Get Lit! Barnes & Noble Bookfair

Get Lit! Programs is looking forward to our upcoming fundraiser at Barnes & Noble on Sunday, December 11! Support the Get Lit! Festival and educational outreach programs while you shop. Stop by any Barnes & Noble with a voucher, and a percentage of your purchase will go to Get Lit! Programs. Vouchers can be found here on our website. We'll also be offering free gift-wrapping at the Spokane Valley Barnes & Noble between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., so stop by and say hello.

Don’t live in the Spokane area or can’t make it out that day? Don’t worry, you can still participate in our bookfair! Shop online at BN.com/bookfairs anytime between December 11-15 and use the Bookfair ID #10631893 at checkout. This would be a great time to get your copy of The Giver, Zone One, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, and other books by our 2012 Festival headliners.

Encore Performances of The Things They Carried

Eastern Washington University's Theatre company will take audiences back through the jungles of Vietnam as Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried once again takes center stage December 1st through the 4th, 2011.

Jeff Sander's award-winning adaptation of Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War memoir novel is entering the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, a nationally recognized organization for critiquing theatrical performances.

Tim O'Brien was an honored guest in Get Lit!'s Big Read in Spring 2011. He came to Spokane as part of Get Lit!'s 2011 Festival "Telling the American Story." O'Brien brings to light truths that arise out of a burdening struggle to gain physical and mental peace. His voice resonates as a crucial piece of American history and in the building blocks of discussion for the future. EWU looks forward to continuing the story on stage.

The Things They Carried
December 1st - 3rd at 7:30 p.m.
December 4th at 2:00 p.m.
Adapted by Jeff Sanders
Directed by Sara Goff
Starring Gene Eugene as Tim O'Brien

EWU students and one guest admitted free with EWU student ID. Cost for all others is $10.

David Sedaris at Auntie's

Auntie's Bookstore welcomes

David Sedaris
Thursday, Dec. 1st 7:00 p.m.

Called a "rock star" by his fans, Sedaris continues his work while traveling between France and England, contributing multiple stories to This American Life, and sharing humorous personal anecdotes set in fiction that audiences adore. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, When You are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, and Naked.

Doors open at 6 p.m., reading at 7 p.m., and book signing to follow.

Reserve tickets to ensure a seat. Autographs are open to the public at 10 p.m. Purchase a Sedaris book or audio and receive one ticket for admission and the reading.

Visit www.auntiesbooks.com or call 509.838.0206 for more details.

Calling for Submissions! Inlander Short Fiction Contest

No doubt the burden of debt is hard to escape. Ever feel indebted to pen and paper as a means to ease the weight?

The Inlander Short Fiction Contest calls for original, unpublished fiction less than 2,000 words for the December 22nd issue.

The theme, Debt, can be figurative or literal, present or past, monologue or narrative, whatever voice suits your impression of Debt.

There is no limit on the number of submissions. E-mail submissions to luke@inlander.com with the subject line "Fiction Contest Entry." Deadline is December 1st.