Portland Book Festival is a place to find the book you didn’t know you were looking for, and meet the person who wrote it. Unsolicited Press is bringing its authors and books to the festival, with signings throughout the day and plenty of conversation at the table. Stop by, browse a while, ask a writer about the work, and leave with a book signed just for you.
Find us at the Friday Night Book Market and Saturday’s exhibitor fair. Our authors will be signing throughout the festival; check the schedule for who’ll be at the table and when
And when the fair lets out, the reading keeps going. Unsolicited Press carries the festival energy into Portland’s bookstores, coffee shops, and breweries. The weekend’s off-site readings offer more chances to hear the work, meet the writers, and keep the conversation alive—whether you’re joining us for one stop or making a whole weekend of it.
The Body Has Teeth: A Reading & Conversation with Amy Baskin, Anthony DiPietro, David Loring Nash, and Summer Stewart
Saturday, November 7 · 6:30 p.m. · BOLD Coffee & Books, 1755 SW Jefferson Street, Portland
Four writers enter the dark from different doors. Anthony DiPietro’s poems move through gay love, sex, and the strange repetitions of desire. Amy Baskin gives Lilith—the first woman, cast as demon—her fierce voice. Summer Stewart’s poems and essays expose the scripts written onto women’s bodies and lives. In David Loring Nash’s Northwoods, witchcraft, revenge, and human folly wait just beyond the treeline. Join them for a reading and conversation. It’s bound to get sharp.
The Night Shift at Leikam Brewing featuring LeeAnn Pickrell, Nicola Ranson, Jill McCabe Johnson, and Aileen Keown Vaux
Saturday, November 7 · 7 p.m. · East Burnside
The festival floor closes; the reading goes on. Continue the crawl at Leikam Brewing with short readings from Unsolicited Press authors, a good pour, and the kind of talk that keeps going after the last page. Drop in for this stop, or make it the first round of a full weekend of books and breweries.
The Big Pour: An Independent Press Gathering at Breakside featuring a multitude of authors and presses
Sunday, November 8 · 2 p.m. start · Breakside, Milwaukie
The biggest brewery gathering of the weekend brings together Unsolicited Press authors and publisher, independent presses from around Portland, and readers, writers, editors, booksellers, and anyone else who loves books. Join us for readings, local beer, and a Sunday afternoon with the people making the literary scene.
Unsolicited Press authors expected include Amy Baskin, Mari Matthias, Nicola Ranson, Andy Smart, Morgan Waites, LeeAnn Pickrell, Marianne Villanueva, Douglas Cole, Anthony DiPietro, Summer Stewart, David Loring Nash, and Aileen Keown Vaux.
Last Call for Books at Migration Brewing featuring Andy Smart, Jennie Bricker, David Loring Nash, Anthony DiPietro, Morgan Waites, and Elisa Carlsen
Sunday, November 8 · 7–8:30 p.m. · Migration Brewing · SE Glisan
One last round before the weekend slips away. Close the crawl at Migration Brewing with readings from Unsolicited Press authors, a pint, and one more chance to get into the books and the conversation. Come for the final stop—or make this your only stop.
Meet us at the festival. Find a new favorite. Get a book signed. Then follow the reading into the city.
