Portland Book Festival 2023 Program

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Your guide to navigating the largest book festival in the Pacific Northwest!

FEATURING 100+ AUTHORS, INCLUDING NAOMI ALDERMAN MAC BARNETT ROZ CHAST NICOLE CHUNG EOIN COLFER

MITCHELL S. JACKSON JON KLASSEN MICHAEL LEWIS AYANA MATHIS ANIS MOJGANI VIET THANH NGUYEN

TIM O’BRIEN JEWELL PARKER RHODES CURTIS SITTENFELD TRACY K. SMITH LUIS ALBERTO URREA AND MORE! (Lineup subject to change)

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Passes start at $15 advance, $25 day of event. Kids get in FREE! Find full author list on pages 6 – 10 • pull-out stage schedule on pages 12 – 13 • additional Portland Book Festival activities on pages 19 – 21 PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL GUIDE

ABOUT LITERARY ARTS Portland Book Festival (PBF) is a program of Literary Arts. Founded in 1984, Literary Arts is a communitybased nonprofit literary organization located in downtown Portland. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

PROGRAMS OF LITERARY ARTS ENGAGE READERS:

Portland Arts & Lectures brings the world’s most celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers to our community and connects readers and writers of all ages through classroom visits and workshops.

Portland Book Festival brings writers and readers of all ages together to celebrate a shared passion for books. Next year’s Portland Book Festival will take place on November 2, 2024.

Delve Readers Seminars cultivates community around the shared experience of reading. By gathering around books, we engage in dialogues with authors we love and artists who show us new perspectives.

The Archive Project Radio Show and Podcast features the most sought-after recordings from our Portland Arts & Lectures series, Portland Book Festival, and other community events. Each week, new lectures are available to stream for free. Listen on OPB Radio Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m., on our website at literary-arts.org/archive, or wherever you get your podcasts.

SUPPORT WRITERS:

Programs for Writers support, promote, and celebrate Oregon’s writers and publishers. In addition to the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships for emerging and established writers, the program also offers writing classes and literary events at our downtown center and produces the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour, which connects writers and readers throughout the state.

INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION:

Youth Programs inspire public high school students to write, publish, and perform their own creative writing. Writers in the Schools residencies bring working writers into classrooms. Students to the Schnitz gives young people access to great books and influential authors. The College Essay Exchange pairs mentors with college applicants. And the annual Verselandia! and East Side Slam poetry slams showcase high school spoken word artists.

DONATE TO LITERARY ARTS Help us engage and support thousands of readers and writers of all ages across Oregon. Visit the Literary Arts booth at the PBF book fair or visit literary-arts.org/donate and pledge your support today!

Find Literary Arts and 100+ local nonprofits in the Willamette Week Give!Guide at giveguide.org.

WHO WE ARE Literary Arts Staff Andrew Proctor, Executive Director Amanda Bullock Bethany Byrd-Hill Rui Dun Jennifer Gurney Olivia Jones Hall april joseph Joanna Laird Brandon Lenzi Hope Levy Alexis Lopez Jessica Meza-Torres Susan Moore Liz Olufson Leah O’Sullivan Jyoti Roy Alberto Sveum

Literary Arts Board of Directors Bob Speltz, Chair Joan Cirillo Ginnie Cooper Amy Donohue Lana Finley Sarah Gibbon Jonathan Hill Mary E. Hirsch Mitchell S. Jackson Susheela Jayapal Maurice King Anis Mojgani Corrine Oishi Dennis Steinman Geoffrey Tichenor Chabre Vickers Renée Watson Marcia Wood

Portland Book Festival Advisory Council Sarah Gibbon, Chair Emily Arrow Edward Ash-Milby Kathi Inman Berens Julie Bunker Joan Cirillo Liz Crain Jaleesa Johnston B. Frayn Masters Kimiko Matsuda Sara Ortiz Ramón Pagán Craig Popelars Sarah Rothenfluch Alicia Tate Sage Van Wing Kim Weyler Josh Wong Gail Zuro

PBF Staff: Kassie Alderson, Alexei Bien, Heather Brown, Denver Olmstead PBF Interns: Jordan Ducree, Jillian Jackson, Jai Milks, Laura Renckens PBF Maps created by: Erin Norris

For a full calendar of upcoming events, or to make a gift in support of our programs, visit our website at literary-arts.org.

Literary Arts: 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR 97205 Phone: 503-227-2583 Online: literary-arts.org Find us on social media @literaryarts.

LITERARY ARTS IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY:

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Dear Friends, Welcome to the 2023 Portland Book Festival. We are thrilled to be back downtown at the South Park Blocks with you to celebrate books and storytelling.

This year’s Portland Book Festival features a full week of programming with our Cover to Cover partner events (p. 20), and we’re expanding the Friday Night Book Market (p. 17) to an extra hour and an extra ballroom at Portland Art Museum. Plus, we have a brand-new venue partner and expanded kids programming thanks to The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts, home to the NW Children’s Theater.

Every year at Portland Book Festival, we strive to bring you world-famous writers along with some of the most exciting new and emerging voices. At this year’s festival you can learn about everything from the rise—and fall—of cryptocurrency, to the meaning of dreams, to the history of human evolution. Memoirists will share their stories of being raised in a strict Rastafarian family, growing up in an Atlantic City Chinese restaurant, and of living split between two cultures. We’ll ask important questions about the meaning of pie, the failures of American health care, and the urgency of climate activism. Novels will take us into dystopian futures and back into lost histories, explore secrets and inheritance and family and all three combined, and take us to Hawaii and Mexico City, on a road trip across America, and into life right here to Portland.

There’s something for everyone at Portland Book Festival, and we hope you’ll be open to discovery and possibility. With over 100 authors in more than 50 events, everyone can try something new.

Share your excitement with #PDXBookFest and tag us at @literaryarts, and we’ll see you at Portland Book Festival 2023!

Happy reading,

Andrew Proctor Executive Director Literary Arts

Amanda Bullock Senior Artistic Director Literary Arts

TABLE OF CONTENTS General Festival Information................Page 4 How to Get Your Pass.............................Page 5 Author Lineup................................................Page 6 Portland Book Festival Map................. Page 11 Schedule of Events.............................. Page 12 Kids Stage & Youth Activities.................. Page 14 Other Things to Do at the Festival......... Page 15 Book Fair and Exhibitors.......................... Page 16 Volunteers.................................................... Page 18 Cover to Cover Schedule......................... Page 20 Funding Portland Book Festival............. Page 24

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GENERAL FESTIVAL INFORMATION Portland Book Festival features more than 100 presenters in onstage author events, kids’ story times, pop-up readings, and writing workshops. This one-day celebration also includes a book fair featuring more than 80 national and local vendors, as well as local food trucks.

Writing workshops for youth and adults will run online and in person throughout the festival week.

In addition, Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover, a week of free neighborhood literary encounters, takes place from October 30 to November 5 in multiple locations throughout the Portland area. Find more information about other activities around the festival on pages 19–21 in this guide.

EVENT ENTRY INFO

BOOK SIGNING AND POLICIES

A festival pass admits you, space permitting, to all in-person PBF events, with the exception of the Michael Lewis and Viet Thanh Nguyen events, which require a ticket for entry. We encourage you to purchase and pick up your passes in advance. Advance passes and information available at pdxbookfest.org.

Authors will sign books immediately following their onstage event unless otherwise noted. Books must be purchased from a festival bookstore in order to be signed, with the exception of one pre-owned book per author. Why do we restrict pre-owned books? On-site book sales are absolutely critical to the success of the festival. By purchasing books at the festival, you support the independent bookstores that partner with us as well as the authors and publishers who travel from near and far to share their work at the festival. Thank you for your support and understanding of this policy.

Masking policies vary for all our events, and are subject to change. Please bring a mask with you and check individual event web pages for requirements.

Entry to and seating at Portland Book Festival events is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and standing in line does NOT guarantee entry to any specific event even with a festival pass. Plan to arrive early to your desired events.

Saving seats is not permitted. All rooms will be cleared between events. If your desired event is at capacity, you can check out a different discussion, find a pop-up reading, explore the Portland Art Museum, or take a break at the food carts.

Book dealers are NOT allowed to bring books into the book signing area. Dealers with rolling carts and/or wagons are not allowed on the festival grounds.

Portland Book Festival features satellite bookstores at every allday PBF stage, where attendees can purchase a book and get it signed on site. See page 11 for details on each satellite bookstore.

HOW TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL WHEN

WHERE

Saturday, November 4, 2023 • 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

The Box Office Tent in front of the Mark Building opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m. Venue doors and the exhibitor fair both open at 9:00 a.m. All events conclude by 6:00 p.m.

The Portland Art Museum, The Judy, and neighboring venues in the South Park Blocks. Find the map on page 11 or online via Google Maps.

ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY Literary Arts has a zero tolerance policy for harassment of any kind, including but not limited to: race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender presentation, sexual orientation, age, body size, disability, appearance, religion, citizenship, pregnancy, marital or familial status, and military or veteran status. Harassment includes but is not limited to: stalking, verbal or physical intimidation, offensive verbal comments, physical assault and/or battery, harassing or non-consensual photography or recording, bathroom policing, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome physical attention.

