We are beyond thrilled to welcome you back to Portland Art Museum (PAM) and our partner venues on the South Park Blocks for a fully in-person Portland Book Festival (PBF) on Saturday, November 5.
More than 100 presenters from near and far join us for this year’s event. New this year: the week of the Festival, different partners all around the city will host PBF Cover to Cover events. We’re introducing the Friday Night Book Market, where you can shop the book fair early—stock up and enjoy not having to carry your books all day on Saturday! We’ve also expanded the Kids Stage, which is located in the PAM Fields Ballroom this year.
Our best Festival advice remains to be open to the unexpected: check out a panel in a genre you don’t typically read, explore the pop-up readings in the PAM galleries, meet your new favorite local press at the book fair. You might discover something you didn’t even know you were looking for; that’s part of the magic of the Festival day.
Share your Festival experience with #PDXBookFest, and we look forward to seeing you at Portland Book Festival on Saturday, November 5.
Amanda Bullock Director of Public Programs Literary Arts
Dear Festival attendees, Portland Book Festival is an enduring community enrichment event, and we are thrilled to be back downtown with all of you. We are returning as the presenting sponsor of Portland Book Festival because Bank of America believes in the power of the arts and community partnerships, such as Literary Arts, to help economies thrive and to educate and enrich societies while creating greater cultural under standing. Literature and the art of storytelling eliminates barriers and unites people across cultures, experiences, and ideas. We applaud Literary Arts’ efforts as this event draws us together in a way that is essential to the wellbeing of our city’s economy and communities. This is how we build a better future for all.
Thank you for joining us.
Portland Book Festival is a program of Literary Arts, a communitybased nonprofit located in downtown Portland with a 38-year history of serving Oregon’s readers and writers. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.
Portland Book Festival features more than 100 presenters in onstage author events, children’s story times, pop-up readings, and writing workshops. This one-day celebration also includes a book fair featuring more than 60 national and local vendors.
WHEN Saturday, November 5, 2022
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Box Office Tent in front of the Mark Building opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m.
Purchase passes in advance at literary-arts.org/PBF or by scanning:
Advance pass buyers can pick up their wristbands at Portland’5 Centers for the Arts’ Antoinette Hatfield Hall, 1111 SW Broadway, Tuesday–Thursday, November 1–3, from 12:00–6:00 p.m. Please note: ALL attendees must pick up a wristband before entering any Festival venue. We recommend you pick up your writstband in advance.
$15 ($25 DAY-OF) Adult passes include a $5 book fair voucher and admission into Portland Art Museum.
Premium Event Tickets
$5–$30 add-on Add on premium tickets for the Friday Night Book Market or our special Concert Hall events with Selma Blair and Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Umbrella Pass
$90 Simplify your experience by purchasing an all-inclusive pass!
Includes students with a valid high school ID.
Reduced Price Tickets
FREE–$5 Arts for All tickets are $5 to those who present SNAP/Oregon Trail cards day-of. Veterans and active duty military can attend free by presenting valid military ID day-of.
Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave.) plus Portland’5, First Congregational United Church of Christ, The Old Church, and Literary Arts (map on page 11)
CHELSEA BIEKER
Heartbroke FICTION
SCH Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
BRU Brunish Theatre at Portland’5 Columbia Sportswear in Memory of Eric Engholm Stage
FIELD Fields Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum
MILL Miller Gallery at the Portland Art Museum Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage
PARK Portland Parks Foundation Tent
TOC The Old Church Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage
UCC First Congregational United Church of Christ Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke Stage
WHIT Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum Tin House Stage
WIN Winningstad Theatre at Portland’5
2:00 p.m. MILL with Morgan Talty, mod. John Freeman
SELMA BLAIR
Mean Baby NONFICTION
10:00 a.m. SCH mod. Esmé Weijun Wang TICKET REQUIRED
VANESSA BRANTLEYNEWTON Mary Had a Little Plan PICTURE BOOK 10:50 a.m. FIELD with Tammi Sauer
2:45 p.m. PARK with Ben Clanton, Jonathan Hill, Eunice Moyle, Tracy Subisak, mod. Breena Bard
TIFFANY CAMHI
3:15 p.m. WIN with Melissa Febos
CATHY CAMPER Arab Arab All Year Long! PICTURE BOOK 9:30 a.m. FIELD
Lineup subject to
Illegally Yours NONFICTION
10:15 a.m. MILL with Chuck Klosterman, mod. Eden Dawn
12:15 p.m. PARK BILINGUAL with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, mod. Lilly Gonzalez
KINDergarten: Where Kindness Matters Every Day PICTURE BOOK
11:10 a.m. FIELD
4:45 p.m. PARK with Margaret Chiu Greanias, Tammi Sauer, mod. Dane Liu
The Door of No Return MIDDLE GRADE
5:00 p.m. UCC mod. Dave Miller
Fighting Is Like a Wife POETRY
4:30 p.m. MILL with Courtney Faye Taylor, mod. Anis Mojgani
11:30 a.m. MILL with Fonda Lee, Daniel Nieh
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat FICTION
4:00 p.m. FIELD with Jonathan Hill, Colin Meloy
Tater Tales: The Greatest in the World! PICTURE BOOK
12:50 p.m. FIELD
with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Jonathan Hill, Eunice Moyle, Tracy Subisak, mod. Breena Bard
The Story of the Hundred Promises FICTION
Pop-up: 12:15 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 1
Dumplings Equal Love: Delicious Recipes from Around the World NONFICTION COOKING
The Archive Project podcast with Naomi Duguid
FATIMAH ASGHAR When We Were Sisters FICTION
11:45 a.m. WIN with Shelley Wong, mod. Jyothi Natarajan
Pop-up: 2:15 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2 with Tess Gunty, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Shelley Wong, Ruth Dickey
An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville NONFICTION
5:00 p.m. WIN mod. Andrew Proctor
Trespassers FICTION COMICS
2:45 p.m. PARK with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Ben Clanton, Jonathan Hill, Eunice Moyle, Tracy Subisak
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
NONFICTION COMICS
12:15 p.m. WHIT mod. Dave Miller
3:45 p.m. PARK with Nora Ericson, Sabrina Moyle, Carrie Tillotson
KAREN EVA CARR Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming NONFICTION
The Archive Project podcast with Bonnie Tsui, mod. Paul Marshall
Omens Bite YA
