A Writer's Guide to Pullman

Neill is Pullman's city library, closed Sundays. It hosts author conversations and poetry readings.

Holland and Terrell Libraries sit at the core of the WSU campus, on the Glenn Terrell Friendship Mall. Park in the Terrell Library Garage off Colorado Street; it is the closest.

MASC holds the personal library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, along with Bloomsbury Group titles and one of the most complete archival collections of Edith Sitwell's correspondence. Writers working on the region will find papers of Northwest authors. The reading room is open weekdays.

The downtown branch of the Latah County Library District has a meeting pod you can reserve for up to four people. It also hosts Let's Talk About It book discussions.

Special Collections and Archives documents Idaho history and culture. The public can use it during walk-in reading-room hours or by appointment.

Brused Books has been on Main Street since 1981 and carries more than 100,000 used and new books, with a section for local authors. It buys and trades books and hosts readings and signings. The store is closed Tuesdays.

BookPeople has sold new, used, and signed books since 1973, with a focus on free speech and banned books. It runs a Banned Book Club and a Silent Book Club.

Roost is a small coffee shop and bakery with food made on site, and its croissants are made by hand. It opens early every day.

Crybaby serves espresso and food, and it has a full bar and a large patio. It is open every day and takes bookings for events and pop-ups.

Bucer's roasts its own coffee every week and serves pastries and sandwiches, with local draft beer and wine. It stays open from early morning to late evening and is closed Sundays. A University of Idaho guide calls it cozy and good for studying. Free all-ages live music plays Thursday through Saturday nights.

The Co-op is a community-owned grocery with a deli and a coffee bar, open daily. Its Good Food Gallery shows a different local artist each month, and it runs the Good Living Book Club.

One World is a locally owned coffeehouse at Sixth and Main, open since 2005. It serves lunch and weekend brunch, with beer and wine and seating inside and out. It is open daily. As an all-ages venue, it hosts open mic nights and live music.

WSU's Department of English hosts poets and writers of fiction and nonfiction for readings followed by questions. Past readings have met in person in Pullman, including at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and readings stream on the series' YouTube channel.

The University of Idaho's MFA program in creative writing brings visiting writers to Moscow for readings and workshops. Its readings have been free and held in LeCompte Auditorium at the 1912 Center, the town's community center. BookPeople has sold the books.

Neill runs three monthly book clubs: a general club, Lit Happens for literary fiction, and a queer book club. It also takes part in Everybody Reads, the Palouse community read. In early November the selected author visits Palouse libraries and schools to meet readers.

BookPeople hosts author events and book clubs. Authors planning a reading or signing can find the store's guidance on scheduling one.

The Pollart Center supports arts and humanities scholarship and creative work in WSU's College of Arts and Sciences. It runs an interdisciplinary arts and humanities conference and the Meyerhoff lecture series.

Every Tuesday, a University of Idaho faculty member presents research or creative work in a talk open to the public. Most talks are in the University Library.

Humanities Washington runs a Speakers Bureau of 40 professors, artists, historians, and journalists, who give free public talks with libraries and museums around the state. New speakers audition every two years. The nonprofit also offers grants and publishes Spark magazine.

The Idaho Humanities Council funds public humanities projects by Idaho nonprofits and government agencies, from exhibits and local history to lectures. Applications name the humanities scholars involved. It also runs speakers bureaus and the Let's Talk About It discussion programs.

WSU Press publishes books on the Northwest, from regional history to natural history and birds. Poetry and literature in translation are on the list as well. Its offices are in the Holland and Terrell Libraries.

ESQ is a quarterly of nineteenth-century American literature and culture that grew out of work on the American Renaissance writers and now takes in Southern, Western, Midwestern, and ethnic American literatures. Its editorial office is in the Department of English at Washington State University, and its editor in chief is at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Preparing an article for ESQ

Artist Trust gives these unrestricted project grants to Washington artists in every discipline, literary arts included. The money can go to research travel, materials, space rental, or other costs of a new or current project. Applicants must be Washington residents 18 or older who are not enrolled as students.

This unrestricted Artist Trust award recognizes innovation in a Washington artist's practice. Literary artists are among the finalist categories. You need at least five years of professional practice.

The Washington Center for the Book, administered by the Washington State Library, gives these awards each year in seven categories. They go to books by Washington authors published the previous year.

Hedgebrook supports women-identifying writers with residencies at its center on Whidbey Island. It also offers retreats and online classes.

This page lists grants and writing resources for Washington State University students.

The same guide covers University of Idaho students in Moscow.