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Notable Portland: 8/20–8/26
Thursday 8/20: PQ Monthly celebrates their August issue release party with drink specials and a chance to mingle with other readers, editors, and contributors. Crush Bar, 5 p.m., free. Local author Ted Fauster reads from his most recent release, Hellion…
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Notable Portland: 8/13–8/19
Thursday 8/13: Three Oregon-based writers, Matt Love, Tim Sproul, and Bill Hall read from their latest books. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free. Juliet Cardinal reads from her latest novel, An Irish Volunteer. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free. The New…
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Notable Portland: 8/6–8/12
Thursday 8/6: Vanessa MacLellan reads from her latest book, Three Great Lies. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free. Saturday 8/8: A local author panel with Portland-based writers Nancy Slavin, Sean Davis, Margaret Pinard, and Baed Charlton will allow…
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Notable Portland: 7/30–8/5
Thursday 7/30: Poets Kate Kingston and Carolyn Martin read from their latest work while accompanied by an artist talk by Lawrence Wheeler. Glyph, 5 p.m., free. Rinker Buck read’s from his epic account of travelling the length of the Oregon…
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Notable Portland: 7/23–7/29
Thursday 7/23: Join Reading Frenzy for their inaugural event in The Logophile Reading Series. The lineup: Leni Zumas, Jenny Forrester, Melanie Alldritt, Nick Mattos, Katrina Carrasco, Nikki Lvne, Thea Prieto, Marina Seaward, and Matthew Robinson. Reading Frenzy, 7 p.m., free.…
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Notable Portland: 7/16–7/22
Thursday 7/16: Wesley Chu reads from his new book, Time Salvager. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free. Steve Anderson reads from his new book, The Other Oregon: A Thriller. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Terry Masear…
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Notable Portland: 7/9–7/15
Thursday 7/9: Rebecca Makkai reads from her latest novel, Music For Wartime. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free. Friday 7/10: Join Deborah Reed for the Portland launch of her novel, Olivay. Hosted by Nancy Rommelmann, Wallace Books, and Ristretto Roasters…
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Notable Portland: 7/2–7/8
Thursday 6/2: Local author Jeannie Burt reads from her novel, When Patty Went Away. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Friday 6/3–Sunday 6/5: Celebrate this 4th of July Weekend by enjoying the river and get back to readings on Monday…
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Notable Portland: 6/25–7/1
Thursday 6/25: Lit Hop PDX, Portland’s Literary Barhopping Party, is hitting downtown and old town Portland this summer with 55 readings at 6 venues in 3 hours. The Rumpus and Future Tense Books will be hosting their own slew of…
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Notable Portland: 6/18–6/24
Thursday 6/18: Sue Schaefer reads from her debut novel, Now I Am Here Doing This. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free. Releasing the new season of his long-running, fairly epic, and certainly ambitious series of zines, Kip Manley will read from…
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Notable Portland: 6/11–6/27
Thursday 6/11: PQ Monthly throws their June issue release party and kicks off Portland Pride week. Vendetta Pdx, 5 p.m., free. Polly Dugan reads from her poignant new story, The Sweetheart Deal. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Margaret…
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Notable Portland: 6/4–6/10
Thursday 6/4: Nate Orton reads from his self-published collection of chronicles of Portland life, My Day: The First Ten Years. He is joined by friends and frequent collaborators Chris Ashby and James Yeary. Glyph, 5 p.m., free. Ed Luce reads…