Literary Arts recognizes that reading and writing, by their nature, include exposure to controversial and challenging ideas. Therefore, harassment does not include respectful disagreement or critique in good faith.

Literary Arts reserves the right to revoke, without refund, tickets of any attendee or participant not in compliance with this policy and the right to remove any person not in compliance with this policy.

For more information, please visit literary-arts.org/anti-harassment-policy.

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HOW TO GET YOUR PASS Purchase passes* in advance at pdxbookfest.org. Wristbands required for entry.

Advance pass buyers can pick up their wristbands at Portland’5 Centers for the Arts’ Antoinette Hatfield Hall, 1111 SW Broadway, Wednesday–Friday, November 1–3, from 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Please note: ALL attendees must pick up a wristband before entering any Portland Book Festival venue. We recommend you pick up your wristband in advance. *Advertised rates do not include online processing and transaction fees for non-discounted purchases.

Visit pdxbookfest.org for more information.

Adult Advance Passes.........................$15 ($25 DAY-OF) Includes a $5 book fair voucher and admission into Portland Art Museum.

Premium Event Ticket Add-Ons............ $5–$30 add-on Add on tickets for the Friday Night Book Market or our special ticketed Concert Hall events with Michael Lewis and Viet Thanh Nguyen.

UMBRELLA PASS

Youth 17 and Younger ............................................. FREE Includes students with a valid high school ID. Reduced Price Tickets....................................... FREE–$5 $5 tickets for those who present SNAP/Oregon Trail Cards day-of. Veterans and active duty military can attend free by presenting valid military ID day-of.

SIMPLIFY YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE ALL-INCLUSIVE UMBRELLA PASS! For $100, the Umbrella Pass includes: General Admission Festival Pass (includes a $5 book fair voucher and entry into Portland Art Museum), Friday Night Book Market entry, premium reserved seats to the Michael Lewis and Viet Thanh Nguyen events (and copies of their books), as well as an exclusive tote bag.

EVENT TICKET ADD-ONS FRIDAY NIGHT BOOK MARKET

CONCERT HALL TICKETED EVENTS

$25 add-on

$5–$30 add-on

Beat the crowds and pack your bag with books the night before Portland Book Festival at the Portland Art Museum while enjoying music by PDX Jazz, refreshments, and activities to be announced.

A limited number of tickets include front-of-the-hall seating and a copy of the featured book.

MICHAEL LEWIS, Going Infinite: in conversation with Andrew Proctor

VIET THANH NGUYEN, A Man of Two Faces: in conversation with Tommy Orange 5

AUTHORS AND PRESENTERS AARON ADAMS Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare NONFICTION Lineup subject to change.

A full description of events and author biographies are available online at pdxbookfest.org.

COOKING

10:00 a.m. WIN with Liz Crain, Hetty Lui McKinnon, mod. Gregory Gourdet

STEPHANIE ADAMSSANTOS Dream of Xibalba POETRY

10:15 a.m. MILL with Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, mod. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

VENUE & STAGE KEY (FULL MAP ON PAGE 11) SCH

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway

JUDY Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts

1000 SW Broadway

BOX

Black Box at The Judy Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace Stage

STG

The Stage at The Judy NW Natural Stage

CIN

Cinema at The Judy Zidell Family Philanthropy Stage

HAT

ortland’5 Center for the Arts’ Hatfield Hall P 1111 SW Broadway

PICTURE BOOK 12:45 p.m. STG

Mod. with Jewell Parker Rhodes, Nisi Shawl

KATHLEEN ALCOTT Emergency FICTION

3:45 p.m. MILL with Vauhini Vara, mod. Kimberly King Parsons

NAOMI ALDERMAN The Future FICTION 3:15 p.m. NEW mod. Omar El Akkad

JOSHUA JAMES AMBERSON Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes NONFICTION

NEW

ewmark Theatre at Hatfield Hall N Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke Stage, 1st & 2nd floor

12:30 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

WIN

Winningstad Theatre at Hatfield Hall McMenamins Stage, 2nd & 3rd floor

JESSICA SWARTZ AMEZCUA

BRU PAM

runish Theatre at Hatfield Hall B Tin House Stage, 4th floor

Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave.

MILL

iller Gallery at the Portland Art Museum M Tim & Mary Boyle Stage

PARK Portland Parks Foundation Tent

Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage

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VERA AHIYYA KINDergarten: Where Kindness Matters Every Day

TOC

The Old Church 1422 SW 11th Ave. Wells Fargo Stage

UCC

First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave. Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage

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Bilingual storytime (Bilingual, Spanish) 10:40 a.m. CIN

EMILY ARROW Studio: A Place for Art to Start PICTURE BOOK

10:00 a.m. Picture book host 2:00 p.m. STG Mod. with Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen

DEAN BACKUS Darts and Flowers YA

1:45 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

JENNIFER BAKER Forgive Me Not YA 3:30 p.m. PARK with Kim Johnson, mod. Alicia Tate

BREENA BARD Wildfire MIDDLE GRADE 10:15 a.m. STG with Rosanne Parry, mod. Jonathan Hill

11:30 a.m. BOX with Charise Mericle Harper, Pedro Martín, Nikkolas Smith, Zachary Sterling, mod. Jonathan Hill

MAC BARNETT How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? PICTURE BOOK 2:00 p.m. STG with Jon Klassen, mod. Emily Arrow

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom MIDDLE GRADE COMICS

3:30 p.m. STG with Shawn Harris, mod. Sara Ortiz

JAZMINA BARRERA Cross-Stitch FICTION 1:00 p.m. MILL with Michelle Wildgen, mod. Fiona McCann

11:00 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit (Bilingual, Spanish)

ANDREA BEATY Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year PICTURE BOOK 11:50 a.m. CIN

2:30 p.m. BOX with Amy Seto Forrester, Joanna Ho, mod. Carrie Tillotson

ERICA BERRY Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear NONFICTION 1:15 p.m. TOC

with Sabrina Imbler, mod. Elena Passarello

PRAKRUTI BHATT

10:15 a.m. TOC Mod. with Santi Elijah Holley

MATILDA BICKERS Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex NONFICTION 1:30 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

CHELSEA BIEKER Heartbroke FICTION

3:15 p.m. UCC Mod. with E. J. Koh, Ayana Mathis

KENDARE BLAKE Champion of Fate YA 11:15 a.m. PARK with Kayvion Lewis, mod. Emily Suvada

CAT BOHANNON Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution NONFICTION 11:45 a.m. MILL mod. Sarah Rothenfluch

VICTORIA ADUKWEI BULLEY Quiet POETRY 1:45 p.m. BRU with Roger Reeves, mod. John Freeman

When We Become Ours YA ANTHOLOGY

1:00 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

BEN CLANTON Ploof PICTURE BOOK

10:50 a.m. CIN with Andy Chou Musser 1:00 p.m. BOX with Cátia Chien, Jim Di Bartolo, Andy Chou Musser, Salina Yoon, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

REBECCA CLARREN The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance NONFICTION 10:45 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

LIZ CRAIN Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare NONFICTION COOKING

10:00 a.m. WIN with Aaron Adams, Hetty Lui McKinnon, mod. Gregory Gourdet

OLIVER DE LA PAZ The Diaspora Sonnets POETRY

3:30 p.m. BRU with Paisley Rekdal, mod. Eric Tran

Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry NONFICTION

STACY D. FLOOD The Salt Fields FICTION

11:45 a.m. WIN Mod. with Debra Magpie Earling, Justin Torres

11:30 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

ARNÉE FLORES The Spirit Queen

BRENNAN DEFRISCO Honeysuckle & Nightshade

with Donna Barba Higuera, mod. Michelle Ruiz Keil

POETRY

2:00 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

PATRICK DEWITT The Librarianist FICTION 5:00 p.m. MILL with Lydia Kiesling, mod. Daniel Nieh

JIM DI BARTOLO Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space MIDDLE GRADE COMICS 1:00 p.m. BOX

MIDDLE GRADE 11:30 a.m. STG

STACEY MEI YAN FONG 50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States Through Pie NONFICTION COOKING 2:45 p.m. TOC

with Kate Lebo, mod. Crystal Ligori

AMY SETO FORRESTER Search for a Giant Squid PICTURE BOOK 11:20 a.m. CIN

with Andy Chou Musser

with Cátia Chien, Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, Salina Yoon, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

2:30 p.m. BOX with Andrea Beaty, Joanna Ho, mod. Carrie Tillotson

ROZ CHAST I Must Be Dreaming

EOIN COLFER Juniper’s Christmas

2:45 p.m. CIN with Laini Taylor, Jennifer Torres, mod. Emily Chenoweth

JOHN FREEMAN Freeman’s: Conclusions FICTION

mod. Dave Miller

mod. Heidi Schulz

JENNIFER DUGAN The Last Girls Standing YA

with Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Roger Reeves

NONFICTION COMICS 10:00 a.m. NEW

CÁTIA CHIEN On the Tip of a Wave PICTURE BOOK 1:00 p.m. BOX

with Ben Clanton, Jim Di Bartolo, Andy Chou Musser, Salina Yoon, mod. Aron Nels Steinke 12:20 p.m. CIN with Joanna Ho

JENN CHÁVEZ

12:30 p.m. PARK Mod. with Jennifer Dugan, Courtney Gould

EMILY CHENOWETH Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat

MIDDLE GRADE 5:00 p.m. UCC

BRITTNEY CORRIGAN Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry NONFICTION 11:30 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