1:30 p.m. TOC with P. C. Cast, Aaron Durán, mod. Heidi Schulz
Omens Bite YA
1:30 p.m. TOC with Kristin Cast, Aaron Durán, mod. Heidi Schulz
The Family Chao FICTION
1:45 p.m. WHIT with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, mod. Fiona McCann
JENN CHÁVEZ
3:15 p.m. WIN with Hua Hsu
The Portland Book of Dates: Adventures, Escapes, and Secret Spots NONFICTION
10:15 a.m. MILL with Rafael Agustin, Chuck Klosterman
I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World POETRY
The Archive Project podcast with Kaitlyn Greenidge, Mya Spalter, mod. Michelle Tea
Pop-up: 1:15 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2
Husbandry POETRY
1:45 p.m. BRU with Emiko Jean, mod. Alicia Jo Rabins
The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food COOKING
The Archive Project podcast with Liz Crain
Season of the Bruja YA COMICS
1:30 p.m. TOC with Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast, mod. Heidi Schulz
Livid FICTION , Unleashed FICTION Pop-up: 1:00 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3
Too Early PICTURE BOOK 9:50 a.m. FIELD
3:45 p.m. PARK with Sabrina Moyle, Carrie Tillotson, mod. Cathy Camper
Lives POETRY
12:00 p.m. BRU with Saeed Jones, mod. Erika Stevens
Miss Quinces MIDDLE GRADE COMICS
1:45 p.m. FIELD with Gale Galligan, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Aron Nels Steinke, mod. Shauna J. Grant
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative NONFICTION Girlhood NONFICTION
10:45 a.m. WHIT with Jon Mooallem, Casey Parks
3:15 p.m. WIN mod.Tiffany Camhi
Freeman’s: Animals FICTION NONFICTION Wind, Trees POETRY
10:45 a.m. PARK with Tess Gunty, Debra Gwartney, Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
2:00 p.m. MILL with Chelsea Bieker, Morgan Talty
5:00 p.m. BRU with Meng Jin, mod. Mindy Nettifee
Freestyle MIDDLE GRADE COMICS
1:45 p.m. FIELD with Kat Fajardo, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Aron Nels Steinke, mod. Shauna J. Grant
Feeding Fascism: The Politics of Women’s Food Work NONFICTION COOKING Pop-up: 11:45 a.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 1
JOAMETTE GIL Mañana: Latinx Comics From the 25th Century YA COMICS Pop-up: 11:30 a.m., Forces of Nature exhibit, Fl. 1
HARPER GLENN Monarch Rising YA
10:00 a.m. TOC with Justina Ireland, mod. Alicia Tate
Invisible MIDDLE GRADE COMICS
1:45 p.m. FIELD with Kat Fajardo, Gale Galligan, Aron Nels Steinke, mod. Shauna J. Grant
12:15 p.m. PARK BILINGUAL with Rafael Agustin, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health NONFICTION COOKING
11:45 a.m. UCC with Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, Lester Walker
SHAUNA J. GRANT Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe PICTURE BOOK COMICS
1:45 p.m. FIELD with Kat Fajardo, Gale Galligan, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Aron Nels Steinke
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen NONFICTION COOKING
11:45 a.m. UCC with Pierre Serrao, Lester Walker, mod. Gregory Gourdet
PICTURE BOOK
10:30 a.m. FIELD with Tracy Subisak
4:45 p.m. PARK with Vera Ahiyya, Tammi Sauer, mod. Dane Liu
The Archive Project podcast with Kendra DeColo, Mya Spalter, mod. Michelle Tea
Less Is Lost FICTION
1:30 p.m. UCC with Tom Perrotta, mod. Steph Opitz
POETRY
Pop-up: 10:30 a.m., Forces of Nature exhibit, Fl. 1
The Rabbit Hutch FICTION
10:45 a.m. PARK with John Freeman, Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Debra Gwartney
12:45 p.m. MILL with Cecily Wong, mod. Kimberly King Parsons
Pop-up: 2:15 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2 with Fatimah Asghar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Shelley Wong, Ruth Dickey
Inlay with Nacre: The Names of Forgotten Women POETRY Pop-up: 3:00 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3
Los Porteños presents Cindy Williams Gutiérrez & Juan Antonio Trujillo
I Am a Stranger Here Myself NONFICTION
10:45 a.m. PARK with John Freeman, Sasha taqwš
blu LaPointe, Tess Gunty
Don’t Call Me a Hurricane YA 11:45 a.m. TOC with Sabina Khan, mod. Megan Savage
Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family NONFICTION
10:15 a.m. BRU mod. Dave Miller
Is That All There Is? FICTION Pop-up: 1:30 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3
Two Truths and a Lie MYSTERY
3:15 p.m. TOC with Naz Kutub, mod. Isabelle Ibibo
Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy MIDDLE GRADE COMICS
2:45 p.m. PARK with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Ben Clanton, Eunice Moyle, Tracy Subisak, mod. Breena Bard
4:00 p.m. FIELD with Colin Meloy, mod. Emily Chenoweth
3:15 p.m. WIN mod. Jenn Chávez
3:15 p.m. TOC with April Henry, Naz Kutub
JUSTINA IRELAND Rust in the Root YA
10:00 a.m. TOC with Harper Glenn, mod. Alicia Tate
Survival Math: Notes on an AllAmerican Family NONFICTION 3:15 p.m. WHIT with Leila Mottley
EMIKO JEAN Mika in Real Life FICTION
1:45 p.m. BRU with Matthew Dickman, mod. Alicia Jo Rabins
Tokyo Dreaming YA 4:45 p.m. WHIT with Casey McQuiston, mod. Jules Ohman
MENG JIN Self-Portrait with Ghost FICTION
5:00 p.m. BRU with John Freeman, mod. Mindy Nettifee
Invisible Things FICTION
1:30 p.m. WIN with Jon Raymond, mod. John Notarianni
Alive at the End of the World POETRY
12:00 p.m. BRU with CJ Evans, mod. Erika Stevens
The Archive Project podcast with Karen Russell
Meet Me in Mumbai YA
11:45 a.m. TOC with Ellen Hagan, mod. Megan Savage
Beasts of a Little Land FICTION 10:00 a.m. WIN with Lidia Yuknavitch, mod. Marisa Siegel
The Nineties NONFICTION
10:15 a.m. MILL with Rafael Agustin, mod. Eden Dawn
The Loophole YA
3:15 p.m. TOC with April Henry, mod. Isabelle Ibibo
LAPOINTE
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk NONFICTION
10:45 a.m. PARK with John Freeman, Tess Gunty, Debra Gwartney
3:15 p.m. MILL with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, mod. Sara Ortiz
Jade Legacy FICTION 11:30 a.m. MILL with Daniel Nieh, mod. Curtis C. Chen
Friends Are Friends, Forever PICTURE BOOK
10:10 a.m. FIELD
4:45 p.m. PARK with Vera Ahiyya, Margaret Chiu Greanias, Tammi Sauer
The Boy With a Bird in His Chest FICTION Pop-up: 2:30 p.m., Native American Art, Fl. 3
The Archive Project podcast with Karen Eva Carr, Bonnie Tsui
1:45 p.m. WHIT with Lan Samantha Chang, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I Kissed Shara Wheeler YA
4:45 p.m. WHIT with Emiko Jean, mod. Jules Ohman
The Stars Did Wander Darkling MIDDLE GRADE
4:00 p.m. FIELD with Jonathan Hill, mod. Emily Chenoweth
10:15 a.m. BRU with Erika Hayasaki
12:15 p.m. WHIT with Kate Beaton
5:00 p.m. UCC with Kwame Alexander
In the Pockets of Small Gods POETRY
4:30 p.m. MILL with Eloisa Amezcua, Courtney Faye Taylor
Serious Face NONFICTION
10:45 a.m. WHIT with Casey Parks, mod. Melissa Febos
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau FICTION
1:45 p.m. WHIT with Lan Samantha Chang, mod. Fiona McCann
Nightcrawling FICTION
