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Rose City Virtual Book Fair

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us! The Rose City Virtual Book Fair is an experience, not a website. It will be a fun and dynamic event, offering an opportunity to visit and explore. Browse, chat, connect, buy, collect. We hope to see you there! Starting at 9:00 AM PST on June 12, you will find a portal to enter the book fair at cascadebooksellers.com. Once you click to enter the virtual book fair you’ll be able to visit our individual exhibitor’s experiences, or “virtual booths.” They will be offering a wide variety of the best in used, rare and collectible books, paper ephemera, prints, postcards, maps and more using a variety of social media, websites and electronic catalogs. You’ll find many of your favorite booksellers from the Rose City…

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Free – $10

Antique Book and Ephemera Sale

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Over 1,500 books, ephemera and postcards will be available for sale here at the Rose City Book Pub from 2pm to 8pm! This collection is from a book collector who we’ve loaned our space to for the day. Books will be placed on tables with set prices: $2, $5, $10, or some variation thereabouts. In addition, there will be a section for some special books and ephemera that will be priced individually. Please bring a mask. Cash, credit card, and Venmo accepted. To-go orders and regular book sales will still be available, so feel free to stop by.

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TFAW PDX Location Closing Sale

Things From Another World 2916 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Our NE Broadway store will be officially closing the evening of June 27! As a final thanks for your years of support, we’re having a big location closing sale during its final four days of operation! • ALL FOUR DAYS – All single issue comics $1* • June 19-20 – 30% off everything else • June 26 – 50% off everything else • June 27 – 70% off everything else Please remember that our improved safety rules and guidelines remain in place during the closing sale. If maximum occupancy is reached, you will be asked to queue up outside (practicing social distancing) until someone leaves the store. For the safety of our staff and our shoppers, we are also asking people coming for the sale…

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Free

Backstory Books & Yarn Summer 2020 Book Sale (Ends: July 22nd)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Buy 2 get 1 Free* Browse online or by appointment in the store. Shipping is available. Ends July 22nd. No credit for sale, no free new books. *Some restrictions apply. Our sale ends July 22nd There should be time to make appointments for browsing. Feel free to stay home and browse the website maskless. Obviously books about cats will sell first. That is just bookselling 101.

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DC comics Tuesday!

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland, OR, United States

The comics from the new DC distributor came in in plenty of time to actually try out a Tuesday release! Call it market research. I can't promise I'll always do it (Wednesday is the big day, there's a pandemic, I'm a 1-man shop so not able to work 7 days a week) but I thought I would do it this time since we have a busy week for DC comics. Please follow all precautions as usual and I'm happy to do curbside or free delivery to North Portland. Thanks! Let me know if questions. Offerings include: Batman 94 Batman The Adventures Continue 2 Batman's Grave DC Classics The Batman Adventures 2 DCeased Dead Planet 1 (of 6) Detective Comics 1023 Joker War Flash 757 Green…

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Free

Portland Zine Symposium: #virtualpzs

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Time isn’t real, the year 2020 is an exhausting tornado, and on July 11th and 12th, #virtualpzs will be happening on the internet. We are currently in planning stages, but below is a list of some of our programming. We have not yet set a schedule, but all programming will take place between 11am-6pm on July 11th and 12th. Radical Animal-Style Singalong Kids of all ages and kids at hearts are invited to join Sine in the animal kingdom for a radical singalong to lift our spirits, soothe our hearts, and share some laughter and fun! Come with your best animal costume, noises, snacks, and dance moves and get ready to roar! Interactive Story Time (Children ages 2-5 and their families) Join the Portland Childcare…

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Free

DC Tuesday!

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland, OR, United States

DC Comics came in on time again so I'm going to open up for a few hours & see if folks want a chance to grab them early! Thanks! Be aware of the noon start time rather than 11. New DC offerings will include AQUAMAN CATWOMAN DAPHNE BYRNE 6 (OF 6) DARK NIGHTS METAL 2 (OF 6) LOONEY TUNES NIGHTWING STRANGE ADVENTURES 3 (OF 12) SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 12 (OF 12)

Free

Willamette Writers Online Conference

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Pitch agents. Sit down with producers. Sharpen your manuscript with industry pros. You can do all this from the comfort of your own home, July 30 – August 2, 2020! Featuring keynote speakers Cheryl Strayed, Pete Souza, Mitchell S. Jackson, Zoraida Córdova, Rosanne Parry, and more! With over 80 virtual workshops, as well as night events, critiques, and gatherings, you're sure to find your community, develop your craft, and expand your career this year. Whether you're a poet, a screenwriter, a novelist, or a techie, you'll find your home at our annual conference. What's that? You're a memoirist? You're going to love our classes on voice and style, taught by New York Times Bestselling Authors. Newbie? Great! Come learn with us! Published 80 books? We're…

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$249 – $349

Outlet’s 5×5 DWP Print Show!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Outlet for our first annual 5x5 print show! This virtual riso print show will showcase work by local BIPOC artists and will be raising funds for 5 incredible organizations. Buy a beautiful riso print and support 5 great and important causes in the areas of BIPOC representation, equity, community support, youth activism, anti-incarceration, and police- and prison-abolition. This show will run virtually for all of Design Week (August 3-9) via Outlet’s website and until prints sell out. All prints are priced between $10-$50 (higher donations always accepted). All artists are being compensated for their submissions and 100% of the remaining funds will be donated to the following 5 local organizations working in the fields of BIPOC representation, equity, community support, youth activism, anti-incarceration, and…

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$10 – $50

DC Comics Tuesday

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland, OR, United States

The new DC comics arrived early (2 weeks in a row?!? I'll get spoiled!) so I'm gonna try this DC Tuesday release again, it's a bit of extra work but honestly I think it's good with the pandemic to spread things out a bit. Anyway, I'll open at noon and will have a bunch of good comics out! Aquaman 62 (& variant) Batman 97 Joker War Catwoman 24Dark Nights Death Metal Guidebook Mad Magazine 15 (Al Jaffee tribute) Metal Men 9 Nightwing 73 Joker War (& variant) Scooby Doo 105 Teen Titans 44 Wonder Woman Dead Earth 4 (of 4)

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