Sponsor Hugo House is here to let you know about two upcoming event series, both of which are tremendously awesome. First: Word Works: writers on writing. Six writers talkinga bout their process and skills, each focused on a particular part of writing. Second: Hugo Literary Series, where writers and musicians are given a theme or prompt, and debut original work based around that prompt live in front of an audience.

You should be in that audience — event tickets are remarkably cheap, and fun will be had by all. In fact, we recommend you pick up the series passes — it's less than dinner at some midrange Seattle restaurants, and what you save in money you'll make up in pleasure and inspiration. Find out more on our sponsor's page.

It's thanks to sponsors like Hugo House, and readers like you, that we're able to keep the pixels lit up here at the Seattle Review of Books. We've just released our next block of sponsorship opportunities. Check them out on the sponsorship page, and grab your date before they're gone.