3:15 p.m. WHIT mod. Mitchell S. Jackson
The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella PICTURE BOOK
12:30 p.m. FIELD with Sabrina Moyle
2:45 p.m. PARK with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Ben Clanton, Jonathan Hill, Tracy Subisak, mod. Breena Bard
The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella PICTURE BOOK
12:30 p.m. FIELD with Eunice Moyle
3:45 p.m. PARK with Nora Ericson, Carrie Tillotson, mod. Cathy Camper
11:45 a.m. WIN with Fatimah Asghar, Shelley Wong
Open Your Mouth Like a Bell POETRY
5:00 p.m. BRU with John Freeman, Meng Jin
NICKY NICHOLSONKLINGERMAN
POETRY FICTION
Pop-up: 2:00 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3
Incite: Queer Writers Read presents Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman & Tashon Phoenix
DANIEL NIEH
Take No Names FICTION
11:30 a.m. MILL with Fonda Lee, mod. Curtis C. Chen
GEOFF NORCROSS
10:00 a.m. UCC with George Saunders, Jess Walter
JOHN NOTARIANNI
1:30 p.m. WIN with Mat Johnson, Jon Raymond
ALYSSA OGI
3:30 p.m. BRU with Tayi Tibble, Shelley Wong
JULES OHMAN
Body Grammar FICTION 4:45 p.m. WHIT with Emiko Jean, Casey McQuiston
Pop-up: 3:30 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3
1:30 p.m. UCC with Andrew Sean Greer, Tom Perrotta
SARA ORTIZ
3:15 p.m. MILL with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
Three Queerdos and a Baby YA Pop-up: 1:45 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2 with Shelley Wong
Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery NONFICTION
10:45 a.m. WHIT with Jon Mooallem, mod. Melissa Febos
Black Light FICTION
12:45 p.m. MILL with Tess Gunty, Cecily Wong
Wading in Waist-High Water: The Lyrics of Fleet Foxes POETRY
3:15 p.m. UCC mod. Brandon Taylor
TOM PERROTTA Tracy Flick Can’t Win FICTION 1:30 p.m. UCC with Andrew Sean Greer, mod. Steph Opitz
TASHON PHOENIX POETRY
Pop-up: 2:00 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3
Incite: Queer Writers Read presents Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman & Tashon Phoenix
Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning NONFICTION Pop-up: 11:15 a.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 1M
5:00 p.m. WIN with Reza Aslan
Even God Had Bad Parenting Days NONFICTION
1:45 p.m. BRU with Matthew Dickman, Emiko Jean
Denial FICTION
1:30 p.m. WIN with Mat Johnson, mod. John Notarianni
Every Bird a Prince MIDDLE GRADE
3:00 p.m. FIELD with Renée Watson, mod. Kate Ristau
TAYLOR JENKINS REID Carrie Soto Is Back FICTION
12:00 p.m. SCH mod. Cheryl Strayed TICKET REQUIRED
KATE RISTAU Wylde Wings MIDDLE GRADE
3:00 p.m. FIELD with Jenn Reese, Renée Watson
POETRY FICTION
Pop-up: 12:30 p.m., Forces of Nature exhibit, Fl. 1 BIPOC Reading Series presents Dey Rivers & Zephaniah Sole
The Man Who Could Move Clouds NONFICTION
12:15 p.m. PARK BILINGUAL with Rafael Agustin, mod. Lilly Gonzalez
3:15 p.m. MILL with Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, mod. Sara Ortiz
Pop-up: 2:15 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2 with Fatimah Asghar, Tess Gunty, Shelley Wong, & Ruth Dickey
The Archive Project podcast with Gabriel Kahane
10:50 a.m. FIELD with Vanessa Brantley-Newton
4:45 p.m. PARK with Vera Ahiyya, Margaret Chiu Greanias, mod. Dane Liu
Liberation Day FICTION
10:00 a.m. UCC with Jess Walter, mod. Geoff Norcross
11:45 a.m. TOC with Ellen Hagan, Sabina Khan
The Necessity of Wildfire POETRY
Pop-up: 11:00 a.m., Forces of Nature exhibit, Fl. 1
Hook’s Revenge MIDDLE GRADE
1:30 p.m. TOC with Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast, Aaron Durán
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen NONFICTION COOKING
11:45 a.m. UCC with Jon Gray, Lester Walker, mod. Gregory Gourdet
Fixed Stars POETRY
10:00 a.m. WIN with Juhea Kim, Lidia Yuknavitch
Pop-up: 12:45 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 1
The Wolves Children Hear FICTION
Pop-up: 12:30 p.m., Forces of Nature exhibit, Fl. 1 BIPOC Reading Series presents Dey Rivers & Zephaniah Sole
The Archive Project podcast with Kendra DeColo, Kaitlyn Greenidge, mod. Michelle Tea
ARON NELS STEINKE Snow Day: A Graphic Novel (Mr. Wolf’s Class #5)
MIDDLE GRADE COMICS
1:45 p.m. FIELD with Kat Fajardo, Gale Galligan, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, mod. Shauna J. Grant
12:00 p.m. BRU with CJ Evans, Saeed Jones
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar NONFICTION
12:00 p.m. SCH with Taylor Jenkins Reid TICKET REQUIRED
PICTURE BOOK
10:30 a.m. FIELD with Margaret Chiu Greanias
2:45 p.m. PARK with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Ben Clanton, Jonathan Hill, Eunice Moyle, mod. Breena Bard
FICTION
2:00 p.m. MILL with Chelsea Bieker, mod. John Freeman
Love, Dance & Egg Rolls YA Pop-up: 12:00 p.m., Japanese Art, Fl. 1
There's a place for you here.
10:00 a.m. TOC with Harper Glenn, Justina Ireland
Filthy Animals FICTION
3:15 p.m. UCC with Robin Pecknold
4:30 p.m. MILL with Eloisa Amezcua, mod. Anis Mojgani
Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
NONFICTION
The Archive Project podcast with Kendra DeColo, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Mya Spalter
Poukahangatus POETRY
3:30 p.m. BRU with Shelley Wong, mod. Alyssa Ogi
Counting to Bananas : A Mostly Rhyming Fruit Book
PICTURE BOOK
11:50 a.m. FIELD
3:45 p.m. PARK with Nora Ericson, Sabrina Moyle, mod. Cathy Camper
FICTION NONFICTION
Pop-up: 3:00 p.m., Northwest Art, Fl. 3 Los Porteños presents Cindy Williams Gutiérrez & Juan Antonio Trujillo
Why We Swim NONFICTION
The Archive Project podcast with Karen Eva Carr, mod. Paul Marshall
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen NONFICTION COOKING
11:45 a.m. UCC with Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, mod. Gregory Gourdet
The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories FICTION
10:00 a.m. UCC with George Saunders, mod. Geoff Norcross
Maya’s Song PICTURE BOOK
12:10 p.m. FIELD
Ways to Share Joy MIDDLE GRADE
3:00 p.m. FIELD with Jenn Reese, mod. Kate Ristau
To the End, Through the Tunnel: 2021–22 WITS Anthology YA 1:30 p.m. PARK
The Collected Schizophrenias NONFICTION
10:00 a.m. SCH with Selma Blair TICKET REQUIRED
Kaleidoscope FICTION
12:45 p.m. MILL with Tess Gunty, mod. Kimberly King Parsons
As She Appears POETRY 11:45 a.m. WIN with Fatimah Asghar, mod. Jyothi Natarajan
3:30 p.m. BRU with Tayi Tibble, mod. Alyssa Ogi
Pop-up: 1:45 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2 with Nina Packebush
Pop-up: 2:15 p.m., Modern & Contemporary Art, Fl. 2 with Fatimah Asghar, Tess Gunty, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Ruth Dickey
Thrust FICTION
10:00 a.m. WIN with Juhea Kim, mod. Marisa Siegel
Portland Book Festival offers a series of writing workshops taught by local and national writers. Visit literary-arts.org/PBF for more information and registration details. Register early: classes are expected to sell out.
