Portland Literary Events

Monday, April 14
Paul Pintarich will be reading from his expanded and revised History by the Glass…a Second Round
Where: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Monday, April 14
Elizabeth Strout will read from her novel Olive Kitteridge
Where: Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Tuesday, April 15
Katie Crouch will read from her debut novel Girls in Trucks
Where: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Tuesday, April 15
Local author Tom Spanbauer will read from his first novel Faraway Places
Where: Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.portlandmercury.com/

Tuesday, April 15
Children’s author and illustrator D.B. Johnson will present his most recent book Bear’s Picture
Where: Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy
When: 5:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://annieblooms.com/

Wednesday, April 16
Reading Frenzy and IPRC are sponsoring the Triple Dare Reading Series. This second installment will feature Future Tense publisher Kevin Sampsell and writer Suzanne Burns.
Where: Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th
When: 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $6.00
For more info: http://readingfrenzy.com/

Thursday, April 17
Jane Smiley will be reading from her new novel Ten Days in the Hills
Where: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Thursday, April 17
Tobias Wolff will be reading from his new short story collection Our Story Begins
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Saturday, April 19
Photographer Rosanne Olson will present her book This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes
Where: In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth
When: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://inotherwords.org/

Sunday, April 20
Nina Renvoyr will be reading from her novel The Age of Dreaming, Abraham Rodriguez from his South by South Bronx, and Elizabeth Crane from her You Must Be This Happy to Enter
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/