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!

Bookish Happy Hour at Vertigo Brewing

Vertigo Brewing 21420 NW Nicholas Ct, Hillsboro

Have a drink and chat about books with fellow book lovers at Vertigo Brewing every fourth Tuesday this summer! Share what you've been reading, get ideas for what to read next, and talk about the latest bookish news. This event is 21+.

Free

Happy Hour Writers’ Workshops

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

Drop in between 5-7 pm on Tuesdays, toss $10 into the hat, and spend your happy hour writing. We provide the writing prompts, tips, coaching, and community. Your bring your computer and notebook, buy your drinks at the bar, and get to work! Hosted by Jeanne Faulkner https://www.jeannefaulkner.com/

$10

Nonbinary / Trans / Gender Nonconforming Writing Group

Bipartisan Cafe 7901 SE Stark St, Portland

Join us for the first of what we hope will be a regular writing group meetup. The idea is to bring folks together, find out what they want out of the group, and make it something that everyone participating helps to create. We are creating a dedicated space to write, share, and connect with other trans and queer writers. Whether you want to start from a group prompt, journal, work on that novel/poem/interactive fiction you’ve been dreaming up, or anything else, this space is for you! Laptops or long hand, we want everyone to use what works for them. What the group ultimately ends up being very much depends on what folks want out of it, so come to our first meeting and share your…

Free