These workshops are conducted on Zoom and are for adults 18 and older. Register at literary-arts.org/write. Workshops are limited to ten students and tuition varies.
Instructor: Coleman Stevenson Nov. 1, 3, and 15 | 4:00–6:00 p.m. | Tuition: $155
Instructor: Katherine E. Standefer Thursday, Nov. 3 | 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | Tuition: $80
Instructor: David Ciminello Friday, Nov. 4 | 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Tuition: $80
Instructor: Katherine E. Standefer Friday, Nov. 4 | 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Tuition: $55
These classes on Saturday and Sunday take place at Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington St. (walking distance from the Festival venues). Workshops are limited to ten students and tuition varies. Festival passes sold separately.
Instructor: Jay Ponteri Saturday, Nov. 5 | 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Tuition: $80
Instructor: Frances Badalamenti Sunday, Nov. 6 | 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Tuition: $80
WRITING FOOD
Instructor: Cecily Wong Sunday, Nov. 6 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Tuition: $80
“THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT”: PLOT IN LITERARY FICTION
Instructor: Juhea Kim Sunday, Nov. 6 | 1:00–3:00 p.m. | Tuition: $55
KICK-START YOUR PICTURE BOOK Instructor: Elizabeth Rusch Sunday, Nov. 6 | 1:00–5:00 p.m. | Tuition: $145
Youth Programs at Literary Arts are pleased to offer free writing workshops to youth as part of Portland Book Festival. Registration is required, and class size is limit ed. The classes will take place on the second floor of the Mark building, in the East and West Conference Rooms. Learn more and sign up at literary-arts.org/PBF.
Facilitator: Dey Rivers Saturday, Nov. 5 | 10:00–11:30 a.m.
In this workshop, we’ll learn how to talk to and about artwork through poetry. Also known as Ekphrastic writing! We’ll look at examples of other artists and writers who have done the same and take ourselves on a journey using writing exercises and imagination, creating poems line by line along the way.
Facilitator: Alex Behr Saturday, Nov. 5 | 10:00–11:30 a.m.
The famous abstract painter Joan Mitchell once said, “My paintings repeat a feeling about Lake Michigan, or water, or fields. . . . it’s more like a poem, and that’s what I want to paint.” She was inspired by poet friends, too. In this workshop, we’ll write poetry and turn it into art.
Participants brainstorm about a special object that triggers a strong memory or mood. They can bring in their object, use a photo, or use their memories. We’ll use music, examples, and visualizations to relax and let ideas flow. Prompts will be offered to help participants, if needed, such as: “Imagine you found this object that you thought you’d lost forever. What people, sounds, tastes, places, or emotions come to mind?”
Facilitator: Damien Miles-Paulson Saturday, Nov. 5 | 2:45–4:15 p.m.
“She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try to observe their effect.” —Jane Austen, from Persuasion
In this workshop, we will write stories built around dialogue, around speech. Once written, we will perform the words aloud, seeing how they flow as an actual conversation. As our words are being read, we will listen, observe their effect, take notes, revise, and when we leave, we will have a draft that trembles with the sublime potential of speech.
Portland Book Festival attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, or take public transit to the Festival. There are plenti ful bus stops near the Festival grounds. The Museum/Festival does NOT have a dedicated parking lot, but lot and street parking are available throughout downtown Portland.
Kridel Grand Ballroom
Portland Art Museum Mark Building, 3rd floor 1119 SW Park Ave.
5–6 minute walk to TOC from Festival main campus
Fields Ballroom
Portland Art Museum
Mark Building, 1st floor 1119 SW Park Ave.
Please find more information on the Book Fair on pages 16–17.
Annie Bloom’s Books at PAM, Whitsell Auditorium Broadway Books at Portland’5 Hatfield Hall Rotunda Green Bean Books at Fields Ballroom, PAM Mark Building, 1st floor
Powell’s Books at the Kridel Grand Ballroom in the PAM Mark Building, First Congregational United Church of Christ, and The Old Church
SW Park Avenue between Main Street and Madison Street
FOOD CARTS
TABLE
Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington St.
Portland Art Museum, Mark Building, 1119 SW Park Ave.
SCH Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Powell’s Books
BRU Brunish Theatre at Portland’5 Columbia Sportswear in Memory of Eric Engholm Stage Broadway Books
FIELD Fields Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum Green Bean Books
MILL Miller Gallery at the Portland Art Museum Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage Powell’s Books
PARK Portland Parks Foundation Tent Powell’s Books
TOC The Old Church Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage Powell’s Books
UCC First Congregational United Church of Christ Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke Stage Powell’s Books
WHIT Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum Tin House Stage Annie Bloom’s Books
WIN Winningstad Theatre at Portland’5 Broadway Books
Arlene
a.m.
with
Schizophrenias
a.m.
p.m. 12:00 p.m. Taylor Jenkins Reid: Carrie Soto Is
10:00
10:45 a.m.
Animals with Freeman’s
Gwartney,
LaPointe,
Freeman, Freeman’s:
11:45 a.m.
National Book Foundation Presents: A Morning with the National Book Foundation Fatimah Asghar, When We Were Sisters Shelley Wong, As She Appears mod. Jyothi Natarajan
Book
11:45 a.m.
Food Is a Weapon
Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, Lester Walker, Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen mod. Gregory Gourdet, Everyone’s Table
Book
The Old Church 1422 SW 11th Ave
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage
Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Ave, Lower Level
Tin House Stage
Miller Gallery at the Portland Art Museum 1119 SW Park Ave, Mark Building, 1st Floor
Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage
Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum
1119 SW Park Ave, Mark Building, 1st Floor
11:45 a.m.
Flashback
Ellen Hagan, Don’t Call Me a Hurricane Sabina Khan, Meet Me in Mumbai mod. Megan Savage
a.m.
Life Story
Mooallem, Serious Face Casey Parks, Diary of a Misfit mod. Melissa Febos,
a.m.
Had
Brantley-Newton
a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Criminal Intent Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy Daniel Nieh, Take No Names mod. Curtis C. Chen, Kangaroo Too
12:15 p.m.
Think Out Loud: Ducks
Kate Beaton, Ducks with Dave Miller
12:45 p.m.
Escape Plans Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch Cecily Wong, Kaleidoscope mod. Kimberly King Parsons, Black Light
Tammi
Break with Emily Arrow
a.m.
Counting to Bananas Carrie Tillotson
p.m.
Maya’s Song
Watson
p.m.
12:50 p.m.
Tater Tales: The Greatest in the
Ben Clanton
1:30 p.m.
