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!

FIRE DANCE: a virtual poetry reading

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Fire Dance is a virtual poetry event and fundraiser which will be held on April 7th at 7:30 PM. The suggested donation is $3-10, and all proceeds will go to the Portland Area Artists Emergency Relief Fund. Five Portland Area poets will read new work over ZOOM—let's keep the poetry community alive during this period of social distancing.

$3 – $10

Books Around the Corner: Book Talk Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Book Talk Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on Wednesday every month. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our customers (RSVP is not required). Bring whatever book your are reading or have recently finished and book talk it to the group. This is a great way to find books outside of your genre that you may not have otherwise been introduced to! Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion with other readers. REMOTE INSTRUCTIONS Join online by clicking the link below! https://zoom.us/j/428989618…

Free

CANCELED – Visiting Writers Series: sidony o’neal

Reed College - Eliot Hall Chapel 3203 SE Woodstock, Portland, OR, United States

sidony o’neal (b. 1988) is an artist and writer from Sacramento, CA. Previous exhibitions and performances include Fourteen30 Contemporary, Linfield Gallery, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Performance Space New York, and If I Can’t Dance. o’neal’s writings have been published at Arts.Black, Scrolldiving, The Capilano Review, Passages North, BATHHOUSE, SPOOK magazine, and the journal of Women & Performance. sidony is the translator of Prognosis: Descarga Poetica Decolonial (Quilomboarte 2013). Residencies include Literary In(ter)ventions Banff Center, Creative Exchange Lab, Arteles Center, and S1 Synth Library. sidony is an instructor in the Department of Music and Sonic Arts at Portland Community College.

Free

Submission Deadline: HOCUS Reading: The Tarot–Submissions Now Open

Rose City Coffee Co. - Brooklyn Park 3370 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR, United States

HOCUS is a quarterly reading event in the guise of a secret society. Our reading events are simultaneously silly and serious. "Hilarious," "profound," "close to the bone," and "goofy" are all words which were bandied about by attendees of our last event. Submissions are now open for our May 20th event. The theme is The Tarot. Works of prose or poetry which deal with this theme, either directly or obliquely, are welcome. We are looking for work which falls within the "literary" genre. No fantasy, sci-fi, horror, or romance please.

Free

Books Around the Corner: Nonfiction Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Nonfiction Book Club will be led by a community member and meets monthly on the second Friday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our nonfiction, biography, and memoir loving customers. Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on April 10th (rescheduled from March) for our Nonfiction Book Club. We will discuss How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery. About the book: National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and…

Free

Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table with Willamette Writers

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for coffee at your kitchen table with Willamette Writers Online! Warm up the coffeepot and get your cup — we’re ready for a coffee date with you online. Join us on Zoom for coffee and conversation. No reason — just connection. We will see you there! Details for joining online You can join us on your phone or on your computer. You do not need to have video, but it is helpful if you do. Log in a little early – sometimes it takes a second to load the online meeting on Zoom. You can click the link below on your computer or your smartphone to join. It will open an application: https://zoom.us/j/661140168 You can also phone call in to this number, and…

Free

Online Book Club with Willamette Writers for Howards End

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Willamette Writers for a special online book club discussing and celebrating the novel Howards End by E.M. Forster and the theater production based on the novel. The playwright, Caroline Hewitt, will be joining the discussion online to talk about her adaptation of the work. The book club meets online, and is free and open to anyone. You don't have to have finished the book, but be prepared for spoilers if you haven't. The information for logging in will be posted the day before on the Facebook event page, so stay tuned! About Willamette Writers Willamette Writers is the largest writers organization in the Pacific Northwest. Writers of all genres and at all stages of their careers come to our meetings, annual conference, and workshops to connect with their community, develop their craft, and advance their career.…

Free