Among the various booths at Wordstock, there are many small publishers trying to get the word out about their books. Tucked away near the Children's Stage was Hartlyn Kids, a new company with children ...

Wordstock is in the eye of the beholder. There's the festival, and then there's everything else. For most people, the festival is enough. All those books and writers and readers, all milling around in ...

A little Northwest rain couldn’t deter eager readers, young and old, from attending Wordstock, Portland, Ore.’s annual literary festival, which took place on November 5, primarily in the Portland Art ...

Even a steady rain and a new venue couldn’t keep eager young readers, and their parents, away from Wordstock, Portland, Ore.’s annual book festival, held this year on November 7 in the Portland Art ...

If this year's Wordstock literary festival had a theme, it would be "ambition." More than 100 authors, compared with 88 last year. Eight stages in buildings spread throughout the South Park Blocks, ...

THE WORDSTOCK FESTIVAL has never been content to rest on its laurels. Every year, organizers of Portland’s biggest literary festival fiddle with the formula, trying to figure out new ways to showcase ...

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Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Credit: Jon Sperry Jon Sperry Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe We have a feature this ...

Are you coming to Wordstock Saturday? So is State of Wonder! We will be recording two fantastic mainstage shows (10 a.m. and 3:15 p.m.), as well as a handful of pop-up interviews from 12:30–5:30 p.m.

Years ago when I lived in Portland, there was this event that started up called Wordstock. It was like a big book fair, with lots of writers and publishers gathering in the convention center for ...

Click on image for a larger version! GO: The Wordstock Festival writers' panels are at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., wordstockfestival.com, on Saturday and Sunday, ...