Magic Powers Kristin & P. C. Cast, Omens Bite Aaron Durán, Season of the Bruja mod. Heidi Schulz, Hook’s Revenge
MASKS REQUIRED
1:45
• Flip the page to find a sched ule and map of Pop-Up Readings in the Portland Art Museum on pg. 14
• Learn about ticketed events plus youth and family activities on pg. 15
• Enjoy all our Book Fair has to offer by perusing the ex hibitor list and Book Fair maps on pg. 16–17
• Find informa tion on food and the PDX Jazz Lounge at the Portland Art Museum Upper Sculp ture Garden featuring live music and cocktails from the Multnomah Whisk{e}y Li brary all after noon on pg. 19
• Learn about PBF-specific podcasts and our new partner event program PBF Cover to Cover on pg. 20–21
• Find out how to support PBF on pg. 22
In addition to onstage events, Portland Book Festival features pop-up readings in the Portland Art Museum galleries. These pop-ups highlight the intersections between the visual art at the Museum and the written and spoken work presented at PBF.
Please reference these gallery images or a Portland Art Museum map to find the pop-up reading locations. Pop-ups are firstcome, first-served, and very limited seating is available in the gallery spaces. Schedule is subject to change without notice.
from Main Building via lower-level link. No access from Mark Building.
from Main Building via lower-level link.
10:30 A.M.
Meg E. Griffitts, Hallucinating a Homestead POETRY Forces of Nature exhibit, Floor 1, Room 107
11:00 A.M.
Caitlin Scarano, The Necessity of Wildfire POETRY Forces of Nature exhibit, Floor 1, Room 107
11:15 A.M.
Liz Prato, Kids in Amer ica: A Gen X Reckoning NONFICTION Modern & Contemporary Art, Floor 1M, Room 114
11:30 A.M.
Joamette Gil, Mañana: Latinx Comics
From the 25th Century FICTION COMICS
Forces of Nature exhibit, Floor 1, Room 107
11:45 A.M.
Diana Garvin, Feeding Fascism: The Poli tics of Women’s Food Work NONFICTION
COOKING Modern & Contemporary Art, Floor 1, Room 111
12:00 P.M.
Jason Tanamor, Love, Dance & Egg Rolls YA Japanese Art, Floor 1, Room 106
12:15 P.M.
Neil Cochrane, The Story of the Hundred Promises FICTION
Modern & Contemporary Art, Floor 1, Room 113
12:30 P.M.
BIPOC Reading Series presents Dey Rivers POETRY FICTION & Zepha niah Sole, The Wolves Children Hear FICTION Forces of Nature exhibit, Floor 1, Room 107
12:45 P.M.
Marisa Siegel, Fixed Stars POETRY Modern & Contemporary Art, Floor 1, Room 113
1:00 P.M.
Cai Emmons, Livid & Unleashed FICTION Northwest Art, Floor 3, Room 303
1:15 P.M. Genevieve DeGuzman
POETRY Modern & Contemporary Art, Floor 2, Room 216
1:30 P.M.
Marcelle Heath, Is That All There Is?
FICTION Northwest Art, Floor 3, Room 304
1:45 P.M.
YesYes Books with Nina Packebush, Three Queerdos and a Baby YA & Shelley Wong, As She Appears POETRY Modern & Contemporary Art, Floor 2, Room 216
2:00 P.M.
Incite: Queer Writers Read presents Nicky NicholsonKlingerman FICTION POETRY & Tashon Phoenix POETRY Northwest Art, Floor 3, Room 302
2:15 P.M.
National Book Foundation presents Fatimah Asghar, When We Were Sisters FICTION Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch FICTION Ingrid Rojas Contreras, The Man Who Could Move Clouds NONFICTION Shelley Wong, As She Appears POETRY with Ruth Dickey, Modern
& Contemporary Art, Floor 2, Room 216
Emme Lund, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest FICTION Native American Art, Floor 3, Room 301
Los Porteños presents Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Inlay with Nacre: The Names of Forgotten Women POETRY & Juan Antonio Trujillo, Northwest Art, Floor 3, Room 303
Jules Ohman, Body Grammar FICTION Northwest Art, Floor 3, Room 304
There are two Portland Book Festival events at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall that require a ticket for entry, in addition to your Festival pass. A limited number of tickets include priority seating and a signed copy of either Mean Baby or Carrie Soto Is Back, depending on the ticketed event you attend. More info and tickets at literary-arts.org/PBF.
MEAN BABY: SELMA BLAIR WITH ESMÉ WEIJUN WANG
Saturday, November 5, from 10:00–11:00 a.m.
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205
$5–$30 add-on to General Admission Festival Pass
Portland Book Festival celebrates book lovers of all ages! We offer lots of fun-filled family activities, including storytimes, panel discussions, crafts, gift shopping, food vendors, and more. See schedule on pg. 12–13.
Admission is FREE to attendees 17 and under (or with valid high school ID).
FIELDS Join host Emily Arrow for a morning filled with kids’ story times and illustration events (ages 0-9) at the Fields Ballroom from 9:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
PARK Hear picture book authors discuss their work at the Portland Parks Foundation Tent and join us for an Illustrator Draw-off. Appro priate for all ages.
FIELDS UCC Enjoy middle grade author discussions at the Kids Stage at the Fields Ballroom from 1:45–6:00 p.m. including bestselling graphic novelists at the Scholastic GraphixCon panel at 2:45 p.m. And don’t miss Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal-winning author Kwame Alexander with OPB’s Dave Miller at the UCC stage at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 5, from 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205
$5–$30 add-on to General Admission Festival Pass
FIELDS In addition to the stage presentations in the Fields Ballroom, you will also find family-friendly activities and exhibitors. Activities will in clude arts and crafts with Addie Boswell, Carrie Tillotson, Dane Liu, Linda Letra Bilingual Books, Portland Early Learning Project, and Yuki Origami.
For older kids, don’t miss a full day of young adult authors at The Old Church (Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage).
Portland Book Festival’s book fair represents some of the best of regional and national publishing, writing, literary culture, academic opportunities, and more.
admission to Portland Book Festival will grant each attendee a $5 book voucher that they can only redeem at the book fair that day. When you buy books and book-related items at Portland Book Festival, you are supporting the long-term sustainability of the event.
Info
Arts
Kids Company About
Airlie Press
BOOKS
Words Publishing
Dog Studio
with Pictures
Press
Music Press
Christa Yelich-Koth
Breaker Books
Met Rose
Monkey Comics
Writers Perfume
Overstock Publishing
Oregon University MFA
Blue Publishing
Press
Forest Avenue Press
Independent Publishing Resource Center
Indigo: Editing, Design, and More
Jennifer Butler-Brown, Bookseller
Linda Letra Bilingual Books
Lorena Angell
Luminare Press
Microcosm Publishing & Distribution
Mindbuck Media Book Publicity
Mountaineers Books
Multnomah County Library
Navillus Press
Northwest Editors Guild
Northwest Review
Not a Pipe Publishing
NW Museum of Cartoon Arts
Ooligan Press
Oregon State University Press
Oregon Writers Colony
OSU-Cascades Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing
Overcup Press / Clyde Custom Publishing
Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University
Pacific University MFA in Writing Program
Pomegranate
Propeller Books
PSU Creative Writing Program
PUMPJACK PRESS
Rare Bird
Red Hen Press
Reed College Master of Arts
Liberal Studies
REUTS Publications
Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program
SMART Reading
STORIARTS
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts
Tin House
TooFar Media
Two Lines Press
Unnamed Press
Unsolicited Press
Wicked History Greeting Cards
Wildly Enough
Willamette Writers
Word Prostitute
Write Around Portland
By purchasing books at Portland Book Festival, you are support ing the authors and publishers who travel from near and far to share their work at the Festival and the booksellers and vendors who invest time and expense to be at the book fair. Please buy early and often, and know you are supporting the sustainability of Portland Book Festival.
