Thursday 12/4: Every year Powell’s handpicks their favorite books for inclusion in their Holiday Gift Guide. Join them for a special presentation by their new book buying team where they will discuss some of the hottest and most compelling books of the season. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 12/5: Portland hosts Poetry Press Week’s Fall/Winter collection, featuring work by Carl Adamshick, Sara June Woods, John Brehm, Coleman Stevenson, Jessalyn Wakefield, and Samiya Bashir. Disjecta, 7 p.m., free.
Walidah Imarisha, Grace Dillon, and Sarah Mirk hold a conversation on social justice and science fiction regarding new anthology, Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Saturday 12/6: Trancy Manaster celebrates the release of her debut novel, You Could Be Home By Now, with a reading and book launch party. Another Read Through, 5 p.m., free.
Second night of Poetry Press Week. Disjecta, 7 p.m., free.
Sunday 12/7: The Portland Poetry Slam hosts its weekly reading. Glyph, 5 p.m., free.
Tesla City Stories presents it’s annual Christmas special, sharing vintage radio storytelling with musical guest Malachi Graham. Funhouse Lounge, 8 p.m., free.
Monday 12/8: Shelly Oria is joined in conversation by Paul Toutonghi as she reads from her new book, New York 1, Tel Aviv 0. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Kerry Cohen reads from The Truth of Memoir, an anthology she curated containing insight and advice from thirty different memoirists. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 12/9: Salon Skid Row readings presents an open mic followed by readings by Reuben Nisenfeld, Sara June Woods, and Gary D. Aker. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Literary Arts’ program Writers in the Schools presents 9 high school contributors from their latest anthology Language of the Trees. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 12/10: Garth Stein reads from his latest book, A Sudden Light. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
