Noy Holland

Rookie author Noy Holland will discuss her debut book Bird.

When: Monday, November 16 at 7:30 PM

Where : Powell's on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 

Photo via Wikipedia

Long Story Short

Margot Leitman, winner of multiple Moth short storytelling competitions will guide attendees through the art of storytelling.

When: Monday, November 16 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Story Time Tuesday

Join Green Bean Books for Storytime Tuesday. Green Bean promises plenty of stories, songs and good cheer.

When: Tuesday, November 17 at 11 AM

Where: Green Bean Books, 1600 NE Alberta

David Spade

David Spade will be on hand to sign copies of his memoir Almost Interesting

When: Tuesday, November 17 at 12:30 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Margaret Malone

Margaret Malone reads her entire short story "Yes" from The Timberline Review at this special event hosted by Atelier26 Books.

When: Tuesday, November 17 at 6:30 PM

Where: O'Connor's Pub 7850 SW Capitol Highway

Sam Phillips

Author Peter Guralnick will discuss his biography Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.

When: Tuesday, November 17 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Photo via Peter Guralnick's Facebook page

Brian Bolton

Brian Bolton, author of Sustainable Financial Investments will visit Portland State University to discuss  how to address investing in sustainability from a classical economics, finance and strategy perspective

When:  Wednesday, November 18 at 12 PM

Where: Portland State University's Market Center Building

Book Binding

Learn how to bind a book of your very own at this special design event offered by Scrap Studio.

When: Wednesday November 18 at 4 PM

Where: Scrap Studio, 2808 NE MLK JR Blvd

Tim Palmer

Award-winning author and photographer Tim Palmer will present a stunning slide show based on his acclaimed new book, Field Guide to Oregon Rivers, published by Oregon State University Press.

When: Wednesday, November 18 at 6:45 PM

Where:  The Waypost, 3120 N. Williams Av

Unchaste Readers

Literary Arts welcomes Unchaste Readers – Women Reading Their Minds into a new home for their series. Curated by Jenny Forrester, Unchaste Readers celebrates and gives stage to the female and female-identified voices of Portland in the form of an ongoing reading series.

When: Wednesday, November 18 at 7 PM

Where: Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington Street

Rick Moody

Rick Moody will read from and discuss his darkly comic portrait of a man who comes to life through his online reviews, Hotels of North America.

When: Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Photo via Rick Moody's Facebook page

Ancient Place

Jack Nisbet will guide readers through Ancient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest.

When: Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Jason Mark

Journalist and adventurer will lead attendees on a journey for the mystery of the wild during a discussion of his book Satellites in the High Country.

When: Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 

Photo via Jason Mark's Twitter page

Anthony Doerr

Part of the Portland Art and Lecture Series, Anthony Doerr will visit the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. He is the author of  the author of the story collectionsThe Shell Collector (2002) and Memory Wall (2010), the memoir Four Seasons in Rome (2007), and the novels About Grace (2004) and the number oneNew York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See (2014), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015 and was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Award.

When:  Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 PM 

Where: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway

Alex Honnold

Anna Rymill will ask Alex Honnold about his new book Alone on the Wall about his career as an adventure athlete.

When: Friday, November 20 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Photo via Alex Honnold's Facebook page

Imagine Comics

Four comic book writers and artists will be on hand for a special panel discussion: writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, author of Bitch Planet; writer Joe Keatinge, author of Tech Jacket; Leila del Duca, Shutter artist; and writer Kurt Busiek, author of Autumnlands.

When: Saturday, November 21 at 4 PM

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. between 10th and 11th Ave

Photo via Kelly Sue DeConnick's Facebook page

Shann Ray

Shann Ray will discuss American Cooper,  a novel about America's hidden desire for regeneration through violence, the ultimate cost of forgiveness and the demands of atonement.

When: Friday, November 20 at 7:30 PM

Where: Powell's on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 

Linda Mercury

Join  author Linda Mercury as she discusses and celebrates the release of her new book, Curse of the Spider Woman.

When:  Saturday, November 21 at 2 PM

Where: Primrose And Tumbleweeds, 248 E Main St Hillsboro
 

Sunday Morning Storytime

Join Green Bean Books for Sunday Morning Storytime . Green Bean promises plenty of stories, songs and good cheer.

When: Sunday, November 22 at 11 AM

Where: Green Bean Books, 1600 NE Alberta

PSU MFA Reading

The MFA “Last Sunday” reading series gives Portland State University students and faculty the opportunity to share their fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to an audience of peers and the larger literary community. The featured faculty reader on November 22nd is non-fiction writer and Oregon Book Award winner Paul Collins.

When: Sunday, November 22 at 5 PM

Where: Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street