Bushwick Book Club – Hollow Kingdom

Experience a one-of-a-kind evening where literature and original music come together. Bushwick Book Club Seattle and KPCU present a creative twist on an author series: a live performance of brand-new songs inspired directly from the book’s pages. Authors will join musicians onstage to discuss their work, their creative process, and the music it inspired. The audience is invited to take part in a moderated Q&A discussion as part of the event.

This event can be enjoyed without reading the book, but if you’d like to read the story before seeing the show, check out your favorite local bookstore or library!

Thanks to support from Kirkland Community Foundation – Ignite Kirkland, this show has 25 tickets set aside for individual patrons or families who may find attending a show cost-prohibitive. To utilize this benefit, please select the Ignite Kirkland tier when purchasing tickets.

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author.

S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle’s wild crows (those idiots), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos®.

Then Big Jim’s eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to feel like something isn’t quite right. His most tried-and-true remedies—from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim’s loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis—fail to cure Big Jim’s debilitating malady. S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. Humanity’s extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foul-mouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education.

Hollow Kingdom is a humorous, big-hearted, and boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse and the world that comes after, where even a cowardly crow can become a hero.

Learn more about the author here:

Kira Jane Buxton

What is Bushwick Book Club?

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle is a group of musicians dedicated to sharing our combined passion for both music and reading with the Seattle community and beyond. With each performance, a book is chosen which is read by our talented Bushwick artists who then write original music inspired by the book they just read. The audience is encouraged to read the featured book and participate in the events as well. By producing these unique, one-of-a-kind musical literary events, we hope to increase awareness in literature and songwriting, while at the same time reminding people (young and old) that reading can and should be a regular part of their daily lives.

Learn more about Bushwick Book Club Seattle here:

Bushwick Book Club Seattle