The sky is the limit! The Portland Book Festival has so many option for YA readers ranging from romance, to thriller, to horror, even a thrilling horrific romance! Check out this line-up of events for YA readers that want a little bit of everything.
YA Line-Up:
Although the Portland Book Festival is only on Saturday, November 8th, 2025, there are options for those who can’t wait to get started or are sad for it to end. Look out for dates of events, especially for Readers Night, which takes place on Friday, November 7th, and our Cover 2 Cover events that span from November 1st-9th.
Remember My Name Poetry Workshop (TEENS) | Rental Sales Gallery
Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205
A safe space for teens to share and work on their craft. Delve into Susan Dickinson’s heart-wrenching poem for Emily among other elegies and epitaphs of the past, and learn a thing or two about yourself in the end.
Star-Crossed | Alanna Bennett & Dustin Thao
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Brunish Theater, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205
Start off your Portland Book Festival experience with authors Alanna Bennet and Dustin Thao as they talk about the characters in their YA novels and their journey in navigating a relationship that has the odds stacked against them.
Literary Art’s Student Anthology: With All This, I Live/ Con Todo Esto Vivo
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Park Stage, 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205 United States
With All This, I Live / Con Todo Esto Vivo, showcases poetry, prose, and journalism written by high school students from across Portland, east Multnomah County, and Woodburn. All proceeds from the sale of the anthologies go back to support Youth Programs.
Monstrous | Courtney Gould & Trang Thanh Tran
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Park Stage, 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205 United States
Teenagers kidnapped and trapped in a forest with haunted creatures coming out the trees? Check. A town overtaken by red algae, drowned residents from a mystery monster, and two teenagers put in charge to fix it all? Check. Any of these check your boxes, you need to be at Courtney Gould and Trang Thanh Tran’s event to hear all about their new books.
Haunted | Kalynn Bayron & Marissa Meyer
5 p.m.-6 p.m. | First Congregational UCC, 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Finish your day with Kalynn Bayron and Marissa Meyer in a panel on their most recent novels and the (un)dead that haunt their protagonists. There are dark family secrets to be uncovered, paranormal activities in the air, and the siren call of young love to be discussed.