Notable Portland

Thursday 4/16: Local author Traci Taylor share her collection of interviews and letters from LGBTQ people from around the country and the globe, gathered over four years in her latest book, Voices From The Rainbow. Another Read Through, 7 p.m.,…

Thursday 4/2: Award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator Randa Jarrar reads from her latest work for the Reed College visiting writers series. Eliot Chapel, 6:30 p.m., free. For its annual Comics and Art Issue, monthly punk rock fanzine…

Thursday 3/26: The ACRL Zine Pavillion is your chance to read a zine, make a zine, talk to librarians who use zines for teaching and outreach, edit ZineWiki.com, and buy zines from local zinesters. Oh, and make sure to add…

Thursday 3/12: Caldera Arts welcomes Patricia Smith as she reads from her latest poetry. Wieden + Kennedy, 6:30 p.m., free. Local author Wendy Kali celebrated her latest work, The Butch/Femme Photo Project, which was recently turned into a book. She…

Thursday 3/5: Ooligan Press throws a launch party for their latest anthology edited by Carter Sickels, Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships, & Identity. Portland State University, 6 p.m., free. Tracy Manaster reads from her incredible debut novel…

Thursday 2/26: Mark Pomeroy reads from his debut novel, The Brightwood Stillness. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free. Nicole Kear reads from her memoir, Now I See You. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free. John Benditt reads from his latest book, The…

Thursday 2/19: El Hispanic News and PQ Monthly celebrate their latest issues with music, drinks, and fresh issues. El Hispanic News is celebrating its 34th Anniversary, while PQ Monthly is celebrating its 3rd. Q Center, 5 p.m., free. Poet and…

Thursday 2/5: Oregon Literary Fellowship recipient Loretta Stinson Robertson shares her short story, Winter Coat, alongside of host of artists who created artwork inspired by her piece to celebrate First Thursday. Powell’s City of Books, 6:30 p.m., free. Windfall, A…

Thursday 1/29: Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late ’90s while obsessively watching classic films in his book, Silver Screen Fiend. Powell’s City of Books, 6…

Thursday 1/22: Stacey Tran, author of End Solo, reads alongside Oregon-based poet and author Kaia Sand. Glyph, 5:30 p.m., free. Portland author Miranda July reads from her debut novel, The First Bad Man. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.…

Thursday 1/15: Matt Love reads from his memoir Rose City Heist: A True Crime Portland Tale of Sex, Gravy, Jewelry and Almost Rock and Roll. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.  Friday 1/16: Graeme Simsion reads from the long-awaited…

Thursday 1/8: Klamath/Modoc artist Peggy Ball-Morrill shows work from her latest collection, Kinship Stories: Remembering Native North Portland. Reading Frenzy, 6 p.m., free. The Witch Hazel Haus presents an intimate reading with local and visiting writers Cynthia Spencer, Jenna Marie…