Authors Michelle Ruiz Keil and Juhea Kim discuss Ursula K. Le Guin’s 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 Renée 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.
In this episode, we feature Emily Wilson speaking as part of Portland Arts & Lectures at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in April 2025.
In this episode, we bring you a talk from Gabrielle Zevin. It was the culminating event of the 2024 Everybody Reads program.
This episode features Ijeoma Oluo, author of Be a Revolution, in conversation with author Hanif Fazal at the 2024 Portland Book Festival.
In this episode, we bring you a talk from Javier Zamora. It was the culminating event of the 2025 Everybody Read’s program.
In this episode, we feature Timothy Egan speaking as part of Portland Arts & Lectures at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in January 2025.
Revisiting the 2024 Portland Book Festival with the "Deceit and Dark Humor" panel, featuring student readings from Writers in the Schools.
This week's episode features Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt when they interviewed each other for a special event hosted by Literary Arts in 2006.
In this episode, we feature a conversation with Connie Chung from her September 2024 event with Literary Arts.
This episode features acclaimed writer Renée Watson speaking at the World Stage Theater as part of the “I See My Light Shining” event in June 2024
This episode features Malcolm Gladwell in conversation about his newest book, Revenge of The Tipping Point. He spoke with Literary Arts executive director Andrew Proctor in front of a live audience in downtown Portland in October 2024.
National Book Foundation Presents: Awards & Activism at the 2024 Portland Book Festival with Robert Samuels and m.s. RedCherries.
This episode features M. Gessen, the final speaker of the 2024/25 Portland Arts & Lectures series at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.