Portland Book Festival

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Portland Book Festival
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StatusActive
GenreEvents
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Portland, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Founded2005 (2005)
ActivityFestival
SponsorLiterary Arts, Inc.
Website literary-arts.org/what-we-do/pdxbookfest/

Portland Book Festival (formerly Wordstock) is an annual literary festival held in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] The festival started in 2005, [2] and is the largest festival of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. [3] Events include author readings, writing contests and workshops, exhibits, and a book fair.

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Background

The festival, founded in 2005 by writer Larry Colton, [4] is held by the non-profit Literary Arts, [5] which also sponsors the Oregon Book Award. [6] Venues include the Portland Art Museum, First Congregational United Church of Christ, The Old Church, the Oregon Historical Society, the Northwest Film Center, the Brunish Theatre, the Winningstad Theatre, and the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. [3] The Northwest Film Center collaborates with Literary Arts, sponsoring film screenings with writers discussing films that have influenced their works. [7]

References

  1. ↑ ArtsWatch, Oregon; Wang, Amy. "Portland Book Festival: A day for books and browsers, authors and audiences • Oregon ArtsWatch". Oregon ArtsWatch • Arts & Culture News. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  2. ↑ ArtsWatch, Oregon; Pate, Karen. "Ani DiFranco and Richard Powers to headline 2024 Portland Book Festival • Oregon ArtsWatch". Oregon ArtsWatch • Arts & Culture News. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  3. 1 2 "2018 Portland Book Festival presented by Bank of America - Literary Arts". Literary Arts. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ↑ ArtsWatch, Oregon; Wang, Amy. "Portland Book Festival: More than 250 volunteers help create connections and community between 80+ authors and 8,000 readers • Oregon ArtsWatch". Oregon ArtsWatch • Arts & Culture News. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  5. ↑ "The Portland Book Festival". The Official Guide to Portland. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  6. ↑ "Tom Hanks, new author, will be at 2018 Portland Book Festival (the former Wordstock)". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  7. ↑ "Portland Book Festival: Film to Page | NW Film Center". NW Film Center. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-20.


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