Book dealers are NOT allowed to bring books into the book sign ing area. Dealers with rolling carts and/or wagons are not allowed on the Festival grounds.
(third floor)
A book lover’s delight! Beat the crowd with early access to our exhibitor fair the night before Portland Book Festival. Browse all vendors in the Kridel Grand and Fields Ballrooms while enjoying music by DJ Jimbo, crafts with Yuki Origami, and printmaking with Independent Publishing Resource Center. Bring a bag and buy your books on Friday night, so you won’t have to tote them around on Saturday. Hint: You may pick up your Festival passes here too, saving you a trip to the advance box office.
(first floor)
Portland Book Festival’s 2022 Virtual Marketplace is an online center that provides PBF exhibitors a virtual space to showcase their businesses online during the Festival. Find all the in-person vendors as well as additional online vendors in the PBF Virtual Marketplace at literary-arts.org/virtual-marketplace.
A Festival pass admits you to all in-person Festival events, with the exception of the Selma Blair and Taylor Jenkins Reid events, which require a ticket for entry. We encourage you to purchase and pick up your passes in advance. Advance passes and informa tion available at literary-arts.org/PBF.
Entry to and seating at Festival events is available on a firstcome, first-served basis, and standing in line does NOT guaran tee entry to any specific event even with a Festival pass. Plan to arrive early to your desired events. Saving seats is not permitted. All rooms will be cleared between events. If your desired event is at capacity, you can check out a different discussion, find a popup reading, explore the Portland Art Museum, or take a break at the food carts.
Authors will sign books immediately following their onstage event unless otherwise noted. Books must be purchased from a Festival bookstore in order to be signed, with the exception of one pre-owned book per author.
The Festival features satellite bookstores at every all-day Festival stage, where attendees can purchase a book and get it signed on site. See page 11 for details on each satellite bookstore.
Vaccination and masking policies vary for all of our events, and depend on factors such as public health mandates, venue requirements, and artist preferences, which are subject to change. Please check individual event web pages for requirements.
Proof of Covid-19 vaccine will no longer be required for in-person classes, seminars, and events, including Port land Book Festival classes, that take place at Literary Arts. Masks will still be strongly encouraged.
Please reference the schedule on pages 12–13 and individu al event web pages for event-specific requirements (subject to change). More information available at literary-arts.org.
Literary Arts has a zero tolerance policy for harassment of any kind, including but not limited to: race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender presentation, sexual orientation, age, body size, disability, appearance, religion, citizenship, pregnancy, marital or familial status, and military or veteran status. Harassment includes but is not limited to: stalking, verbal or physical intimidation, offen sive verbal comments, physical assault and/or battery, harassing or non-consensual photography or recording, bathroom policing, inap propriate physical contact, and unwelcome physical attention.
Literary Arts recognizes that reading and writing, by their nature, include exposure to controversial and challenging ideas. Therefore, harassment does not include respectful disagreement or critique in good faith.
Literary Arts reserves the right to revoke, without refund, tickets of any attendee or participant not in compliance with this policy and the right to remove any person not in compliance with this policy.
For more information, please visit literary-arts.org.
Hungry? Local food trucks can be found parked on the SW Park Avenues, including:
• Ash Woodfired Pizza
• Cafe de Crepe
• Hot Eats
• Pip’s Original
• Tamale Boy
• Two Wahines
• Verajames Kitchen
• The Whole Bowl
Looking for coffee? The Stacks Coffeehouse is serving drip coffee in the exhibitor fair on the third floor of the Portland Art Museum’s Mark Building.
Food and drink are also available for purchase at Portland’5 and The Old Church stages.
Subject to change without notice.
This year’s Portland Book Festival guest artist is Jarlisa Shunte, a south Mississippi-born multidisciplinary artist with a background in communications, operations management, and arts administra tion. Find more of their work at jarlisashunte.wordpress.com
Saturday afternoon, Portland Art Museum’s Upper Sculpture Garden will be home to the PDX Jazz Stage, featuring a cocktail bar from Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library. 21+ only.
We are pleased to feature podcast-only special episodes of The Archive Project for Portland Book Festival. Subscribe to The Archive Project wherever you get your podcasts to hear these TAP@PBF events!
The Archive Project is a weekly radio show and podcast by Literary Arts featuring the most sought-after recordings from our Portland Arts & Lectures series, Portland Book Festival, and other community events. Tune in to OPB Radio Sundays at 7:00 p.m. or listen online at literary-arts.org/archive.
Karen Eva Carr (Shifting Cur rents: A World History of Swim ming) and Bonnie Tsui (Why We Swim) in conversation, moderat ed by OPB’s Paul Marshall.
A conversation between Oregon Symphony creative chair
Gabriel Kahane and author
Karen Russell (Sleep Donation).
This podcast will explore the myths and realities of raising children while writing, wheth er the desire for motherhood is a creative desire, and how intersectional identities impact both motherhood and creativity. Featuring a stellar line-up novel ists, poets, memoir authors, and witches: Kendra DeColo (I Am
Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World), Kaitlyn Greenidge (Libertie), Mya Spalter (Enchantments), and Michelle Tea (Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of my (In)Fertility).
Acclaimed, award-winning cookbook author Naomi Duguid discusses her new book, The Mir acle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food with Liz Crain (Dumplings Equal Love: Delicious Recipes from Around the World).
In 2022, Portland Book Festival is proud to partner with Live Wire Radio on a special show and to welcome you to our new partner event program, Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover!
Grab a friend and make space on your bookshelf for the first ever Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover, taking place in bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, venues, parks, and more spaces throughout Portland from November 1–6. From storytime singalongs to deathly trivia to poetry karaoke, there’s something for everyone to enjoy in the schedule on page 21. More information at literary-arts.org on ticketed and registration-required events.
Saturday, November 5 | Alberta Rose Theatre Show starts at 7:30 p.m. | Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. $30 General Admission | $45 Preferred Seating
Join our friends at Live Wire Radio for a special Portland Book Festival Show, featuring George Saunders (Liberation Day), Silvia Moreno-Garcia (The Daugh ter of Doctor Moreau), Saeed Jones (Alive at the End of the World), and musical guest Samantha Crain (two-time Native American Music Award winner)!
A Page from a Traveling Book store: The Portland Community Book FREE
HOST: St. Rita’s Amazing Traveling Bookstore
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. at Cathedral Coffee, 7530 N Willamette Blvd. Art Inspired by Books FREE
HOST: Gallery Go Go
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. at Pioneer Place, 700 SW 4th Ave.
Book Launch for A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788–1940 FREE
HOST: Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC
6:00–7:00 p.m. at Louiza PDX, 2808 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Suite B
Powell’s Books Presents Kath erine Dunn Tribute Event with Naomi Huffman & Lydia Kies ling FREE
HOST: Powell’s City of Books and Lewis & Clark Special Collections and Archives
7:00 p.m. at Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St.
