Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival Writing Classes
Visual Poetry and Art
In this pop-up class, we’ll capture the image as it appears and disappears through ekphrastic writing and erasure.
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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.
Portland Book Festival Ticketed Events
PBF: Stacey Abrams, CODED JUSTICE
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Literary Arts is thrilled to present Stacey Abrams at the 2025 Portland Book Festival. Note: This event requires an add-on ticket in addition to the General Admission Festival Pass (wristband)
Pop Up Events Portland Book Festival Writing Classes
Creating Suspense
Creating suspense means posing questions. In this 45-minute workshop, we will focus on leading with suspense to evoke curiosity and engagement.
In-person Writing Classes
Art of the Article Pitch
In this workshop, students will learn the fundamentals of what makes an effective pitch and receive guidance, insight and support about how to navigate the pitching process.
Portland Arts & Lectures Ticketed Events
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Percival Everett
Percival Everett appears on November 12, 2025 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures series.
In-person Writing Classes
Every Force Evolves a Form
In this four part class, we will consider the what, why, who, and how of form: what form is, why we might choose to write in an inherited form, alter an inherited form, or write in a made-up form, and how we might go about doing so.
Bookstore Free Events
Without Consent: Sarah Weinman in conversation with Sarah Marshall
Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita, returns to Literary Arts with her latest release, Without Consent, a deep dive the historic case that defined marital rape and consent in
Free Events Bookstore
November Write-In
A write-in to ponder the concept of Three Sisters, the symbiotic relationship and traditional agricultural practice of planting corn, beans, and squash together, with each plant providing a benefit to
Ticketed Events
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
This December, The Moth’s anticipated Mainstage season comes to Portland in partnership with Literary Arts. When’s the last time you did something… daring? This Fall, The Moth Mainstage is
Portland Arts & Lectures Ticketed Events
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín appears at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on January 15, 2025 as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures series.
Portland Arts & Lectures Ticketed Events
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Imani Perry
Imani Perry appears at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on February 12, 2026, as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures series.
Ticketed Events
Everybody Reads 2026: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Literary Arts is proud to present the culminating event of Multnomah County Library’s Everybody Reads program on March 12, 2026, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Portland Arts & Lectures Ticketed Events
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe appears at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on April 23, 2026, as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures series.
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
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