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Wordstock Book Fair
tickets: 7 dollars
ages 0-13: free {comp ticket required}
book fair tickets get you into every book fair thing except:
Wordstock for Writers Workshops
workshop tickets get you same-day book fair admission and can be purchased within workshop listings below.
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Sunday, September 30
 

6:00pm

Wordstock Trivia Night with Shanrock's Triviology East Burn
 
Thursday, October 4
 

4:00pm

Burgers and Books Benefit Hawthorne Burgerville
 
Saturday, October 6
 

7:00pm

Seventh Annual Text Ball Disjecta
 
Sunday, October 7
 

6:00pm

Wordstock Trivia Night with Shanrock's Triviology East Burn
 
Tuesday, October 9
 

6:00pm

Wordstock at the Library Central Library, US Bank Room
 
Wednesday, October 10
 

8:00pm

Tin House Fall Issue Release Party Holocene
 
Thursday, October 11
 

6:30pm

Festival Opener: Poets Slam Wordstock McMenamins Bagdad Theater
 
Saturday, October 13
 

9:00am

Researching and Writing the Lives of Women Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B What's So Funny? Using Humor in YA and Children's Books Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A

10:00am

Open Write Exhibit Hall D, next to the Drinkery Klutz Activity Table Little Word children's stage & discovery place

10:30am

Charlotte Rodenberg Puppet Show & Book Signing Little Word children's stage & discovery place No More Heaving Bosoms: Writing and Publishing Modern Erotica and Romance Novels Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Writing Memorable Characters- for Young Writers Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B

11:00am

April Henry & Jeanne Ryan Trimet YA Stage Brenda Peterson & Ruth A. Musgrave KinderCare Children's Stage John Brehm & Stephanie Lenox Attic Institute Poetry Stage Peter Zuckerman McMenamins Stage Extreme Book Makeover: Digital Press Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Putting Words in the Mouth of God Work for Art Stage Tell Me a Story National Endowment for the Arts Stage The End of the World As We Know It Comcast Stage There's Nothing Like Your First Faceout Studio Stage

12:00pm

A Face to Meet the Faces: Anthology Attic Institute Poetry Stage Bettye Lavette & Storm Large Comcast Stage Gregory Martin & Kambri Crews National Endowment for the Arts Stage Jon Klassen & Mac Barnett KinderCare Children's Stage Kevin Emerson & Lissa Price Trimet YA Stage Kimberly Jensen & Jewel Lansing and Fred Leeson Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Randy Fertel Faceout Studio Stage Whitney Otto McMenamins Stage The Art of the Picture Book with Addie Boswell Little Word children's stage & discovery place Crafting a Killer First Page Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Inviting Little Red Riding Hood, the Oracle and the Coat of Many Colors into our Poems Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B Sara Levine Work for Art Stage

1:00pm

Brendan Hay Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Crystal Williams & David Axelrod Attic Institute Poetry Stage James Bernard Frost & Hanna Neuschwander Work for Art Stage Maria Semple & Lisa Zeidner McMenamins Stage New Nature Writing: Rick Borsten, Beth Baker, and David Oates National Endowment for the Arts Stage Peter Heller Comcast Stage Salina Yoon & Renee Watson KinderCare Children's Stage The "Adult" in "Young Adult" Trimet YA Stage All in the Family Faceout Studio Stage

1:30pm

Nonfiction Writing: Not Just the Facts Ma'am Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Triage: A Better Way to Revise Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B

2:00pm

Missed Connections: The Story Continues Missed Connections Booth Floyd Skloot & Greg Chaimov Attic Institute Poetry Stage Jack Hart Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Jeffrey Hannan & James Kunen National Endowment for the Arts Stage Joyce Hinnefeld & Lois Leveen Work for Art Stage Katie Kacvinsky & Lisa Burstein Trimet YA Stage Kurt Andersen Comcast Stage Lidia Yuknavitch & Jon Raymond Faceout Studio Stage Living in a Fantasy World McMenamins Stage Picture This KinderCare Children's Stage

3:00pm

Amanda Coplin & John Rember Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Ami Margolin Rome and Phillip Margolin & Kim Baker KinderCare Children's Stage Bruce Beasley & Suzanne Paola Attic Institute Poetry Stage Pauls Toutonghi & Kim Barnes McMenamins Stage Steve Brezenoff & Inara Scott Trimet YA Stage Art of the Book Work for Art Stage Getting the Word Out: Self-Marketing National Endowment for the Arts Stage Life in the Spotlight: Celebrity Memoir Comcast Stage Out on the Page Faceout Studio Stage Your Writing Environment Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B Right from the Start: Turning Up the Heat in Your Short Story's Opening Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A

4:00pm

Missed Connections: The Story Continues Missed Connections Booth Alexis Smith & Carter Sickels Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Andrew Feld & Jodie Marion Attic Institute Poetry Stage Erin Morgenstern with Stephanie Snyder Comcast Stage Katherine Schlick Noe & Karen Cushman KinderCare Children's Stage Ray Rhamey Work for Art Stage Tonya Hurley & Lish McBride Trimet YA Stage The Allure of the Lives of Others: Writing about the Famous and Not-so-Famous McMenamins Stage Truth in Storytelling National Endowment for the Arts Stage What Sex Does to a Story Faceout Studio Stage

4:30pm

Book Publicity: The Lowdown for Authors Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B Keep Talking: Discovering and Revealing Character through Dialogue Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A

