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Customize Your Itinerary with Upcoming Events in Portland
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Portland Book Festival 2026
From Monday, November 2, 2026 to Sunday, November 8, 2026 November 2, 2026 November 8, 2026 The Hotel Zags Portland
Portland Book Festival makes its anticipated return Nov. 2–8, 2026. And this is the biggest year yet: Following a sold-out, single-day event in 2025, this year’s festival encompasses a full week. If its original 2005 incarnation was a short story, growing to a novel with a 2015 relaunch, then the 2026 Portland Book Festival is a sprawling series you won’t want to stop reading.
Reaching across art forms, this year’s festival will feature collaborations with visual artists, musicians and chefs. You’ll find more than 150 celebrated authors and other presenters on the schedule. Events include readings, workshops, panels, pop-ups and more. It all comes to a peak on Saturday, Nov. 7, when the festival’s largest gathering takes over downtown Portland’s South Park Blocks.