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Broadway Books throws a party, a traveling bookstore stops in Portland, and writers Karl Marlantes, Shawn Levy, Emily St. John Mandel, and Peter Rock talk books.
Cynthia Whitcomb is honored for her literary legacy during the ceremony marked by thanks and a sense of wonder at the weirdness of the past two years.
As the nation celebrates the art of language, K.B. Dixon photographs ten leading Oregon poets.
The calendar holds multiple readings by book award finalists, and an exploration of the question: Do bookstores matter?
The Hillsboro-based writer talks about her work, her love of Sylvia Plath, and Indigenizing the tarot deck.
Portland psychobiographer William Todd Schultz’s book “The Mind of the Artist” demystifies the driving forces behind creative inspiration.
Lloyd and Myrtle Hoffman, who offered classes and opened their home to friends and strangers, left as their legacy a gathering place for art lovers.
The Portland author will discuss her Victorian tale of necromancy Tuesday in a virtual event presented by Powell’s Books.
The retired college professor says her Irish chambermaid hero appeared to her on a road trip.
A conversation with writer Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, whose choreopoem “In the Name of Forgotten Women” is debuting at CoHo.
This year’s Soapstone Bread and Roses Award recipient discusses hosting successful reading series and life on the Oregon Coast.
Excerpt: The Eugene author, poet and teacher’s new memoir reveals a life continually inspired by the music that accompanied his journey.
This month brings a feminist book club, a look back at the Rajneeshees, plenty of author readings, and Oregon Book Award finalists
February brings us the love poems of Pablo Neruda, a celebration of Black History Month, and numerous virtual readings.
A new all-Latinx comic anthology is the latest from the award-winning Portland independent comics publisher P&M Press.
Virtual readings, author conversations, a workshop for beating writer’s block, and a Merry Prankster book release fill the new year’s calendar.
On the move: Memoirs by Mark Morris and Carol Rich, Victoria Fortuna’s exploration of dance and violence in Buenos Aires, the legacy of a Russian master.
Looking back at the authors we lost and the bookish events that cheered us this year.
The Portland poet sees his classroom role as more coach than teacher: “I am very good at pumping people up, listening, and helping them execute their vision…. I’m not hitting people with maxims to live by.”
Joan Didion, acclaimed writer revered for her captivating prose and era-specific essays, both outlined and shaped a nation. Amy Leona Havin says goodbye to a personal hero.
Portlanders reading around town recommend gift books ranging from Clive Barker to classics by James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.
Cygnet Productions’ radio satire of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” streaming through January, pokes feminist fun at the literary classic.
December’s festive calendar includes author conversations, poet lectures, Passages Bookshop’s moving sale, and a pair of book fairs.
The Oregon author talks about his love for noir, his writing process, and his fondness for Sam Shepard and Myrna Loy.
“How to Be Golden: Lessons We Can Learn From Betty White” chronicles the actor’s life and allure as she approaches her 100th birthday.
Festival authors, science fiction, and cookbooks: A look at what visitors to last week’s festival had tucked under their arms.
The festival, scaled back due to COVID, is deemed a success by both Literary Arts organizers and visitors with arms full of books.
The three writers, participating in a live virtual event from Annie Bloom’s Books, explore topics ranging from the pandemic, to immigration, to climate change.
If you’re a writer, do things look different here? Dao Strom, J.C. Geiger, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Amelia Díaz Ettinger, Laura Moulton, Ben Hodgson, Teresa K. Miller, and Rene Denfeld weigh in.
Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich will headline the Nov. 13 in-person festival, put on by Literary Arts, preceded by virtual events featuring more than 100 writers.
ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin talks with poet, author, and Reed College professor Lisa Steinman about reading, writing, community, and the landscapes of her childhood.
The new month brings book festivals aplenty and other events offering virtual and in-person talks, workshops, and author readings, from Louise Erdrich to Eric Kimmel.
PICA’s TBA:21 Festival featured a diary-like, released-by-mail mini zine created by Eileen Isagon Skyers.
Cygnet Productions takes to the airwaves with “The Wild Party,” a risqué and salacious 1920s narrative poem.
A new collection of short stories finds loss, love, desperation and humor in the lives of people on the edge.
October is ripe with virtual readings, workshops, and Lan Su Chinese Garden’s Autumn Poetry Series.
The Waldport cartoonist has been a cartographer, written a book about an Oregon cult, and traveled the world.
A cup of coffee, someplace to sit, a great book: A dive into the books that Portlanders are reading on the town.
Judy Fleagle, co-founder of the Florence Festival of Books, which begins Friday, says organization is key to the event.
Leanne Grabel’s poem, written two days after the terrorist attacks, captures the trauma and grief.
Kate Nason’s memoir traces an emergence from bad marriages and the shadow of a president and a White House intern.
It’s TBA time! Amy Leona Havin checks out the literary side of PICA’s festival and other book events.
Poet, teacher, memoirist and activist Judith Barrington talks about her career with ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin.
The poet and Quaker minister talks about her books, hospice work, and the connection between poetry and science.
In his continuing series of portraits of Oregon artists, photographer K.B. Dixon profiles 11 outstanding writers.
August offers a virtual poetry open mic, a mystery-novel release, and a lecture on the metaphysics of deep gossip.
A Portland gathering honors the great writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Here’s what one of her best friends had to say.
The 28th annual anthology features the work of adults and children in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Stage & Studio: The NY Times best-selling author talks about her Portland roots and Mixed-Race identity.
Nehalem resident Paul Letersky’s new book describes working for “the greatest bureaucrat of all time.”
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