Gary Shteyngart discusses his recent novel Our Country Friends at Portland Book Festival; opening with an essay reading from Katherine D. Morgan.

Mira Jacob, the featured author for Everybody Reads 2022, speaks about family, race, art, America, and her graphic memoir Good Talk.

Novelist Brit Bennett talks about the inspiration for and process of writing her second book, The Vanishing Half.

Listen to excerpts from the 2021 #PDXBookFest, with writers including Brandon Taylor, Aminder Dhaliwal, and Rita Dove.

Grace Bonney discusses creativity, empowerment, and aging in this conversation with women featured in her latest book, Collective Wisdom.

Kaveh Akbar, Melissa Febos, and Megan Stielstra catch up and reprise their 2017 Portland Book Festival panel for this conversation with moderator Marisa Siegel.

Novelists A.K. Blakemore and Rivka Galchen discuss their latest works with OPB's Crystal Ligori.

John Freeman talks works in translation with French author Jakuta Alikavazovic, Yugoslav-born writer Lana Bastašić, and novelists & memoirist Aleksandar Hemon.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Kawai Strong Washburn talk about writing and the environment in this conversation from the 2020 Portland Book Festival.

Two events from 2020 Portland Book Festival that explore mental and physical health, and how we look after each other when they’re compromised.