ZAJI COX Plums for Months: Memories of a Wonder-Filled Neurodivergent Childhood NONFICTION 12:00 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

CARLA CRUJIDO The Strange Beautiful FICTION

MIDDLE GRADE 2:45 p.m. CIN

10:30 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

NICOLE CHUNG A Living Remedy NONFICTION

EDEN DAWN The Portland Book of Dates: Adventures, Escapes, and Secret Spots NONFICTION

Mod. with Jim Di Bartolo, Laini Taylor, Jennifer Torres

3:15 p.m. WIN with Navied Mahdavian, mod. Mat Johnson

11:45 a.m. NEW Mod. with Curtis Sittenfeld

12:30 p.m. PARK with Courtney Gould, mod. Jenn Chávez

DEBRA MAGPIE EARLING The Lost Journals of Sacajewea FICTION

11:45 a.m. WIN with Justin Torres, mod. Stacy D. Flood

OMAR EL AKKAD What Strange Paradise

NONFICTION POETRY 1:45 p.m. BRU

5:00 p.m. BRU with Omar El Akkad, Debra Gwartney, Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

GREGORY GOURDET Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health NONFICTION COOKING 10:00 a.m. WIN

Mod. with Aaron Adams, Liz Crain, Hetty Lui McKinnon

FICTION 3:15 p.m. NEW

COURTNEY GOULD Where Echoes Die YA

5:00 p.m. BRU with Debra Gwartney, Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, mod. John Freeman

ELISA GONZALEZ Grand Tour POETRY

Mod. with Naomi Alderman

12:30 p.m. PARK with Jennifer Dugan, mod. Jenn Chávez

12:00 p.m. BRU with Jae Nichelle, mod. Marisa Siegel

Lineup subject to change without notice.

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AUTHORS AND PRESENTERS (CONTINUED) ANDY GRIFFITHS The 156-Story Treehouse: Holiday Havoc!

CHAPTER BOOK 1:00 p.m. CIN

mod. Emily Arrow

DEBRA GWARTNEY I Am a Stranger Here Myself NONFICTION 5:00 p.m. BRU

with Omar El Akkad, John Freeman, Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

PAUL HARDING This Other Eden FICTION 1:30 p.m. UCC with Paisley Rekdal, mod. Anis Mojgani

CHARISE MERICLE HARPER I Cannot Draw a Bicycle PICTURE BOOK 10:00 a.m. CIN

11:30 a.m. BOX with Breena Bard, Pedro Martín, Nikkolas Smith, Zachary Sterling, mod. Jonathan Hill

SHAWN HARRIS The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom MIDDLE GRADE COMICS

3:30 p.m. STG with Mac Barnett, mod. Sara Ortiz

DONNA BARBA HIGUERA Alebrijes MIDDLE GRADE 11:30 a.m. STG with Arnée Flores, mod. Michelle Ruiz Keil

JONATHAN HILL Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy MIDDLE GRADE 10:15 a.m. STG Mod. with Breena Bard, Rosanne Parry

11:30 a.m. BOX Mod. with Breena Bard, Charise Mericle Harper, Pedro Martín, Nikkolas Smith, Zachary Sterling

JANE HIRSHFIELD The Asking: New and Selected Poems POETRY

JOANNA HO Say My Name PICTURE BOOK 12:20 p.m. CIN with Cátia Chien 2:30 p.m. BOX with Andrea Beaty, Amy Seto Forrester, mod. Carrie Tillotson

SANTI ELIJAH HOLLEY An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created NONFICTION 10:15 a.m. TOC mod. Prakruti Bhatt

SABRINA IMBLER How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures NONFICTION 1:15 p.m. TOC

with Erica Berry, mod. Elena Passarello

MAJOR JACKSON Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 POETRY

1:30 p.m. NEW Mod. with Tracy K. Smith 5:00 p.m. WIN with Jane Hirshfield, mod. Matthew Zapruder

MITCHELL S. JACKSON Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion NONFICTION

10:15 a.m. TOC mod. Paul Marshall

KIM JOHNSON Invisible Son YA

3:30 p.m. PARK with Jennifer Baker, mod. Alicia Tate

JESSICA E. JOHNSON Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry NONFICTION 11:30 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

MAT JOHNSON Invisible Things FICTION 3:15 p.m. WIN Mod. with Nicole Chung, Navied Mahdavian

5:00 p.m. WIN with Major Jackson, mod. Matthew Zapruder

Lineup subject to change without notice.

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MEGAN KAMALEI KAKIMOTO Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare FICTION

10:15 a.m. MILL with Stephanie Adams-Santos, mod. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

MICHELLE RUIZ KEIL Summer in the City of Roses FICTION

11:30 a.m. STG Mod. with Arnée Flores, Donna Barba Higuera

LYDIA KIESLING Mobility FICTION

EDAN LEPUCKI Time’s Mouth FICTION 11:45 a.m. TOC with Angie Kim, mod. Neal Thompson

JONATHAN LETHEM Brooklyn Crime Novel FICTION 5:00 p.m. NEW mod. Dave Miller

KAYVION LEWIS Thieves’ Gambit YA 11:15 a.m. PARK with Kendare Blake, mod. Emily Suvada

5:00 p.m. MILL with Patrick deWitt, mod. Daniel Nieh

MICHAEL LEWIS Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon NONFICTION

ANGIE KIM Happiness Falls FICTION

TICKET REQUIRED

11:45 a.m. TOC with Edan Lepucki, mod. Neal Thompson

JON KLASSEN How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? PICTURE BOOK

2:00 p.m. STG with Mac Barnett, mod. Emily Arrow

E. J. KOH The Liberators FICTION 3:15 p.m. UCC with Ayana Mathis, mod. Chelsea Bieker

TIM LANE The Neighbors We Want FICTION 12:15 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

SASHA TAQWŠ BLU LAPOINTE Red Paint: JThe Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk NONFICTION 2:30 p.m. MILL Mod. with Angela Sterritt

5:00 p.m. BRU with Omar El Akkad, Debra Gwartney, mod. John Freeman

KATE LEBO Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour & Butter NONFICTION COOKING 2:45 p.m. TOC

with Stacey Mei Yan Fong, mod. Crystal Ligori

12:00 p.m. SCH mod. Andrew Proctor

CRYSTAL LIGORI

2:45 p.m. TOC with Stacey Mei Yan Fong, Kate Lebo

NAVIED MAHDAVIAN This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America NONFICTION 3:15 p.m. WIN

with Nicole Chung, mod. Mat Johnson

PEDRO MARTÍN Mexikid MIDDLE GRADE COMICS

11:30 a.m. BOX with Breena Bard, Charise Mericle Harper, Nikkolas Smith, Zachary Sterling, mod. Jonathan Hill 4:15 p.m. CIN with Zachary Sterling, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

PAUL MARSHALL

10:15 a.m. TOC Mod. with Mitchell S. Jackson

AYANA MATHIS The Unsettled FICTION

3:15 p.m. UCC with E. J. Koh, mod. Chelsea Bieker

FIONA MCCANN

1:00 p.m. MILL Mod. with Jazmina Barrera, Michelle Wildgen

HETTY LUI MCKINNON Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds NONFICTION COOKING

10:00 a.m. WIN with Aaron Adams, Liz Crain, mod. Gregory Gourdet

KELLY MCWILLIAMS Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay YA 10:00 a.m. PARK with Elizabeth Rusch, mod. Megan Savage

DAVE MILLER

10:00 a.m. NEW Mod. with Roz Chast

DANIEL NIEH Take No Names FICTION 5:00 p.m. MILL Mod. with Patrick deWitt, Lydia Kiesling

JAE NICHELLE God Themselves POETRY 12:00 p.m. BRU with Elisa Gonzalez, mod. Marisa Siegel

SHILO NIZIOLEK Fever NONFICTION

11:45 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

GEOFF NORCROSS

5:00 p.m. NEW Mod. with Jonathan Lethem

11:45 a.m. UCC Mod. with Luis Alberto Urrea, Alice Winn

ANIS MOJGANI The Tigers, They Let Me POETRY

TIM O’BRIEN America Fantastica FICTION

10:15 a.m. BRU with Charif Shanahan, mod. Mindy Nettifee

1:30 p.m. UCC Mod. with Paul Harding, Paisley Rekdal

ANDY CHOU MUSSER Ploof PICTURE BOOK 10:50 a.m. CIN with Ben Clanton

Search for a Giant Squid PICTURE BOOK 11:20 a.m. CIN

with Amy Seto Forrester 1:00 p.m. BOX with Cátia Chien, Ben Clanton, Jim Di Bartolo, Salina Yoon, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

MINDY NETTIFEE Open Your Mouth Like a Bell POETRY

10:15 a.m. BRU Mod. with Anis Mojgani, Charif Shanahan

VIET THANH NGUYEN A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial NONFICTION 10:00 a.m. SCH

mod. Tommy Orange

TICKET REQUIRED

10:00 a.m. UCC mod. Steph Opitz

STEPH OPITZ

10:00 a.m. UCC Mod. with Tim O’Brien

TOMMY ORANGE There There FICTION

10:00 a.m. SCH Mod. with Viet Thanh Nguyen TICKET REQUIRED

SARA ORTIZ

3:30 p.m. STG Mod. with Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris

ROSANNE PARRY A Horse Named Sky MIDDLE GRADE

10:15 a.m. STG with Breena Bard, mod. Jonathan Hill

KIMBERLY KING PARSONS Black Light FICTION

3:45 p.m. MILL with Kathleen Alcott, Vauhini Vara

ELENA PASSARELLO Animals Strike Curious Poses NONFICTION 1:15 p.m. TOC

Mod. with Erica Berry, Sabrina Imbler

ANDREW PROCTOR 12:00 p.m. SCH Mod. with Michael Lewis TICKET REQUIRED

ALICIA JO RABINS Fruit Geode POETRY 1:30 p.m. WIN Mod. with Safiya Sinclair, Jane Wong

MARY RECHNER Marrying Friends FICTION 1:15 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

TRYSTAN ANGEL REESE How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned About Love and LGBTQ Parenthood NONFICTION

1:45 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

ROGER REEVES Dark Days: Fugitive Essays NONFICTION 1:45 p.m. BRU

with Victoria Adukwei Bulley, mod. John Freeman

PAISLEY REKDAL Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry NONFICTION 11:30 a.m.

