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

July 28, 2026
July Write-In: Beach Day
July 29, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – July
July 30, 2026
The Stafford Challenge 2025-26 Anthology Book Launch
August 7, 2026
2027 Oregon Literary Fellowships: Submission Deadline
August 12, 2026
Kelly Anderson in conversation with Rachel Hochhauser
August 13, 2026
heidi restrepo rhodes: Ampersand Organ
August 18, 2026
August Write-In: Cosmic Vibes
August 19, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – August
August 20, 2026
Slamlandia – August
August 23, 2026
How to Build a D&D Character
August 25, 2026
Kavi Yaga in conversation with Amy Marcott
September 2, 2026
One Page Wednesday – SEPTEMBER
September 8, 2026
Jamie Fisher in conversation with Lydia Kiesling
September 9, 2026
James Ciano, Bobby Elliott, and Nick Martino in conversation
September 10, 2026
Do You Like Me?: A Comics Reading Event
September 15, 2026
September Write-In: Labor Day
November 17, 2026
November Write-In: Ancestors
December 15, 2026
December Write-In: Little Women

Upcoming Ticketed Events

July 31, 2026
July Hand-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX
August 6, 2026
Mac Barnett Considers the Picture Book with Colin Meloy and Anis Mojgani
September 15, 2026
Patti Smith: An Evening of Songs and Stories
September 24, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: George Saunders
October 9, 2026
Min Jin Lee in conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson
October 21, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar
October 29, 2026
Michael Lewis in conversation with David Shipley
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
April 20, 2027
Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Kiran Desai

Delve Readers Seminars

September 12, 2026
James Joyce: Ulysses
September 14, 2026
Fiction of Tennessee Williams
September 27, 2026
Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov
November 9, 2026
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster
November 10, 2026
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster (Tuesday nights)

Writing Classes

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
September 1, 2026
The Art of Fiction
September 9, 2026
Demystifying the Editing Process
September 9, 2026
Nine Month Novel Intensive: Wednesdays
September 10, 2026
3 Month Short Memoir Intensive: writing the memoirella
September 10, 2026
Nine Month Novel Intensive: Thursdays
September 12, 2026
Unlocking the Creative Process
September 12, 2026
Creative Clarity, Focus and Momentum
September 14, 2026
Scene Writing Intensive
September 22, 2026
Where Is Your Mother? Family Relationships Missing from Your Memoir
September 23, 2026
Craft-Focused Workshop: Personalized Feedback on Work in Progress
September 28, 2026
The Art of the Short Story
October 7, 2026
Poetry Mixtape
October 13, 2026
Incredible Openings
October 14, 2026
Writing Spirals: Multicultural Contemplations on Beginnings, Endings, and Cycles
October 24, 2026
WRITING ANIMALS
October 29, 2026
Nature Writing
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