Portland Book Festival, Portland

3:00 PM. Book Bar: Musical Theater Karaoke Book Bar

4:30 PM. Live Wire + Portland Art Museum: Art, Books, & Radio Portland Art Museum: Main Building

6:00 PM. HWA Oregon: “Why Horror?” Author Panel Broadway Books

6:00 PM. Animal Wonder: Stories Shaped by the Wisdom of Animals Rose City Book Pub

6:30 PM. Kimberly Blaeser with Christopher Diaz Literary Arts

7:00 PM. BACKFENCE Unhinged podcast — LIVE TAPING! Powell’s City of Books

7:30 PM. Soccer Mommy (Solo) with Pre-Show Discussion and Q&A with Special Guest First Congregational United Church of Christ

3:00 PM. Book Bar: DJ Flor Violenta Book Bar

5:00 PM. Chai Pani x Bollywood Theater: A Diwali Celebration Bollywood Theater

6:00 PM. Derek Eisel: Songs of Lesbian Potlucks and Husbands Who Fix Tractors Rose City Book Pub

6:00 PM. A forgotten collection of Italian cookbooks comes to life Nostrana

6:00 PM. Readers Night Portland Art Museum: Mark Building

6:00 PM. Milwaukie Poetry Series: Invited Poets and Open Mic Toolbox Gallery

7:00 PM. Sight Reading: Musical Dialects with Jimmie Herrod, Nick Jaina, Black Belt Eagle Scout and 45th Parallel Universe First Congregational United Church of Christ

9:00 PM. ChatterPDX: LateWORKS ft. Hieu Minh Nguyen The Hallowed Halls

7:30 AM. Book Bar: Portland Book Festival Saturday Book Bar

10:00 AM. Emily Arrow’s Singalong Warm Up The Judy: Judy Cinema

10:00 AM. Animal Tales: Kara LaReau & Rosanne Parry The Judy: Judy Stage

10:00 AM. Restaurants and Relationships: Chai Pani and Nixta Taqueria First Congregational United Church of Christ

10:00 AM. On Biography: Julia Cooke & Lance Richardson The Old Church

10:00 AM. Poetry and the Natural World: Victoria Chang & Beth Piatote Portland’5: Brunish Theatre

10:00 AM. In the Shadows: Maggie Stiefvater & Isabel Cañas PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

10:00 AM. Villa Coco: Andrew Sean Greer Portland’5: Newmark Theatre

10:00 AM. Wildwood: Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

10:15 AM. Survival: Emiko Jean & T Kira Māhealani Madden Portland’5: Winningstad Theatre

10:30 AM. Spooky Stories: Annie Barrows & Daniel Nayeri The Judy: Black Box

10:30 AM. Writing Class: Writing with Tarot Portland Art Museum: Main Building

10:30 AM. Story Time Set: Let’s Go The Judy: Judy Cinema

11:00 AM. Pop-up: Julia Wertz Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:00 AM. Pop-up: Alicia Jo Rabins Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:00 AM. Pop-up: Julián Delgado Lopera Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:00 AM. Youth Writing Workshop: Quick-n-Dirty Spec Fic Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery

11:15 AM. Pop-up: Anthony Hudson Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:15 AM. Pop-up: Hannah Lillith Assadi Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:15 AM. Illustrator Draw Off: Chapter One The Judy: Judy Stage

11:30 AM. Pop-up: Tina Chang Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:30 AM. Pop-up: Lisa Hanawalt Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:30 AM. Pop-up: Notes to New Mothers Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:30 AM. Destiny: Julie Abe & Triona Murphy The Judy: Black Box

11:30 AM. Not-not Midlife Crisis: Priyanka Mattoo & Emily Nemens The Old Church

11:30 AM. Finding Home: Mary Fariba Afsari & Danny Ramadan Portland’5: Brunish Theatre

11:30 AM. Storytime Stage Special Guest: Aaron Nigel Smith The Judy: Judy Cinema

11:45 AM. Pop-up: Patrick deWitt Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:45 AM. Pop-up: Victoria Chang Portland Art Museum: Main Building

11:45 AM. Second Chances: Deesha Philyaw & Rainbow Rowell First Congregational United Church of Christ

11:45 AM. Strange Lands: Nelio Biedermann & Tom Lin PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

11:45 AM. The Children: Melissa Albert Portland’5: Newmark Theatre

11:45 AM. Story Time Set: Action! The Judy: Judy Cinema

12:00 PM. Pop-up: Erin Connor Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:00 PM. Pop-up: Portia Elan Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:00 PM. Pop-up: Anthea Kreston Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:00 PM. Never Say Die: Ke Huy Quan Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

12:00 PM. First Love: Renée Watson & Margot Fisher Portland’5: Winningstad Theatre

12:00 PM. Writing Class: Starting the Story Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:15 PM. Pop-up: Kyle Carrero Lopez Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:15 PM. Pop-up: Kathleen Boland Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:30 PM. Pop-up: Kevin Sampsell Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:30 PM. Pop-up: Genevieve DeGuzman Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:30 PM. Pop-up: Ed Park Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:30 PM. Crushing: Pedro Martín & Huda Fahmy The Judy: Black Box

12:45 PM. Pop-up: Courtney Gould Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:45 PM. Pop-up: T Kira Māhealani Madden Portland Art Museum: Main Building

12:45 PM. Youth Writing Workshop: Poetic Justice Workshop Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery

12:45 PM. Storytime Stage Special Guest: BRAVO Strings Duo The Judy: Judy Cinema

1:00 PM. Pop-up: Jae Nichelle Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:00 PM. Pop-up: Emeline Atwood Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:00 PM. Pop-up: BIPOC Reading Series Presents Character Work Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:00 PM. NBF Presents: What We Inherit The Old Church