Pop-up in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

SARAH ROTHENFLUCH

11:45 a.m. MILL Mod. with Cat Bohannon

ELIZABETH RUSCH The Twenty-One: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change YA 10:00 a.m. PARK with Kelly McWilliams, mod. Megan Savage

MEGAN SAVAGE

10:00 a.m. PARK Mod. with Kelly McWilliams, Elizabeth Rusch

HEIDI SCHULZ Giraffes Ruin Everything PICTURE BOOK 5:00 p.m. UCC

Mod. with Eoin Colfer

ARYA SHAHI An Impossible Thing to Say YA 4:45 p.m. PARK with Jen St. Jude, mod. Aiden Thomas

CHARIF SHANAHAN Trace Evidence POETRY 10:15 a.m. BRU with Anis Mojgani, mod. Mindy Nettifee

3:00 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

West: A Translation POETRY

NISI SHAWL Speculation MIDDLE GRADE

3:30 p.m. BRU with Oliver de la Paz, mod. Eric Tran

DEREK SHEFFIELD Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry NONFICTION

1:30 p.m. UCC with Paul Harding, mod. Anis Mojgani

BRIANNA RENAE Her Way with Words POETRY 2:15 p.m.

Pop-up in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

12:45 p.m. STG with Jewell Parker Rhodes, mod. Vera Ahiyya

11:30 a.m.

Pop-up in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

JEWELL PARKER RHODES Treasure Island: Runaway Gold YA

12:45 p.m. STG with Nisi Shawl, mod. Vera Ahiyya

Lineup subject to change without notice.

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AUTHORS AND PRESENTERS (CONTINUED) MARISA SIEGEL Fixed Stars POETRY

ZACHARY STERLING Mabuhay! MIDDLE GRADE

CARRIE TILLOTSON B Is for Bananas PICTURE

SAFIYA SINCLAIR How to Say Babylon

11:30 a.m. BOX with Breena Bard, Charise Mericle Harper, Pedro Martín, Nikkolas Smith, mod. Jonathan Hill

2:30 p.m. BOX Mod. with Andrea Beaty, Amy Seto Forrester, Joanna Ho

with Jane Wong, mod.

Alicia Jo Rabins

4:15 p.m. CIN with Pedro Martín, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

12:00 p.m. BRU Mod. with Elisa Gonzalez, Jae Nichelle

NONFICTION 1:30 p.m. WIN

CURTIS SITTENFELD Romantic Comedy FICTION

COMICS

BOOK

JENNIFER TORRES Meet Me at Midnight MIDDLE GRADE 2:45 p.m. CIN

with Jim Di Bartolo, Laini Taylor, mod. Emily Chenoweth

11:45 a.m. NEW mod. Eden Dawn

ANGELA STERRITT Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

NIKKOLAS SMITH The Artivist PICTURE BOOK

mod. Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

11:45 a.m. WIN with Debra Magpie Earling, mod. Stacy D. Flood

KARELIA STETZWATERS Behind the Scenes FICTION

3:00 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

11:30 a.m. BOX with Breena Bard, Charise Mericle Harper, Pedro Martín, Zachary Sterling, mod. Jonathan Hill

NONFICTION 2:30 p.m. MILL

12:40 p.m. CIN

1:45 p.m.

Pop-up in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

TRACY K. SMITH To Free the Captives

EMILY SUVADA This Mortal Coil YA

NONFICTION 1:30 p.m. NEW

mod. Major Jackson

ARON NELS STEINKE Mr. Wolf ’s Class MIDDLE GRADE COMICS 1:00 p.m. BOX

Mod. with Cátia Chien, Ben Clanton, Jim Di Bartolo, Andy Chou Musser, Salina Yoon 4:15 p.m. CIN Mod. with Pedro Martín, Zachary Sterling

JEN ST. JUDE If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come YA 4:45 p.m. PARK with Arya Shahi, mod. Aiden Thomas

11:15 a.m. PARK Mod. with Kendare Blake, Kayvion Lewis

ALICIA TATE

3:30 p.m. PARK Mod. with Jennifer Baker, Kim Johnson

LAINI TAYLOR Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space MIDDLE GRADE COMICS 2:45 p.m. CIN

ERIC TRAN Mouth, Sugar, and Smoke POETRY

3:30 p.m. BRU Mod. with Oliver de la Paz, Paisley Rekdal 2:15 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

KAYLA KUMARI UPADHYAYA Helen House FICTION

10:15 a.m. MILL Mod. with Stephanie AdamsSantos, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

with Jim Di Bartolo, Jennifer Torres, mod. Emily Chenoweth

12:45 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

AIDEN THOMAS The Sunbearer Trials YA

LUIS ALBERTO URREA Good Night, Irene FICTION

NEAL THOMPSON The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty

VAUHINI VARA This Is Salvaged FICTION

4:45 p.m. PARK Mod. with Arya Shahi, Jen St. Jude

NONFICTION 11:45 a.m. TOC

Mod. with Angie Kim, Edan Lepucki

Lineup subject to change without notice.

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JUSTIN TORRES Blackouts FICTION

#PDXBookFest • pdxbookfest.org

11:45 a.m. UCC with Alice Winn, mod.

Geoff Norcross

3:45 p.m. MILL with Kathleen Alcott, mod.

Kimberly King Parsons

MICHELLE WILDGEN Wine People FICTION 1:00 p.m. MILL with Jazmina Barrera, mod. Fiona McCann

ALICE WINN In Memoriam FICTION 11:45 a.m. UCC with Luis Alberto Urrea, mod. Geoff Norcross

JANE WONG Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City NONFICTION 1:30 p.m. WIN with Safiya Sinclair, mod.

Alicia Jo Rabins

SALINA YOON Penguin and Ollie PICTURE BOOK 10:20 a.m. CIN

1:00 p.m. BOX with Cátia Chien, Ben Clanton, Jim Di Bartolo, Andy Chou Musser, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

CHARITY E. YORO ten-cent flower & other territories POETRY 11:15 a.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

MATTHEW ZAPRUDER Story of a Poem NONFICTION 5:00 p.m. WIN Mod. with Jane Hirshfield, Major Jackson 2:45 p.m.

Pop-up in Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

FOUR-PAGE #PDXBOOKFEST MAP AND SCHEDULE PULL OUT GUIDE

PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL MAP

Pop-up Readings

5–6 minute walk

Mark Building 1119 SW Park Ave. 1st & 3rd floor ballrooms More Book Fair info on pages 16–17.

MILL

FESTIVAL BOOKSTORE See Venue & Stage Key

To Literary Arts

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM

Six Blocks

SW Park Ave. BUS

PARK

BUS

Portland Book Festival attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, or take public transit to the Festival.

There are plentiful bus stops near the festival grounds. The Museum/ festival does NOT have a dedicated parking lot, but lot and street parking, including ADA designated parking options, are available near the festival site.

OHS

SW Madison St.

HOW TO GET THERE

SW Park Ave.

SW Jefferson St.

SW Clay St.

PAM CUT

SW Main St.

To TOC

BOOK FAIR

Portland Art Museum

SW Salmon St.

1422 SW 11th Ave.

SW Columbia St.

SW Clay St.

TOC

MAP KEY

Portland Streetcar NS, A Loop & B Loop SW 10th & 11th Ave.

SW Columbia St.

SW 11th Ave.

UCC

WIN

BOX OFFICE / TICKETING Box Office Tent: SW Park Avenue between Main St. & Madison St. Satellite Box Office: 1000 SW Broadway INFO TABLE

Portland Art Museum

Mark Building 1119 SW Park Ave., 1st floor

SCH

ROAD CLOSURE VOLUNTEER CHECK IN PAM CUT 934 SW Salmon St.

PORTLAND’5

BRU NEW

SW Broadway

BOX STG CIN

TriMet Transit Mall Buses and MAX Green, Yellow & Orange SW 5th & 6th Ave.

Please note: this map is not to scale.

