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The Award-Winning Bartender Behind The Elbow Room Has a New Book
Toby Maloney’s latest cocktail tome is a practical (and painstaking) guide to the classics.
Godzilla Is Coming for Portland
Cosmic Monkey comics and the Academy Theater collaborate for a screening series celebrating a new Portland-set Godzilla comic.
Portland Book Festival Expands to a Week of Events for 2026
Concerts, cookbook-inspired dinners, and gallery events stretch the most bookish day of the year into a week.
How AI-Generated Books Ended Up on Powells.com and Other Indie Sites
Customers are unhappy, but sellers say the problem is systemic.
Workers at Milwaukie’s Dark Horse Comics Have Formed a Union
The union drive comes during a tumultuous time for the iconic comics publisher.
‘Meeting New People’ Asks: Am I the Asshole?
Daniel Lavery’s novel starts as “Heartburn” for platonic breakups—but ends up somewhere else entirely.
Gresham’s New East County Library Branch Opens to Massive Crowds
The new building is the latest in a string of projects funded by the 2020 library bond.
Always Here Books Starts Letter Campaign Against AI in Bookstores
The owner of the queer bookstore on North Williams has gotten more than 30 signatures.
Liz Scott Can’t Stop Thinking About Death—or Making Jokes
The Portland psychologist’s new book reckons hilariously with mortality.
Rex Marshall Paints a Restrained Portrait of Working-Class America
‘All the Work I Never Wanted’ shares true tales of workplace malaise, strife, terror and hilarity.
In ‘Rules for Mothers,’ a Mom Stops Suffering in Silence
Portland author Julie Swendensen Young’s debut novel lays motherhood’s secrets bare.
Literary Arts Announces 2026 Oregon Book Awards
The organization’s annual awards ceremony, hosted by Kimberly King Parsons, took place Monday night.