PDX Write Week 1/29/2026

Welcome to PDX Write Week, a roundup of literary events including readings, workshops, social mixers, and classes for the Portland, OR area. This newsletter covers events from 1/29/2026 through 2/4/2026.

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The Write Place Productivity Meeting with Willamette Writers (virtual)

1/29/2026

12PM-1PM Recurring event - Every Thursday. Zoom registration required

https://willamettewriters.org/events/

Portland Paper Club at BOLD Coffee & Books

1/29/2026

5PM-7PM

https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events/

Brian Trapp with Gabriel Urza at Broadway Books

1/29/2026

6PM-7PM

https://broadwaybooks.net/event/2026-01-29/brian-trapp-gabriel-urza

Notes and Motes: Poetry and Jazz at Rose City Book Pub

1/29/2026

7:30PM-9:30PM

https://www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/2024/1/18/notes-and-motes-poetry-and-jazz-88tmb-kg384-xkxk7-2gksg-lrxdf-klrxm-rl6kg-szesn-n2hja-d9lkz-pr8sy-rg4we

Portland Zine Meetup at Rose City Book Pub

1/29/2026

9PM-11PM

https://www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/2024/12/5/portland-zine-meetup-lxjba-c9gwa-d48m7-d6t5n-n8rww-h4ldm-tm5gz-zfdp9-33apb-6xdfs

Rose City Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Weekly Write-In at BOLD Coffee & Books

1/30/2026

12PM-4PM

https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events/

Meet Me at the Crossroads: A Progressive Discussion Group at BOLD Coffee & Books

1/30/2026

7PM-8:30PM

https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events/

Open Mic: Bring Yer Own Passage! at Rose City Book Pub

1/30/2026

7PM-9PM

https://www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/2026/1/30/byop-open-mic-bring-your-own-passage

Online Write-In with Willamette Writers (virtual)

1/30/2026

9AM-11AM

https://willamettewriters.org/events/

Kid's Storytime at Powell's City of Books

1/31/2026

10:30AM

https://www.powells.com/events/kid-s-storytime-9780593691229

Saturday Coffee at your Kitchen Table with Willamette Writers (virtual)

1/31/2026

10AM-11AM Recurring event - Every Saturday. Zoom registration required

https://willamettewriters.org/events/

Children’s Storytime: Julie Showers, Marie Showers, and Eva Wrzesinski, Toby's Farm Adventureat BOLD Coffee & Books

1/31/2026

11AM-11:30AM

https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events/

Poetry book release: Through A Foreign Gaze (poems on travel) by Michael Berton at Rose City Book Pub

1/31/2026

4PM-5PM

https://www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/2026/1/31/poetry-through-a-foreign-gaze-by-michael-berton

Author Reading and Book Release: Scott Cannon, The Newel Post, Book One: Nonrepresentational Card Panels, in Conversation with Adam Oyster-Sands, don’t call us punk because we hate that at BOLD Coffee & Books

1/31/2026

7PM-8:30PM

https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events/

Children's Storytimes at Barnes & Noble (various)

1/31/2026

Multiple storytimes on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and More - see link for details

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/?eventTypes=children&months=2&instoreEvent=true&sort=date

Telltale Presents: Fires in the Uterus (tickets required)

2/1/2026

2:30PM

https://www.merctickets.com/events/179466146/telltale-presents-fires-in-the-uterus

The Weary Blues at 100: Maude Hines and Emmett Wheatfall Discuss Langston Hughes at Literary Arts