VENUE & STAGE KEY SCH Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

1037 SW Broadway Powell’s Books (at PAM Book Fair)

JUDY Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts

1000 SW Broadway Green Bean Books

HAT Portland’5 Center for the Arts’

Hatfield Hall 1111 SW Broadway Broadway Books

NEW Newmark Theatre at

Portland’5 Hatfield Hall Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke Stage, 1st & 2nd floor

BOX Black Box at The Judy

Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace Stage

WIN Winningstad Theatre at

Portland’5 Hatfield Hall McMenamins Stage, 2nd & 3rd floor

STG The Stage at The Judy

NW Natural Stage

CIN Cinema at The Judy

Zidell Family Philanthropy Stage

BRU Brunish Theatre at

Find a digital map at pdxbookfest.org.

Portland’5 Hatfield Hall Tin House Stage, 4th floor

PAM Portland Art Museum

1219 SW Park Ave. Powell’s Books (at PAM Book Fair)

MILL Miller Gallery at the

Portland Art Museum Tim & Mary Boyle Stage

PARK Portland Parks Foundation Tent

Shemanski Park Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage Powell’s Books (at PAM Book Fair)

TOC The Old Church

Wells Fargo Stage 1422 SW 11th Ave. Annie Bloom’s Books

UCC First Congregational United Church

of Christ Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage 1126 SW Park Ave. Powell’s Books

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (KIDS’ SCHEDULE O STAGES AT PORTLAND’5 HATFIELD HALL

SCH

NEW

WIN

BRU

PARK

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Newmark Theatre at Portland’5

Winningstad Theatre at Portland’5

Brunish Theatre at Portland’5

Portland Parks Foundation Tent

1037 SW Broadway Ave.

1111 SW Broadway Ave. 1st & 2nd floor

1111 SW Broadway Ave. 2nd & 3rd floor

1111 SW Broadway Ave. 4th Floor

Shemanski Park 1010 SW Park Ave.

Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke Stage

McMenamins Stage

Tin House Stage

Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation Stage

TICKET REQUIRED*

10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, A Man of Two Faces with Tommy Orange

10:30 a.m. TICKET REQUIRED*

10:00 a.m.

Think Out Loud: I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast, I Must Be Dreaming with Dave Miller

10:00 a.m.

Eat Your Vegetables

Aaron Adams & Liz Crain, Fermenter Hetty Lui McKinnon, Tenderheart mod. Gregory Gourdet

10:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

Intimacy

Anis Mojgani, The Tigers, They Let Me Charif Shanahan, Trace Evidence

Fight for Your Rights

Kelly McWilliams, Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay Elizabeth Rusch, The Twenty-One mod. Megan Savage

mod. Mindy Nettifee

11:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

Love Game

Kendare Blake, Champion of Fate Kayvion Lewis, Thieves’ Gambit

11:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.

Michael Lewis, Going Infinite

12:30 p.m.

11:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

Debra Magpie Earling, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea Justin Torres, Blackouts

Romantic Comedy mod. Eden Dawn

Lost Histories

mod. Stacy D. Flood

with Andrew Proctor

12:00 p.m.

New Voices in Poetry

Elisa Gonzalez, Grand Tour Jae Nichelle, God Themselves mod. Marisa Siegel

TICKET REQUIRED*

mod. Emily Suvada

12:30 p.m.

Thrills & Chills

Jennifer Dugan, The Last Girls Standing Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

1:00 p.m.

mod. Jenn Chávez

1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Tracy K. Smith, To Free the Captives

Safiya Sinclair, How to Say 1:45 p.m.

Babylon Sound & Silence Jane Wong, Meet Me Tonight in Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Quiet Atlantic City Roger Reeves, Dark Days mod. Alicia Jo Rabins

To Free the Captives mod. Major Jackson

2:00 p.m.

Family Bonds

mod. John Freeman

2:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Hope Is a Stem 2022–23 Writers in the Schools Student Anthology Launch

Follow along: #PDXBookFest

3:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

Naomi Alderman, The Future

Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy 3:30 p.m.

Past & Present Navied Mahdavian, This Country Oliver de la Paz, The Diaspora mod. Mat Johnson Sonnets Paisley Rekdal, West: A Translation

The Future

*Festival events at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall require a ticket for entry.

A limited number of guaranteed entry tickets are available.

ALL attendees must have a session-specific ticket for entry to the Nguyen and/or the Lewis events.

mod. Omar El Akkad

Going Home

3:30 p.m.

Justice & Redemption

Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not Kim Johnson, Invisible Son mod. Alicia Tate

mod. Eric Tran

4:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Think Out Loud: Brooklyn Crime Novel Jonathan Lethem, Brooklyn Crime Novel with Dave Miller

5:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Jane Hirshfield, The Asking Major Jackson, Razzle Dazzle

Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Red Paint Debra Gwartney, I Am a Stranger Here Myself

Language & Life

mod. Matthew Zapruder

Freeman’s Conclusions

Speak Now

Arya Shahi, An Impossible Thing to Say Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come mod. Aiden Thomas

mod. John Freeman

6:00 p.m.

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Ticket required. No public signings.

Books available at Powell’s bookstore at the Book Fair in the PAM Grand Ballroom.

#PDXBookFest • pdxbookfest.org

Book signings for these events held on site in the Hatfield Hall lobby. Book sales by Broadway Books.

Book signings for these events are held in the Book Fair in the PAM Grand Ballroom. Book sales by Powell’s Books.

ON PAGE 14) STAGES AT PORTLAND ART MUSEUM

UCC

TOC

MILL

PAM

First Congregational United Church of Christ

The Old Church 1422 SW 11th Ave.

Miller Gallery at the Portland Art Museum

Pop-Up Readings at the Portland Art Museum

1126 SW Park Ave.

Wells Fargo Stage

1119 SW Park Ave., Mark Building, 1st Floor

1219 SW Park Ave., Main Building, 2nd Floor, Black Artists of Oregon exhibit

Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Stage

Tim & Mary Boyle Stage

10:00 a.m.

America Fantastica

10:00 a.m.

Tim O’Brien, America Fantastica

10:15 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

mod. Steph Opitz

Santi Elijah Holley, An Amerikan Family Mitchell S. Jackson, Fly

Stephanie Adams-Santos, Dream of Xibalba Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare

mod. Paul Marshall

mod. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Culture & Politics mod. Prakruti Bhatt

Mythologies

10:30 a.m. • Carla Crujido, The Strange Beautiful

10:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m. • Rebecca Clarren, The Cost of Free Land 11:00 a.m. • Jazmina Barrera, Cross-Stitch (Bilingual, Spanish)

11:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m. • Charity E. Yoro, ten-cent flower & other territories 11:30 a.m. • Brittney Corrigan, Oliver de la Paz, Jessica E. Johnson, Paisley Rekdal, & Derek Sheffield, Cascadia Field Guide

11:45 a.m.

Front Lines

11:45 a.m.

Family Secrets

Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Angie Kim, Happiness Falls Irene Edan Lepucki, Time’s Mouth Alice Winn, In Memoriam mod. Neal Thompson

11:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m. • Shilo Niziolek, Fever

Cat Bohannon, Eve

12:00 p.m. • Zaji Cox, Plums for Months

Eve and Evolution mod. Sarah Rothenfluch

mod. Geoff Norcross

11:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

12:15 p.m. • Tim Lane, The Neighbors We Want 12:30 p.m. • Joshua James Amberson, Staring Contest

12:30 p.m.

12:45 p.m. • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Helen House

1:15 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

National Book Foundation Presents: Translating US History Paul Harding, This Other Eden Paisley Rekdal, West: A Translation

Animal Stories

Erica Berry, Wolfish Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches

1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. • Nicole Chung, When We Become Ours

Jazmina Barrera, Cross-Stitch Michelle Wildgen, Wine People

1:15 p.m. • Mary Rechner, Marrying Friends

Women’s Work mod. Fiona McCann

1:30 p.m. • Matilda Bickers, Working It

MASKS REQUIRED

2:00 p.m. • Brennan DeFrisco, Honeysuckle & Nightshade

2:45 p.m.

American Pie

Stacey Mei Yan Fong, 50 Pies, 50 States Kate Lebo, Pie School

Unbroken

2:30 p.m.

Angela Sterritt, Unbroken mod. Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

2:45 p.m. • Matthew Zapruder, Story of a Poem 3:00 p.m. • National Book Foundation presents Charif Shanahan & Justin Torres

3:00 p.m.

mod. Crystal Ligori

3:30 p.m.

E. J. Koh, The Liberators Ayana Mathis, The Unsettled

3:45 p.m.

mod. Chelsea Bieker

Survival Skills

Kathleen Alcott, Emergency Vauhini Vara, This Is Salvaged mod. Kimberly King Parsons

5:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Eoin Colfer, Juniper’s Christmas

Patrick deWitt, The Librarianist Lydia Kiesling, Mobility

Juniper’s Christmas

This Life

mod. Heidi Schulz

Book signings for these events held on site. Book sales by Powell’s Books.

2:00 p.m.

2:15 p.m. • BIPOC Reading Series presents Brianna Renae & Eric Tran

2:30 p.m.

Inheritance

1:30 p.m.

1:45 p.m. • Incite presents Dean Backus, Trystan Angel Reese, & Karelia Stetz-Waters

mod. Elena Passarello

mod. Anis Mojgani

3:15 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

mod. Daniel Nieh

Book signings for these events held on site. Book sales by Annie Bloom’s Books.

