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THUNOV 5
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Reading: Michelle St. Romain, Tara Badstubner, and Liz Collins, followed by live music from Free the Internet

Rose City Book Pub1329 Northeast Fremont Street
Join us the night before the full Portland Book Festival begins as authors Michelle St. Romain, Tara Badstubner, and Liz Collins discuss their recently released novels and the remarkable animals who play starring roles in their work. The evening...
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THUNOV 5
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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OBOB Book Club (grades 3 to 5)

Hillsboro Public Library, Brookwood2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy

Registration Required

Join us for book discussion, trivia questions, and crafting centered around the Grades 3-5 OBOB books! Registration opens for each session 45 days prior.

Use this link to see the titles for each meeting

Registration Required Join us for book discussion, trivia questions, and crafting centered around the Grades 3-5 OBOB books! Registration opens for each session 45 days prior. Use this link to see the titles for each meeting
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THUNOV 5
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
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Film Screening & Author Talk with Jane Schoenbrun and SenLinYu

Hollywood Theatre4122 NE Sandy Blvd
SOLD OUT Author Talk & Film Screening with Jane Schoenbrun and SenLinYu at Hollywood Theatre Parallel Worlds Bookshop and the Hollywood Theatre present a special author conversation with Jane Schoenbrun and SenLinYu, celebrating the release of...
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SUNNOV 8
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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Pop-Up: Nixta Taqueria at OK Chicken

OK Chicken and KhaosoiMap

James Beard Award-winning Chef Edgar Rico and Sara Mardanbigi bring their Michelin-recognized Nixta Taqueria from Austin to OK Chicken for a collaboration with Earl Nimsom, celebrating his new cookbook 'Nixta Taqueria: From Tacos to Tahdig.' Featuring Mexican, Thai, drinks, and cookbooks as part of the 2026 Portland Book Festival.

James Beard Award-winning Chef Edgar Rico and Sara Mardanbigi bring their Michelin-recognized Nixta Taqueria from Austin to OK Chicken for a collaboration with Earl Nimsom, celebrating his new cookbook 'Nixta Taqueria: From Tacos to Tahdig.'...
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THUNOV 5
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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HYBRID: Brian Doyle Celebration and Book Release

Lake Oswego Public Library380 A Avenue
Join Mary Miller Doyle and friends for a presentation of Wonder Is a Lovely Place to Be: 365 Days of Wit, Wisdom, and Irrepressible Imagination by Brian Doyle and Mary Miller Doyle. Drawing from both beloved and previously unpublished Brian Doyle...
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MONNOV 9
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Anne Liu Kellor With Keliko Adams, Faith Adiele, Alayna Erhart, and Jeremy Simer

Powell's City of Books1005 W Burnside St
Multiracial people are everywhere — but so often their stories are oversimplified, overlooked, or left out of the narrative altogether. Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity & Both/And Belonging (Beacon Press) — edited by Anne Liu Kellor — collects 29 voices from...
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THUNOV 5
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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BACKFENCE Unhinged podcast LIVE!

Powell's City of Books1005 W Burnside St
The BACKFENCE Unhinged podcast records their first ever live show with incredible guests Mitchell S. Jackson and Nicole Hardy sharing delightfully unhinged stories. Hosted by Andrew Dicson and Frayn Masters, and presented by Portland Mercury and...
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THUNOV 5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
History TalksBooksAuthor TalksCultural Heritage

The Making of 1177 BC: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed

Reed College — PAB 320 - Music Rehearsal Room & Lecture Hall3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
A talk by Glynnis Fawkes. How does a cartoonist go about adapting a work of history, specifically Eric H. Cline’s 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed? In this talk Fawkes will describe the process of interpreting Cline’s text in comics, an exercise during which she repeatedly asked herself how she might tell this story visually. Through page compositions and dramatizations in which historical figures (such as Ramses III) speak, she imagined characters for whom we have no record offering...
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