Thursday 11/3: YesYes Books hosts a release party for some its latest book launches, featuring The Feeder by Jennifer Jackson Berry, Blues Triumphant by Jonterri Gadson, and Juned by Jenn Marie Nunes. Food, drinks, readings, conversation, and door prizes await! YesYes Books, 7 p.m., free.
David Biespiel and Kimberly Lambright read from their latest collections. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Wordstock 2016 kicks off its festivities with the Bookmark Bash: A Benefit for Wordstock. This exclusive fundraiser will feature favorite festival authors Diana Abu-Jaber, Lily Brooks-Dalton, Rob Spillman, and Pauls Toutonghi with host B. Frayn Masters. Portland Art Museum, 8 p.m., $100.
Friday 11/4: Wordstock continues with Lit Crawl 2016, a collaboration between Literary Arts and the Litquake Foundation. The 2nd Annual Lit Crawl will feature a madcap adventure that includes bikes, poetry karaoke, alternate identities, and forbidden topics. With dozens of scheduled readings slated to take place, you’ll be able to take in a variety of poetry, prose, and more. Various Locations, 6 p.m., free.
Once you finish Lit Crawl, enjoy the After Party with Tin House, featuring DJ sets by Kevin Young, Carrie Brownstein, and Blind Bartimaeus. IDL/Gallery, 9 p.m., free.
Check out Back Fence PDX: Russian Roulette—Wordstock Edition, featuring crowd favorites Shannon Balcom Graves, Arthur Bradford, Derrick Brown, Kerry Cohen, Alex Dang, Isaac Fitzgerald, Anis Mojgani, and Caitlin Weierhauser, with host B. Frayn Masters and Mindy Nettifee. McMenamins Mission Theater, 9 p.m., $15 general/$20 VIP.
Saturday 11/5: Join us for Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival, featuring on-stage author interviews and discussions (with over 100 authors), pop-up events, a book fair and exhibition, writing workshops, and more. A full schedule, ticketing information, and other festival details are available online. Portland Art Museum, 9 a.m., $15 general admission/$18 at the door/free for ages 17 and under.
The Northwest Film Center presents Film to Page: Wordstock Writers on Influential Films Close Up with Solmaz Sharif, author of Look. Northwest Film Center, 7:30 p.m., $6–$9.
Enjoy a special taping of Live Wire, the fastest growing entertainment show on public radio. In partnership with Wordstock, they are bringing to the stage bestselling novelists Jonathan Lethem and Emma Straub, essayist Lindy West, and music from genre-defying folk/country/rock indie stalwarts, Blitzen Trapper. Aladdin Theater, 8 p.m., $20–$25.
Check out the Wordstock edition of Literary Death Match featuring authors Alexander Chee, Rivka Galchen, Jason Reynolds, and Nicola Yoon, along with judges Sherman Alexie, Bri Pruett, and Rob Spillman. McMenamin’s Mission Theater, 8 p.m., $15.
Sunday 11/6: Enjoy a second Live Wire episode, this one being their Wordstock Brunch Edition, featuring Sherman Alexie, Garrard Conley, and more. Mississippi Studios, 11 a.m., $20–$25.
The Northwest Film Center presents a second edition of Film to Page: Wordstock Writers on Influential Films, this time with a screening of Contact with Lily Brooks-Dalton, author of Good Morning, Midnight. Northwest Film Center, 7:30 p.m., $6–$9.
Monday 11/7: Grief Rites brings together local writers to read about grief, loss, death, and dying. Post 134, 7 p.m., free.
Kevin Smokler reads from his new book, Brat Pack in America: Visiting Cult Movies of the ’80s, and is joined in conversation by Mo Daviau, author of Every Anxious Wave. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
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