Poets aplenty are on the literary calendar this month, as well as journalist Elizabeth Mehren and the Terroir Creative Writing Festival in Newberg.
Other literary events this month include readings by nine writers at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center in Newport and a celebration of small presses.
Other bookish events this month include jazz bassist Chuck Israels on his musical memoir, Doran Larson’s look at prisons from the inside, and Hamilton Nolan on the labor movement.
A new year brings a Fishtrap workshop, as well as authors talking about philanthropy, Higgs boson, and becoming a better cook. And chickens.
Settle into winter with a holiday book fair, a new cookbook from a Northwest Jewish kitchen, an author appearance by Henry Winkler, and a solstice story time.
The Nov. 4 festival lineup includes Viet Thanh Nguyen, Michael Lewis, Roz Chast, Gregory Gourdet, Mitchell S. Jackson, Luis Alberto Urrea, Alice Winn, Jonathan Lethem, Patrick deWitt, Lydia Kiesling, and so much more.
Warm up with M.R. O’Connor on the science of wildfires, poetry readings, and Halloween story time.
Authors appearing around the state include Ann Patchett, Chuck Palahniuk, Casey Parks, Paulann Petersen, and others with names not beginning with P.
Readings in August include the authors of books about a 2,500-mile bike ride, Portland’s Forest Park, and comedian Ernie Kovacs.
Everlasting summer brings readings by surfing legend Gerry Lopez and the authors of a new book celebrating Steely Dan.
Other readings this month feature Portland poet Carlos Reyes, Ken Jennings of “Jeopardy!” fame, and photographer Jamie Beck’s exploration of Provence.
Tom Hanks comes to Portland to talk about his first novel, poet Jessica Mehta heads to Cannon Beach, and Oregon Book Award recipients go on tour.
It’s poetry month. It’s Oregon Book Awards month. Authors talk about how to foster community and to preserve Black culture through a feminist lens. And Chewy the Beaver makes a special appearance in Bend.
March brings ambitious projects: Writers imagining themselves in Ernest Hemingway’s shoes, a modern riff on “Finnegans Wake,” and a browse of the typical Soviet Jewish bookshelf.
Love is in the literary air at several readings this month, and Literary Arts looks toward spring with its announcement of 2023 Oregon Book Award finalists.
2023 begins with readings by authors including Erika Bolstad, Nathan Slinker, Leanne Grabel, Bill Siverly, Curtis White, Dianne Stepp, and Josephine Woolington.
This month features author readings, book release parties, a festive holiday storytime, the return of The Moth Mainstage, and Patti Smith at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Other events include author readings from the Coast to Eastern Oregon, Anthony Doerr at Portland Arts and Lectures, and the reopening of Multnomah County Central Library.
Spooky books and sweet books to help set an autumn mood; a festival in Cannon Beach; readings to write home about.
This month’s lit calendar is chock-full of free author readings from the likes of Lidia Yuknavitch, Wendy Red Star, Leanne Grabel, and others.
Other literary events feature authors Carey Wong, Brittney Corrigan, Casey Parks, and tunes on a beloved Eugene piano.
July heats up with a revisionist anthology reconsidering “Sex and the Single Girl” and a panel discussion of Oregon author Ursula K. Le Guin.
Summer is on the way, with authors discussing hikes and Central Oregon day trips, and an outdoor workshop will show participants how nature can help inspire writing.
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.
The calendar holds multiple readings by book award finalists, and an exploration of the question: Do bookstores matter?
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.
Virtual readings, author conversations, a workshop for beating writer’s block, and a Merry Prankster book release fill the new year’s calendar.
December’s festive calendar includes author conversations, poet lectures, Passages Bookshop’s moving sale, and a pair of book fairs.
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.
October is ripe with virtual readings, workshops, and Lan Su Chinese Garden’s Autumn Poetry Series.
It’s TBA time! Amy Leona Havin checks out the literary side of PICA’s festival and other book events.
August offers a virtual poetry open mic, a mystery-novel release, and a lecture on the metaphysics of deep gossip.
Oregon’s literary scene sails through the heat with open mics, workshops, and virtual author readings.
William Deresiewicz’s new book “The Death of the Artist” shows why it’s so hard to make a living making art today.
Portland photographer Richard Brown’s new memoir depicts a colorful life of art and activism.
June is still a Zoom month for readings and lectures, and there are lots of them. Tune in, turn on.
The U.S. poet laureate talks about a new anthology of Native Nations poetry and the values it celebrates.
The Book Awards kick off a month of virtual events with Oprah, Whitney Otto, Stacey Abrams & Moby-Dick.
April marks National Poetry Month – along with eight of the most exciting ways for you to celebrate.
Our movement may still be restricted, but books are still available, along with online events in and around books. Amy Leona Havin’s LitWatch has the details.
February on the literary arts front is looking warm and cozy, surrounded by cups of hot chocolate and coffee, and seated in comfortable chairs.
In January, writers write and readers read and the twain often meet. LitWatch has some ideas about where and when.
Readings, workshops, poetry slams—Oregon’s writing scene continues, online. Amy Leona Havin tells you where.
ArtsWatch’s new language arts column arrives just in time for a busy November. Amy Leona Havin reports.
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