Also at Portland Art Museum Write Around Portland Presents: A Writing Respite, featuring four pop-up writing workshops in the Black Arists of Oregon Exhibit. Visit page 15 for more information.

Catch Write Around Portland Pop-Up Workshops between: 11:00–11:45 a.m.

12:00–12:45 p.m.

1:00–1:45 p.m.

2:00–2:45 p.m.

Book signings for these events held at the Book Fair in the PAM Grand Ballroom.

Book sales by Powell’s Books.

4:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

FLIP OVER FOR KIDS EVENTS! Schedule subject to change without notice.

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KIDS STAGE & YOUTH ACTIVITIES Portland Book Festival celebrates book lovers of all ages! We offer fun-filled family activities, including storytimes, panel discussions, crafts, gift shopping, food vendors, and more. We’re thrilled for a new venue addition this year: The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts at 1000 SW Broadway, home of NW Children's Theater, is where all our kids’ programming takes place this year.

STAGES AT THE JUDY

BOX

STG

CIN

Black Box at The Judy

The Stage at The Judy

Cinema at The Judy

1000 SW Broadway Ave.

1000 SW Broadway Ave.

1000 SW Broadway Ave.

Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace Stage

NW Natural Stage

Zidell Family Philanthropy Stage 10:00 a.m. • Storytime: I Cannot Draw a Bicycle, Charise Mericle Harper

10:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

10:20 a.m. • Storytime: Penguin and Ollie, Salina Yoon

Breena Bard, Wildfire Rosanne Parry, A Horse Named Sky

10:40 a.m. • Bilingual Storytime with Portland Early Learning Project (Bilingual, Spanish)

Wild West

10:30 a.m.

mod. Jonathan Hill

10:50 a.m. • Storytime: Ploof, Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser

11:00 a.m.

11:20 a.m. • Storytime: Search for a Giant Squid, Amy Seto Forrester, Andy Chou Musser

11:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

Illustrator Draw-Off: Chapter One

Breena Bard, Charise Mericle Harper, Pedro Martín, Nikkolas Smith, Zachary Sterling, mod.

Jonathan Hill

11:30 a.m.

11:40 a.m.

Singalong with Emily Arrow

Arnée Flores, The Spirit Queen Donna Barba Higuera, Alebrijes

11:50 a.m. • Storytime: Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year, Andrea Beaty

Other Worlds

mod. Michelle Ruiz Keil 12:20 p.m. • Storytime: Say My Name, Joanna Ho, & On the Tip of a Wave, Joanna Ho & Cátia Chien 12:40 p.m. • Storytime: The Artivist, Nikkolas Smith

12:30 p.m.

12:45 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

Illustrator Draw-Off: Chapter Two

Cátia Chien, Ben Clanton, Jim Di Bartolo, Andy Chou Musser, Salina Yoon, mod. Aron Nels Steinke

Jewell Parker Rhodes, Treasure Island: Runaway Gold Nisi Shawl, Speculation mod. Vera Ahiyya

1:00 p.m.

An Afternoon Exploring The 156-Story Treehouse

2:30 p.m.

Writing Books for Kids

Andrea Beaty, Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year Amy Seto Forrester, Search for a Giant Squid Joanna Ho, Say My Name

PICTURE BOOK PANELS & DRAW-OFFS BOX Hear childrens' book authors discuss their work at the Black Box and join us for two exciting Illustrator Draw-Offs. Appropriate for all ages.

STG Enjoy middle grade author discussions at the Stage from 10:15 a.m.–4:15 p.m.

Introduction from Emily Arrow

Write Around Portland will hold workshops for teens and pre-teens in the Aubrey Studio 1 at 10:00 a.m. (Science Fiction & Fantasy), 12:00 p.m. (Fairy Tales & Fables), and 2:00 p.m.

(Poetry & Song Lyrics).

Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

2:45 p.m.

Heroes & Villains

Jim Di Bartolo & Laini Taylor, Billie Blaster and the Robot Army from Outer Space Jennifer Torres, Meet Me at Midnight

3:30 p.m.

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom

YOUNG ADULT For older kids, don’t miss a full day of young adult authors at The Portland Parks Foundation Tent.

YOUTH WORKSHOPS

Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris, The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom mod. Sara Ortiz

Family Misadventure

Literary Arts is offering three free youth writing workshops for high school students.

Registration is required. Learn more on page 19.

Pedro Martín, Mexikid Zachary Sterling, Mabuhay! mod. Aron Nels Steinke

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CIN Join host Emily Arrow for a morning filled with kids’ storytimes and illustration events (ages 0-9) at the Cinema from 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

MIDDLE GRADE EVENTS

4:15 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

STORYTIMES

Introduction from Emily Arrow

mod. Emily Chenoweth

4:30 p.m.

Did you know? The Judy will have a satellite box office location open from 9:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. for wristband purchase or pickup.

WRITE AROUND PORTLAND

3:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Admission is FREE to attendees 17 and under or with valid high school ID.

How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

mod. Carrie Tillotson

3:30 p.m.

FREE ADMISSION

Andy Griffiths, The 156-Story Treehouse

2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Adventure & Mystery

YOUTH ACTIVITIES

Book signings for these events held on site in the Studio at The Judy. Book sales by Green Bean Books.

#PDXBookFest • pdxbookfest.org

Schedule subject to change without notice.

OTHER THINGS TO DO AT THE FESTIVAL TAKE A PICTURE

FOOD OPTIONS

While visiting the book fair at the Portland Art Museum, stop by the entrance of the Fields Ballroom on the first floor and take a picture at our photo booth, featuring hand-held icons from this year’s Portland Book Festival Guest Art. Share your pic on social media with the hashtag #PDXBookFest!

Hungry? Local food trucks can be found parked on the SW Park Avenues, including: • Alchemy Sandwich Co. • Ash Woodfired Pizza • Cafe de Crepe

VISIT PORTLAND ART MUSEUM Your festival pass grants you admission to the Portland Art Museum. Check out a pop-up reading while you’re enjoying the art in the galleries! Pop-up reading schedule on page 13.

• Cousins Maine Lobster • Feed the Mass • Pidgin Hole • Pip's Original Doughnuts • Spice of Africa • Tamale Boy

DON'T MISS WRITE AROUND PORTLAND PRESENTS: A WRITING RESPITE Take some time to write with us during your busy PBF day! These pop-up creative writing workshops will take inspiration from the art and surroundings of the Portland Art Museum. Join us for a simple, relaxing moment of creativity–and finish off the workshop by sharing your piece, if you want!

• The Whole Bowl • Verajames Kitchen Looking for coffee? The Stacks Coffeehouse is serving drip coffee in the exhibitor fair on the third floor of the Portland Art Museum’s Mark Building.

Food and drink are also available for purchase at Portland’5, The Judy, and The Old Church stages. There will be a tent at the Oregon Historical Society for people to sit and eat.

Subject to change without notice.

Find Write Around Portland in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit on the second floor of Portland Art Museum at 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m.

This year’s Portland Book Festival Guest Artist is Arielle Wilkins, a Portlandbased artist/designer who was raised in the heart of Texas. Find her on Instagram at @awilkywilk and find more of her work at awilkywilk.com.

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FESTIVAL BOOK FAIR Portland Book Festival’s book fair represents some of the best of regional and national publishing, writing, literary culture, academic opportunities, and more.

Full-price admission to Portland Book Festival will grant each attendee a $5 book voucher that they can only redeem at the book fair that day.

LIST OF EXHIBITORS Literary Arts

63

Forest Avenue Press

39

Parrish Books

A

Independent Publishing Resource Center

38

Frances Folk Art: Old Books / New Art

15

Pathfinder Press

B

Travel Portland

37

Friends of the Multnomah County Library

66

Phantom Electrik Comics

C

Festival Info

3

Gavialidae

29

Pile Press

D

PDX Jazz

27

Haymarket Books

53

Planet Scumm

62

Airlie Press

60

Honeyed Words

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PM Press

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Alano Club of Portland

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Indigo: Editing, Design, and More

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Attic Institute of Arts and Letters: A Haven for Writers

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Inspire Your Child LLC

PNCA Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

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Jennifer Butler-Brown, Bookseller

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Pomegranate

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Author - Lisa Slater

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Kitchen Table Magazine

40

Portland State Program in Creative Writing

74

Berkley Illustration

49

Linda Letra Bilingual Books

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Propeller Books

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Beyond Words Publishing

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Lorena Angell

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Pumpjack Press

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Black Dog Studio

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Luminare Press

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Querencia Press

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Books with Pictures

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Madrone Press LLC

36

Red Hen Press

67

Bookshop.org

80

Marionberry Books

68

REUTS Publications

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Chin Music Press

33

Microcosm Publishing & Distribution

3

Sewanee School of Letters

78

Christa Yelich-Koth

25

Mindbuck Media Book Publicity

77

Skye Blue Press

4

Citizen Ruth

14

Mountaineers Books

60

Sonny Honey Press

8

Community of Literary Magazines & Presses

52

N.D. Byma

57

Sublunary Editions

45

Navillus Press

76

T. Willingham Publishing

72

Northwest Editors Guild

80

The Gertrude Conference

54

Northwest Review

7

The Publishing World

20

Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA)

22

Tin House

34

TooFar Media

73

Concrete Met Rose

44

Conium Press

65

Cordella Press

66

Creative Momentum

6

Deep Overstock

71

Not a Pipe Publishing

10

Two Lines Press

7

Duende Press

13

Novelitics

24

University of Hell Press

16

Eastern Oregon University MFA

61

Ooligan Press

69

Unsolicited Press

32

Elly Blue Publishing

21

Oregon State University Press

28

Verso Books

55

Eufloria Botanica

43

Oregon Writers Colony

75

Vivienne Culinary Books

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Expedition Press

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Overcup Press / Clyde Publishing

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Willamette Writers

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First Matter Press

64

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Word Prostitute

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Fishtrap

Pacific University MFA in Writing Program

2

Pages and Platforms

Zibby Books

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50

ZieBee Media

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Fonograf Editions

REMEMBER: YOUR $5 VOUCHER IS GOOD AT ANY VENDOR IN THE BOOK FAIR! By purchasing books at Portland Book Festival, you are supporting the authors and publishers who travel from near and far to share their work at PBF and the booksellers and vendors who invest time and expense to be at the book fair. When you buy books and book-related items at Portland Book Festival, you are supporting the sustainability of PBF. Book dealers are NOT allowed to bring books into the book signing area. Dealers with rolling carts and/or wagons are not allowed on Portland Book Festival grounds.

