Thursday 9/22: Wendy Gordon reads from her debut novel, Wrong Highway. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Local author D’Norgia Taylor launches her new book, Seedlings, with a reading followed by a Q&A session and signing. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Jeff Johnson reads from his surreal noir fantasy, Everything Under the Moon. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
S.L. Stoner reads from the sixth book in the Sage Adair mystery series, The Mangle. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 9/23: Gobshite Quarterly reveals their new issue with a launch party and reading. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Saturday 9/24: Margaret Malone, author of People Like You, reads alongside Alexander Maksik, author of Shelter in Place. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/25: À Reading brings together local writers Phoenix Singer, Sara June Woods, Leah Noble Davidson, Ines O’Falcö, and Amy Temple Harper for this month’s reading. Valentines, 5 p.m., free.
Hob Osterlund reads from his moving memoir of grief and history of the albatross, Holy Moli Albatross and Other Ancestors, and is then joined in conversation by David James Duncan, author of The River Why, and Mink River author Brian Doyle. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Monday 9/26: Mike Roberts reads from his debut novel, Cannibals in Love. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Alexander Maksik reads from his stylish literary novel about the heredity of mental illness, Shelter in Place. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 9/27: Celebrate Banned Book Week 2016 on the subject of “Diversity” with a panel with Cathy Camper, Cory Doctorow, M.K. Reed, and Jonathan Hill. The panel will also include Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and chair of the Banned Book Week Coalition, and will be moderated by Candace Morgan, Coordinator of Celebrate the Freedom to Read Oregon. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/28: Sage Cohen, author of Fierce on the Page, launches her monthly reading series at the loft at Another Read Through. The series will feature three local writers who will share their work and then participate in a moderated discussion on being fierce in their writing on 4th Wednesday of each month. For this inaugural reading, readers will include Steven Allred, Kristen Berger, and Nikki Schulak. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Tim Murphy reads from his vivid and compelling novel, Christodora. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
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