LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Oregon Literary Fellowships Information Session

Online N/A, Portland

Questions about applying to this year’s Oregon Literary Fellowships? Join us at this information session! Drop-in anytime between 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Register in advance for this meeting here. Please contact Susan Moore (susan@literary-arts.org) or Jessica Meza-Torres (jessica@literary-arts.org) if you have any questions.  

Free

Weekly Check-In: Getting the Work Done

Online N/A, Portland

This 8-week class is focused on holding yourself and your classmates accountable to your writing goals.  Each week, plan to share your work-in-progress with the group, set or revise goals for your weekly writing practice, and share successes and challenges with fellow writers. You’ll also learn strategies for keeping focused and staying on track. Occasional outside readings for discussion. This is not a workshop or feedback-based class. Worked shared will be about listening to each other’s voices and having a consistent deadline to meet on a weekly basis. All genres welcome. Access Program We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program…

$395

Tillie Walden in Conversation With Terry Blas

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

From the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead… Clementine lives! In Tillie Walden’s Clementine Book One (Image), Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement. As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival… might be each other. Walden will be joined in conversation by writer-illustrator Terry Blas, author of Dead…

Free

Spoken Word Poetic Sound Healing with Christine Marie

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

Rose City Book Pub is thrilled to host Christine Marie’s Poetic Sound Healing Experience. Poetic Author & Healer Christine Marie brings a captivating spoken word performance that takes you on a journey of personal love & loss, self-healing, empowerment and spiritual truth. Along with reciting excerpts from her self-published book, Breaking Free, she leads you through a meditative sound healing experience that will empower you to connect to your own story & inspire you to embark on your own self-healing journey. Christine Marie’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/christinemarieheals Christine Marie’s Website: www.christinemarieheals.com

Free