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!

Calendar of Events

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3 events,

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The Break with Kaveh Akbar

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Tom Perrotta

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Sam J. Miller in Conversation With Fonda Lee

4 events,

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Forest Bathing and Writing: Mt. Tabor Park

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Drink and Write Tuesdays

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Lidia Yuknavitch in Conversation With Vanessa Veselka

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In-Store Reading: Trudy Ludwig: Brave Every Day

2 events,

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Delve Readers Seminar: Reading Station Eleven In Pandemic Times

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Michelle Ruiz Keil in Conversation With Emilly Prado

1 event,

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BIPOC Reading Series- June

1 event,

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PNCA Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Presents: An Evening with K-Ming Chang & LaTanya McQueen

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2 events,

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Delve Readers Seminar: Feminist Horror and Millennial Anxiety in South Korean Literature

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Cecily Wong in Conversation With Kimberly King Parsons

2 events,

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Starting the Story

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Jess Walter

2 events,

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Alyson Noël in Conversation With Tracy Wolff

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Daniel Nieh

1 event,

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Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

1 event,

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Ledger Editions Reading Series

4 events,

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Spring Forward, Fall Back: Time in Prose Writing

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The Dandelions Are Prophesizing: A Writing Workshop Through Plant & Mycelial Encounters with Janice Lee —begins July 10th

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Propeller Books Presents

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2022 Tin House Summer Workshop Reading Series: Megan Giddings, Anis Mojgani, Lidia Yuknavitch

2 events,

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Louis Bayard in Conversation With Julia Claiborne Johnson

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2022 Tin House Summer Workshop Reading Series: Casey Plett, T Kira Madden, Nafissa Thompson-Spires

3 events,

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Forest Bathing and Writing: Hoyt Arboretum

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CANCELLED Mat Johnson in Conversation With Cari Luna

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In-Store Reading: P. C. Cast: Into the Mist

3 events,

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Paul Tremblay in Conversation With Stewart O’Nan

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Incite: Queer Writers Read – July

3 events,

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Elisa Albert in Conversation With Kimberly King Parsons

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Portfolio Program Info Session

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2022 Tin House Summer Workshop Reading Series: Patrick Cottrell, Sarah Gerard, Ruben Quesada, Lesley Nneka Arimah

3 events,

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Ursula K. Le Guin and Her Legacy: Panel Discussion

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Reading: Mia V. Moss & the Arcaneers

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2022 Tin House Summer Workshop Reading Series: Omar El Akkad, R.O. Kwon, Faylita Hicks

3 events,

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Summer | Write from Life w David Biespiel | July 16 + 17 | In-Person + Online FULL for in-person; ONLINE available

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The Great Word Regatta with Shawn Aveningo-Sanders, Michael Schein, Annie Lighthart, and Matthew Brouwer

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2022 Tin House Summer Workshop Reading Series: Saeed Jones, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Paisley Rekdal

1 event,

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Literary Speculative Fiction :: A Webinar with Lidia Yuknavitch — July 17

1 event,

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Meng Jin & K-Ming Chang in Conversation With Rachel Khong

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2 events,

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Vince A. Liaguno & Rena Mason in Conversation With Tananarive Due, Jennifer McMahon, Alma Katsu & Nathan Carson

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Conner Habib

2 events,

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Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

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Summer Generative w/ Lidia Yuknavitch and the Corporeal Squad: July 22nd-24th

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1 event,

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SUMMER: A (Virtual) Generative Creative Lab Through a Sensual/Sensory Lens — begins July 24th

4 events,

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APPS DUE: Only 2 Spots Open: Atheneum Master Writing Program for 2022-2023

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FREE: Consult about Your Writing

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The Break with Kaveh Akbar

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In-Store Reading: Sher Davidson: Dark Secrets

1 event,

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Drink and Write Tuesdays

3 events,

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Nightswimming :: A 4-week generative lab w/ Lidia Yuknavitch and the Corporeal Squad — begins July 27th

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Jon Raymond in Conversation With Leni Zumas

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Nan Fischer in Conversation with Chelsea Cain

3 events,

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Weekly Check-In: Getting the Work Done

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Tillie Walden in Conversation With Terry Blas

2 events,

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Reading: Gobshite

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Reading by Andrew Joron & John Beer

1 event,

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The Unique Art of Autofiction

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