Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2013 Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up!

SAVE THE DATE! Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up 2014 will be held on SEPTEMBER 20, 2014. We hope you can join us!

More than 120 attendees joined Old Growth Northwest on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the Seattle Central Public Library for Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up 2013, the first conference in the Pacific Northwest to focus on the rising genre of LGBTQ romance fiction. The conference featured discussions and panels with LGBTQ Romance authors, publishers, editors, and cover artists from around the region as well as Q&As with the audience. Following the conference, there was a post-event “happy hour” book festival at the Hotel Monaco for author signings, author readings, giveaways, and more mingling and chatting.

Read the GRNW 3013 Keynote: How to Get LGBT Romance Books into Libraries by Marlene Harris (Reviews by Jesswave, 10/4/13)

Read the GRNW 2013 Wrap-Up and Call to Action: What I Learned While Running A Gay Romance Conference (Reviews by Jesswave, 10/15/13)

Visit Programming to see more photos from GRNW 2013!

To get a sneak peek at who is attending GRNW 2014, please visit our GoodReads Group!

Visit our Events page for info about upcoming meetings, readings, and events.

Stay tuned for more updates from the 2013 conference, including conference videos!

The authors involved in GRNW 2013!

Schedule of GRNW Events for September 14, 2013

Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up
(Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 4th Ave.)

Registration: 12pm-1pm, Microsoft Auditorium
Panel Discussions: 1pm-5pm, Microsoft Auditorium

View the full Programming Schedule.

Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up “Happy Hour”
(Hotel Monaco, 1101 4th Ave.)

Happy Hour: 5pm-8pm, Paris Ballroom
Author Signings and Meet & Greet: 5:30pm-6:30pm, Paris Ballroom
Author Readings: 6:30pm-7:30pm, Paris Ballroom

Select titles were available for sale during the Meet-Up and Happy Hour courtesy of the University Book Store.

Registration and Admission

Registration for the GRNW 2013 was $25 and admission included both the GRNW Meet-Up at the Seattle Central Library and the Happy Hour book fest at the Hotel Monaco.

Stay tuned for our announcement for GRNW 2014 registration, coming Spring 2014!

To learn more about GRNW 2013 authors, click here.