Portland Book Festival

The 2026 Portland Book Festival, hosted by Literary Arts, will be held on November 7 at five partner venues in downtown Portland, Oregon. The festival’s additional Cover to Cover program will be held from November 2 to November 8 in multiple locations throughout the Portland metro area. The festival will feature writing workshops, pop-up readings at the Portland Art Museum, and author discussions, as well as a book fair for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The Cover to Cover program will include readings, author discussions, and panels. Over eighty authors will participate in the festival, including poets Victoria Chang and Aimee Nezhukumatathil, fiction writers T Kira Māhealani Madden and Deesha Philyaw, and nonfiction writers Priyanka Mattoo and Lance Richardson. A pass for the festival day is $20 with advance purchase or $27.50 on-site. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Most events in the Cover to Cover program are free and open to the public. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations for festival events at the Portland Art Museum, Portland’5 theaters, and the Judy children’s theater include public transportation near the venues; elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; accessible bathrooms and event spaces; accessible parking; assistive listening devices (with advance request); closed captioning for prerecorded media; and signage in Braille and ASL interpretation (with at least four weeks’ advance request). Contact the Literary Arts public programs department via phone or e-mail for additional accessibility details.