Literary Arts presents the city’s biggest celebration of stories on Nov. 8 with the Portland Book Festival, an all-day affair that will feature more than 100 authors across 10 stages, drop-in writing workshops, pop-up readings, an extensive book fair, and local food trucks. Community events happen around the city in the days before and after the festival through Nov. 9. More information. 

It takes a big village to cover a big festival

Several stories about the festival are popping up on Oregon ArtsWatch all week long. Find them all under PDX Book Fest 2025. A variety of preview interviews with authors and poets will run beforehand and, if all goes according to plan, three writers will be on the ground to cover the festival itself.

Karen Pate capably edits and oversees all of ArtsWatch’s book coverage (as well as libraries, statewide stories, and the Cultural Hubs series). She has been planning and coordinating coverage of the festival for weeks. We wish we could clone her.

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