Thursday 10/6: Slamlandia hosts its Dead Poet Slam featuring an open mic with a spotlight on local writer, Cynthia French. Hot Lips on Hawthorne, 6 p.m., $1 suggested donation.
Enjoy a special poetry reading featuring visiting and local poets Caroline Crumpacker, Jason Zuzga, and Rodney Phillips. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Seattle-based writer Steve Olson reads from his new book, Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Guardian journalist Gary Younge reads from his new book, Day in the Death of America. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 10/7: The dead live again in Scott Bruce’s The Penguin Book of the Undead, a haunting compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Enjoy a live reading and signing with visiting author Bryan Johnston. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Atlas Obscura co-founder Dylan Thuras shares from the new book on wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 10/8: Celebrate October with a Spooky Mystery Panel with local authors Margaret Pinard, Auburn Seal, and Warren Easley. Another Read Through, 1:30 p.m., free.
Backfence PDX hosts this month’s Russian Roulette live storytelling competition, featuring Emmett Montgomery, Tyler Hughs, Dylan Reiff, Andy Modica, Melissa Buchta, and Mary Numair. Disjecta, 8 p.m., $16–$20.
Sunday 10/9: The Portland Poetry Slam returns, featuring Boise writers Tara Brenner and Cheryl Maddalena. Portland Center Stage, 6:30 p.m., $5 suggested donation.
Join Powell’s for the Fierce Reads tour, featuring new works by four authors of young adult fiction: Leigh Bardugo with Crooked Kingdom, Kami Garcia with The Lovely Reckless, Emma Mills with The Adventure Ends, and Caleb Roehrig with Last Seen Leaving. This event will feature a panel discussion moderated by Sara Gundell of Novel Novice. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
James Gleick, acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, reads from his new book, Time Travel: A History. Powell’s City of Books, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 10/10: South Korean author Bae Suah reads from her heart-wrenching story, A Greater Music, and is joined afterwards in conversation by Deborah Smith, Man Booker International Prize-winning translator. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Photojournalist Bryan Shih, who has been interviewing and taking portraits of surviving Black Panthers around the country for years, delivers the definitive celebration of Black Panthers (co-authored with Yohuru Williams) in the new part oral history, part scrapbook The Black Panthers: Portraits From an Unfinished Revolution. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 10/11: Former Oregon Museum of Science and Industries President Marilynne Eichinger reads from her new book, Lives of Museum Junkies: The Story of America’s Hands-On Education Movement. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Nell Zink reads from her new novel, Nicotine, and also presents from Private Novelist, a collection of her earliest work featuring two wildly funny novellas. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 10/12: Jennifer Vandever reads from her novel, American Tango. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Hear from contributors to City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales, including Mark Russell, Brigette Winter, Rene Denfeld, and Dan DeWeese. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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