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

April 21, 2026
Sakura: Kanako Nishi and Allison Markin Powell
April 25, 2026
Independent Bookstore Day 2026
April 25, 2026
STORYTIME WITH Leslie Barnard Booth
April 25, 2026
Writing with Tarot: Independent Book Store Day
April 28, 2026
Priscilla Bernard Wieden in conversation with Kim Stafford
April 29, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – April
May 5, 2026
Erin L. McCoy in conversation with Erica Berry
May 6, 2026
One Page Wednesday – May
May 7, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Port Orford
May 8, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Newport
May 12, 2026
May Write-In: Light
May 14, 2026
Stephanie Fairyington in conversation with Andi Zeisler
May 15, 2026
Theatre Diaspora Presents: A Staged Reading of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
May 19, 2026
Rex Marshall in conversation with Michelle Kicherer
May 21, 2026
Slamlandia – May
May 26, 2026
Steven Pfau in conversation with Milo Muise
May 27, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – May
June 2, 2026
Rosiee Thor: Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Stories about Love
June 16, 2026
Melissa Febos: The Dry Season
June 25, 2026
Michelle St. Roman in conversation Sandra Freels

Upcoming Ticketed Events

April 20, 2026
2026 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
April 23, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Patrick Radden Keefe
April 30, 2026
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship 2026
May 7, 2026
May Hand-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX

Delve Readers Seminars

April 30, 2026
Faulkner and Morrison: Absalom, Absalom! and Beloved
May 6, 2026
Wallace Stevens: Collected Poems
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

Writing Classes

April 25, 2026
EPISTOLARY POEMS
April 25, 2026
Creating Vibrant Characters
April 25, 2026
Writing with Tarot: Independent Book Store Day
April 26, 2026
The Sijo: Poetry Workshop in Korean Traditional Form
April 26, 2026
Bring Your Story to the Stage
April 30, 2026
Writer as Witness
May 2, 2026
From Feeling to Form: Shaping Your Picture Book
May 2, 2026
Hybrid Memoir Workshop
May 4, 2026
Cosmic Versus Detail: Finding balance between the granular and big picture
May 6, 2026
Funny Fiction Workshop
June 2, 2026
Write Like You’re Swimming: From Self-Doubt to Compassion and Creative Flow
June 3, 2026
WRITING FIRST-PERSON FICTION
June 4, 2026
Story Plot and Aboutness: Completing Your Story
June 6, 2026
Writing with the Seasons: Summer
June 6, 2026
BOLD AND UNAFRAID: FICTION FOR THE NOW
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 Pratical Revision
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