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Nov

14

2025

Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival 11/15/25

Liberty Bay Books welcomes readers to the second Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival this Saturday, November 15, 2025. The event runs from 11:00am – 3:00pm and will be held at the North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, WA. For more details, visit the festival link. Here’s a direct link for the list of authors. If you would …

Oct

10

2025

Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival in Redmond, WA Oct. 10 and 11

The Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival kicks off Friday October 10, 2025 at 5:30 at the Archer Hotel in Redmond, WA with a keynote by author, illustrator, and Caldecott Award winner Dan Santat. Free tickets are required and are available at the event link. The following day, Saturday October 11, the festival runs from 10:00- 4:00 …

Sep

9

2025

Sisters Festival of Books Friday Sept 12- Sunday Sept 14, 2025

Sisters Festival of Books is a multi-day celebration of literature and storytelling in the Pacific Northwest. Taking place in beautiful Sisters, Oregon and occurring across multiple venues, SFOB celebrates all things literature and storytelling – from workshops to poetry & story slams to author events and meet & greets…and even the opportunity to attend a …

Nov

12

2024

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Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival in Poulsbo, WA November 15 & 16, 2024

  Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, WA has a wonderful line-up of kids’ book creators for the first Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival this weekend, November 15 and 16. Friday, November 15, will be School Visit Day. Authors and illustrators will be at schools throughout Kitsap County, with an emphasis on visits for Title One schools. …

Sep

3

2024

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Sisters Festival of Books Sept. 13-15, 2024

What a month September is for the Pacific Northwest! We have the Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival on September 7 in Redmond, WA thanks to Brick & Mortar Books, and then the following weekend is the Sisters Festival of Books September 13-15 in Sisters, OR, thanks to the hard work of Paulina Springs Books and the …

Sep

5

2023

Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival:
Redmond, WA, Sept. 9th

Brick & Mortar Books of Redmond, WA is hosting the first Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival at Redmond Town Center September 9, 2023 from 10:00 am- 4:00 pm. There will be oodles of amazing local authors with fun for the whole family! You can click here to see the full line-up and more!

Jun

7

2022

Portland’s First Black Book Fest: Freadom Festival, June 18

From Amy Wang of The Oregonian/OregonLive, June 3, 2022: For Nanea Woods, books and community have always gone together, and now she’s launching her biggest effort yet to combine the two. Portland’s first Black literary festival, the Freadom Festival, is a tribute to freedom and reading that’s taking place in Portland’s Peninsula Park on Saturday, June …

Oct

15

2021

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LOANERS: THE MAKING OF A STREET LIBRARY; The Book and the Portland Book Festival Event

In 2011, Laura Moulton founded Street Books, a mobile library serving people living outside in Portland, Oregon. That summer, Ben Hodgson became one of her most dedicated regulars, setting the still-unbroken single-season record for borrowing. Then Ben’s routine’s changed, and he didn’t cross paths again with Laura for almost two years. Loaners is the story they began to tell when they reconnected, …

Nov

5

2020

Portland Book Festival, Nov. 5-21

Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland is thrilled to be partnering with Literary Arts for this year’s Portland Book Festival. Annie Bloom’s is the official bookseller for a terrific lineup of authors, including Veronica Roth, Jonathan Lethem, Raven Leilani, Rumann Alam, Claire Messud, Lydia Millet, and more! Click here for the full listing and more details.

Oct

25

2019

Palouse Literary Festival Gathers Acclaimed Authors in Moscow, ID

Carol Price of BookPeople of Moscow (Moscow, ID), shared photos and the following: CMarie Fuhrman (editor Native Voices anthology released April) and Debra Gwartney (I Am A Stranger Here Myself) were together for a reading by Gwartney and a craft conversation at BookPeople of Moscow last Thursday evening for the inaugural Palouse Literary Festival, organized …

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