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Monday, September 26
 

7:00pm PDT

La Luna Nueva Festival - Staged Reading (English) Miracle Theater
 
Tuesday, September 27
 

7:00pm PDT

La Luna Nueva Festival - Poets Open Mic Night (Bilingual) Miracle Theater
 
Wednesday, September 28
 

7:00pm PDT

La Luna Nueva Festival - Staged Reading (Spanish) Miracle Theater
 
Friday, September 30
 

6:00pm PDT

Literal Fun Castaways
 
Saturday, October 1
 

7:00pm PDT

The 6th Annual Text Ball: In Poetic Fashion p:ear Gallery
 
Sunday, October 2
 

6:00pm PDT

ShanRock's Triviology Wordstock Lit Quiz East Burn
 
Monday, October 3
 

8:00pm PDT

The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience – Portland* "We Read So You Don’t Have To" Bunk Bar
 
Tuesday, October 4
 

6:00pm PDT

Portland Stories Reading Showcase Central Library, US Bank Room
 
Wednesday, October 5
 

6:00pm PDT

Children's Literature Reading Showcase Central Library, US Bank Room Think & Drink with Oregon Humanities Rontoms
 
Thursday, October 6
 

7:00pm PDT

To Be Heard: A Documentary McMenamins Bagdad Theater
 
Saturday, October 8
 

9:00am PDT

From Subjects to Storytelling Room C 125 or Room C 126 Hit Me Again, I can take it! (Making the Most of Constructive Criticism) Room C 125 or Room C 126

10:30am PDT

Kicking Butt & Chewing Bubble Gum: Writing for Teenage Boys Room C 125 or Room C 126 Seven Steps to Writing a Sensational Scene Room C 125 or Room C 126

11:00am PDT

Jennifer Richter & Matt Yurdana Attic Institute Stage Carolyn Conohan & Ann Cameron Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Writing Across Cultures McMenamins Stage How to Win Over Agents & Editors National Endowment for the Arts Stage Remembering Robert Sheckley Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Steve Almond & Peter Mountford Wordstock Community Stage

12:00pm PDT

Katrina Roberts & John Morrison Attic Institute Stage Judy Sierra, Marc Brown, & Nancy Tillman Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Clark Blaise & Alexander MacLeod McMenamins Stage Julia Glass & Diana Abu-Jaber National Endowment for the Arts Stage Book Trailers: A Driving Force? Oregon Cultural Trust Stage My Censor, My Self Wieden+Kennedy Stage Ellen Meeropol & Belinda McKeon Wordstock Community Stage Collaborations in Visual Storytelling: Writing for Comics & Graphic Novels Room C 125 or Room C 126 Writers, Inc.: Business Solutions for Writers and Writing Collectives Room C 125 or Room C 126

1:00pm PDT

Cyrus Cassells & Paulann Petersen Attic Institute Stage It's a Small World Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Bharati Mukherjee & Ismet Prcic McMenamins Stage Jennifer Egan National Endowment for the Arts Stage Graphic Novels: Not Just for Geeks Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Rahul Mehta & Scott Nedelson Wieden+Kennedy Stage Manuel Muñoz & Jason Skipper Wordstock Community Stage

1:30pm PDT

Radical Disclosure (or Can I Really Write That About My Mother-in-Law?) Room C 125 or Room C 126 Return to Joy: Remembering Why You Love to Write Room C 125 or Room C 126

2:00pm PDT

Garrett Hongo & Henry Hughes Attic Institute Stage Malie Meloy, Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Isaac Marion McMenamins Stage Michael Ondaatje National Endowment for the Arts Stage Vera Brosgol & Jonathan Hill Oregon Cultural Trust Stage The Death of Print & Digital Humanity Wieden+Kennedy Stage Every Book is a Start Up Wordstock Community Stage

3:00pm PDT

Poets from the Attic Atheneum Attic Institute Stage Pseudonymous Bosch & Patrick Carman Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Craig Thompson McMenamins Stage Barry Lopez with John Freeman National Endowment for the Arts Stage Read My Lips: Telling Stories Through Food Oregon Cultural Trust Stage D.F. Walker & Moira Young Wieden+Kennedy Stage Comics for Social Justice: The Making of Oil and Water Wordstock Community Stage How to Write HOT Sex Scenes Without Even Blushing! Room C 125 or Room C 126 In the Beginning: Crafting Compelling Story Openings Room C 125 or Room C 126 “Shelf Life” Room B115

4:00pm PDT

Peter Pereira & Elyse Fenton Attic Institute Stage The Murky Ground of Middle Grade Books Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Robert Greer & Pierre Ouellette McMenamins Stage Isabel Wilkerson National Endowment for the Arts Stage Marjorie Sandor & Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Blake Nelson & John Corey Whaley Wieden+Kennedy Stage Pushing the Limits of Form in Fiction Wordstock Community Stage

4:30pm PDT

Instant Graphic Novel Room C 125 or Room C 126 Why Stories Get Rejected: Learning to Self-Edit Room C 125 or Room C 126

