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Pageturners Author Visit: Katie Grindeland

Multnomah County Library - Capitol Hill Meeting Room 10723 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR, United States

Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get to know your neighbors. Meet the author! Read The Gifts We Keep by Katie Grindeland. Dangerous secrets, past tragedies, and a violent obsession are forced to the surface when Emerson and her estranged family agree to care for 10-year-old Addie. If these five can face their true selves, each other and their past, they just might find a way forward to a life filled with love and happiness. Pageturners is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Free

From Chaos to Creativity Tour

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's time for a book tour! I have four dates in Portland/Seattle area. Spread the word and invite a friend who's been having trouble kickstarting that creative project they've been talking about for years. :) Come with your head full of chaos, leave with a plan. You've got this. Sept 10 at Two Rivers Bookstore is St. Johns Come hang!

Free

Pageturners Author Visit: Rudy Owens

Multnomah County Library - Belmont Meeting Room 1038 SE César E. Chávez Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get to know your neighbors. Meet the author! Read You Don't Know How Lucky You Are: An Adoptee's Journey Through the American Adoption Experience by Rudy Owens. Nearly 50 years after he was relinquished for adoption, Rudy Owens learned how fortunate life can be. In 2014 in San Diego, Owens met his biological half-sister for the first time. That meeting inspired Owens to tell his adoption story set against the larger adoption narrative that has impacted millions of adoptees, their birth parents, and their collective biological and adoptive families. Pageturners is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Free

Rose City Comic Con

Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Portland’s premier pop-culture event, Rose City Comic Con is produced locally with a focus on creating a fun and friendly event for everyone! While our primary focus is that of comics, comic creators, and the creative process, Rose City Comic Con also provides its attendees with access to gaming, sci-fi, cosplay, anime, fantasy, and everything in between. Our goal is to provide you with a rewarding, fun, and family-friendly event experience. Plans for the 2019 Rose City Comic Con are under way — stay tuned for more details!

$35 – $700

Live Podcast Recording with the Dark Exact

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

Join Erik Arneson from Arnemancy for a live podcast recording with Coleman Stevenson of The Dark Exact! Coleman is a writer, artist, and educator living in Portland, Oregon. She's the author of Breakfast, The Accidental Rarefication of Pattern #5609, and The Dark Exact Tarot Guide. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications such as Paper Darts, Seattle Review, Mid-American Review, tarot.com, and the anthology Motionless from the Iron Bridge. She's also the creator of The Dark Exact Tarot, The Vitriolic Tarot, The Personal Oracle, and some new awesome oracle decks that you're certain to hear about. We will be recording a podcast episode live at the Rose City Book Pub and you're invited to watch! This place is perfect for us -- it…

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Free

Longreads: How Saudi Arabia Makes Dissidents Disappear

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

READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/how-saudi-arabia-makes-dissidents-disappear The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi was no aberration. A Vanity Fair investigation reveals how Saudi Arabia attempts to abduct, repatriate—and sometimes murder—citizens it regards as enemies of the state. 5,218 words. Est. reading time: 25 min. If you prefer to listen to the article, you can create a Text-To-Speech mp3 here: http://www.fromtexttospeech.com. The TTS is a robotic voice, but many people get used to it fairly quickly. The Longreads Club gets together every other week to discuss a long-form article focused on global topics. Rather than skim the headlines, we are trying to dive deep and learn from each other to gain a better understanding of world events. Just read the article, show up, and join the discussion!

Free

Simon(e) van Saarloos: Playing Monogamy

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

On Sept 18th, join us for a conversation between Leni Zumas and Simon(e) van Saarloos about Simon(e)’s new book, Playing Monogamy.

Free

Margaret Atwood In Conversation with Omar El Akkad

Keller Auditorium 222 SW Clay St, Portland, OR, United States

Literary Arts is proud to present an evening with Margaret Atwood, acclaimed novelist, poet, literary critic, and activist. Join us as we celebrate the publication of The Testaments, Atwood’s hugely anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, coming September 10, 2019. Atwood will be in conversation with award-winning journalist and Oregon author Omar El Akkad. The appearance of Atwood’s acclaimed dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985, and the current Emmy-award winning television series based on the novel, have created a cultural phenomenon. Interviewed live on stage by Omar El Akkad, the conversation will span the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal story, 34 years later. Join us for an unmissable and intimate evening…

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$15 – $85

Jenny Brown in Conversation with Leni Zumas

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

We are thrilled to welcome author, teacher, and activist Jenny Brown in conversation with Portland author Leni Zumas. A portion of the proceeds of this day’s sales will be donated to Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon. Brown will be here to talk with Zumas about her book Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work, published by PM Press. She has another new book as well from Verso books, Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now. Jenny Brown is a women's liberation organizer and former editor of Labor Notes. She was a leader in the grassroots campaign to get morning-after-pill contraception available over-the-counter in the United States. She is the co-author of Women's Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America. While editor at…

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Free

Choreography of Violence: Writing Horror and Social Satire

The First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Willamette Writers in Portland this October 1st for a lecture and discussion on the topic of writing horror and social satire with filmmaker and writer, John Skipp. The UCC Portland doors open at 6:30PM for cookies and conversation. The horror starts at 7PM. John is a Saturn Award-winning filmmaker (TALES OF HALLOWEEN), Stoker Award-winning anthologist (DEMONS, MONDO ZOMBIE), and New York Times bestselling author (THE LIGHT AT THE END, THE SCREAM) whose books have sold millions of copies in a dozen languages worldwide. His first anthology, BOOK OF THE DEAD, laid the foundation in 1989 for modern zombie literature. He's also editor-in-chief of Fungasm Press, championing genre-melting authors like Laura Lee Bahr, Autumn Christian, Danger Slater, Cody Goodfellow, and Jennifer Robin. From splatterpunk founding…

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Free – $5
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