Readers

Engage with world-renowned artists during curated events, read and discuss compelling books by authors you love, listen to an archive of talks, and much more.

Delve Readers Seminars

Explore challenging books and engage in lively, discussion-based seminars led by scholars, teachers, writers, poets, and artists from the Portland community.

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Portland Book Festival

Bringing our community together to celebrate books and stories, and the ideas that drive them. Take part in this annual celebration, every November at the Portland Art Museum.

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Portland Arts & Lectures

Welcoming the world’s most celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers to speak to our community in the historic Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

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The Archive Project Podcast

The Archive Project features the most sought-after recordings from our Portland Arts & Lectures series, the Portland Book Festival, and other community events. Each week, new lectures are available to stream for free.

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Special Events

June 4, 2026
June Hand-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX
September 24, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: George Saunders
October 21, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar
January 21, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Isabel Wilkerson
February 17, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ben Rhodes
April 20, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Kiran Desai

Upcoming Free Events at Literary Arts

June 2, 2026
Rosiee Thor in conversation with Sydney Langford
June 3, 2026
One Page Wednesday – June
June 5, 2026
Portland Book Week 2026
June 9, 2026
June Write-In: Portland Book Week Edition
June 10, 2026
Brianna Jett in conversation with Courtney Gould
June 13, 2026
Illuminated Cities: zehra imam in conversation with Omar El Akkad
June 16, 2026
Melissa Febos in conversation with Genevieve Hudson
June 18, 2026
Slamlandia – June
June 23, 2026
June Write-In: PRIDE
June 24, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – June
June 25, 2026
Oregon Literary Fellowships Drop-In Information Session
June 25, 2026
Michelle St. Romain in conversation with Sandra Freels
June 27, 2026
Rowan Kingsbury: Avery and the Squirrel Delivery
June 29, 2026
2026 Oregon Literary Fellowships Reading
June 30, 2026
YA and Middle-Grade Literature Pride Celebration
July 1, 2026
One Page Wednesday – JULY
July 14, 2026
Art in Authoritarian Times: Artistic Freedom as Democratic Infrastructure with Scot Nakagawa