Poster of two featured reads for Orcas Island, by Jane Wong and Willy Vlautin

All Islands Read

The All Islands Read (AIR) event returns this year with a mission to build community spirit through a shared reading experience featuring acclaimed author and musician Willy Vlautin and author and award-winning poet Jane Wong. This year’s program will expand from Orcas Island to all of the San Juan Islands, including Shaw, San Juan, and Lopez.
 


Ursula Le Guin described Willy Vlautin as “one of the bravest novelists writing.” Vlautin’s new novel, “The Horse” (Harper Collins), tells the compassionate story of a tenderhearted man grappling with a steady talent and a crushing addiction. Joining Willy is award-winning author and poet Jane Wong. Hailed by critics, Wong’s incandescent and exquisitely written memoir “Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City” (Tin House Publishing) explores themes of family, food, girlhood, resistance, and growing up in a Chinese American restaurant on the Jersey Shore.

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  • Saturday, September 28th

    11:30 am - An intimate conversation and Q & A with author Jane Wong, moderated by author Ayn Gailey. Learn more about Jane Wong.


    1:30 pm - An intimate conversation and Q & A with author and songwriter Willy Vlautin, moderated by author Samuel W. Gailey. Learn more about Willy Vlautin.

  • Sunday, September 29th

    1:30 pm - A joint conversation with Willy Vlautin and Jane Wong discussing common themes in their work, such as addiction, poverty, loneliness, and love, with a bonus music and poetry treat.

All 2024 events are free and will take place on Orcas Island at Parish Hall in the village of Eastsound, 242 Main Street. Organizers will coordinate with inter-island ferry times and authors will be available to sign books at all events.

OUR LIBRARY SPONSORS

This year’s programming is generously funded by the Orcas Island Public Library.

Orcas Island Library, All Island Reads sponsor logo
Logo of All Island Read's sponsor, Lopez Island Library
Shaw Island Library & Historical Society, All Island Reads sponsor, logo
Logo of All Island Read's sponsor, San Juan Island Library

PARTNERS & IN-KIND DONORS

It takes a community to build community. Thank you to these businesses & nonprofits.

Logo of All Island Reads partner, Outlook Inn, Orcas Island
Logo of All Island Reads partner, HALO, Hub of Arts & Literature on Orcas Island
Logo of All Island Reads partner, Once Upon an Island
Logo of All Island Reads partner, Orcas Radio
Logo of All Island Reads partner, Darvill's Bookstore, Orcas
Logo of All Island Reads partner, Griffin Bay Bookstore, San Juan Island

Please support your local book stores! Readers may use the promo code AIR to receive up to a 20% discount on the ALL ISLANDS READ book picks at Darvill’s Bookstore, Lopez Bookshop & Griffin Bay Bookstore.