Thursday 12/3: Tell It Slant and Late Night Library present a reading on the refugee experience, featuring original works by Olivia Olivia, Dao Strom, and Vu Tran. A short panel discussion on the theme will follow the reading. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
Eliot Treichel reads from his debut young adult novel, A Series of Small Maneuvers. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 12/4: Come enjoy the first-ever nonfiction graphic novel focused on the history and consumption of beer, where you can follow along from the very beginning, as far back as 7,000 BC, as authors Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith, along with illustrator Aaron McConnell, present the key figures, events, and beers that shaped history. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 12/5: The Guttery, a Portland writers’ group, is proud to celebrate two of their writers and their new and forthcoming books. Mo Daviau reads from her upcoming novel, Every Anxious Wave, and Tracy Manaster reads from her recent debt, You Could Be Home by Now. Crush Bar, 7 p.m., free.
The New Privacy reading series celebrates graduates of the Independent Publishing Resource Center Poetry Program, including Dehlia Ackley, Tyler Brewington, Jon Boisvert, Bianca Butler, Noland Chaliha, Jessica Rene Cole, Lindsay Ruoff, Corin See, Kelly Schirmann, Amy Souza, Misha Brandon Speck, Claire Valentine-Fossum, and Marilyn Zornado. IPRC, 7:30 p.m., free.
Danielle Perry reads from her new chapbook, Phases, at her official launch party. Cardinal Club, 8 p.m., free.
Sunday 12/6: The Portland Poetry Slam returns to Portland Center Stage, including a feature this week by Paradigm. A free writing workshop takes place before the slam at 5 p.m. and is done before sign ups for the open mic begin. Portland Center Stage, 6:30 p.m., $5 suggested donation.
Monday 12/7: Elizabeth Tallent reads from her new collection, Mendocino Fire. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 12/8: Edited by award-winning restaurant critic Roger Porter, Eating Words gathers food writing of literary distinction and vast historical sweep into one groundbreaking volume. Come learn more about this glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 12/9: Michael McGregor and John Beer will read and be interviewed by Paul Martone of Late Night Library during this celebration of the poet Robert Lax. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
Join Post 134 in the heart of the Alberta Arts District for an evening of holiday cheer and readings by some of the area’s warmest and most joy-filled writers. (Warm and joyful writers not guaranteed.) Want to share your holiday sentiments? We’re starting the show with an open mic from 7–7:30. Post 134, 7 p.m., free.
Cheryl Strayed and Sheila Hamilton read together at The Vault at O’Connor’s Restaurant next door to Annie Bloom’s Books. The Vault, 7 p.m., $10.
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