WED. NOVEMBER 2
PCC’s Carolyn Moore Book Launch with YesYes Books FREE
HOSTS: Portland Community College and YesYes Books
6:30–8:00 p.m. at Terrell Hall 122, 705 N Killingsworth St.
Word Play! A Write Around Portland Mini-Workshop FREE
HOST: Write Around Portland
6:30–8:00 p.m. at Two Rivers Bookstore and Weird Sisters Yarn, 8836 N Lombard St. Registration required online. Oregon Humanities Live FREE
HOST: Oregon Humanities
7:00–8:30 p.m. at Rontoms, 600 E Burnside St.
Rainy with a Chance of Rainbows Featuring Emily Arrow HOST: Hammer + Jacks 4:00–5:00 p.m. at Hammer + Jacks RecRoom, 6406 SE Foster Rd. Tickets available online.
Questioned to Death FREE
HOST: The Dames of Deathly Delights Trivia
6:00–7:00 p.m. at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway St.
HOST: Low Residency Creative Writing at Pacific Northwest College of Art
6:30–7:30 p.m. at PNCA’s Gallery 157, 511 NW Broadway St. Big Cheese / Small Cheese
HOSTS: Two Rivers Bookstore and Weird Sisters Yarn
7:00–8:30 p.m. at Two Rivers
Bookstore and Weird Sisters Yarn, 8836 N Lombard St. Tickets available online.
In-Store Reading: Rosanne Par ry, Trudy Ludwig, Mark Fearing
FREE
HOST: Annie Bloom’s Books
7:00 –8:00 p.m. at Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy.
Poetry Karaoke with Mule on Fire FREE
HOST: Mule on Fire
7:00–8:30 p.m. at Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington St.
Poetry Speed Dating FREE
HOST: Airlie Press
7:00–8:30 p.m. at Blackbird Wineshop 4323 NE Fremont St.
Romance Roundtable with the Lincoln High School Romance Book Club FREE
HOST: Lincoln High School Romance Book Club
7:00-8:00 p.m. at Lincoln High School, 1750 SW Salmon St.
Portland Book Festival: Friday Night Book Market
HOST: Literary Arts
6:00–8:00 p.m. at Portland Art Museum,1219 SW Park Ave. Tickets at literary-arts.org/PBF
Wild Rose: Poetry and Story FREE
HOST: YesYes Books
7:00 p.m. at 3244 NE 64th Ave
BAD DATES presented by Back Fence Live Storytelling & The Portland Book of Dates
HOSTS: Back Fence PDX and The Portland Book of Dates
8:00 p.m. at The Village Ballroom, 704 NE Dekum St.
Tickets available online.
Poetry Scramble with First Matter Press FREE
HOST: First Matter Press
8:00–9:30 p.m. at The Rooftop Terrace at Ecotrust, 721 NW 9th Ave #200
Lineup for C2C subject to change without notice.
“The Bookstour”: Literary Documentary and Bookseller Panel FREE
HOST: Director, Mason Engel
8:00–9:00 p.m. at Rose City Book Pub, 1329 NE Fremont St, Portland, OR 97212
SPEKTRUM Tea Service
HOST: Modern Mythographer
7:00–8:00 p.m. and 8:30–9:30 p.m. at Little Barn, 3121 SE Taylor
Tickets available online.
This is Portland FREE
HOSTS: Buckman Publishing and Future Prairie
7:00 p.m. at Honey Latte Café / Buckman Publishing HQ, 1033 SE Main St.
Mapping Home: An Evening with Corporeal Writing & Autofocus Lit FREE
HOSTS: Corporeal Writing and Autofocus Lit
7:30–9:00 p.m. at Corporeal Writing, 510 SW 3rd Ave #101
Film & Discussion: Art & Krimes by Krimes with Mitchell S. Jackson
HOST: PAM CUT
2:00 p.m. at PAM Whitsell Audito rium, 1219 SW Park Ave.
Tickets available online. Use the code “PBFC2C” for 50% off.
Voices Like Thunder: An After noon of Poetry with the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
FREE
HOST: Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and PAM
2:00–4:00 p.m. at PAM Fields Ball room, 1119 SW Park Ave.
Free tickets available online.
FREE
HOST: Mind the Bird Media
2:00 p.m. at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 523 SE Morrison St.
HOST: Kickstand Comedy
7:00 p.m. at Honey Latte Café, 1033 SE Main St.
HOST: Modern Mythographer
7:00–8:00 p.m. and 8:30–9:30 p.m. at Little Barn, 3121 SE Taylor
Tickets available online.
HOST: Tin House
7:00 p.m. at Tin House, 2601 NW Thurman St.
Ticket sales: 10%
Class and booth registrations: 6%
Foundation and government support: 4%
Individual donations: 38%
Corporate support: 42%
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favorite part is getting to hear authors speak with such passion and integrity about their work . . . hearing others speak or perform live reminds me that they are human like me, and that gives me inspiration and permis sion to feel and reflect and create and be messy or articulate—or both—in my humanness, as well.”
Festival attendee
Literary Arts would like to thank the volunteers that made this year’s Festival possible:
Lisa A Weiblen, Kirstin Adams, Maudie Ainsworth, Marc Alan, Christopher Anderson, Febe Armendariz, Maggie Armour, Chelsea Atkin, Yannette Ayala, Sara Balaguer, Bharath Bangalore Rajeeva, Jan L Berger, Denise Bertetto, Katie Bick, Ethan Bishop-Blaikie, Linda Blair, Brina Bolanz, Cate Bonner, Lucy Booth, Kristin Bork, Phoenix Bourgeois, Shannon Bucker, Madi Budge, Joanne Burns, Joseph Burns, Georgia Bushman, Francisco Cabre, Isabel Cabrera, Christine Campbell, Zachary Carroll, Sara Casten, Jamie Catlin, Melanie Cipher, Scott Cohen, Liana Colombo, Sheralee Connors, Margaret Cox, Lisa Creatura, Jamie Cunningham, Cydney Dashkoff, Lucille Dawson, Robbin Isaacson DeWeese, Kathy Diamond, Martha Dixon, Alexis Doling, Alicia Doling, Kathryn (Katie) Dominguez, Jordan Ducree, Shannon Dunn, Rebecca Durfee, Brian E Tacker, Emily Einolander, Sara Espinosa, Jessica Fauble, Erica Fernandez, Joaquin Fernandez, Elaine Ferrell-Burns, Amanda Fink, Judi Fisher, Wendy Fjorden, Wren Fournier, Kelly Fraser, Ashley French-Roberts, Jane Friesen, Patricia Frobes, Sean Garvey, Bob Geddes, Ally Gelber, Elena Gonzalez, Lisa Grab, Daryl Grenz, Fannie Grimes, Seniye Groff, Kristin Hailstone, Jonathan Hall, Briana Hammerstrom, Jessica Hammond-Brouwer, Kirthana Hampapur, Jan Hand, Rebecca Hanson, Zeke Harrington, Eswen Allison Hart, Nancy Hawver, Catherine Haye, Anne Heimlich, Gregory Hellman, Hayden Hendricks, Isabel Hidalgo, Katy Hilton, Kellie Hofstetter, Prerna Home, Corinne Hughes, Gretchen Hull, Matthew Hull, Priscilla Hunter, Veronica Barreto Jaffe, Victoria Jakovec, Ashley Jemes, Megan Jessop, Joanne Kahn, Kerry Kavalo, Melody Kayser, Bahareh Keith, Michael Kelly, Shaune Kelly, Dylan Kenney, Carolyn Kerr, Alireza Khanaki, Anne King, Lizzy Kirby, Mary Kleffner, Brooke Klein, Alexis Klementis, Matt Knutson, Kristie Kolesnikov, Nora Kuyumjian, Lynn Labasan, Sarah LaPrade, Summer Larkins, Stefani Leavitt, Hannah Lehmann, Rosie Leno, MaOxford Lerotholi, Stuart Levy, Alexandra Lewis, Jen Lind,
