Auburn Days, King County 4 Culture, Adventure Books of Seattle, Booktrope, and Auburn Striped Water Poets present Auburn Days Poets on Parade and Other Literary Adventures Aug. 11-12.

The public is invited to take in the two-day program at the Auburn Avenue Theatre, 10 Auburn Ave.

The event is free to the public.

There also will be a small press fair and book swap. Bring a book trade it for one on the book swap table for free.

SCHEDULE

Saturday:

10 a.m. – Robert Blevins and Katherine Sears

10:30 a.m. – The New Face of Book Publishing, Katherine Sears

11 a.m. – Susan Wingate

11:30 a.m. – Gerry Bradley

Noon – Writing to Overcome Life Obstacles, Sarah Martinez

1 p.m – The Young Writer’s Project and publishing via Amazon Kindle

1:30 p.m. – Nicole J. Persun

2 p.m. – Susan Wingate

2:30 p.m. – Motherhood and Writing, Christi Zellerhoff and Amy Davis

3 p.m. – Gerry Bradley

Refreshments available

Sunday:

10 a.m.-noon – Writing From Your Core and interactive workshop with R.D. Shadowbyrd

Noon-1 p.m. – Featured poets: R.D. Shadowbyrd; Connie Walle; Garrett Rutledge

1-2 p.m. – Featured poets: Lisa Schmidt; Phillip Red Eagle; Brian Desmond.

2-3 p.m. – Featured poets: Allen Braden; Emilie Rommel Shimkus; Peter Ludwin

3-5 p.m .– Open mic poetry contest.

Cash prizes