5:00pm

Ed Skoog & Scot Siegel Attic Institute Poetry Stage Inara Scott Work for Art Stage Kim Fay & Donna Miscolta McMenamins Stage Storm Large & Duff Brenna Comcast Stage Yuvi Zalkow & Anonymous Oregon Cultural Trust Stage History for Young Readers KinderCare Children's Stage Keeping it Real Trimet YA Stage The Side-Kick: Creating Secondary Characters National Endowment for the Arts Stage The Mystery Box Show Faceout Studio Stage

8:00pm

The 8th Live Wire! Wordstock Extravaganza Aladdin Theater
 
Sunday, October 14
 

9:00am

Breaking into Mystery Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Your Foot in the Door Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B

10:00am

Open Write Exhibit Hall D, next to the Drinkery Klutz Activity Table Little Word children's stage & discovery place

10:30am

Charlotte Rodenberg Puppet Show & Book Signing Little Word children's stage & discovery place Mailbox Full of Money: Find & Flex Your Most Prosperous Writing Ideas Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Tell it Out Loud! Performance for Writers Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B

11:00am

Erin O'Connell & Robert Rubinstein & Susan Kerner KinderCare Children's Stage Jerry McGill & Joe Bianco Faceout Studio Stage Joëlle Anthony & Stephanie Guerra Trimet YA Stage Kathleen Flenniken & Paulann Petersen Attic Institute Poetry Stage Lance Weller & Bruce Holbert Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Lindy West, Christopher Frizzelle, and Bethany Jean Clement National Endowment for the Arts Stage Marcos Villatoro & Christopher Baughman Comcast Stage Nicole Louise Reid & Sharma Shields Work for Art Stage Twisting the Tale McMenamins Stage

12:00pm

Obsession x Voice Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Brian Doyle & Colin Dickey Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Evan P. Schneider & Martha Grover Work for Art Stage Karen Karbo McMenamins Stage Poetry Northwest Attic Institute Poetry Stage Tad Hills & John Skewes KinderCare Children's Stage Live Theater in the Internet Age National Endowment for the Arts Stage Local Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists Comcast Stage Teen Thrillers Trimet YA Stage Book to Screen Faceout Studio Stage The Art of the Picture Book with Addie Boswell Little Word children's stage & discovery place Mining for Gold: How to Dig Deep and Hit the Mother Lode- Cancelled Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B

1:00pm

2nd Story: Megan Stielstra, Deb R. Lewis and CP Chang National Endowment for the Arts Stage Andrea Hollander Budy & Lisa M. Steinman Attic Institute Poetry Stage Jackson Pearce & Tamara Ireland Stone Trimet YA Stage Jess Walter Comcast Stage Matthew Holm & Keith Baker KinderCare Children's Stage Natalie Serber & Catherine Brady Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Gregory Spatz Faceout Studio Stage Author as Blogger Work for Art Stage (Almost) Doomsday Journalism McMenamins Stage Read to the Dogs Little Word children's stage & discovery place

1:30pm

Art is Nothing Without Form Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B Breaking the Conventions of a Memoir: the Art of Speculation Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A

2:00pm

Missed Connections: The Story Continues Missed Connections Booth Cathi Hanauer & Anakana Schofield Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Daniel H. Wilson & Alex Adams McMenamins Stage Diane Farr & Sam Moses National Endowment for the Arts Stage Jim Shugrue & John Morrison Attic Institute Poetry Stage John Stephens & Christopher Healy KinderCare Children's Stage Kristen-Paige Madonia & Erica Lorraine Scheidt Trimet YA Stage Chelsea Cain Comcast Stage Storytelling for Children Work for Art Stage The Heart of the Matter Faceout Studio Stage

3:00pm

Dean Adams & General Merrill A. McPeak Work for Art Stage Doug Fine & David Wolman McMenamins Stage Poets from The Atheneum at the Attic Institute Attic Institute Poetry Stage Sledgehammer Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Trent Reedy & Rebecca Stead KinderCare Children's Stage Martha Brockenbrough Trimet YA Stage Electric Voyeurism National Endowment for the Arts Stage I Write the Songs: Musician as Songwriter Comcast Stage The Art of the Ending Faceout Studio Stage Starting a Series: What you need to know before you sit down to write Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B The Anti-Hero's Journey: Basic Story Structure for the Unconventional Author Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A

4:00pm

Dr. Cuthbert Soup KinderCare Children's Stage Missed Connections: The Story Continues Missed Connections Booth Chloe Caldwell & Kevin Sampsell Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Jeff Jensen McMenamins Stage The Beer Chicks & Mark Baumgarten National Endowment for the Arts Stage Tin House Work for Art Stage Wendy Willis & John Daniel Attic Institute Poetry Stage David Levithan Trimet YA Stage Phillip Margolin Comcast Stage One Big Happy Queer Family Faceout Studio Stage

4:30pm

Fractured Fairy Tales KinderCare Children's Stage Occupy the Book: Indie Authors- Cancelled Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Top 10 Success Strategies for Writing More and Selling More Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage A Can Writing be Taught? What to do to make the most of your college/MFA/conference creative writing learning experience Minuteman Press Team Writer's Workshop Stage B

5:00pm

Christopher Lord Oregon Cultural Trust Stage Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis Comcast Stage Kristy Athens Work for Art Stage S. Brian Willson Faceout Studio Stage Shanna Germain & Arianne Cohen National Endowment for the Arts Stage Debra Dean McMenamins Stage Middle Grade: Fantasy vs. Reality KinderCare Children's Stage New Trends in Teen Paranormal Trimet YA Stage
 

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