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

June 14, 2026
Cafe-versary: The Mendoza Cafe at Literary Arts turns one
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 8, 2026
Mike Copperman in conversation with Margaret Malone
July 14, 2026
Art in Authoritarian Times: Artistic Freedom as Democratic Infrastructure with Scot Nakagawa
July 15, 2026
Dan Werb: Our Wild Familiars
July 16, 2026
Slamlandia – July
July 21, 2026
Kaitlyn Teer in conversation with Chelsea Bieker
July 23, 2026
Terria Smith in conversation with Ursula Pike
July 23, 2026
Christine Hartman-Derr in conversation with Steph Littlebird
July 29, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – July
August 11, 2026
Rene Denfeld in conversation with Omar El Akkad
August 12, 2026
The Wild Beneath: Kelly Anderson
September 8, 2026
Nobody Broke Your Heart: Jamie Fisher
September 9, 2026
James Ciano, Bobby Elliott, and Nick Martino in conversation

Upcoming Ticketed Events

August 6, 2026
Mac Barnett Considers the Picture Book with Colin Meloy and Anis Mojgani
September 24, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: George Saunders
October 21, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar
October 29, 2026
Michael Lewis in conversation with David Shipley
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

June 22, 2026
Octavia Butler: Fledgling
July 9, 2026
Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body And Other Parties and In the Dream House
July 27, 2026
Edith Wharton: The Custom of the Country

Writing Classes

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 28, 2026
Forms of Care: Writing the Mortal Body
July 30, 2026
Journalism for Every Writer
July 30, 2026
Novel Support: Weekly Check-In
August 8, 2026
More Will Be Revealed: Writing Through Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Recovery
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