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A 19-stop literary tour from First Hill to Capitol Hill, Thursday’s second annual Seattle Lit Crawl will transform lounges, sex toy shops, ice cream shops, coworking spaces, performance spaces, more lounges, bars, lounges, bars and lounges into a movable celebration of things word. Here are details from the CHS Calendar:

Lit Crawl Seattle is literary mayhem at its finest: an entire evening of free readings by some of the Seattle area’s most groundbreaking and beloved writers in bars and cafés, bookstores and art galleries, performance spaces and dance halls.

On Thursday, October 24, Seattle lit lovers will Crawl in three hour-long shifts beginning at 6 p.m., progressing toward an afterparty at Richard Hugo House.
Last year’s Seattle Lit Crawl featured more than 60 writers, actors, dancers, and musicians in 15 different venues across Capitol Hill. The 2013 event promises to be just as exciting, with fiction, memoir, poetry, art, and more from the likes of Ivan Doig, Nicole Hardy, Will Self, Kathleen Flinn, Sean Beaudoin, Ellen Forney, and many, many others.

Schedule: http://litcrawl.org/seattle/schedule

For updates on author appearances and other news, follow Lit Crawl Seattle on Facebook and Twitter. Look for maps to appear early in October; they will be available at the Elliott Bay Book Company, the Richard Hugo House, and at various locations on Capitol Hill.