Literary Arts has announced the list of 80+ authors (and illustrators) coming to Portland for the November 7, 2015 relaunch of the literary festival, Wordstock. The festival aims to build community around literature through author events, workshops, a book fair, and more. Wordstock began in 2005 and is the largest celebration of literature in the Pacific Northwest. …
At the Wordstock Book Festival in Portland a couple weeks ago, I was manning the table for my press, Propeller Books, when a man paused to study the covers of the books there. I began the press in 2010 as an extension of the web magazine Propeller, and Propeller Books has released one title each …
Children’s author Bart King will work on his next young adult novel in the window of the Northeast Portland store A Children’s Place on several days in October. The Oregonian reports that King, who’s maybe best known for his The Big Book of Boy Stuff, will work on No Vampires. No Zombies. One Demon and …
