Thursday 10/29: The Reed College Visiting Writers program welcomes Emily Hunt to read from her standout debut poetry collection, Dark Green. Eliot Hall, 6:30 p.m., free.
Don Miguel Ruiz reads from his book, The Toltec Art of Life and Death. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Join Elly Blue, April Streeter, Jessie Kwak, Katie Proctor, Cat Caperello, Halley Weaver, and Gretchin Lair for the fourth annual Bicycle Small Press Night. This year the event will celebrate two new books: Pedal Zombies, the third volume in the Bikes in Space feminist bicycle sci-fi series and Our Bodies, Our Bikes, a resource for women who ride bicycles. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
The Loggernaut Reading Series welcomes poetry and prose on the subject of ghosts from Margaret Malone, A.M. O’Malley, and Benjamin Parzybok. Ristretto Roasters, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 10/30: Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, reads from his new work of fiction, After Alice, an inventive spin on Lewis Carroll’s beloved and enduring tale, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Kristin Hersh reads from her latest book, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die and is joined in conversation by Peter Ames Carlin, author of Bruce and Catch a Wave. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 10/31: Portland’s literary community will be too busy drinking, eating candy, and wearing sexy bee costumes to attend or organize readings. Happy Hallow’s Eve!
Sunday 11/1: Airlie Press invites poets Deborah Akers and Darlene Pagán to read from their new collections. Both writers will be introduced by Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita Paulann Petersen. TaborSpace, 6:30 p.m., free.
Andrea Kleine reads from her new novel, Calf, and is joined in conversation by Vanessa Veselka, author of Zazen. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Monday 11/2: Grief Rites hosts its inaugural event as a reading series about grief, loss, death and dying. Readers include Jenny Forrester, Celeste Gurevich, Sean Davis, Corie Skolnick, Jen Violi, Marybeth Bonfiglio, Matty Byloos, Shan Brazil, and Meg Weber. Post 134, 7 p.m., free.
Several contributors to the new poetry anthology Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace come together to read their selected pieces, including Carolyne Wright, Barbara Drake, Barbara LaMorticella, Penelope Scambly Schott, and Willa Schneberg. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Meera Subramanian reads from her book, A River Runs Again, a lyrical and intimate tapestry of five true stories in modern-day India. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Joshua Gamson reads from his latest book, Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 11/3: Salon Skid Row presents Jamondria Harris, Manuel Arturo Abreu, and Sidony O’neal for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from a history that spans more than 400 years and reframes US history through the over 500 federally recognized Indigenous nations that once inhabited American land, An Indigenous People’s History of the United States. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 11/4: Michael Seidlinger reads from his new book, The Strangest, and is afterwards joined for a discussion on small press publishing with Antonia Pinter and Patricia No of Publication Studio, Eve Connell of University of Hell Press, and Kevin Sampsell of Future Tense Books. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Cheryl Strayed reads from her new book, Brave Enough at a ticketed reading event. All advance admission tickets include one hardcover copy of Brave Enough. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Plonk Reading Series welcomes Kate Gray, author of Carry the Sky and Ellen Urbani, author of Landfall for this month’s reading. Corkscrew Wine Bar, 7 p.m., free.
George Musser reads from his mind-bending voyage to the frontiers of modern physics, Spooky Action at a Distance. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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