Jacqueline Adair Jones, Grant Engrav, Rita Fawcett, Tracey Franco, Sue Harvey, Anna Jackson, Jane Manchee, Kalah McCaffrey, Katie McRae, Lisa Meech, Lauren Mittelman, Karen Pate, Rosanne Petersen, Caroline Reul, Liz Scott, Courtney Sherwood, Kristen Stowell, Diane Sussman, Greg Thomas, Judy Ward, Sharon Yee, Gail Zuro
Hallie Liu Rogers, Holly Livengood, Patty Lofgren, Tashon Lueders, Sami Lujan, Lyn M Palmer, Christina Malango, Sam Marshall, Colin Martin, Molly Mayer, Renate Ray Mayer, Nyla McCarthy, Marcia McDonald, Penny McDonald, Billie Jo McEathron, Kevin McLain, LeeAnn McLennan, Kyle Meech, Bonnie Meltzer, Anna Mendes, Mary Ann Miller, Mai Lynn Miller Nguyen, Tess Misenti, Tracey Mora, Leslie Moguil, Roger Monahan, Angelica Mora, Tamara Morey, Paul Morin, Agi Mottern, Jamie Mustful, Larissa Nakagawa, Meg Nelson, Sarah Neudeck, Dani Nicholson, Brent Norman Jr, Amy O’Neill, Thomas Ochinero, Lucy Ohlsen, Nybe Otterstone, Frank Pacosa, Nellie Papsdorf, Brieanna Phillips, Sean Pingley, Riley Pittenger, Maggie Podgwaite, Caren Pomar, Alan Potts, Judy Potts, N Powell, David Rauenzahn, Alison Raynak, Mary Reed, Lisa Reeve, Lisa Regan-Vienop, Laura Renckens, Laura Rich, Dani Risso, Marshal Rittenger, Ruth Robertson, Alan Rodriguez Tiburcio, Charis Roehrenbeck, Michelle Rosa Bouza, Zara Rose, Penny Russell, Colleen Ryan, Melinda Samis, Hoang Samuelson, Juan Santillan, Erika Schmid, Moriah Schwartz, Susan Schwartz, Laura Sciortino, Julia Seiple, Vanessa Sena, Maribeth Shea, Lukas Sherman, Emily Shetler, Juliette Simonds, Chelsea Slaven-Davis, Emma-Quin Smith, Hailey Smith, Stephanie Smith, Julie Snyder, Megumi Steward, Jessica Stocks, Alyssa Strom, Wendy Sunday, Tracy Swensen, Dakota Tatom, Diane Terrett, Emily Tkaczibson, Jack Toczko, Michael Toczko, Trinity Toft, Megan Tomson, Cecilia Too, Darcy Topper, Laura Tripp, Louise Tripp, Anna Tyler, Heidi VandenHooff, Andrew Vandervelde, Nancy Vandervelde, Mireile van Yperen, Elijah Vennebush, Patrick Vennebush, Nancy Von Seggern, Peggy Walsh, Sarah Walters, Shoshana Weaver, Margaret Weddell, Anna Wehmeier Giol, Katharine Weiss, Kim Weyler, Jacqueline Willingham, Heidi Wilson, Whitney Winsor, Shannon Witman, Ava Woodbury, Khadijah Wright, Stephanie Yager, Brenna Yard, Summer Yasoni, Carly Rae Zent, and more.
A special thank you to Denver Olmstead, Festival Volunteer Specialist!
Founded in 1984, Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit literary organization located in downtown Portland. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.
Portland Arts & Lectures brings the world’s most celebrated writers, art ists, and thinkers to our community and connects readers and writers of all ages through classroom visits and workshops.
Portland Book Festival brings writers and readers of all ages together to cele brate a shared passion for books. Next year’s Portland Book Festival will take place on November 4, 2023.
Delve Readers Seminars cultivates community around the shared experience of reading. By gathering around books, we engage in dialogues with authors we love and artists who show us new perspectives.
The Archive Project Radio Show and Podcast features the most sought-after recordings from our Portland Arts & Lectures series, Portland Book Festival, and other community events. Each week, new lectures are available to stream for free.
Listen on OPB Radio Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m., on our website at literary-arts. org/archive, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Programs for Writers support, promote, and celebrate Oregon’s writers and publishers. In addition to the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships for emerging and established writers, the program also offers writing classes and literary events at our downtown center and produces the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour, which connects writers and readers throughout the state.
Youth Programs inspire public high school students to write, publish, and per form their own creative writing. Writers in the Schools residencies bring working writers into classrooms. Students to the Schnitz gives young people access to great books and influential authors. The College Essay Exchange pairs mentors with college applicants. And the annual Verselandia! and East Side Slam poetry slams showcase high school spoken word artists.
For a full calendar of upcoming events, or to make a gift in support of our programs, visit our website at literary-arts.org.
Help us engage and support thousands of readers and writers of all ages across Oregon. Visit the Literary Arts booth at the Festival book fair or visit literary-arts.org/donate and pledge your support today!
Find Literary Arts and more than 140 local nonprofits in the Willamette Week Give!Guide at giveguide.org.
Andrew Proctor, Executive Director Alexei Bien Amanda Bullock Lydah DeBin Rui Dun Jennifer Gurney Olivia Jones Hall april joseph Hope Levy Alexis Lopez Jessica Meza-Torres Susan Moore Leah O’Sullivan Jules Ohman Liz Olufson Jyoti Roy Alberto Sveum Karin Taylor Lauren Walbridge
Literary Arts Board of Directors
Bob Speltz, Chair Jill Abere David Angeli Joan Cirillo Ginnie Cooper Amy Donohue Lana Finley Sarah Gibbon Jonathan Hill Mitchell S. Jackson Susheela Jayapal Maurice King
Anis Mojgani Justice Adrienne Nelson Corrine Oishi Katherine O’Neil Ramón Pagán Dennis Steinman Geoffrey Tichenor Chabre Vickers Renée Watson Marcia Wood
Portland Book Festival Advisory Council
Joan Cirillo, Chair Emily Arrow Edward Ash-Milby Kathi Inman Berens Julie Bunker Liz Crain Sarah Gibbon Kisha Jarrett Jaleesa Johnston B. Frayn Masters Josha Nathan Justice Adrienne Nelson Sara Ortiz Craig Popelars Sarah Rothenfluch Rob Spillman Alicia Tate Sage Van Wing Josh Wong Festival Staff Kassie Alderson Denver Olmstead Festival Interns Frances Fragela Peytynn Kubo
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