Readings & Events
Upcoming:
Saturday, November 16th @ 6:30PM // Join us at new-ish Portland indie bookshop, Lost Avenue, to celebrate the launch of Many Seasons, a novel by Frances Badalamenti with photography by Aaron Wessling. Hear from a suite of local Portland readers, (fiction and poetry) get your copy of Many Seasons signed, shop books and records, and see an exhibition of photography from Aaron Wessling, whose time-based photo series is featured in the novel. Light snacks and drinks served. Come out and support the local scene in the dark post-daylight savings nights!
Reading Lineup: Alissa Hattman, Sara Jaffe, Emily Kendal Frey, and of course, Frances Badalamenti.
Past:
Friday, October 4th @ 7pm Magic Barrel: A Reading to Fight Hunger at Whiteside Theater in Corvallis, Oregon. The evening begins and ends with live music, beer, and wine, with all proceeds benefiting Stone Soup. The audience enjoys readings by novelists, poets, short story writers, and nonfiction writers. Excited to be reading with: Sindya Bhanoo, Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Alison Cochran, Jeff Fearnside, Charles Goodrich, Karen Holmberg, Scott Nadelson, & Jennifer Richter. Elena Passarello will emcee the event.
Saturday, July 6 @ 7pm reading for Tell Me a Story at Fly Awake Tea House with Kevin Sampsell, Colin Keating, Vix Guitierrez, Daniel Isaiah Elder, and Jessica Wadleigh.
Thursday, June 20 at the Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada Conference: Presenter with “Delisted 2023: Mourning and Hope in the Midst of Mass Extinctions” Roundtable with Madeline Bassnet, Madhur Anand, Adriene Jenik, and Joanna Lilley.
Tuesday, March 5 @ 6:30 Pacific University Alumni Reading at Up Up Books with Katey Shultz, Domi Shoemaker, and Emmi Greer.
Friday, February 9 @ 6PM Migration Patterns: An AWP Showcase of Mind the Bird Media Authors and Friends at PH Coffee in Kansas City during AWP: a community conversation featuring readings from recent and forthcoming works.
Sunday, November 5 @ 2PM Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover reading at Up Up Books with Melissa Studdard, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Sasha Taqwšəblu Lapointe, and Stephanie Adams-Santos.
Saturday, October 7 @ 7PM at Rose City Book Pub in Portland, OR with Dustin Hendrick and others.
Thursday, October 5 @ 7PM at Margin Shift Reading Series in Seattle, WA with Summer J. Hart and others.
Wednesday, October 4 @ 6:30PM for One-Page Wednesday at Literary Arts in Portland, OR.
Friday, September 22 @ 6PM at The Stacks in Portland, OR. Reading with Colleen Burner and Thea Prieto. Celebrating the release of Sister Golden Calf.
Thursday September 21 @ 7PM at Open Books in Seattle, WA. In conversation with Laura Paul.
Friday, September 15 @ 7PM at IRPC in Portland, OR. Reading with Colleen Burner & Stephanie Victoire.
Monday, September 11 @ 7PM at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside in Portland, OR. In conversation with Leni Zumas.
Saturday, September 9 @ 4PM at Browsers in Olympia, WA. Reading with Siloh Radovsky.
Tuesday, September 5 @ 7PM Sift Launch Party with musical guests Months at The Waypost in Portland, OR.
Friday, August 25 @ 7PM, doors at 6:30, for Tell Me a Story at Bishop & Wilde in Portland, OR.
Sunday, February 19th, 2023 at 7:30 PM Surprise, Surprise at Kelly's Olympian in Portland, Oregon. $5 suggested donation.
Friday, March 10th, 2023 at 8:00 PM at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, Washington. Free.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022
4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 ET
SMOL FAIR
Reading and conversation with The 3rd Thing authors Summer Hart and Jennifer Calkins. Register here.
Friday, November 5th, 2021
6PM PT / 7PM ST / 8PM CST / 9PM ET
Literally Crawling reading with zines + things and Death Rattle Writers Fest. Register here.
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
6PM PT / 7PM ST / 8PM CST / 9PM ET
POST reading and launch, featuring: TJ Acena, Lucie Bonvalet, Chalaundrai Grant, Hannah Pass, lark pien, & Chrys Tobey. $5 recommended donation.
Register here.
Saturday, February 6th, 2021
6PM PT / 7PM ST / 8PM CST / 9PM ET Unchaste (in collaboration with zines + things) Register here.
Thursday, October 24th, 2019
6PM-8PM
Reading with Perfect Day Publishing at Rocking Frog Cafe in Portland, OR.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
7PM-9PM
Reading with Sandra Yannone (BOATS FOR WOMEN) at Broadway Books in Portland, OR.
Sunday, September 8th, 2019
8PM - 10PM
Her Animal Inheritance release screening at The Waypost in Portland, OR.
Saturday, March 30th, 2019
6PM-9PM
AWP off-site reading for Shirley Magazine at The Stacks Coffeehouse in Portland, OR.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
7PM-9PM
Tell Me A Story? at Crush Bar in Portland, OR.
Saturday, August 25, 2018
5PM-7PM
Artist-in-Residence OPEN HOUSE at Gullkistan in Laugarvatn, Iceland.
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
7PM-9PM
FIRSTS release reading at The Waypost in Portland, OR.
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018
7PM-9PM
Women Writers Against Trump at Ford Food and Drink in Portland, OR.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
7PM-9PM
Unchaste reading at Jade Lounge in Portland, OR.