5:00pm PDT

The Life & TImes of Allen Ginsberg Attic Institute Stage Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis McMenamins Stage Eduardo Halfon & Sergio Troncoso National Endowment for the Arts Stage Speaking in English--Dreaming in Spanish Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Teens Facing Fears in Fiction Wieden+Kennedy Stage Tracy Daugherty & Keith Scribner Wordstock Community Stage

7:30pm PDT

the 7th Live Wire! wordstock extravaganza the Aladdin Theater
 
Sunday, October 9
 

9:00am PDT

A Biographer is a Storyteller Room C 125 or Room C 126 Building an Online Audience: How to Connect with Readers & the People Who Can Get You in Front of Readers Online Room C 125 or Room C 126

10:30am PDT

Digging Up Skeletons: How to Mine your Family History for Stories Room C 125 or Room C 126 Respecting the Reader: What Fiction Writers Can (and should) Learn from Poets Room C 125 or Room C 126

11:00am PDT

Emily Warn & Ursula Le Guin Attic Institute Stage Lynn Connor, Eric Kimmel, and Carmen Bernier-Grand Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Deborah Reed & Writing in Multiple Genres McMenamins Stage When Was Your First Time? National Endowment for the Arts Stage Stalking the Elusive Guy Reader Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Latin American Writers and their Socio-cultural Realities Wieden+Kennedy Stage What's With America's Sexual/Literary Hang-Up? Wordstock Community Stage

12:00pm PDT

Chris Anderson & Cecilia Hagen Attic Institute Stage Doreen Cronin & Marla Frazee Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Vampires Are So Last Season McMenamins Stage Attic Institute Showcase National Endowment for the Arts Stage Johnny Shaw & Scott Sparling Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Isabel Jaén-Portillo & Fernando Sanchez Wieden+Kennedy Stage Move Over, Holden Caulfield Wordstock Community Stage The Art of Graphic Narrative—from the single panel to the graphic novel Room C 125 or Room C 126 Writing for Children’s Books Room C 125 or Room C 126

1:00pm PDT

Zachary Schomburg & Ingrid Wendt Attic Institute Stage Deborah Hopkinson, Myra Wolfe & Julie Paschkis Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Dominic Smith McMenamins Stage Larry Levin & Ceiridwen Terrill National Endowment for the Arts Stage Redrawing the Universe Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Suzanne Young & Kimberly Derting Wieden+Kennedy Stage Mean Girls Wordstock Community Stage “Georgie’s Big Break” Room B115

1:30pm PDT

Imagination and Diagnosis: A Workshop on Writing and Medicine Room C 125 or Room C 126 One Arm Tied Behind Your Back: Harnessing the Hurdles that are Unique to Your Work-in-Progress Room C 125 or Room C 126

2:00pm PDT

Maxine Scates & Carl Adamschick Attic Institute Stage A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Future Shock: Emerging Trends in Publishing McMenamins Stage Anne Enright National Endowment for the Arts Stage Smells Like Teen Spirit Oregon Cultural Trust Stage David Rocklin & Anna Solomon Wieden+Kennedy Stage Banned Wordstock Community Stage

3:00pm PDT

Jack Straw Writers Showcase Attic Institute Stage Lauren Oliver & Jonathan Auxier Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Daniel Woodrell & Chelsea Cain McMenamins Stage Charles Yu & Vanessa Veselka National Endowment for the Arts Stage William M. Adler & Christopher Phillips Oregon Cultural Trust Stage David Marin & Jessica O'Dwyer Wieden+Kennedy Stage Ellen Hopkins & Jen Violi Oregon Cultural Trust Stage The Big Picture: Essential Story Structure Room C 125 or Room C 126 Under Their Skin and Through Their Eyes: Capturing Setting Through Point-of-View Room C 125 or Room C 126 “Beyond the Spill” Room B115

4:00pm PDT

Scott Poole Attic Institute Stage Lindsey Leavitt & Lisa Schroeder Knowledge Universe Children's Stage PlayWrite McMenamins Stage From Playboy to the Bible: Adapting Writing for Screen and Image Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Kerry Cohen Hoffman & Molly McCloskey Wieden+Kennedy Stage Lidia Yuknavitch & Lisa Wells Oregon Cultural Trust Stage

4:30pm PDT

Narrator, Tell Me Everything You Know. Please. Room C 125 or Room C 126 The How of Where: On setting as character in fiction Room C 125 or Room C 126

5:00pm PDT

Nitpicky Kids Knowledge Universe Children's Stage Scott Westerfeld & Maggie Stiefvater McMenamins Stage Writer As American Citizen National Endowment for the Arts Stage Nancy Rommelman & Jennifer Lauck Oregon Cultural Trust Stage George Estreich & Kevin Renner Wieden+Kennedy Stage VoiceCatcher Wordstock Community Stage

7:00pm PDT

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg Portland Art Museum, Whitsell Auditorium
 
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