Author Kendra Langford Shaw makes the trip from Billings, Montana to talk with Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Gibson about her celebrated novel "The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos" at Northwest Passages on Wednesday evening at the historic Montvale Event Center.

The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos is a highly imaginative debut novel by Kendra Langford Shaw. Set in an alternate Arctic, it follows the Spahr family as they hunt for centuries-old pianos lost in the freezing waters by early homesteaders—an unexpected industry that fuels a modern territorial gold rush

Author Craig Johnson joins Northwest Passages Book Club once again (this is his 7th visit!) to talk about the 22nd novel in the Longmire series,  "The Brothers McKay" at the historic Garland Theater in Spokane, Washington.

Shelby Van Pelt joins Northwest Passages Book Club to talk about her novel "Remarkably Bright Creatures," now a new Netflix film starring Sally Field , Colm Meaney and Alfred Molina.

Leading the interview is The Spokesman-Review's Managing Editor Lindsey Treffry at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga University May 12, 2026.

Fresh off the release of "Bumblebee Season," author Eileen Garvin returns to the Northwest Passages stage after her initial 2024 visit. Conducting the interview once again is The Spokesman-Review's "Off the Grid" columnist Ammi Midstokke, were the two talk about the novel and it's significance at the historic Bing Crosby Theater on April 29, 2026.

Fresh from a European tour with The Delines, acclaimed author and musician Willy Vlautin joins the Northwest Passages/Get Lit! stage with Spokane's own Jess Walter to discuss Vlautin's newest book, "The Left and the Lucky," on April 18, 2026.

Bill Moos joins Northwest Passages to talk "Crab Creek Chronicles," a memoir recounting Moos' journey from the wheat field to the ball field and how he ushered in a lifetime of influential moves as athletic director at Oregon, Montana, and Nebraska after playing at Washington State University. Leading the interview is The Spokesman-Review's Executive Editor, Rob Curley, at the Montvale Event Center on April 14, 2026.

Sue Aikens joins Northwest Passages to discuss her memoir, “North of Ordinary: How One Woman Left it all Behind for Wilderness and Wonder in Alaska's Frozen Frontier,” which details a lifetime of resilience, reinvention, and the extraordinary power of choosing your own way through the world. Aikens, the breakout star of National Geographic's Emmy award winning, long-running TV show, “Life Below Zero,”(2013-2025) shares her journey of survival 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle with Spokesman-Review columnist Ammi Midstokke at the Bing Crosby Theater on March 11, 2026.

David Guterson, the literary heavyweight behind the 1994 novel "Snow Falling on Cedars" sits down with fellow Pacific Northwest author Jess Walter to discuss his newest book, "Evelyn in Transit" in a gathering of the Northwest Passages Book Club at the Coughlin Theater at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.

Dean Koontz, the bestselling novelist who has sold over 500 million copies worldwide, joins Northwest Passages for the program's first virtual conversation with a live audience at the Bing Crosby Theater with Donna Wares, Managing Editor for Enterprise & Live Journalism at Comma, conducting the interview on January 31, 2026.

Author Travis Baldree joins the Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages book club to discuss "BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES," the third installment of his #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series.