The Archive Project

The Archive Project


Latest Episodes

Green Planet: Ferris Jabr & Amy Stewart
April 27, 2025

Celebrate Earth Day with fresh insights from authors and environmentalists Ferris Jabr and Amy Stewart at the 2024 Portland Book Festival.

Verselandia! 2024
April 20, 2025

Journey through Verselandia! 2024 with performances from the event and interviews with this years hopefuls.

Everybody Reads 2025: Javier Zamora
April 14, 2025

In this episode, we bring you a talk from Javier Zamora. It was the culminating event of the 2025 Everybody Reads program.

Be a Revolution: Ijeoma Oluo & Hanif Fazal
April 06, 2025

This episode features Ijeoma Oluo, author of Be a Revolution, in conversation with author Hanif Fazal at the 2024 Portland Book Festival.

Alice Hoffman in Conversation with Vailey Oehlke
March 30, 2025

Celebrated novelist and screenwriter, Alice Hoffman in conversation with the Director of the Multnomah County Library Vailey Oehlke at Wordstock: Portlands Book Festival.

Michael Ondaatje REBROADCAST
March 23, 2025

Michael Ondaatje shares multiple sequences from his critically acclaimed fourth novel, Anils Ghost.

Reconciliation: Renée Watson & Joe Wilkins
March 15, 2025

A conversation from Portland Book Festival 2024 called Reconciliation with authors Rene Watson and Joe Wilkins, moderated by Mitchell S. Jackson.

Richard Powers
March 09, 2025

This episode features a conversation with author Richard Powers from the 2024 Portland Book Festival.

Annie Dillard
March 02, 2025

This week, were reaching way back into our archive to feature a talk from Pulitzer Prize winning writer Annie Dillards special event in 1989.

Gabrielle Zevin: Everybody Reads 2024
February 23, 2025

Every year, the Multnomah County Library chooses one book they hope the whole city of Portland will read. Between January and April, the Library, and their partner organizations, host events based aro