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‘Goonies’ and ‘Wildwood’ Tie-Ins Headline Portland Book Festival
Authors Ke Huy Quan, Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis will be featured at the November event.
A New Book Recounts Radicchio’s Rise to Pacific Northwest Fame
In the past 10 years, the blushing and beautiful Italian leafy vegetable has become a local star. It didn’t happen by accident.
After Protests, Portland Book Festival Has a New, Nonbank Sponsor
The festival is mum on whether the change is due to advocacy by protest group Literary Portland for Palestine.
In a New Book, a Walking Tour of Portland History, as Told Through Its Storied Buildings
‘In Search of Portland’ by local architecture writer Brian Libby recounts tales of Humphrey Bogart, Sammy Davis Jr. and The Hotel Rajneesh.
Up Up Books Teams With Buckman Journal at New Location
The bookstore will be in the new Buckman Journal headquarters, along with Yikes! Gallery.
Romancing Portland Will Be Sexy, Silly, Bookish Fun at the Sentinel Hotel
The inaugural romance book convention will give attendees their main character moments. It’s also a big bet on Portland’s romantic fiction scene.
Portland’s Public School Librarians Are Getting Scrappy
Faced with massive budget cuts, PPS librarians invent their own extracurricular book clubs.
Upcoming Books and Author Events We’re Psyched About This Fall
Elliott Smith, Chuck Klosterman, Renée Watson, fairy porn and more.
Peter Rock’s New Novel ‘Makeshift’ Is a Book for an Island at the End of the World
A previous Rock novel became the movie ‘Leave No Trace,’ and the Portland author’s latest is another adventure of Pacific Northwest kids fending for themselves.
‘Peddlers of Hate’ Recounts the KKK’s Reign in Oregon
The Ku Klux Klan was a thing in Oregon in the early 1920s—a big thing, particularly in Portland.
New Elliott Smith Biography ‘Nobody Broke Your Heart’ Publishes Aug. 25
The 560-pager seeks to be a comprehensive, intimate story of the late singer-songwriter.
How Alberta Street Became the Longest Bookstore in Portland
The arts district has evolved into one of the densest literary streets in the country, with six specialty bookstores in a dozen blocks.