THE weekend for books in the Pacific Northwest is happening right now, as in today and tomorrow and the next day. If you’re here, you know why: the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow in Tacoma from Oct. 13-15 and Wordstock in Portland from Oct. 11-15. We’ll get to the Tradeshow in another post, but let’s see what’s happening at Wordstock this year.
Founded by Portland author Larry Colton, Wordstock is not only a party for literary art and its authors, but a celebration of reading, writing and education in general. In addition to the annual book and literary festival, Wordstock has other programs that support reading and writing in the community: Wordstock for Teachers, Wordstock for Kids, Wordstock for Communities and The Wordstock Book-to-Film Festival.
This year’s Wordstock theme is journalism, sex and dystopia. The work of the authors, speakers and artists at the show reflect these themes. We’ve even featured quite a few of them right here on NWBL:
- Jess Walter
- Kim Barnes
- Pauls Toutonghi
- Amanda Coplin
- Lance Weller
- Gregory Spatz
- Gregory Martin
- Chloe Caldwell
- James Bernard Frost
- Kristy Athens
- Natalie Serber
- Evan P. Schneider
- Dan DeWeese
- Lidia Yuknavitch
- Floyd Skloot
Stay tuned for coverage from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow here and on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Happy Weekend of the Book!—Amber James
