Notable Portland: 8/21–8/27
Thursday 8/21: Walt Whitman Award-winning poet Carl Adamshick reads from his second collection, Saint Friend (August 2014). Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Friday 8/22: Chuck Palahniuk presents Bedtime…
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Notable Portland: 8/14–8/20
Thursday 8/14: Local author Trevor Richardson reads from his new novel, Dystopia Boy (July 2014). Jack London Bar, 7 p.m., free. The LP Collective hosts a reading featuring TJ Acena,…
Notable Portland: 8/7–8/13
Thursday 8/7: Dan Berne reads from his novel, The Gods of Second Chances (January 2014) followed by Jared John Smith who will read from his new book, Rabbit (July 2014).…
Notable Portland: 7/31–8/6
Thursday 7/31: The IPRC hosts a marathon reading of Walt Whitman’s 1855 version of Song of Myself. Readers include Emily Kendal Frey, Amy Temple Harper, Cooper Lee Bamardier, A.M. O’Malley,…
Notable Portland: 7/24–7/30
Thursday 7/24: Independent publishing house Press 53 welcomes three authors to read from their latest works. Liz Prato reads from her forthcoming collection due in May 2015, Wendy Willis reads from…
Notable Portland: 7/17–7/23
Thursday 7/17: The Newer York magazine hosts PDX Literary Madhouse, a night of live music, readings, free Rorshach tests, and even a chance to have someone write you a fictional…
Notable Portland: 7/10–7/16
Thursday 7/10: Join Julia Clare Tillinghast for a reading and launch party celebrating her latest book, Instructions Before Leaving Earth (July 2014). Reading alongside Tillinghast are fellow writers Julian Smuggles,…
Notable Portland: 7/3–7/9
Thursday 7/3: Join Jesse Moynihan for a First Thursday book launch party and exhibition celebrating his new book, Forming II (July 2014), sequel to the widely acclaimed Forming (August 2011).…
Notable Portland: 6/19–6/25
Thursday 6/19: Join Bruno and his illustrator Stephanie Skiver for the book launch of Flashbax! (June 2014). Hawthorne Hideaway, 6 p.m., free. Two Plum Press hosts a rooftop release party…
Notable Portland: 6/12–6/18
Thursday 6/12: Get ready for LitHop #2—a chance to jump from reading to reading catching any combination of 54 readings happening on North Portland’s Alberta Street. Hosts include Hawthorne Books,…
Notable Portland: 6/5–6/11
Thursday 6/5: Join writer, artist, and musician Chris Taylor for the release party of his latest graphic novel, Les Belles (June 2014). Floating World Comics, 6 p.m., free. Come celebrate…
Notable Portland: 5/29–6/4
Thursday 5/29: Celebrate Noland Bo Chaliha’s book release for his latest collection, We Try to Touch Everything (May 2014). Readings to follow by Donald Dunbar, A.M. O’Malley, Rachael Jensen, Kelly…