Thursday 6/19: Join Bruno and his illustrator Stephanie Skiver for the book launch of Flashbax! (June 2014). Hawthorne Hideaway, 6 p.m., free.
Two Plum Press hosts a rooftop release party for two new titles: All in Black Blood My Love Went Riding (June 2014) by Ross Robbins and Down and Out on a Yacht (June 2014) by Delphine Bedient. Robbins and Bedient are joined by fellow Two Plum Press authors Sofie Sherman-Burton, Andrew Barton, and Elizabeth Ferguson for a reading. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Jack Hart reads from his murder-mystery Skookum Summer (April 2014). Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
Polly Dugan shares a story about two young women who’ve dated the same man navigating love, destiny, loss, and choice in her powerful debut, So Much a Part of You (June 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tyler McMahon reads from his debut book, Kilometer 99 (June 2014), about a Peace Corps volunteer who copes with the tragic consequences of an earthquake in El Salvador. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 6/20: Susan Jane Gilman reads from her debut novel, an unlikely tale of a Russian immigrant girl who is abandoned in New York, and over decades manages to make herself into The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street (June 2014), a celebrated pop-culture icon. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 6/21: Join DJ O.G. One, DJ for the Portland Trail Blazers, as he reads from his new memoir The Man Behind the Music (June 2014). Stay to hear from Delores Dallas as she reads from her memoir, I Thought I Wouldn’t Tell It (June 2014). Glyph, 5 p.m., free.
Celebrate Holding a Boom to the Best of Portland, a storytelling salute to the success of XRAY.fm. The event features tales told by the likes of Arthur Bradford, B. Frayn Masters, Shane Torres, Kristine Levine, Carl Adamschick, Vursatyl of the Lifesavas. Hosted by Carl Wolfson. Alberta Rose Theatre, 8 p.m., $15 – $35.
Sunday 6/22: Daniel L. Johnson reads from The Air in Me (August 2013), a collection of his prose and poetry, sometimes focused on the musings of an aging gay man in the 21st Century. Belmont Library, 1 p.m., free.
Oregon Book Award-winning poet Willa Schneberg reads from her latest collection Rending the Garment (April 2014). Powell’s on Hawthorne, 4 p.m., free.
Monday 6/23: Deborah Rodriguez takes us along on her inspiring journey of self-discovery and renewal after being forced to flee Afghanistan in 2007 in her latest memoir, Margarita Wednesdays (June 2014). Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Adam Wilson follows the through-line of contemporary coming-of-age from the ravings of teenage lust to the staggering loneliness of proto-adulthood in his latest short story collection, What’s Important is Feeling (February 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 6/24: Harold Johnson reads from his first full-length poetry collection, Citizenship (June 2014). Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Brian Benson reads from his latest book, Going Somwhere: A Bicycle Journey Across America (June 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 6/25: Kate Payne reads from her latest book The Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen (May 2014). Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
