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Finding Your Tribe at AWP

Willamette Writers 5331 SW Macadam Ave., Suite 258, PMB 215, Portland, OR, United States

Over 12,000 writers descend on Portland for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. How can you find your tribe in this endless sea of people? Join Willamette Writers Executive Director Kate Ristau, Community Outreach Coordinator Debby Dodds, and Wordcrafters Executive Director Daryll Lynne Evans as we discuss strategies for networking, chatting, and making the most of your time at AWP. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to join us.

Free

Networking at AWP

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Over 12,000 writers descend on Portland for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. How can you find friends in this endless sea of people? Join Willamette Writers Executive Director Kate Ristau, Community Outreach Coordinator Debby Dodds, and Wordcrafters Executive Director Daryll Lynne Evans as we discuss strategies for networking, chatting, and making the most of your time at AWP. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to join us.

Free

NW Micropress Fair After Party

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Twenty six of the Northwest's many of the smallest, newest, and best literary presses, magazines, and producers have been selling books all day and are ready to cut loose and relax! We're flipping the room from the Northwest Micropress Fair (doors closed from 6:00 to 7:30) and re-opening with a cash bar and so many fantastic readers from across the Northwest. Three sets + w/ film and music after — 8:00 PM Rena Priest Tara K Shepersky Cosper Onstott Alexandra Matthaw Rosenboom Aileen Keown Vaux Paul E Nelson Simone Person Nadine Maestas Debby Dodds Deborah Woodard Alex Gallo-Brown 9:00 Samuel Snoek-Brown Melinda Mueller Mary Margaret Alvarado Benjamin Gorman John Burgess Felicity Fenton Kate Ristau Natasha Moni T.J Fuller Alex Vigue Christina Butcher 10:00 Paul Sheprow…

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Free

Kate Ristau presents Clockbreakers Two: Morrigan’s Revenge

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Portland author Kate Ristau presents Morrigan's Revenge, the sequel to her Middle Grade debut, Clockbreakers. Charlie's dad is gone, and she's on a magic adventure to get him back! But first – fifth grade. She rolls her wheelchair into her classroom and then straight into an Ancient Irish battle. But this is not the time travel she expected. Betrayed by her friends, Charlie faces the wrath of the goddess, Morrigan, and the warriors think she is one of the fairies. Can Cuchulain -- the hero of Irish folklore -- help? Or will she be trapped back in an ancient myth forever?

Free

Write to Publish 2019: A Writer’s Guide to Publishing

PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Ooligan Press is hosting the annual Write to Publish conference this spring! This year’s theme is A Writer’s Guide to Publishing. Write to Publish is a one-day event that brings aspiring writers together with local publishers and industry professionals in order to demystify the publishing process. This fundraising event makes it possible for Ooligan Press to continue teaching the craft of publishing to new generations of students and issuing further works of significance in the rich literary tradition of the Pacific Northwest. Throughout the day there will be panels and seminars, vendors, an educational opportunity to pitch to a professional, and a chance to win raffle items! Presenting Sponsor: Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher founded in 1992 by some of the…

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$30 – $80

Compose Creative Writing Conference 2019

Clackamas Community College 19600 Molalla Ave, Oregon City, OR, United States

Clackamas Community College’s annual creative writing conference – Compose – features a full day of workshops from local authors and publishers. This year, we are offering workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, and more!! Schedule for the Day: 8:45am-9:15am / Registration 9:30am-10:30am / Welcome Address 10:45am-12:15pm / Workshops 12:30pm-1:30pm / Lunch 1:45pm-3:15pm / Workshops 3:30pm-5:00pm / Workshops Our Creatives confirmed so far (with more to be added soon): Kate Gray Kate Ristau Tabitha Blankenbiller Stephanie Lenox Dennis Stovall Brett Warnock Trista Cornelius & Robin Vada Melissa Duclos Apricot Irving Courtenay Hameister Jessica Wadleigh Wendy Willis

$25

Incite: Queer Writers Read

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

You're invited to an all-queer-Kate reading: Kate Carroll De Gutes, Kate Ristau, Kate Gray, and Kate Gray. (No, you're not seeing double.) The theme is "naming." Go figure. After Portland Book Festival on Nov. 9, come back to the local scene, in all its spice, fluidity, and fire.

Free

Live Stream Reading: Kate Ristau: Shadow Queene

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

This reading will be streamed live. Event link to come! Annie Bloom's welcomes back local author Kate Ristau to read from Shadow Queene, the long-awaited sequel to the enchanting dark fairy young adult novel, Shadow Girl. Just when her dreams are about to come true, Hennessey’s world is torn apart. She is dragged into the Shadowlands, while Áine is forced into the light. But in a world of magic and darkness, where the fae whither and monsters reign, Hennessey finds a power all her own. She embraces the shadows and enters the endless night.

Free

Compose Creative Writing Conference

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Explore the practices and professions of creative writing and publishing at Clackamas Community College’s annual Compose Creative Writing Conference, hosted by CCC's English Department. Compose 2020 — online and FREE this year "See what can be found for remedy and comfort by writing stories down" - Kim Stafford, Compose 2020 keynote speaker Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m. Cost: Free! Location: Online. Details on accessing the conference via Zoom will be provided to registered attendees. This event has reached capacity and registration is now closed. Calling all writers and lovers of the written word. The annual Compose Creative Writing Conference is going online! The May 16 conference is offered for free and entirely online this year. Join Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford as he delivers his keynote address, "Who…

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Free

Livestream Event: Belonging – Middle Grade Author Panel

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Annie Bloom's Books for a livestream event with middle grade authors Waka Brown (While I was Away), Kathleen Lane (Pity Party), Susan Hill Long (The Care and Keeping of Freddy), Rosanne Parry (A Whale of the Wild) and Kate Ristau (Clockbreakers series). The authors will discuss the theme of belonging: how kids search for and maintain connections, and how the books they read explore and support those connections too. This event is free and open to all ages. Please register in advance for this Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIud-CqqzgpG9UUTbHOhaYNOUq-9c1Smc0q If you would like signed or personalized copies of the authors' books, please leave a note in the comments section of your order! Waka T. Brown's While I Was Away is an empowering middle grade memoir from debut author…

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