North Cascades Institute

Sep 24, 2019Special Guest

It was two in the afternoon on a Friday in July and I had just gotten off work. I stopped in town for a sandwich, where I …
Read More of Endangered Orcas: An encounter on San Juan Island

May 14, 2019Matt Ferrell

Spring is a special time of year in the Northwest. The warming weather and fresh signs of life stirs us out of our winter doldrums and beckons …
Read More of Interview with Birds of the West Author Molly Hashimoto

May 8, 2019Special Guest

I sat on a pile of leaves and conifer needles in the space between where two large roots of a western red cedar sloped to the ground.
Read More of Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust: Excerpt from Heather Durham

May 6, 2019Special Guest

Here’s a story line. A boy grows up in an idyllic place, a small rural place, the plains of Nebraska, say, or small town North Carolina. What …
Read More of UPLAKE: Restless Essays of Coming and Going: Excerpt from Ana Marie Spagna

Oct 12, 2016Christian Martin

Village Books teams up with the North Cascades Institute every spring and fall to offer the “Nature of Writing” speaker series at the Readings Gallery in the …
Read More of Nature of Writing Speaker Series book reviews

Jul 30, 2012North Cascades Institute

We’ve posted three readings recently in our new “Nature of Writing” video series on YouTube — video and audio recordings of past writers we have presented events …
Read More of Nature of Writing series on YouTube