Guest Post: Why I Volunteer for Wordstock
This is a guest post from Katie Shaw, one of the Wordstock Volunteer Coordinators, on why she decided to volunteer for this years festival,...
Interview: Lev Grossman on “The Magician King,...
Lev Grossman is the author of New York Times bestsellers The Magician King...
Your Guide to the New Reading Local: Portland [w/Video]
Thank you very much for visiting the new Reading Local: Portland! There are...
5 Reasons Why Portland Is the Best Place to Start a Sma...
March is Small Press Month, which in my biased opinion should just be...
10 Ways You Can Support Broadway Books, or any Independen...
Broadway Books recently posted about the state of their store, and if you care about the fate...
5 Reasons Why Portland Is the Best Place to Start a Small...
March is Small Press Month, which in my biased opinion should just be renamed “Portland is the...
Today 10-30: Spare Room Presents Patrick Playter Hartigan...
If you’re promoting an upcoming Portland literary event, and would like to be considered for our daily...
Today 10-28: Diane Wakoski & Matthew Dickman at The O...
If you’re promoting an upcoming Portland literary event, and would like to be considered for our daily...
Five Questions: Shannon Wheeler, Author of “Too Muc...
We’re constantly perusing our Portland literary directory looking for interesting folks to feature in our weekly “Five...
Five Questions: Peter Rock, Author of “My Abandonme...
We’re constantly perusing our Portland literary directory looking for interesting folks to feature in our weekly “Five...
New Release: “A Simple Machine, Like the Lever̶...
If you’re a Portland author, poet, publisher, comic, zinester, or literary journal, and would like to be...
New Release: “Cream of Kohlrabi” by Floyd Skl...
If you’re a Portland author, poet, publisher, comic, zinester, or literary journal, and would like to be...
Essay: “Launch” by Teresa Bergen
This is an original essay submission based on the prompt “Launch,” in celebration of the launch of...
Fiction: “Seriously Cool” by Cara Holman
This is an original fiction submission based on the prompt “Launch,” in celebration of the launch of...
Review: "The Losing Role" by Steve Anderson
The Losing Role is a WWII espionage story from the German point of view, based on an...
My Three Favorite 2010 Releases From Portland Authors
I was contacted recently by Alison Hallett, the Portland Mercury Arts Editor, to see if I would...

















