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Tri-Cities, Washington

A reading life,
closer to home.

Folklore Society is a literary nonprofit for the Tri-Cities. We fundraise to bring authors out east, champion our independent bookstores, and support the readers and organizers already building a literary scene here.

Reading is a solitary act. A reading life is a shared one.

A Washington nonprofit corporation  ·  Est. 2026

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Bringing writers to readers.

We fundraise to bring authors out to the Tri-Cities for readings, signings, and conversations. Some will be debut novelists, some will be names you recognize, some will be writers who live an hour down the road and deserve a proper room. Your donations make the guest list.

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Championing local.

Independent bookstores, regional writers, and the small presses east of the Cascades. We buy from them, promote them, and make sure they're on every stage we help build.

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Backing the people already doing the work.

The Tri-Cities already has book clubs, reading series, and people building literary community. What's missing is the fundraising and nonprofit structure to help it all grow. That's where we come in. We underwrite, we partner, we show up where we're useful.

Author Fund

We fundraise to bring authors to the Tri-Cities for readings and signings. Your gift covers the honoraria, travel, and lodging it takes to get a writer here and give them a proper room.

Give to the Author Fund

Shelf Life

Every quarter, readers vote on a book by a local or regional author. We buy the winner from a Tri-Cities indie bookstore and place copies in Little Free Libraries across the metro. Your $5 vote funds the whole thing.

How Shelf Life works

Dedication

A $25 gift, and Folklore applies a custom label with your name, a dedicatee, and a short message. The bottle joins the bar lineup at the next Folklore event. A small public tribute.

Dedicate a bottle

Give where it's needed most

Folklore runs on less-visible work too: licensing, insurance, bar supplies, and the everyday costs that keep a small nonprofit going. A gift here goes wherever it's most useful at the moment.

Give to general operations

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