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

October 20, 2026
Literary Trivia Night: Ursula K. Le Guin Edition
October 21, 2026
Dear Blind Lady: Elsa Sjunneson
October 22, 2026
ALTA BIPOC Translators Literary Caucus Reading
October 27, 2026
Ghostly Encounters: Open Mic
October 28, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – October
October 28, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour Albany: Witches and Mystery
October 29, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour Redmond: Halloween Inspired
October 30, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour in Sisters: Witches and Mystery
November 4, 2026
One Page Wednesday – November
November 11, 2026
Destroy This House: Amanda Uhle
November 17, 2026
November Write-In: Ancestors
November 19, 2026
Slamlandia – November
November 24, 2026
Rebecca Handler in conversation with Selina Fillinger
December 15, 2026
December Write-In: Little Women

Upcoming Ticketed Events

October 21, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar
October 23, 2026
Hand-Sewn Treasure Crows with SCRAP PDX
October 29, 2026
Michael Lewis in conversation with David Shipley
October 30, 2026
Lit Mic presents: Murder in the Bookstore II
November 8, 2026
The Hot Dog Cookbook Party with Farideh Sadeghin
December 8, 2026
The Moth Mainstage: Tightrope
January 21, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Isabel Wilkerson
February 17, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ben Rhodes
March 18, 2027
Everybody Reads 2027: Louise Erdrich
April 20, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Kiran Desai

Delve Readers Seminars

October 28, 2026
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Twice-Told Tales
November 8, 2026
Theodor Adorno: Minima Moralia
November 9, 2026
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster
November 10, 2026
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster (Tuesday nights)
January 4, 2027
Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend
January 9, 2027
Yu Miri: Tokyo Ueno Station
January 13, 2027
Reimagining the Books That Shaped Us
January 24, 2027
Reading & Looking

Writing Classes

October 29, 2026
Nature Writing
October 29, 2026
Roots in Old Stories: Writing with Folklore, Mythology, and Fairy Tales
November 4, 2026
Journalism for Every Writer
November 7, 2026
Writing With Tarot
November 7, 2026
Starting the Story
November 7, 2026
Plotting the Story
November 7, 2026
Poetry as Personal Myth
November 14, 2026
Writing with Tarot
January 8, 2027
6-Month Online Short Story Intensive: Starting the Story Collection
January 9, 2027
WRITING WITH THE SEASONS: WINTER
January 12, 2027
Writing Authentic Characters
January 14, 2027
Writing a Story in Eight Weeks: Creative Intersections
January 16, 2027
From Changemaker to Author: A Nonfiction Book Development Intensive
January 23, 2027
After: Poems in Conversation
January 25, 2027
Writing the Novel
January 28, 2027
Roots in Old Stories: Writing with Folklore, Mythology, and Fairy Tales
February 2, 2027
The Lyric Essay: Borrowed Forms for Play and Discovery
February 6, 2027
Outlining and Shaping Your Novel
February 6, 2027
Mapping the Story: Freedom Through Narrative Structure
February 6, 2027
Selling Your Memoir: How to Shape, Position & Package Your Book Proposal
February 9, 2027
Advanced Fiction Workshop
February 22, 2027
Write What You Don’t Know: Incorporating Research into Prose
February 24, 2027
WRITING THROUGH MEMORY: WEAVING YOUR PAST WITH THE PRESENT
February 25, 2027
Fixed Poetic Forms
February 25, 2027
Hybrid Essay 1: The Draft
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