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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 downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

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Apr 21

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Apr 25

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Aug 7

Tuesday

Nov 1

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Wednesday

Nov 2

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Thursday

Nov 3

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Thursday

Nov 3

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Cover to Cover   Ticketed Events  

PBF Cover to Cover: Big Cheese / Small Cheese

In conversation with Kat Topaz of Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island, authors Jessica Gigot (A Little Bit of Land), Marilyn Milne (Cheese War: Conflict and Courage in Tillamook County, Oregon), and Tami Parr (Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History) will chat about the varied histories and practices of cheesemaking, women farmers, and small-scale agriculture in the Pacific Northwest.

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Friday

Nov 4

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Saturday

Nov 5

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Saturday

Nov 5

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Sunday

Nov 6

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Sunday

Nov 6

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Sunday

Nov 6

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Sunday

Nov 6

The logo for the Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover program, featuring an umbrella and an open book.
Tuesday

Dec 13

Ticketed Events  

The Moth: Mainstage in Portland

The Moth returns to Portland on Tuesday, December 13. This extraordinary performance sells out quickly, so reserve your seats early and experience unforgettable stories told live! Literary Arts and The Moth are bringing a new lineup of storytellers to Portland. Each Moth Mainstage show features five tellers who have developed their true stories with help from The

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Saturday

Mar 11

Monday

Apr 3

Thursday

May 18

Ticketed Events  

TOM HANKS IN CONVERSATION

PLEASE NOTE: VENUE CHANGE! This event is now being presented at the Keller Auditorium at 222 SW Clay St., Portland. Portland'5 will issue current ticket holders new tickets to this event. Look for an email from portland5@paciolan.com for your new tickets, and print them at home or save to your phone. Literary Arts presents a special

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Thursday

Sep 7

Tuesday

Oct 17

Ticketed Events  

An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver, in Conversation with Jess Walter

Please note: this event is sold out! Literary Arts is thrilled to present An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible and, most recently, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead. Kingsolver will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Jess Walter. Tickets at the $85 level include front-of-hall seats and a hardcover copy of Demon Copperhead.   About Demon

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Saturday

Nov 4

Saturday

Nov 4

Saturday

Nov 4

Tuesday

Dec 12

Ticketed Events  

The Moth: Mainstage in Portland

The Moth returns to Portland on Tuesday, December 12. This extraordinary performance sells out quickly, so reserve your seats early and experience unforgettable stories told live! Literary Arts and The Moth are bringing a new lineup of storytellers to Portland. The Mainstage is the quintessential Moth experience, a two-act show—featuring a musical act—where the storytellers

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