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Pulver Maar Official All-Day Release Reading

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

To celebrate the official release of PULVER MAAR, fifth book of poems on Black Ocean, I will read each of the book’s seven sections at seven different venues throughout the day on Saturday, March 23. I will be joined by Mathias Svalina, Derek Wilson, Brandi Katherine Herrera, and Kyle Morton. Here’s a breakdown of events: 9am / Inside We Make the Children Sandwiches / Invitation Only 11am / Oars / IPRC Donations of $35+ Receive a copy of Pulver Maar and a Pulver Maar t-shirt, a two-color screen-print by Scott McHale of Madcap Designs. $10 (of your $35) will be donated to IPRC. 1pm / Aviary Area / Belmont Books Reading with Mathias Svalina. Max capacity 20 people. Hoping for 30+ people. Buy a copy…

Free

Buckman Publishing Presents

Tiny's Coffee - South East 1412 SE 12th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Portland-based press Buckman Publishing presents readings from in-house authors Rich Perin, Craig Foster, Sara Kachelman, Liz Lampman, and Eli Hopkins for Anita Lobo. Visiting authors Hilary Zaid, Maw Shein Win, and Jessica Dylan Miele round out the lineup. Buckman books will be available for sale at Tiny’s Coffee Friday and Saturday as part of a Pop-Up Bookshop sponsored by Buckman Publishing, Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, and Belmont Books. Contact: Sara Kachelman and Rich Perin

Free

Small But Grand Reading

Belmont Books 3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Six zine, chapbook, and small press authors read in Portland's smallest (and newest!) bookstore. Readings from Tomas Moniz, Martha Grover, Jeff Miller, Karleigh Frisbie, Ariel Birks, and Joshua James Amberson. Free snacks and beverages, books and zines for sale, good times. Contact: Joshua James Amberson

Free

Space Cocaine Reading

Belmont Books 3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Four authors. One anthology. One space. Join Jessie Kwak, Grá Linnaea, Andrew McCollough, and Mark Teppo as they read from SPACE COCAINE, a new anthology of totally unrelated stories that are wrapped in a cover that has a wizard and a dragon on it. It'll be an evening of interstitial slipstreaming across the liminal fringes. You won't want to miss it because we're producing an edition of SPACE COCAINE that will only be available this evening.

Free

The Book Burger Reading

Belmont Books 3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

On August 10th, a group of local authors across multiple genres invite you to spend the evening with them. It's an invite unlike many you'll come across, wherein we want you to meet us for a bite to eat at Nick's Famous Coney Island to celebrate the last day of Burger Week before a reading at Belmont Books. After each author reads for about ten minutes, we'll head over to Rendez Vous down the block for a cocktail or tea. What we want is a community of readers who get to know the authors, find new ones, and branch outside their favorite genre–if not just to tell a friend. Belmont Books is a lovely, if not smaller bookstore. That means you we may be at…

Free

Book Happy Hour Sale

Belmont Books 3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

After a day of marching in solidarity in support of Global Climate Strike, we will open at 4pm today with Book Happy Hour. Stop by, warm up, browse books and sip our French 75 Punch. $2 off books on film, plays, and screenplays. $1 off all other books.

Free

Buckmxn/Belmont Books Book Sale

Belmont Books 3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

For one night only, Buckmxn is throwing a holiday sale at Belmont Books. We’ve made last minute, affordable gift shopping easy for you! Buckman Journal 001 & 002 only $10.00. Buckmxn Box Set discounted to $40.00. Individual Buckmxn titles $2.00 off! Door prizes! Warm drinks! Show up and recite a poem, get a free Buckman tote. Show up and read a poem of yours, get a free tote and a free poster. Show up with the password “cattywampus” and get a free poster. Show up and support your local. Show up and have FUN.

Free