Juniper’s Christmas: Eoin Colfer
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OREoin Colfer, author of the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Artemis Fowl series, discusses his new novel with Heidi Schulz.
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First Congregational United Church of Christ
Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage
All-day festival stage with events from 10:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m.
Book sales and signing on site from Powell’s Books (site).
Portland Book Festival General Admission Passes are required for entry into all events. Passes are $15 in advance and $25 day of Festival. Youth 17 & under get in FREE. All full-priced General Admission Passes include a $5 book fair voucher and entry into Portland Art Museum. Passes admit attendees to the Festival; individual events are first-come, first-served. More info here.
Events at this venue
Inheritance: E. J. Koh & Ayana Mathis
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, ORFrom South Korea to the American South, two multi-generational novels explore inheritance, grief, and family. E. J. Koh's debut novel is an elegantly wrought family saga of memory, trauma, and empathy, and a stunning testament to the consequences and fortunes of inheritance. From the best-selling author Ayana Mathis, a searing multi-generational new novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama—about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival. Moderated by Chelsea Bieker.
NBF Presents: Translating U.S. History
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, ORJoin 2023 National Book Award–honored authors Paul Harding and Paisley Rekdal in a cross-genre conversation on how to bring historical voices to life, and how to translate US history for a contemporary literary landscape. Moderated by Anis Mojgani, Oregon’s current Poet Laureate. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation.
Front Lines: Luis Alberto Urrea & Alice Winn
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, ORTaking as inspiration his mother’s own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea's new novel is an overlooked story of women’s heroism in World War II. Alice Winn has written a haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I. Moderated by OPB's Geoff Norcross.
America Fantastica: Tim O’Brien
First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, ORAn American Master returns: Tim O'Brien delivers his first new novel in two decades, a brilliant and rollicking odyssey, in which a bank robbery sparks “a satirical romp through a country plagued by deceit." Interviewed by Steph Opitz.