Readers

Engage with world-renowned artists during curated events, read and discuss compelling books by authors you love, listen to an archive of talks, and much more.

Delve Readers Seminars

Explore challenging books and engage in lively, discussion-based seminars led by scholars, teachers, writers, poets, and artists from the Portland community.

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Portland Book Festival

Bringing our community together to celebrate books and stories, and the ideas that drive them. Take part in this annual celebration, every November at the Portland Art Museum.

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Portland Arts & Lectures

Welcoming the world’s most celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers to speak to our community in the historic Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

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The Archive Project Podcast

The Archive Project features the most sought-after recordings from our Portland Arts & Lectures series, the Portland Book Festival, and other community events. Each week, new lectures are available to stream for free.

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Special Events

April 23, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Patrick Radden Keefe
April 30, 2026
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship 2026
May 7, 2026
May Hand-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX

Upcoming Free Events at Literary Arts

April 25, 2026
Independent Bookstore Day 2026
April 25, 2026
STORYTIME WITH Leslie Barnard Booth
April 25, 2026
Writing with Tarot: Independent Book Store Day
April 28, 2026
Priscilla Bernard Wieden in conversation with Kim Stafford
April 29, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – April
May 5, 2026
Erin L. McCoy in conversation with Erica Berry
May 6, 2026
One Page Wednesday – May
May 7, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Port Orford
May 8, 2026
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Newport
May 12, 2026
May Write-In: Light
May 14, 2026
Stephanie Fairyington in conversation with Andi Zeisler
May 15, 2026
Theatre Diaspora Presents: A Staged Reading of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
May 19, 2026
Rex Marshall in conversation with Michelle Kicherer
May 21, 2026
Slamlandia – May
May 26, 2026
Steven Pfau in conversation with Milo Muise
May 27, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series – May
June 2, 2026
Rosiee Thor: Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Stories about Love
June 16, 2026
Melissa Febos: The Dry Season
June 25, 2026
Michelle St. Roman in conversation Sandra Freels