• Write Around Portland Presents: Fairy Tales & Fables Workshop

    The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts (The Judy) 1000 SW Broadway T100, Portland, OR

    We all want our writing to be memorable. In this Write Around Portland workshop, we'll examine a portion of a fairy tale or fable that's stood the test of time. […]

  • Heroes: Faith Schaffer, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, and David F. Walker

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    When an unlikely pair of female samurai join forces, what begins as your run-of-the-mill quest for glory and revenge evolves into something much more complicated in the new graphic novel from author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrator Faith Schaffer. David F. Walker shares a remarkable story about justice and second chances and all the ways we can make our own world in the image of our dreams. Moderated by Jonathan Hill.

  • Youth Writing Workshop – Writing from Art (Poetry)

    Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland, United States

    Facilitator: Amy Minato Grades 9-12 In this workshop, we’ll discover parallels between visual and written art drawing inspiration from pieces in the museum collection. We’ll practice imagery, form, metaphor, and […]

  • Missing Persons: Meredith Adamo & James L. Sutter

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    Stories of loss, searching, and finding your place from Meredith Adamo and James L. Sutter, moderated by Courtney Gould. UPDATE 11/1: Adamo will no longer be able to attend, unfortunately.

  • Youth Writing Workshop – I’m Literally Dead Right Now (Fiction)

    Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland, United States

    Facilitator: Damien Miles-Paulson (Grades 9-12) Write about your life ... as a zombie! In this workshop, you'll take a normal day and turn it into an imaginative story where you […]

  • Love Story: Jade Adia & Parisa Akhbari

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    Jade Adia writes an unforgettably powerful coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old LA transplant whose plans to build a doomsday shelter in her backyard collide with an unexpected summer romance. In Parisa Akhbari's novel, best friendship blossoms into something more in a gorgeously written queer literary romance. Moderated by Danielle Bylund.

  • Writers in the Schools Student Anthology 2023-24 Launch

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    Each year, Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools (WITS) program publishes an anthology of exemplary student work and invites them to read their writing at Portland Book Festival.

  • Youth Writing Workshops – Speak Your Peace (Spoken Word Poetry)

    Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland, United States

    Facilitator: Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman (Grades 9–12) This workshop will explore the healing and performative aspects of spoken word poetry. Students will engage with spoken word poets from Gwendolyn Brooks to Brandon […]

  • Fantastic Fate: Emily Lloyd-Jones & Katie Zhao

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    From Emily Lloyd-Jones comes a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition. In Katie Zhao's new novel, magic meets dark academia at a New York boarding school that’s hidden from mortal eyes. Moderated by Alicia Tate.

  • Welcome to Sunderworld

    First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR

    Bestselling author Ransom Riggs is back with a new series, Sunderworld. Interviewer Emily Suvada.

  • Remember My Name Poetry Workshop (Teens)

    Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland, United States

    The veil is thinnest, now is the time to envision your legacy, your strengths, and your grave mistakes through the poetic lens of the elegy. Delve into Susan Dickinson’s heart-wrenching […]

  • Star-Crossed: Alanna Bennett & Dustin Thao

    Portland'5: Brunish Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR

    YA Romance authors Alanna Bennett and Dustin Thao are joined by host Danielle Bylund to discuss their latest novels.

  • Remember My Name Poetry Workshop (Teens)

    Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland, United States

    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. 

  • Sweet and Sour: Alexis Castellanos & Aashna Avachat

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    Alexis Castellanos and Aashna Avachat join Katherine Cusumano in a panel on serendipitous and unexpected young love featuring all the juicy stuff including but not limited to: fake dating, handsome gardeners, the romanticization of food, big secrets, and butterflies.

  • Literary Arts Student Anthology Launch: With All This I Live/Con Todo Esto Vivo

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    Each year, Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools (WITS) program publishes an anthology of exemplary student work and invites them to read their writing at Portland Book Festival. This year’s anthology, 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 goes back to support WITS programming.

  • Monstrous: Courtney Gould & Trang Thanh Tran

    Portland Parks Foundation Tent at Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

    Courtney Gould and Trang Thanh Tran join Megan Lally for a discussion on the monsters that lurk in the wild and the wildness that lurks in our own angry hearts.

  • Haunted: Kalynn Bayron & Marissa Meyer

    First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR

    Kalynn Bayron and Marissa Meyer join Emily Suvada 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.