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BOOK FAIR MAP GRAND BALLROOM, THIRD FLOOR, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM'S MARK BUILDING

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MORE WAYS TO SHOP AT PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL FRIDAY NIGHT BOOK MARKET

VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE

A book lover’s delight! Beat the crowd with early access to our exhibitor fair the night before Portland Book Festival. Browse all vendors in the Grand and Fields ballrooms while enjoying music from PDX Jazz, refreshments, and activities to be announced. Bring a bag and buy your books on Friday night, so you won’t have to tote them around on Saturday. Hint: You may pick up your festival passes here too, saving you a trip to the advance box office.

Portland Book Festival’s 2023 Virtual Marketplace is an online center that provides exhibitors a virtual space to showcase their businesses online during Portland Book Festival. Find all the in-person vendors as well as additional online vendors in the PBF Virtual Marketplace at pdxbookfest.org/info/exhibitors.

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THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! Literary Arts would like to thank the volunteers that made this year’s festival possible: Aubrey Leahy, Stefani Leavitt, Irene Lee, Jen Lind, Amy Uvie Adah, Avis Adams, Alexandra Adler, Maudie Ainsworth, Longeteig, Mary MacFarland, Arden Madrone, Surabhi Matthew Albertson, Jamie Alden, Cheri Arthur, Malea Mahajan, Ashleigh Maier, Alissa Mann, Lisa Mattingly, Baer, Ana Bane, Patrick Barber, Brooke Bettencourt, Tom Maxwell, Mary-Catherine McElroy-Fuchs, Carolyn Fay Blackburn, David Blanchard, Brina Bolanz, Phoenix McKinney, Stephanie Mendivil, Chukwudaru Michael, Bourgeois, Nico Branderhorst, Karla Branson, Beth Doug Miles, Deb Miller Landau, Natalie Mitchell, Felicia Brown, Diane Bush, Ally Bushman, Dana Buttler, Peter Mondragon-Melman, Tamara Morey, Susan Cambier, Cynthia Cambier, Lilly Cano, Cynthia Morningstar, Sheila Mullen, Sarah Neudeck, Castaneda, Jamie Catlin, Phil Chan, Steph Dani Nicholson, Lucy Ohlsen, Julia Cleary, Janet Collier, Clara Collins, Oppenheimer, Nybe Otterstone, Erin Cooper, Stacy Cormier, Tonia THANK YOU Maggie Pahos, Lea Pandozzi, Lillie Cottrell, Cathy Cromett, Michael FOR 5+ YEARS! Parker, Veronica Parker, Becky Cunningham, Mary Cusick, Sheri Anderson, Kristin Bork, Anne Parker Geist, Brooke Parrott, Danielle Dani, Michelle David, Conway, Grant Engrav, Rita Fawcett, Tracey Ryan Patterson, Kelly Peckler, Shelby Davis, Jennifer DelgadoFranco, Lisa Grab, Daryl Grenz, Jan Hand, Sue Carmelita Perrien Naccarato, Garcia, Kathy Diamond, Harvey, Shelby Hemphill, Anna Jackson, Shaune Corryn Pettingill, Sean Pingley, Lynne Dodson, Alicia Kelly, Brooke Klein, Patty Lofgren, Christina Gayle Plantz, Alan Potts, Judy Doling, Rebecca Durfee, Sara Malango, Jane Manchee, Katie McRae, Lisa Meech, Potts, N Powell, Kale Prentiss, Ellman, Abby Engers, David Bonnie Meltzer, Larissa Nakagawa, Karen Pate, Alison Raynak, Marissa Epps, Hannah Esrock, Jen Cynthia Peele, Rosanne Petersen, Riley Pittenger, Ricchetti, Laura Rich, Marshal Eswonia, Jennifer Farris, Erica Caroline Reul, Liz Scott, Courtney Sherwood, Rittenger, Michelle Rosa Fernandez, Elaine FerrellJulie Snyder, Alan Soles, Kristen Stowell, Greg Bouza, Lilli Rudine, Colleen Burns, Emily Fiocco, Tiffany Thomas, Nancy Vandervelde, Claudia von Ryan, Monica Sack, Catherine Fischer, Karen Fogg, Nina Fong, Hammmerstein, Judy Ward, Summer Saunders Hartoch, Gaynell Wendy Forrester, Kelly Fraser, Yasoni, Sharon Yee, Gail Zuro Schenck, Amelia Schenk, Erika Ashley French-Roberts, Bob Geddes, Schmid, Laura Sciortino, Angela Scott, Elena Gorbatiuc, Priscilla Gray, Carol Vanessa Sena, Maribeth Shea, Richard Greenough, Jacqueline Gregoire, Alicia Silver, Taylor Skansi, Abby Smith, Hailey Smith, Grimshaw, Sara Guest, Kristin Hagen, Jonathan Jill Smith, Emma-Quin Smith, Alyssa Strom, Allison Hall, Honora Hanley, Tai Harmon, Zeke Harrington, Stuart, Lulu T., Diane Terrett, Joy Teson, Michael Toczko, Holly Hawk, Robin Herrera, Jessica Hua, Corinne Hughes, Heidi VandenHooff, Rachita Vasan, Laurie Walker, Marjorie Tessa Hulls, Ashley Jemes, Elizabeth Johnston, Jessica Waniata, Meg Ward, Rachel Warden, Dawn Weaver, Allegra Johnston, Lisa Keefe, Michael Kelly, Carolyn Kerr, Alireza Willhite, Hayley Wilson, Heidi Wilson, Shannon Witman, Khanaki, Benjamin Kirkpatrick, Matthew Knutson, Kristie Becky Woods, Stephanie Yager, Angelica Yocom, and more.

Kolesnikov, Lynn Labasan, Breana Lacambra, Riley Lambert, Sarah LaPrade, Kathy Lawrence, Stephanie Lawson,

A special thank you to Denver Olmstead, Portland Book Festival Volunteer Specialist!

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OTHER ACTIVITIES WRITING WORKSHOPS Portland Book Festival offers a series of writing workshops taught by local and national writers.

Visit literary-arts.org/PBF for more information and registration details. Register early: classes are expected to sell out. Passes to Portland Book Festival sold separately.

VIRTUAL WRITING WORKSHOPS

IN-PERSON WRITING WORKSHOPS

THE ART OF THE NOVELLA

REVISING POEMS

WRITING ABOUT ANIMALS

THE UNIQUE ART OF AUTOFICTION

STYLE AND THE SENTENCE

MYSTERY AND PLAY

These workshops are conducted on Zoom and are for adults 18 and older.

Register at literary-arts.org/write. Workshops are limited to ten students and tuition varies.

Instructor: Stacy D. Flood October 30 • 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

These classes on Saturday take place at Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington St. (walking distance from PBF venues). Workshops are limited to ten students and tuition varies. Festival passes sold separately.

Instructor: Kim Stafford November 4 • 9:00–10:30 a.m.

Instructor: Erica Berry October 31 and November 1 • 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Instructor: Frances Badalamenti November 4 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Instructor: Kathleen Alcott November 1 – December 6 • 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Instructor: Stephanie Adams-Santos November 4 • 1:00 –4:00 p.m.

WRITING DELICIOUSLY: THE POETRY OF FOOD WRITING Instructor: Jane Wong November 2 • 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

RADICAL REVISION

Instructor: Matthew Dickman November 5 • 4:00–7:00 p.m.

YOUTH WRITING WORKSHOPS Youth Programs at Literary Arts are pleased to offer free writing workshops to youth as part of Portland Book Festival. Registration is required, and class size is limited. The classes will take place in the Rental Sales Gallery at 1237 SW 10th Ave. All youth workshops are free to attend, but will require registration in advance. Learn more and sign up at pdxbookfest.org.

EKPHRASTIC WORLDBUILDING (FICTION) (GRADES 9–12)

WRITING FROM ART (POETRY) (GRADES 9–12)

10:00–11:30 a.m.

10:00–11:30 a.m.

