Powell's Books

Phone:

(800) 878-7323

Type: Indie Bookstore

Website:

http://www.powells.com

E-mail:

help@powells.com

The "City of Books," as the four-story flagship store in Portland, Oregon, is known, occupies an entire city block, and carries more than one million books. Each month, the Basil Hallward Gallery (located upstairs in the Pearl Room) hosts a new art exhibit, as well as dozens of author events featuring acclaimed writers, artists, and thinkers.

Address: 1005 W Burnside

Portland, OR 97209

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City Guide

Portland, Oregon

by Lee Montgomery

City Guides

Lee Montgomery, associate publisher and editorial director of Tin House Books, moved to Portland, Oregon, twelve years ago but never meant to stay. It was a charming Victorian house, the rain and clouds, and the energy of the places featured in this guide that compelled the writer in her to hunker down and take advantage of a city brimming with literary offerings.

Conferences & Residencies

Caldera

Residency

Sisters, Oregon

Attic Institute Creative Renewal Weekend

Conference

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Tin House Summer Writers Workshop

Conference

Portland, Oregon

MFA Programs

University of Oregon, Eugene

MFA

Portland State University

MFA

Writing Contests

Literary Arts

Oregon Literary Fellowships

Magazine Articles

A Pair of Presses Join Poetic Forces

by Alex Dimitrov

News and Trends

May/June 2013

Portland, Oregon-based Octopus Books and Tin House Books join forces to collaborate on a new poetry series that carves out a space for a new audience and invigorates the city's poetry community.

3 for Free

by Staff

News and Trends

January/February 2012

In this regular feature, we offer a few suggestions for podcasts, apps, web tools, newsletters, museum shows, and gallery openings: a medley of literary curiosities for readers and writers on a budget.

Portland's Literary Arts Names New Director

by Staff

Daily News

Andrew Proctor was recently named executive director of Literary Arts, the twenty-five-year-old nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon. He will succeed Elizabeth Burnett, who resigned from the post in September 2008.

Directory of Writers

Derek Mong

Poet

Portland, OR

Robyn Parnell

Fiction Writer

Hillsboro, OR

Sandra Stone

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Portland, OR