Upcoming Events
December 2019
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
The Moth returns to Portland this December! This extraordinary performance will sell out quickly, so reserve your seats early and experience unforgettable stories told live.
Find out more »January 2020
2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Min Jin Lee (Sold Out)
The series continues on January 15 with Min Jin Lee, whose latest novel, Pachinko, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017.
Find out more »February 2020
2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Susan Orlean (Sold Out)
On February 20, we will host Susan Orlean, author of eight books, including her most recent, The Library Book, a New York Times best seller and a Washington Post Top 10 Book of the Year for 2018.
Find out more »March 2020
Everybody Reads 2020: Tommy Orange
Literary Arts is proud to host an evening with award-winning author Tommy Orange as the culminating event of Multnomah County Library’s Everybody Reads program. This year’s programming will center on Orange’s debut novel, There There.
Find out more »May 2020
2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Colson Whitehead (Sold Out)
The series will close on May 7 with Colson Whitehead, author of The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, a New York Times best seller which won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award.
Find out more »Upcoming Events
Slamlandia
November 21, 2019
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam which meets on the…
Author’s Guild Reception
December 5, 2019
New Authors Guild ambassadors Cai Emmons and Gillian Klucas will be there…
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
December 10, 2019
The Moth returns to Portland this December! This extraordinary performance will sell…
Winter 2020: Fear and Freedom In A Time of Distrust: Zadie Smith and Hunter S. Thompson
January 6, 2020
Mondays, January 6 – February 10, 2020 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (six…
Everybody Reads 2020: Tommy Orange
March 5, 2020
Literary Arts is proud to host an evening with award-winning author Tommy…