UPCOMING EVENTS AND CLASSES

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, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

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Upcoming Free Events

June 2, 2026
Rosiee Thor in conversation with Sydney Langford
June 3, 2026
One Page Wednesday – June
June 5, 2026
Portland Book Week 2026
June 9, 2026
June Write-In: Portland Book Week Edition
June 10, 2026
Brianna Jett in conversation with Courtney Gould
June 13, 2026
Illuminated Cities: zehra imam in conversation with Omar El Akkad
June 16, 2026
Melissa Febos in conversation with Genevieve Hudson
June 18, 2026
Slamlandia – June
June 23, 2026
June Write-In: PRIDE
June 24, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – June
June 25, 2026
Oregon Literary Fellowships Drop-In Information Session
June 25, 2026
Michelle St. Romain in conversation with Sandra Freels
June 27, 2026
Rowan Kingsbury: Avery and the Squirrel Delivery
June 29, 2026
2026 Oregon Literary Fellowships Reading
June 30, 2026
YA and Middle-Grade Literature Pride Celebration

Upcoming Ticketed Events

June 4, 2026
June Hand-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX
September 24, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: George Saunders
October 21, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar
January 21, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Isabel Wilkerson
February 17, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ben Rhodes
April 20, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Kiran Desai

Delve Readers Seminars

June 14, 2026
Simone Weil: Paying Attention to the World
June 22, 2026
Octavia Butler: Fledgling
July 9, 2026
Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body And Other Parties and In the Dream House
July 27, 2026
Edith Wharton: The Custom of the Country

Writing Classes

June 2, 2026
Write Like You’re Swimming: From Self-Doubt to Compassion and Creative Flow
June 3, 2026
WRITING FIRST-PERSON FICTION
June 3, 2026
Yallah! Muslims: Gather. Write. Repeat.
June 4, 2026
Story Plot: Finish Your Short Story
June 6, 2026
Writing with the Seasons: Summer
June 6, 2026
BOLD AND UNAFRAID: FICTION FOR THE NOW
June 12, 2026
Grief and the Lyric Essay: SUMMER
June 20, 2026
Disorderly Conduct: Celebrating Trans Poetry
June 21, 2026
Sensory Immersion: Writing Sound, Touch, Sight, Taste, and Vision
June 23, 2026
Your Memoir: Finding the Story Within the Story
June 24, 2026
WRITING THROUGH MEMORY: WEAVING YOUR PAST WITH THE PRESENT
June 27, 2026
Fun and Practical Revision
July 7, 2026
Advanced Fiction Workshop
July 11, 2026
Performing Your Work: Practice for Public Readings
July 19, 2026
Summer Flâneur: Strolling and Writing
July 21, 2026
Writing the Hard Stuff: Navigating Vulnerability on the Page
July 28, 2026
Forms of Care: Writing the Mortal Body
July 30, 2026
Journalism for Every Writer
July 30, 2026
Novel Support: Weekly Check-In
August 8, 2026
More Will Be Revealed: Writing Through Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Recovery
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