Montvale Event Center. The story is based on her own families' experience as the first Black family to move into Spokane's Empire Avenue neighborhood in the 1940s.

From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes the long-awaited sequel to Pax; this is a gorgeously crafted, utterly compelling novel about chosen families and the healing power of love. And who better to talk about this book with than Chris Crutcher?!? Order your copy of "Pax, Journey Home" from Wishing Tree Books!

Beginning with the Aronia berry and ending with zucchini, local author and poet Kate Lebo’s “The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly” is an alphabetical collection of memoirs and recipes taken from Lebo’s life.

Jennifer Longo visited virtually with the Northwest Passages Book Club to talk about her book "What I Carry," a novel about a teenage girl aging out of foster care. Molly Allen, co-founder of Safety Net, an organization that helps former foster kids, poses the questions.

Conversation about Maggie Shipstead’s new bestseller ,“Great Circle,” follows aviator Marian Graves through Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London and beyond as she charts her own course through life and love. Nearly a century later, actress Hadley Baxter is cast as Graves in a biopic chronicling the events leading up to and following her disappearance...

From New York Times bestselling author of "Escape From Camp 14," a riveting and revealing account of one of the most persistent alternative facts in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West.

Author Eileen Garvin talks about her book "The Music of Bees" with Spokane writer Kris Dinnison on the Northwest Passages Livestream Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

Master Gardener Susan Mulvihill talks about her book "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook" with book club coordinator Kristi Burns on the Northwest Passages Book Club livestream. Support local bookstores, and get your copy of "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook" from Auntie's Bookstore!

Sabina Khan is the author of ZARA HOSSAIN IS HERE and THE LOVE & LIES OF RUKHSANA ALI in conversation with Mandy Manning.

The conversation with legendary author Paul Theroux that you just didn't want to end. There was nary a dull moment in this hourlong discussion with Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley and topics ranged from his latest novel, "Under the Wave at Waimea" to his perspective on a lifetime of travel.