Readers

Engage with world-renowned artists during curated events, read and discuss compelling books by authors you love, listen to an archive of talks, and much more.

Delve Readers Seminars

Explore challenging books and engage in lively, discussion-based seminars led by scholars, teachers, writers, poets, and artists from the Portland community.

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Portland Book Festival

Bringing our community together to celebrate books and stories, and the ideas that drive them. Take part in this annual celebration, every November at the Portland Art Museum.

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Portland Arts & Lectures

Welcoming the world’s most celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers to speak to our community in the historic Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

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The Archive Project Podcast

The Archive Project features the most sought-after recordings from our Portland Arts & Lectures series, the Portland Book Festival, and other community events. Each week, new lectures are available to stream for free.

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Special Events

February 20, 2026
LitMic presents: LOVE IS MURDER
March 12, 2026
March Hand-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX
March 12, 2026
Everybody Reads 2026: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
March 26, 2026
Maggie Smith in conversation with Joy Sullivan
April 14, 2026
Planet Money: Live
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

Upcoming Free Events at Literary Arts

February 24, 2026
An Evening of QTBIPOC Poetry
February 25, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – February
March 3, 2026
Paige Thomas in conversation with Blair Thomas
March 4, 2026
One Page Wednesday – March
March 5, 2026
Kim Fu in conversation with Emma Pattee
March 7, 2026
Learn to Build a D&D Character
March 10, 2026
Scott Broker in conversation with Peter Rock
March 18, 2026
March Write-In: Beware the Ides of March
March 19, 2026
Slamlandia – March
March 25, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – March
March 27, 2026
Devon Walker-Figueroa, Lisa Wells, and Leni Zumas in conversation
April 25, 2026
Independent Bookstore Day 2026
May 14, 2026
Stephanie Fairyington: UGLY