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 at 716 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.
Please join us for a reading featuring recipients of the 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowships: Karleigh Frisbie Brogan Jenny H. Lee Makiia Lucier Kieran Mundy Rosanna Nafziger Ami Patel Ösel Jessica Plante-Curl Eric Simons Joe Wilkins Evan Morgan Williams with special appearances from publishing fellowship recipients, Fonograf Editions and First Matter Press.
Questions about applying to this year's Oregon Literary Fellowships? Join us at this information session! The deadline to apply for a 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowship is Friday, August 2, 2024. Register in advance Please contact Alexa Winik (alexa@literary-arts.org) if you have any questions.
Questions about applying to this year's Oregon Literary Fellowships? Join us at this information session! The deadline to apply for a 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowship is Friday, August 2, 2024. Register in advance Please contact Alexa Winik (alexa@literary-arts.org) if you have any questions.
Friday, September 6, is the deadline for submission to the 2025 Oregon Book Awards and Special Awards. Books published between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024 are eligible. Complete Oregon Book Awards guidelines are here, and guidelines for the Special Awards are here.
Springfield Public Library hosts the Oregon Book Awards author tour. The day starts with two free workshops and ends with a reading and discussion. All events are free and open to the public. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Beginning the Personal Essay with Steven Moore In this hour long workshop, writers will focus on the first
On Monday, October 7, Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble will host a preview event of Playing With Words featuring a discussion between writers Stephanie Adams-Santos, Josephine Woolington, and Waka T. Brown and composers Gordon Lee, Hans Barklis, and Tim Willcox. The preview event takes place at Backyard Social, and more information can be found here. Authors
Please join us for the first of two readings featuring the 2025 Oregon Book Awards finalists in Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction: Fiction Miriam Gershow Kimberly King Parsons Poetry Valerie Witte Charity E. Yoro Creative Nonfiction Tim Palmer Becky Ellis This event is FREE to attend and open to the public. A second finalists reading
Please join us for the second of two readings featuring the 2025 Oregon Book Awards finalists in Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction.
An evening with four of the Oregon Book Awards finalists for fiction at the Corvallis Museum, as part of the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Miriam Gershow Victor Lodato Kimberly King Parsons Charlie J. Stephens
Join us for an evening honoring our state's most accomplished writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers, and drama.
A talk with Jaclyn Moyer, author of On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California at the Monmouth Public Library. On Gold Hill is the 2025 winner of the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction. Braiding memoir with historical inquiry, On Gold Hill explores the complexities of the
On June 13, Coos Bay Public Library, in partnership with Literary Arts, will host a Writing Workshop With Willy Vlautin from 4:00pm-5:30pm and an Author Reading at 6:00pm. Join us to get started on your own novel and/or come back later to hear Willy read from The Horse, a 2025 Oregon Book Award finalist. Both
Questions about applying to this year's Oregon Literary Fellowships? Join us at this information session! Drop-in anytime between 3:00-4:00 p.m. Register in advance for this meeting here. Please contact Alexa Winik (alexa@literary-arts.org) if you have any questions.
Please join us for a special reading event featuring recipients of the 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowships. This event is free and open to the public. Featuring . . . Zoë Ballering Iván Cantú Villarreal Brittney Corrigan Katherine Cusumano jessamyn duckwall Amelia Díaz Ettinger Jordan Jacks Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong Alfred Jung Lee Fuente Fountain Press Some
Questions about applying to this year's Oregon Literary Fellowships? Join us at this information session! Drop-in anytime between 6:00-7:00 p.m. Register in advance for this meeting here. Please contact Alexa Winik (alexa@literary-arts.org) if you have any questions.
Questions about applying to this year's Oregon Literary Fellowships? Join us at this information session! Drop in any time between 12:30 and 2:00 p.m.
Deadline to apply for 2026 Oregon Literary Fellowships is Friday, August 8, 2025.
On Thursday, October 16, First Draft Writers Series, in partnership with Literary Arts, will present Oregon Book Awards Authors Becky Ellis, Charlie J. Stephens and tina ontiveros for a free reading.
In partnership with Fishtrap, Literary Arts brings the Oregon Book Award Author Tour to Wallowa County.
The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour will be in Baker City, with four Oregon Book Awards authors.
Join us for an evening of celebration and readings from this year's Oregon Book Awards finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Graphic Literature. This is the first of two finalist readings hosted at the Literary Arts Bookstore, with the second taking place on Tuesday, March 17. This event is free and open to the public.
Join us for an evening of celebration and readings from this year's Oregon Book Awards finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Graphic Literature. This event is the second of two finalist readings hosted at the Literary Arts Bookstore. This event is free and open to the public. The reading line-up for the March 17 reading
Join us for an evening honoring our state's most accomplished writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers, and graphic literature.
M.L. Herring, Born of Fire and Rain, Journey into a Pacific Coastal Forest
Jamie Mustard, Child X: A Memoir of Slavery, Poverty, Celebrity, and Scientology
Jennifer Perrine, Beautiful Outlaw
M.L. Herring, Born of Fire and Rain, Journey into a Pacific Coastal Forest
Jamie Mustard, Child X: A Memoir of Slavery, Poverty, Celebrity, and Scientology
Jennifer Perrine, Beautiful Outlaw
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