Fiction Nonfiction Portland Book Festival
Animals with Freeman’s
Three contributors from the new Freeman's annual—Tess Gunty, Debra Gwartney, and Sasha LaPointe—discuss their work with editor John Freeman.
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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 downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.
Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Storytime: Mary Had a Little Plan
Fashion-forward Mary is known for adding flair everywhere she goes. When she spots an abandoned lot in her neighborhood, Mary knows she can use her stylish talent to spruce it up.
Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Caitlin Scarano
Caitlin Scarano pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her poetry collection, The Necessity of Wildfire. Scarano is paired with the artwork Unravel #3 by Ritsuko Ozeki; found in
Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Storytime: KINDergarten
Written by kindergarten teacher and Instagram influencer affectionately known as the Tutu Teacher, comes a picture book about a class that creates a kindness pledge to ensure that their class is the kindest it can possibly be.
Nonfiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Liz Prato
Liz Prato pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her book, Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning. Prato is paired with the artwork Please Participate by Jeppe Hein;
Fiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Joamette Gil
Joamette Gil pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her comics anthology, Mañana: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century. Gil is paired with the artwork Magma Spirit Explodes, Tsunami
Fiction Portland Book Festival
Criminal Intent: Fonda Lee & Daniel Nieh
Action-packed stories of international intrigue, old grudges, valuable gems, and more. Moderated by Curtis C. Chen.
Nonfiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Diana Garvin
Diana Garvin pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her book, Feeding Facism: The Politics of Women's Food Work. Garvin is paired with the artwork Le Petit Pâtissier (The
Nonfiction Portland Book Festival
Food Is a Weapon: Ghetto Gastro with Gregory Gourdet
Join Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, and Lester Walker of Bronx-based culinary collective Ghetto Gastro, and authors of the new book Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen, for a conversation with acclaimed Portland-based chef Gregory Gourdet.
Portland Book Festival Young Adult
Flashback: Ellen Hagan & Sabina Khan
Two stories about how the past is always present, the secrets we keep, and the meaning of home.
Fiction Poetry Portland Book Festival
National Book Foundation Presents: Fatimah Asghar & Shelley Wong
Ahead of the 73rd National Book Awards, 2022 honorees Fatimah Asghar and Shelley Wong read from and discuss their selected works. Asghar’s debut novel and Wong’s debut poetry collection delve into queerness and freedom, and imagine a new idea of homecoming, across literary genres. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation.
Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Storytime: Counting to Bananas
A hilarious, mostly-rhyming picture book about a banana and narrator who can’t quite agree on what their book is about.
Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival Young Adult
Pop-up: Jason Tanamor
Jason Tanamor pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with his YA novel, Love, Dance & Egg Rolls. Tanamor is paired with the artwork Leaping Carp by Shikō Munakata; found
Fiction Portland Book Festival Ticketed Events
Carrie Soto Is Back: Taylor Jenkins Reid with Cheryl Strayed
Featured
This is one of two Portland Book Festival events at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and requires a ticket for entry, in addition to your festival pass. A limited number of tickets include priority seating and a signed copy of Carrie Soto Is Back.
Poetry Portland Book Festival
Intimate Apocalypse: CJ Evans & Saeed Jones
Poems that reckon with historical grief and impending catastrophe, and how we find life and freedom amid that grief and anger. Moderated by Erika Stevens.
Portland Book Festival
PDX Jazz Presents BrandonLee Cierly
BrandonLee Cierley is an up and coming Saxophonist born in Tacoma, Wa whose music seemingly combines elements from sounds that have influenced his musical voice such as Modern jazz, hiphop, Lofi and Soul.
Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Storytime: Maya’s Song
This unforgettable picture book introduces young readers to the life and work of Maya Angelou, whose words have uplifted and inspired generations of readers.
Fiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Neil Cochrane
Neil Cochrane pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with his novel, The Story of the Hundred Promises. Cochrane is paired with the artwork Tower by Seymour Lipton; found in
Nonfiction Portland Book Festival
La familia: Rafael Agustin & Ingrid Rojas Contreras [BILINGUAL]
Stories of the search to understand your family history—and your place in it—moderated by Lilly Gonzalez / Historias de la búsqueda para comprender la historia de su familia, y su lugar en ella, moderado por Lilly Gonzalez.
Nonfiction Portland Book Festival
Think Out Loud: Ducks
Acclaimed comic artist Kate Beaton discusses her debut graphic memoir with Dave Miller, host of OPB's Think Out Loud.
Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Storytime: The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella
Blast off in a new out-of-this world graphic novel series from the bestselling creators Hello!Lucky
Fiction Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: BIPOC Reading Series presents Dey Rivers & Zephaniah Sole
Dey Rivers and Zephaniah Sole pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with their original works. Rivers and Sole are paired with the artwork The Day I Saw the Wind
Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Marisa Siegel
Marisa Siegel pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her poetry chapbook, Fixed Stars. Siegel is paired with the artwork Door 5 by Theodoros Stamos; found in the Modern
Fiction Portland Book Festival
Escape Plans: Tess Gunty & Cecily Wong
Stories revolving around girls search for meaning in their lives against the end of the American empire, told with (often dark) humor, tenderness, and honesty. Moderated by Kimberly King Parsons.
Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Storytime: Tater Tales
Two spud siblings face off in a series of epic challenges in this first installment of a new and hilariously silly graphic novel chapter book series from the bestselling creator of the Narwhal and Jelly books.
Fiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Cai Emmons
Cai Emmons pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her works, Livid and Unleashed. Emmons is paired with the artwork For the Love by Isaka Shamsud-Din; found in the Northwest
Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Genevieve DeGuzman
Poet Genevieve DeGuzman pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. DeGuzman is paired with the artwork Dual Form by Barbara Hepworth; found in the Modern and Contemporary Art area, on
Fiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Marcelle Heath
Marcelle Heath pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her short story collection, Is That All There Is?. Heath is paired with the artwork Mike Russo and Sally Haley
Fiction Portland Book Festival
To Be Continued: Andrew Sean Greer & Tom Perrotta
Get ready to laugh and maybe cry with bestselling, award-winning authors Andrew Sean Greer and Tom Perrotta as they discuss their new sequels with Steph Opitz of Bookshop.org.
Portland Book Festival Young Adult
Magic Powers: P.C. & Kristin Cast and Aaron Durán
Something wicked this way comes... things get witchy in the new novel from superstar mother-daughter duo P. C. and Kristin Cast, about twin sister witches; and in the new graphic novel from Aaron Durán a young bruja reckons with her magical inheritance.
Fiction Portland Book Festival
Future Tense: Mat Johnson & Jon Raymond
Two novels explore our current moment through imagined futures: one on a moon colony populated by alien abductees, and one here on our home planet as the climate collapse accelerates. Moderated by OPB's John Notarianni.
Portland Book Festival Young Adult
To the End, Through the Tunnel: 2021-22 WITS Student Anthology Launch
Each year, Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools (WITS) program publishes an anthology of exemplary student work. To the End, Through the Tunnel showcases poetry, prose, and journalism written by high school students from four Oregon school districts: Portland Public Schools, Parkrose, Gresham, and Woodburn. Students will read their work from the anthology. All proceeds from the sale of the anthologies goes back to support WITS programming.
Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival Young Adult
Pop-up: YesYes Books with Nina Packebush and Shelley Wong
Nina Packebush and Shelley Wong pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with their original works. Packebush and Wong are paired with the artwork Open Country by Larry Poons; found
Fiction Portland Book Festival
Family Secrets: Lan Samantha Chang & Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In these new novels exploring the complications of family relationships, classics are reimagined and reinvigorated. Moderated by Fiona McCann, editor-in-chief of Portland Monthly
Fiction Poetry Portland Book Festival
Generations: Matthew Dickman & Emiko Jean
Very different books—a poetry collection, a novel—that grapple with shared questions about parenthood and childhood. Moderated by Alicia Jo Rabins, poet, musician, and author of Even God Had Bad Parenting Days.
Middle Grade Portland Book Festival
GraphixCon: Middle Grade Graphic Novels
Four amazing graphic novelists on one stage! Featuring Kat Fajardo, Gale Galligan, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, and Aron Nels Steinke.
Fiction Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Incite: Queer Writers Read present Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman & Tashon Phoenix
Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman & Tashon Phoenix pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. Nicholson-Klingerman and Phoenix are paired with the artwork Chief Bundle by Ka'ila Farrell-Smith; found in the Northwest Art
Fiction Portland Book Festival
Homeland: Chelsea Bieker & Morgan Talty
New story collections of homeland, birthplace, and identity. Moderated by John Freeman.
Portland Book Festival
PDX Jazz Presents Adriana Wagner
Adriana Wagner is an up-and-coming trombonist and composer based in Portland, Oregon.
Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: NBF presents Fatimah Asghar, Tess Gunty, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, & Shelley Wong
2022 National Book Foundation award nominees Fatimah Asghar, Tess Gunty, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and Shelley Wong pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with NBF's Ruth Dickey. The group is
Fiction Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Emme Lund
Emme Lund pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her novel, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest. Lund is paired with the artwork Off the Ground by
Middle Grade Picture Book Portland Book Festival
Illustrator Draw-off!
Join us for the first annual Portland Book Festival Illustrator Draw-off! Picture book and middle grade illustrators face off in a live drawing competition. You'll laugh, you'll cry with laughter, you'll cheer.
Portland Book Festival Writing Classes Young Adult Youth Events
Dialogues: The Craft of Writing Conversation (High School Workshop)
“She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try to observe their effect.”-Jane Austen, from Persuasion In this workshop, we will write stories built around dialogue, around speech. Once written, we will perform the words aloud, seeing how they flow
Poetry Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival
Pop-up: Los Porteños presents Cindy Williams Gutiérrez & Juan Antonio Trujillo
Cindy Williams Gutiérrez & Juan Antonio Trujillo pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. Williams Gutiérrez and Trujillo are paired with the artwork For the Love by Isaka Shamsud-Din; found
Middle Grade Portland Book Festival
Finding Your Way: Jenn Reese & Renée Watson
Middle school novels of girls caught in the middle between friends, family, and new challenges.
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