Literary Fest set at Moscow

A lineup of nationally acclaimed authors and poets will be featured in downtown Moscow for the University of Idaho’s inaugural Palouse Literary Festival Oct. 17-19. Admission to all events is free.

Capping off three days will be a reading from Oregon author Leni Zumas. Her 2018 book, “Red Clocks,” is a national bestseller and the 2019 winner of the Oregon Book Award for Fiction.

A complete schedule of the 2019 Palouse Literary Festival is as follows:

Thursday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m .: Reading and craft talk with Debra Gwartney, BookPeople of Moscow.

Friday, Oct. 18, 4 p.m .: U of I/EWU crossover reading, One World Café – Six writers, three from U of I and three from EWU, will read their work.

Friday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m .: Sam Roxas-Chua reading and gallery exhibition, Prichard Art Gallery – Roxas-Chua is a poet and visual artist.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 2 p.m .: Pop-Up prose, Palouse Books – Assorted readers from U of I and Moscow.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 4 p.m .: John Sibley Williams, Oregon poet, will read from his “As One Fire Consumes Another,” the winner of the 2019 Orison Poetry Prize.

Zumas will read at BookPeople.