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Willamette Writers Conference

Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way, Portland

For a half a century, the Willamette Writers Conference has been a beacon of opportunity for the writing community. Find your tribe in our exciting array of faculty, instructors and inspirational speakers while discovering new peers and friends. Develop your craft in our workshops, Master Classes, and Sunday Intensives. This August, take your career to the next level. Join us at the 50th annual Willamette Writers Conference! Find your community, develop your craft, and expand your career with three full days of writing, as well as Master Classes and intensive workshops this August. Writing a book? Find your agent or work on your craft in our workshops and critique sessions. Working on a screenplay? Pitch your film to top industry managers and producers. Poetry? Songwriting?…

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$274 – $594

Terese Marie Mailhot – Writing Trauma, Making Art: August 3

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

When: August 3rd, 2019:: 10:00 - 4:00 Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210 Cost: $300 Creating art from lived experience is difficult. There are pitfalls, but there's a windfall to be had, where a person can look back and within to see the right narrative, and the right art worth making, or worth sacrificing for. I'd like to help people avoid the pitfalls, and encourage writers to find the narrative structure within their own lives. Finding the story is half the work. Someone told me it's like trying to make the music we hear in our heads, and I like that. I'd like to help people find the right song, and learn practical tips on how to execute a story. We'll discuss shame,…

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$300

Dead End Kids & Manor Black Signing Tyler Crook & Frank Gogol

Cosmic Monkey Comics 5335 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland

Cosmic Monkey is excited to have Writer Frank Gogol (Dead End Kids) & Tyler Crook (Manor Black, Harrow County) signing copies of their new books Saturday August 3rd Noon-3pm. Manor Black - From the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and become representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young mage whom he gifts his powers to with the hope that someone good will take his place against the evil forces out to bring down his family and legacy. Dead End Kids…

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Free

Horror Comics with Emily Lewis

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland

Come venture into the depths of darkness where things creep, crawl, ooze, and uncover your worst fears. Learn how to write and draw horror at our new Horror Comic workshop with Emily Lewis! We will go over examples of different types of horror, common tropes, character design, and how to write and draw a compelling horror story. Sign up here! https://missanthology.wordpress.com/august-3rd-with-emily-lewis/ *Please note this workshop will discuss books ranging from all ages to teen plus. Parental discretion is advised. Emily Lewis is a cartoonist and graphic designer from Houston, TX. She graduated from Texas State University with her BFA and Portland State University with her MFA. She has received a number of grants and residencies for her work, including the Arts Equity Grant from the…

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Free

Gallery Closing Party

Roll-Up Studio + Gallery 1715 SE Spokane St, Portland

Roll-Up Gallery is closing and we're moving! Closing Party Saturday, August 3 3-8 pm We're celebrating 5 years, packed with: • Transforming a warehouse into a gallery & a junkyard into a garden • 22 exhibits featuring 87 artists • 8 poetry readings with 25 writers • 5 live music performances • An eclectic array of happenings and community gatherings On Saturday, August 3rd, we invite you to come one last time to celebrate and raise a glass to 5 vibrant years of creative community at Roll-Up. We'll have food & libations and art available for purchase, along with some other odds & ends. Come find out what's next. If you're interested in renting the warehouse, let us know and we'll put you in contact…

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Free

PNCA Low-Res MFA in CW Talks: da Carter: Aesthetic Refusals, Writing With and Against Loss

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland

da Carter Aesthetic Refusals, Writing with and against loss, 3:30pm In Room 601 The Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing with its first residential intensive. In the low-residency model, students will attend two 14-day campus residencies then, beyond residencies, work one-on-one with mentors. Most of the programming during this residency is free and open to the public. From July 28 through August 3, PNCA offers talks, discussions, and readings by acclaimed writers as part of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program. Every event is free and open to the public. This innovative creative writing program is distinguished by its being situated within a school…

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How to Break Into Comics W/ Frank Gogol

Things From Another World 2916 NE Broadway, Portland

Join us on Saturday, August 3rd 2019, as comic book writer Frank Gogol (Grief, Dead End Kids) shows you how to break into the comic book industry! This event is free to attend and open to all ages! In addition to sharing his story about breaking into the comic book industry, Frank will share his successes, his struggles, and offer a wealth of invaluable tips for new writers and artists looking to make it in this field! Frank will also be bringing his new comic, Dead End Kids, to this workshop, along with copies of the critically-acclaimed Grief! Both copies will be for sale directly from the writer. Check out the synopsis of Dead End Kids below: "It's 1999. Ben, Murphy, Tank, and Amanda are…

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Free

Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by Nova PDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday, August 3rd, we'll have a feature from Desmond Spann and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Desmond Spann To be light, pass the spark, and watch us glow is Desmond Spann's vision. His creative expressions of emceeing, music, teaching, and writing seek true liberation-freedom from fear. He is the founder of the emcee community RhymesMaster Crew (RhymeMasters.com). His performances and poetry were featured OPB's Oregon Art Beat. His first book Des Writes Bars and Poems Too (available on Amazon) is a collection of verses and spoken word poems, expanding the definition of Hip Hop poetry. Desmond gains wisdom, support, and love from his partner Kacy,…

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Free

A reading with NYT Bestselling author, Terese Mailhot

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

Join us in downtown Portland for a reading by beloved NYT Bestselling author, Terese Mailhot. This reading is free and open to the public. TERESE MARIE MAILHOT is from Seabird Island Band. Her work has been featured in Granta, Guernica, Mother Jones, and elsewhere. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Heart Berries: A Memoir. She is a winner of the 2019 Whiting Award, a SWAIA Fellowship, and the inaugural Spalding Prize for the Promotion of Peace and Justice in Literature. She teaches writing at Purdue University.

Free

Sparks Release Party!

Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way, Portland

Join me in celebrating the release of Sparks, my rural magical romance novel, at the Rose and Compass Bar at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel from 8 - 9 on Saturday, August 3rd. I'll be there to sign books and tell stories about horses, monsters, and whatnot. This will be an event taking place at the same time as the #Wilwrite19 event, but you do not have to attend the conference to come lift a glass in celebration of my new novel! Btw, if you can't make it or live closer to Monmouth, Oregon, don't fret. I'm planning other events at bookstores and closer to home soon! Pre-order or order here! https://amzn.to/2xJSH6Z

Free
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