October 8, 2018
By Joanna Rose Deray Mackesson’s afternoon talk at Grant High School got started a little late because the staff had to keep setting up more and more chairs. The library eventually filled to almost 200 students, and meanwhile Mr…
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Reading and conversation with Anastacia-Reneé and Ashley Toliver
October 19, 2018
Join us for a reading and conversation with Ashley Toliver and Anastacia-Reneé…
Stranger in the Pen
October 25, 2018
panel discussion featuring Mohamed Asem, Dana Ghazi, Ramzy Farouki, and Dr. Priya…
Lit Crawl® Portland, 2018
November 9, 2018
Join us for the official kick-off party for the Portland Book Festival,…
2018 Portland Book Festival presented by Bank of America
November 10, 2018
Join Literary Arts for the annual Portland Book Festival (formerly Wordstock), presented…
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
December 10, 2018
The Moth returns to Portland on Monday, December 10. This extraordinary performance…
Everybody Reads 2019: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
March 14, 2019
In partnership with the Multnomah County Library and The Library Foundation, Literary…
Latest Blog Posts
September 26, 2018
Our 34th season of Portland Arts & Lectures launches on Thursday, October 11 with Jill Lepore, award-winning historian and staff writer at The New Yorker. She is the author of the New York Times best seller The Secret History of Wonder Woman and National Book Award finalist Book of Ages.…
September 6, 2018
On Saturday, November 10, join readers of all ages for the largest celebration of books and writing in the Pacific Northwest. There will be 100+ authors, 80+ vendors, 6 partner venues, 13 writing workshops, food trucks, and satellite bookstores from our indie bookselling partners Annie Bloom’s Books, Broadway…
Featured Lecture from the Archives
Doree Shafrir and Ellen Ullman (Rebroadcast)
October 10, 2018
This episode of The Archive Project features authors and digital commentators Doree Shafrir and Ellen Ullman in conversation at 2017’s Portland Book Festival. This discussion, aptly titled “Disruption: Feminist Digital Culture” and moderated by the New York Times’ Jazmine Hughes, takes a hard look at what it means to be a woman in tech, both past and present.