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Bikes Not Rockets: Intersectional Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction

Multnomah County Library - Central Library 801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Join Microcosm Publishing for readings and a lively presentation by contributors to the forthcoming Bikes Not Rockets: Intersectional Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories; Bikequity: Money, Class, & Bicycling; and True Trans Bike Rebel; as well as contributors to the previous four books in the Bikes in Space series. Located in the U.S. Bank Room of the Central Library.

Free

A People’s Guide to Publishing

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Publishing is an incredibly rewarding, yet endlessly complicated profession. A People's Guide to Publishing (Microcosm) is a readable, comprehensive, and empowering book which serves as a resource and reality check for anyone considering launching a press or publishing a single book. Author Joe Biel draws on 23 years of experience in all parts of operating a small publishing company to teach you the skills of the trade, from distribution, operations, inventory, scheduling, and accounting to development, sales, publicity, and marketing. Readers will come away with the confidence to succeed and a big picture overview of why publishing matters and how to plan and run their business fairly and sustainably.

Free

LitCrawl 2019: Build Your Own Industrial-Strength Crap Detector

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

HEY PORTLAND! Come out for my hilarious factchecking lecture during #LitCrawl2019! Are you ready for the 2020 Presidential campaign season? Do you know fact from fiction, fake news from real information? In this fun slideshow adapted from my new book, Street Journalist: Understand and Report the News in Your Community, I'm offering easy tools of critical analysis to help you navigate whatever the hell's gonna happen next.

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Portland Indie Book Fair

Honey Latte Cafe 1033 SE Main St, Portland, OR, United States

Best-selling authors. Portland publishers. The Portland Independent Book Fair features local indie presses selling their wide selection of books directly to the public. All sales go directly to the publishers. Get holiday shopping done and support independent authors and publishers at the same time! Know your local y’all. Participating Presses Include: Microcosm Publishing, University of Hell Press, Airlie Press, Octopus Books, Fonograf Editions, Buckman Publishing, First Matter Press, and more!

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