1:00 PM. Magic and Romance: Emiko Jean & Angela Velez Portland’5: Brunish Theatre

1:00 PM. New Frontiers: Daniel Nayeri & Aida Salazar The Judy: Judy Stage

1:00 PM. Story Time Set: Head Cases The Judy: Judy Cinema

1:15 PM. Pop-up: Tom Lin Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:15 PM. Pop-up: Alex Behr Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:30 PM. Pop-up: Anne Broyles Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:30 PM. Pop-up: Hieu Minh Nguyen Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:30 PM. Pop-up: Becky Chambers Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:30 PM. Making Picture Books: Traci N. Todd & Rae Wynn-Grant The Judy: Black Box

1:30 PM. Party Time: Farideh Sadeghin & Irene Yoo First Congregational United Church of Christ

1:30 PM. Graphic Memoirs: Lisa Hanawalt & Julia Wertz PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

1:30 PM. Signals Across Vast Distances: Elizabeth Alexander Portland’5: Newmark Theatre

1:30 PM. Writing Class: Plotting the Story Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:45 PM. Pop-up: True Nature Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:45 PM. Pop-up: Maris Kreizman Portland Art Museum: Main Building

1:45 PM. On the Road: Patrick deWitt & Kathleen Boland Portland’5: Winningstad Theatre

2:00 PM. Pop-up: Danny Ramadan Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:00 PM. Pop-up: Jamie Fisher Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:00 PM. Pop-up: Emily Nemens Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:00 PM. Storytime Stage Special Guest: Teacher Brittany The Judy: Judy Cinema

2:15 PM. Pop-up: Deesha Philyaw Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:15 PM. Pop-up: Nelio Biedermann Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:15 PM. Story Time Set: Your Story The Judy: Judy Cinema

2:30 PM. Pop-up: Julia Cooke Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:30 PM. Pop-up: Liz Prato Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:30 PM. Pop-up: Paisley Rekdal Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:30 PM. A Voyage Through Time and Space: Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris The Judy: Black Box

2:30 PM. Portrait of the Artist: Alicia Jo Rabins & Ed Park The Old Church

2:30 PM. Illustrator Draw-Off: Chapter Two The Judy: Judy Stage

2:30 PM. A Small Piece of Night: 2025-26 Literary Arts Student Anthology Portland’5: Brunish Theatre

2:45 PM. Pop-up: Ally Ang Portland Art Museum: Main Building

2:45 PM. Pop-up: Rainbow Rowell Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:00 PM. Pop-up: Rachel Hochhauser Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:00 PM. Pop-up: Beth Piatote Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:00 PM. Pop-up: Priyanka Mattoo Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:00 PM. Writing Class: Poetry as Personal Myth Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:15 PM. Closing Singalong The Judy: Judy Cinema

3:15 PM. Pop-up: Willy Vlautin Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:15 PM. Pop-up: Samuel Ligon Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:15 PM. Pop-up: Sarah Wang Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:15 PM. Outer Spaces: Becky Chambers & Portia Elan First Congregational United Church of Christ

3:15 PM. Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!: Alexis Nikole Nelson Portland’5: Newmark Theatre

3:15 PM. Intimacies: Julie Buntin & Emeline Atwood PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

3:30 PM. Pop-up: Renée Watson Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:30 PM. Pop-up: Mary Fariba Afsari Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:30 PM. Hauntings: Jen St. Jude & Aiden Thomas Portland’5: Winningstad Theatre

3:30 PM. Youth Writing Workshop: Writing True Characters Portland Art Museum: Rental Sales Gallery

3:45 PM. Pop-up: Nancy Foley Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:45 PM. Pop-up: Samantha Saldivar Portland Art Museum: Main Building

3:45 PM. Belonging: Hieu Minh Nguyen & Paisley Rekdal Portland’5: Brunish Theatre

5:00 PM. Intergenerational: Willy Vlautin & Valeria Luiselli First Congregational United Church of Christ

5:00 PM. Mazywood: Tananarive Due Portland’5: Newmark Theatre

5:00 PM. Days of Love and Rage: Anand Gopal PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

5:00 PM. Political Poetics: Kyle Carrero Lopez & Tina Chang Portland’5: Winningstad Theatre

5:00 PM. Search and Rescue: Megan E. Freeman & Jen Ferguson Portland’5: Brunish Theatre

7:00 PM. Sight Reading: Musical Dialects with Anna Tivel, Willy Vlautin, Wonderly and 45th Parallel Universe First Congregational United Church of Christ

7:30 PM. Dessa with the Oregon Symphony Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

7:30 PM. Live Wire x Portland Book Festival Alberta Rose Theatre

8:00 AM. Book Bar: Classical + Musical Theatre Community Variety Show with 45th Parallel Book Bar

10:30 AM. ChatterPDX ft. Tina Chang & Anthea Kreston Pacific Center

11:00 AM. Conversations with Love Just Bob

1:00 PM. The Hot Dog Cookbook Party with Farideh Sadeghin L’Echelle

1:00 PM. Sunday Salon Toolbox Gallery

2:00 PM. Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World PAM CUT // Whitsell Auditorium

3:00 PM. Jewish Community Orchestra with Anthea Kreston Mittleman Jewish Community Center

4:00 PM. Jan Lisiecki: A Whole Dancing World Lincoln Recital Hall

5:00 PM. Nixta Taqueria x OK Chicken OK Chicken

5:00 PM. Soju Party: One for the Books at Han Oak Han Oak

7:00 PM. James Spooner Book Release + Afro-Punk PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater