Writing Classes Online Class
Creating Vibrant Characters
Writers will work with a variety of prompts and in-class exercises to amplify the character development of their fictional characters.
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Events, Classes, and Seminars
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.
Bookstore Free Events
Independent Bookstore Day 2026
Join us for a day of giveaways, free workshops, food and drink specials, and more as we celebrate indie bookstores!
In-person Writing Classes
The Sijo: Poetry Workshop in Korean Traditional Form
The sijo is Korea’s most prominent and enduring traditional poetic form. Characterized by a clarity and accessibility that belies emotional complexity and tonal nuance, it is a form that prioritizes the unsaid and best grapples with the unsayable. Writing in this discipline exercises several poetic skills that we will focus on and hone throughout this six-week workshop.
Writing Classes In-person Storytelling
Bring Your Story to the Stage
This class is for anyone ready to take a personal 5-minute story and actively shape it for an audience. You’ll work hands-on with one story. Drafting, refining, and testing it aloud. We’ll focus on structure, pacing, and point of view, helping you find the spine of the story and decide what belongs in this particular version of the story and what doesn’t.
Ticketed Events Youth Events
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship 2026
Verselandia! is the annual youth poetry slam championship presented by Literary Arts. It is the Grand Slam for the winners from individual school slams hosted by public high school librarians
Writing Classes Online Class
Cosmic Versus Detail: Finding balance between the granular and big picture
This class will focus on special techniques to develop detailed scene exposition and contrast that towards larger narrative drive and big picture story development.
Bookstore Free Events
Stephanie Fairyington: UGLY
The Literary Arts Bookstore is excited to welcome Stephanie Fairyington to celebrate their book Ugly. About the book: A tender, moving, and insightful account of queer motherhood and an