Facilitator: Meaghan Loraas

In this workshop, we'll learn how to build a fictional world and add texture to imaginary settings. Whether our story takes place on a modern-day Earth or on a planet far, far away, a fictional world and how characters interact with it takes some planning! Using details taken directly from art in the space, students will leave the workshop with an invented setting to use as they please.

Facilitator: Amy Minato

In this workshop, we’ll discover parallels between visual and written art, and use pieces in the museum collection to inspire poetry. Our activities will include practicing imagery, form, metaphor, and perspective to engage in conversation with actual paintings in a supportive writing community. No previous writing experience necessary! The only requirement is to bring your imagination and good vibes.

NARRATIVE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE STORYTELLING (JOURNALISM) (GRADES 9–12)

Facilitator: Bruce Poinsette 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

In this workshop, we’ll learn journalistic storytelling techniques and explore how they can be used to cover social justice stories. Utilizing examples from local and national news, students will practice using journalistic storytelling and media literacy to engage with social justice issues more thoughtfully in their communities.

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COVER TO COVER SCHEDULE To help kick off Portland Book Festival, join us October 30–November 5 for the second annual PBF Cover to Cover. This program features literary events put on by partners throughout the city and takes place in bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, venues, parks, and more! From storytime singalongs to poetry karaoke, there's something for everyone to enjoy. See the full event descriptions and details at pdxbookfest.org.

MON. OCTOBER 30

WED. NOVEMBER 1

THURS. NOVEMBER 2

3:00–4:00 p.m. at Hammer + Jacks REC Room, 6406 SE Foster Rd.

5:30 p.m. at Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center

Portland Mercado (Bilingual, Spanish) 4:30 p.m. at Portland Mercado, 7238 SE Foster Rd

Subject/Object FREE HOST: Blackfish Gallery

An Evening of Poetry with John Brehm and Peggy Perdue FREE HOST: Broadway Books

These Books are Bananas: A Pajama Party Story Time FREE HOST: Hammer + Jacks

TUES. OCTOBER 31

No programming scheduled.

Enjoy Halloween!

6:00–8:oo p.m. at Blackfish Gallery, 938 NW Everett

Cartoonists at the Mall: Awkward Stories and Art From Our Younger Selves FREE HOST: Jonathan Hill & Friends

6:00–7:00 p.m. at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway

Lineup subject to change without notice.

PCC Carolyn Moore Reading Series ft. Jose Hernandez Diaz, Emilly Prado, and Jae Nichelle FREE HOST: Portland Community College 6:30 p.m. at MAHB Auditorium, Portland Community College Cascade Campus, 705 N Killingsworth St.

Book Launch: David Biespiel's Novel A Self-Portrait in the Year of the High Commission on Love FREE HOST: Powell's City of Books

NOV

ROZ CHAST

TRACY K. SMITH TO FREE THE CAPTIVES

Rebels & Priestesses FREE HOSTS: Fuse Theatre Ensemble, Kate's Theatrics, and Ravens Wing Magical Co-Op 6:30 p.m. at Raven's Wing Magical CoOp, 7927 SE 13th Ave.

Roses and Thorns FREE HOSTS: Northwestern University Press and The Rumpus 6:30 p.m. at Rose City Book Pub, 1329 NE Fremont St.

Fall Into Romance FREE HOST: Lincoln High School

One Page Wednesday FREE HOST: Literary Arts

The Mind-Meld FREE HOST: Deep Overstock and

7:00 p.m. at Honey Latte Cafe, 1033 SE Main St.

I MUST BE DREAMING

4:30–6:30 p.m. at Up Up Books, 1211 SE Stark St.

Romance Book Club 7:00 p.m. at Lincoln High School, 1750 SW Salmon St.

Oregon Humanities Live FREE HOST: Oregon Humanities

7:30PM

Up Up and Away with Propeller Books! FREE HOST: Propeller Books

7:00–9:00 p.m. at Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St.

7:00–9:00 p.m. at Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington St.

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Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe Del Día de Los Muertos FREE HOST: Linda Letra Bilingual Books and

Le Salon Rouge 7:00 p.m. at Le Salon Rouge, 7804 SE Salmon St.

Poetry Speed Dating FREE HOSTS: Airlie Press and First Matter Press

Writer's Block Karaoke FREE HOST: Willamette Writers

7:00–8:30 p.m. at Blackbird Wine Shop, 4323 NE Fremont St.

7:00 p.m. at Willamette Writers Writing Center, 1336 NW Flanders

Reading: Rosanne Parry and Deborah Hopkinson FREE HOST: Annie Bloom's Books 7:00 p.m. at Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy.

Less Desolate book launch with Shin Yu Pai + Justin Rueff FREE HOST: Passages Bookshop CURTIS SITTENFELD

NONBINARY GIRLFRIEND

ROMANTIC COMEDY

MUSICAL GUEST

Credit to: (from left to right) Bill Hayes, Andrew Kelly, Ackerman + Gruber, and Alex M. Philip

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7:30 p.m. at Passages Bookshop, 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660

Barrett Martin “Singing Earth” Tour TICKETED HOST: McMenamins 8:00 p.m. at McMenamins Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan Tickets available online.

FRI. NOVEMBER 3

FanFiction as Literature: Read and Write It! FREE HOST: Other Worlds Games & Comics 1:30–3:00 p.m. at Other Worlds Games & Comics, 6350 SW Capitol Hwy. The Art of the Book: How a novel becomes a work of visual art FREE HOST: Empty Bowl Press 5:00 p.m. at Up Up Books, 1211 SE Stark St.

Friday Night Book Market TICKETED HOST: Literary Arts 5:30–8:30 p.m. at Portland Art Museum, Mark Building, 1119 SW Park Ave. Tickets available online.

An Evening Honoring Barry Lopez FREE HOST: Broadway Books 6:00 p.m. at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway

Free First Friday Arts for All FREE HOST: Multnomah Arts Center and Multnomah County Library 6:00 p.m. at Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy

Death and Burial: Dying on the Oregon Trail to Present Day FREE HOST: McMenamins 7:00 p.m. at McMenamins Chapel Pub, 430 N Killingsworth St.

SAT. NOVEMBER 4

Queering Fantasy: A Reading of Where the Rain Cannot Reach and Q&A with the Author FREE HOSTS: Bishop & Wilde

SUN. NOVEMBER 5

Pies, Pies, Pies! TICKETED HOST: Multnomah Whiskey Library 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. at Multnomah Whiskey Library, 1124 SW Alder St.

6:15–7:45 p.m. at Bishop & Wilde, 2601 NW Thurman St.

Haunted Tales and Eerie Melodies FREE HOST: Oregon Chapter of Horror Writers Association

Poetry at the Rose City Book Pub: A Conversation with Poets Amy Baskin and Eric Paul Shaffer FREE HOSTS: Unsolicited Press and Rose City Book Pub

2:00–4:00 p.m. at Sanctuary Hall at the First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave.

7:00 p.m. at Rose City Book Pub, 1329 NE Fremont St.

BACKFENCE PDX: ROULETTE TICKETED HOST: BACKFENCEPDX 7:30 p.m. at Historic Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave. Tickets available online.

Lit-Mondo Improv Comedy SLIDING SCALE HOST: Kickstand Comedy 8:30 p.m. at Kickstand Comedy, 1006 SE Hawthorne Tickets available online.

Story of A Poem: Matthew Zapruder & Gabriel Kahane, music & conversation FREE HOST: Matthew Zapruder & Gabriel Kahane 2:00 p.m. at The 1905, 830 N Shaver St. The Surreal Real: Five Feminist Mythmakers FREE HOST: Mind the Bird Media 2:00 p.m. at Up Up Books, 1211 SE Stark St.

Kemper Wray: Creative Journaling Workshop at the Ritual Dyes Studio TICKETED HOST: Ritual Dyes 4:00 p.m. at Ritual Dyes, 1117 SE Division St.

The Secret World of Ghostwriting FREE HOST: Annie Bloom's Books 7:00 p.m. at Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy.

Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Literary Scavenger Hunt and Reading FREE HOSTS: Alexandra Teague, Caitlyn Curran, Maya Jewell Zeller, and Laura Read 7:30 p.m. at Mother Foucault's Bookshop, 523 Morrison St.

Portland Book of Dates + BACKFENCE PDX TICKETED HOSTS: Portland Book of Dates and BACKFENCE PDX 7:30 p.m. at Historic Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave.

Tickets available online.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

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YOUR SUPPORT HELPS KEEP PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL ACCESSIBLE At Literary Arts, we believe books and storytelling are for everyone. Generous support from friends like you make Portland Book Festival accessible for our whole community.

HOW IS THE FESTIVAL FUNDED?

Ticket sales: 26% Class and booth registrations: 8% Foundation and government support: 8% Individual donations: 17% Corporate support: 41% Donations from people like you!

Did you know the actual cost per Portland Book Festival goer is $103? We rely on generous support from friends like you to keep Portland Book Festival affordable for adults and free for youth.

To make a gift to Literary Arts, visit literary-arts.org/donate or contact Bethany Byrd-Hill, Director of Development, at bethany@literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583 x 115. Thank you for your support!

THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS:

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Papertrees Creative, PDX Jazz, Benchmark, Devil's Food, Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library, TooFar Media

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