• April 22, 2024
          Letter Writing Social
          April 25, 2024
          Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship (2024)
          April 26, 2024
          BIPOC Reading Series April
          May 1, 2024
          One Page Wednesday: May
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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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Upcoming Free Events at Literary Arts

April 20, 2024
NW AUTHOR SERIES: SINDYA BHANOO
April 22, 2024
Letter Writing Social
April 26, 2024
BIPOC Reading Series April
May 1, 2024
One Page Wednesday: May
May 16, 2024
Slamlandia
May 21, 2024
Oregon Literary Fellowship Reading
June 5, 2024
One Page Wednesday: June
June 20, 2024
Slamlandia
July 17, 2024
Incite: Queer Writers Read
July 18, 2024
Slamlandia
August 15, 2024
Slamlandia

Featured Events

April 20, 2024
NW AUTHOR SERIES: SINDYA BHANOO
April 22, 2024
Letter Writing Social
April 23, 2024
From Idea to Manuscript: Crafting Your Picture Book: Tuesdays
April 25, 2024
From Idea to Manuscript: Crafting Your Picture Book
April 25, 2024
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship (2024)
April 26, 2024
BIPOC Reading Series April
May 1, 2024
Epistolary: Poems to Our Past and Futures Selves
May 1, 2024
One Page Wednesday: May
May 2, 2024
Write the Self: the study and practice of writing from personal experience
May 9, 2024
Grief Work: Honoring Sorrow as a Generating Motor
May 13, 2024
WEIRDING THE EVERY DAY
May 16, 2024
Slamlandia
May 18, 2024
Autofiction Weekend Intensive
May 21, 2024
Oregon Literary Fellowship Reading
June 1, 2024
The Notebook and the Creative Process
June 2, 2024
Willa Cather: A Lost Lady and My Mortal Enemy
June 4, 2024
Get Writing: Unblocking Writer’s Block
June 5, 2024
One Page Wednesday: June
June 20, 2024
Slamlandia
July 10, 2024
Olivia Laing: The Garden Against Time
July 17, 2024
Incite: Queer Writers Read
July 18, 2024
Slamlandia
August 15, 2024
Slamlandia
October 9, 2024
Amy Tan: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
November 19, 2024
Abraham Verghese: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
January 16, 2025
Timothy Egan: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
February 13, 2025
Masha Gessen: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
April 15, 2025
Emily Wilson: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25