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Featured Events
Everybody Reads 2019: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Barry Lopez: Horizon Book Launch
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
2019 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
Monday, April 22, 2019
2018/2019 Portland Arts & Lectures Subscriptions
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Delve Readers Seminars engage readers in exploring challenging books in lively discussion-based seminars led by an experienced scholar.
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2019 Oregon Book Awards application fee
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Upcoming Events
PDX JAZZ: Carnival to Mardi Gras: A New Orleans Tradition
January 23, 2019
Carnival is a season; Mardi Gras is a day. Join former New…
WITS End of Residency Readings: Benson High School Students
January 30, 2019
Celebrate the next generation of writers during our WITS end-of-residency readings
Northwest Academy: Erin Hoover and Jennifer Perrine
February 7, 2019
A reading with Erin Hoover and Jennifer Perrine Erin Hoover’s debut poetry…
Everybody Reads 2019: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (SOLD OUT)
March 14, 2019
In partnership with the Multnomah County Library and The Library Foundation, Literary…
Barry Lopez: Horizon Book Launch
March 19, 2019
Join Literary Arts for a book launch event for Horizon, the latest…
2019 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
April 22, 2019
Join Literary Arts’ annual celebration of the state’s most accomplished writers in…
Latest Blog Posts
January 18, 2019
Go to PostHere is a final list of titles that were submitted to the 2019 Oregon Book Awards. A total of 178 titles were submitted. Books by Oregon authors with an original publication date between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018…
January 15, 2019
Go to PostDanielle Frandina is an educator, writer, and editor who earned her MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts and taught at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay, where she chaired the school’s humanities department. Danielle is founder, curator…
January 14, 2019
Go to PostWe are hosting award-winning author Tayari Jones on January 17 the third event of our SOLD OUT 2018/2019 season of Portland Arts & Lectures. Tune in to OPB Radio’s Think Out Loud at 12:00 p.m. on January 17 to hear…
Featured Lecture from the Archives
Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin (Rebroadcast)
January 23, 2019
Go to LectureIn collaboration with the Le Guin family, Literary Arts invited the public to join in honoring the life and work of Ursula K. Le Guin at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall i Portland, Oregon on June 13.
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