October 31, 2025November 7, 2025

Ticketing and Advance Box Office information for the 2025 Portland Book Festival

Story in Motion Part 2: The Narrative Design Lab – A Hands-On Workshop

Writing Class: Clarifying Your Nonfiction Concept

Writing Class: Starting the Short Story

Writing Class: Ready, Set, Submit

Writing Class: Speculative Fiction in 75 Minutes (Teens)

Remember My Name Poetry Workshop (Teens)

Remember My Name Poetry Workshop (Teens)

Pop-up Writing Class: Creating Suspense

Pop-up Writing Class: Hooked: How to Capture Reader Interest From the Start

Pop-up Writing Class: Visual Poetry and Art

Opening Singalong: Emily Arrow

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

Making Picture Books 1: Curtis Manley, Carrie Tillotson & Tae Keller

Illustrator Draw Off: Chapter One

Katie Yee & Eliana Ramage (lineup change Nov 7)

Making Picture Books 2: Vera Ahiyya, Michelle Jing Chan & Nora Ericson

Illustrator Draw Off: Chapter Two

NBF Presents: The Cost of Hope

Pop-up: Incite, Queer Writers Read

Pop-up: Emma Ruth Rundle

Pop-up: Leah Sottile

Pop-Up: Keith Rosson

Pop-up: Amanda Hawkins

Pop-up: Lisa Wells

Grace Builds an Almost Perfect Dog: Curtis Manley & Tracy Subisak

I Got You: Derrick Barnes

The Kite Collector & This Year, a Witch!: Zoey Abbott

Alpacas Here, Alpacas There: Carrie Tillotson

Strange Friends and Family: Donna Barba Higuera, Michael Buckley & Forrest Burdett