UPCOMING EVENTS AND CLASSES

Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our community space and bookstore, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

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Upcoming Free Events

January 20, 2026
Sangamithra Iyer in conversation with David Naimon
January 25, 2026
Charise Mericle Harper: WRONG FRIEND
January 27, 2026
Jude Ellison S. Doyle in conversation with Katherine Cross
January 28, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series
February 1, 2026
The Weary Blues at 100: Maude Hines and Emmett Wheatfall Discuss Langston Hughes
February 4, 2026
One Page Wednesday – February
February 10, 2026
Emily Nemens in conversation with Kathleen Boland
February 17, 2026
Karina LeBlanc: A Kid’s Book About Purpose
February 18, 2026
Trivia Night
February 19, 2026
Slamlandia – February
February 25, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – February
March 3, 2026
Paige Thomas: Person Under
March 5, 2026
Kim Fu in conversation with Emma Pattee
March 10, 2026
Scott Broker in conversation with Peter Rock
May 14, 2026
Stephanie Fairyington: UGLY

Upcoming Ticketed Events

February 6, 2026
Mac Barnett in conversation with Carson Ellis (SOLD OUT)
February 12, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Imani Perry
March 12, 2026
Everybody Reads 2026: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
March 26, 2026
Maggie Smith: A SUIT OR A SUITCASE
April 14, 2026
Planet Money: Live
April 23, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Patrick Radden Keefe
April 30, 2026
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship 2026

Delve Readers Seminars

February 10, 2026
W.G. Sebald: Narratives of Trauma, Trauma of Narrative
February 21, 2026
Thomas Pynchon: Mason & Dixon
February 23, 2026
Fernanda Melchor: Paradais & Hurricane Season
February 25, 2026
The Waste Land in Our Time

Writing Classes

January 18, 2026
How to Start a Novel: and How to Finish It, Too
January 20, 2026
Your Novel’s First Pages
January 24, 2026
Unreliable Historians: Reclaiming Truth and Agency in Creative Writing
January 26, 2026
So the Story Begins
February 7, 2026
Writing in Scenes: Bringing Your Story to Life
February 10, 2026
The Art of Fiction
February 11, 2026
The Shape of a Life: An 8-week Memoir Intensive
February 17, 2026
Poetry and Obsession
February 23, 2026
Pushing Through: Carrying Your Manuscript Over the Finish Line
February 24, 2026
Humor Fiction Workshop
February 26, 2026
Feminist & Queer Approaches to Creative Writing
March 7, 2026
A Repository of Prompts: Creating New Work
March 14, 2026
Every Force Evolves a Form
March 21, 2026
The Writers Compass
March 28, 2026
Advanced Short Story Workshop
March 31, 2026
Writing the Emotional Truth
March 31, 2026
Novel Support: Weekly Check-In
April 9, 2026
Write More, Feel Better: Resources, Routines, and Accountability
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