Thursday 9/15: PQ Monthly hosts their September issue release party featuring gorgeous work from local artist David Lynch. Salvage Works, 5 p.m., free.
Sally K. Lehman reads from her new book, In The Fat. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Peter Rock reads from his collection of stories, The Unsettling. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 9/16: Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl, reads from his groundbreaking new novel, The Fortunes. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/18: Get Nervous reading series brings local writers together to read stories on anxiety, depression, and neurosis. Jack London Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 9/19: Amy Stewart reads from her new book, Lady Cop Makes Trouble. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 9/20: Ann Patchett, acclaimed bestselling author and winner of both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize, reads from her new book, Commonwealth. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Amor Towles reads his new book, A Gentleman in Moscow. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/21: Matthew Korfhage, journalist for Willamette Week, speaks on the world of writing and reporting. Lewis and Clark, 6 p.m., free.
The Unchaste Readers Series brings together Sarah Miner, Leyna Rynearson, Gerri Ravyn Stanfield, Angie Braxton-Johnson, Ashley Toliver, Michelle Ruiz Keil, Amie Zimmerman, Prairie M. Faul, and MK Chavez for this month’s reading. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
Erin Judge reads from her new novel, Vow of Celibacy. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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