Come hear about the origin of Kamila Shamsie’s challenge to make 2018 “The Year of Publishing Women,” Not a Pipe Publishing’s experience with the challenge this year, and the difficulties and opportunities that come with taking a moral stand that’s also a marketing strategy. A panel of authors who participated in the challenge will share …

In a poetry reading and presentation, Kathleen will explore the messages of patriotism hidden inside some of her childhood memories using poems from both Plume (poems that center on growing up next to the Hanford Nuclear Site in Eastern Washington), and her new collection, Post Romantic. In examining these memories from a disenchanted adult perspective, …

Every city has its own charm—Portland knows this better than anyone. No one really knows what it’s like to live there but the locals. But writers try all the time. How do we get it right? How do we get it wrong? It’s not just the landmarks that ground readers, it’s the feel that transports …

Come be a part of the discussion in what brings an author to BookTube or AuthorTube, what guides publishing decisions, how being your own marketing machine affects your writing life, what you use as guideposts to your own personal success, and how you curate your personality for your audience. Margaret Pinard and JD Estrada

HOCUS, Portland's most conspicuous secret society, opens its metaphorical doors for an observance of the solstice set to include readings, rituals, music, and terrible puns. Readers and writers alike are welcome to join us as we all gaze into our Glowing Rectangles in an effort to make the long nights of winter a little shorter. …