UPCOMING EVENTS AND CLASSES

Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our community space and bookstore, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

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Upcoming Free Events

May 5, 2026
Erin L. McCoy in conversation with Erica Berry
May 6, 2026
One Page Wednesday – May
May 7, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Port Orford
May 8, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Newport
May 9, 2026
Monuments We Need: A Creative Zine-Making Workshop
May 10, 2026
Monuments We Need: A Creative Zine-Making Workshop (Sunday)
May 12, 2026
May Write-In: Light
May 14, 2026
Stephanie Fairyington in conversation with Andi Zeisler
May 15, 2026
Theatre Diaspora Presents: A Staged Reading of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
May 19, 2026
Rex Marshall in conversation with Michelle Kicherer
May 21, 2026
Slamlandia – May
May 26, 2026
Steven Pfau in conversation with Milo Muise
May 27, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – May
June 2, 2026
Rosiee Thor: Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Stories about Love
June 10, 2026
Brianna Jett in conversation with Courtney Gould
June 16, 2026
Melissa Febos: The Dry Season
June 25, 2026
Michelle St. Roman in conversation Sandra Freels

Upcoming Ticketed Events

May 7, 2026
May 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

Delve Readers Seminars

May 6, 2026
Wallace Stevens: Collected Poems
June 14, 2026
Simone Weil: Paying Attention to the World
June 22, 2026
Octavia Butler: Fledgling
July 9, 2026
Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body And Other Parties and In the Dream House

Writing Classes

May 2, 2026
Hybrid Memoir Workshop
June 2, 2026
Write Like You’re Swimming: From Self-Doubt to Compassion and Creative Flow
June 3, 2026
WRITING FIRST-PERSON FICTION
June 3, 2026
Yallah! Muslims: Gather. Write. Repeat.
June 4, 2026
Story Plot: Finish Your Short Story
June 6, 2026
Writing with the Seasons: Summer
June 6, 2026
BOLD AND UNAFRAID: FICTION FOR THE NOW
June 12, 2026
Grief and the Lyric Essay: SUMMER
June 20, 2026
Disorderly Conduct: Celebrating Trans Poetry
June 21, 2026
Sensory Immersion: Writing Sound, Touch, Sight, Taste, and Vision
June 23, 2026
Your Memoir: Finding the Story Within the Story
June 24, 2026
WRITING THROUGH MEMORY: WEAVING YOUR PAST WITH THE PRESENT
June 27, 2026
Fun and Practical Revision
July 7, 2026
Advanced Fiction Workshop
July 11, 2026
Performing Your Work: Practice for Public Readings
July 19, 2026
Summer Flâneur: Strolling and Writing
July 21, 2026
Writing the Hard Stuff: Navigating Vulnerability on the Page
July 30, 2026
Journalism for Every Writer
July 30, 2026
Novel Support: Weekly Check-In
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