Join us for a conversation from Portland Book Festival with authors Omar El Akkad and Karen Russel, moderated by Willamette Weeks arts and culture editor Rachel Saslow.

Barbara Kingsolver discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Demon Copperhead, with Jess Walter at this live event in Portland, Oregon.

Authors Michelle Ruiz Keil and Juhea Kim discuss Ursula K. Le Guins legacy through exploration of pacifism and environmentalism in her works.

Update your TBR list: 2025 Portland Book Festival authors recommend some of their favorite writers and titles featured at the event.

Tommy Orange shares his non-linear journey to becoming a writer and the inspiration behind his award-winning debut novel, There There.

In this episode of The Archive Project, author Salman Rushdie reads from and discusses his 1999 novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet.

Tune into this conversation from the 2025 Portland Book Festival featuring author Angela Flournoy in conversation with author Rene Watson.

In this episode, we feature Timothy Snyder as part of a Literary Arts Special Event at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

This episode features M. Gessen, the final speaker of the 2024/25 Portland Arts & Lectures series at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

This episode features Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with Omar El Akkad from the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in October 2024.