Thursday 6/5: Join writer, artist, and musician Chris Taylor for the release party of his latest graphic novel, Les Belles (June 2014). Floating World Comics, 6 p.m., free.
Come celebrate Repro Sheroes‘s second issue at their zine release party. In Other Words, 7 p.m., free.
Join local writers Jan Baross, Gail Bartley, Steve Denniston, and Jackie Shannon Hollis as they read from The Night, and the Rain, and The River, an Oregon short story anthology. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
Courtney Collins reads from her debut novel about a female horse-thief from the Australian outback, The Untold (May 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 6/6: Professor, poet, and prison-rights activist Walidah Imarisha reads from her new collection of poetry, Scars/Stars (October 2013). IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Music Millennium sponsors James Fearnley in a conversation with Decemberists frontman, Colin Meloy as they discuss Fearnley’s new lyrical memoir, Here Comes Everybody (Month 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Ink Noise Review presents a two-part reading of local writers inviting their local favorites to read alongside them. Lisa Ciccarello headlines the show followed by her chosen guest readers, Graham Hunter Gregg, Ethan Bull, and Lindsey Allison Ruoff. The second act will be Olivia Olivia and her guest Lauren Hudgins, and Jeff Whitney and his guest Jon Backman. Jade Lounge, 8 p.m., free.
Saturday 6/7: Portland’s Poetry Press Week Spring/Summer runway show welcomes readers and local publishers to sample the latest work from new and established poets. Readings by Zachary Schomburg, Carl Adamshick, KMA Sullivan, Veronica Martin, Chrys Tobey, Julia Clare Tillinghast, Zubair Ahmed, and two time National Book Critics Circle award winner Albert Goldbarth. Disjecta, 7 p.m, free.
Sunday 6/8: Join local poet Jeff Alessandri for a workshop on humor in poetry, Exploring The Comedic. IPRC, 3 p.m., $15 members, $25 non-members.
Enjoy the latest in the Spare Room Reading series with local writers Rodney Koeneke and Rob Schlegel. Glyph, 6 p.m., free.
The Studio Series: Poetry Reading and Open Mic will feature poets from The Widows’ Handbook (January 2014): Ann Sinclair, Kristine Shorey Forbes, M., Nancy Womack, and Natasha Sajé. Stonehenge Studios, 7 p.m., free.
Christine McKinley presents the laws of the universe like you’ve never experienced them before in her latest book, Physics for Rock Stars. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Monday 6/9: Join Nathan Duel in a conversation with Justin Hocking as they discuss Duel’s unusual memoir that’s both a meditation on fatherhood and living in Saudi Arabia, Friday Was the Bomb (May 2014). Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Molly Wizenberg reads from her memoir Delancey, about how opening a pizza restaurant sparked the first crisis of her young marriage. (May 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 6/10: Robert Rotstein reads from his the latest in lawroom drama series, Reckless Disregard (June 2014). Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Jo Walton reads from her latest science fiction novel, My Real Children. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Portland writer Smith Henderson reads from his debut novel, Fourth of July Creek (June 2014), which follows the life and work of a social worker in Montana. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 6/11: Kathryn Ma reads from her debut novel on the lives of three generations of Chinese American women in San Francisco, The Year She Left Us (May 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Experience Slant: Live Queer Storytelling, a debut and benefit for Teacher Ten, hosted by Kaj-anne Pepper, and featuring Jimmy Radosta, Joaquin Lopez, Lavell Wood, and many more. Holocene, 8 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
