Thursday 12/19: Westside Writing Group meets at Powell’s to work on nonfiction and memoir projects. Everyone is welcome, regardless of past experience! Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 12/20: Corporeal Writing celebrates the Winter Solstice with readings, fellowship, and food. Please bring an unwrapped gift to be donated to the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO). Corporeal Writing, 6 p.m., free.
Saturday 12/21: Wordlights Poetry’s monthly open mic will feature poet and actor Ken Yoshikawa, author of the forthcoming Monster Colored Glasses. Rocking Frog Cafe, 5:30 p.m., free.
Sunday 12/22: Literary Arts presents the annual Publication Fair, featuring over twenty local small presses and hundreds of indie publications to fulfill all your last-minute holiday shopping needs. The Cleaner’s at Ace Hotel, 12:00 p.m., free.
Portland author J.B. Fisher reads from his true-crime investigation Echo of Distant Water: The 1958 Disappearance of Portland’s Martin Family. Rose City Book Pub, 7:30 p.m., free.
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