THU 512:00 p.m. Body of WorkSouvankham Thammavongsa & Lidia
Yuknavitch
2:00 p.m. Seeking SalvationChelsea Bieker & Kelli Jo
Ford
4:00 p.m. The Beauty in BreakingDr. Michele Harper & Ruth
Dickey
6:00 p.m.The Cold MillionsJess Walter & Andrew Proctor
FRI 611:00 a.m.This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire Nick
Flynn & Mary Szybist
1:30 p.m.AfterlifeJulia Alvarez, presented in partnership with
Texas Book FestivalAvailable via Crowdcast
3:00 p.m.NBF Presents an Evening with the National Book
AwardsBrit Bennett, Evette Dionne & Jerald Walker
5:00 p.m.American TalesGenevieve Hudson & C Pam Zhang
SAT 710:00 a.m.What We’ll BuildOliver Jeffers
10:15 a.m.The Princess in BlackLeUyen Pham
11:00 a.m.Scholastic GraphixCon Chris Grine, Varian Johnson,
Kazu Kibuishi, Maria Scrivan & Shannon Wright
12:30 p.m.Black Girl MagicChristine Kendall & Renée
Watson
1:45 p.m.Unfinished BusinessJustina Ireland & Aiden
Thomas
3:00 p.m.Love & BasketballSloane Leong & Liara
Tamani
4:15 p.m.AftershocksJonathan Hill & Kiku Hughes
SUN 8
MON 912:00 p.m.Between WorldsHafizah Geter & Justin Phillip
Reed
2:00 p.m. Hidden Valley RoadRobert Kolker & Eli Saslow
3:30 p.m.Everything Comes NextNaomi Shihab Nye & Susan
Leslie Moore
5:00 p.m.Squeeze MeCarl Hiaasen & Karen Russell
TUE 109:30 a.m.MissionariesPhil Klay on OPB’s Think Out Loud
1:00 p.m.Family TiesBrit Bennett & Bryan Washington
2:30 p.m.On the EdgesLysley Tenorio & Vanessa Veselka
5:30 p.m.Burnout and the BallotEvette Dionne & Anne Helen
Petersen
WED 1112:00 p.m.Tales of Two PlanetsAimee Nezhukumatathil, Kawai
Strong Washburn & John Freeman
2:30 p.m.A Deadly EducationNaomi Novik & Fonda Lee
4:00 p.m.The Seeds to Plant the Future: Writers in the Schools
2019-20 Student Anthology Launch6:00 p.m.SkyhunterMarie Lu &
Emily Suvada
THU 1212:30 p.m.Re:DefinitionNate Marshall & Jennifer
Perrine
3:00 p.m.If ThenJill Lepore on OPB
3:40 p.m.Land of the CranesAida Salazar on OPB
6:00 p.m.Book of RevelationsRumaan Alam & Jonathan
Lethem
FRI 1311:30 a.m.Live Wire Radio99% Invisible & Shayla
Lawson
2:00 p.m.Life StoryClaire Messud & Lydia Millet
3:30 p.m.Magic & PowerBethany C. Morrow, Tehlor Kay Mejia
& Anna-Maria McLemore
5:00 p.m.Black Talk, Black Feeling with the BelieverDanielle
Evans, Bethany C. Morrow & Khadijah Queen
SAT 149:30 a.m.Happy Narwhalidays!Ben Clanton
10:30 a.m.Middle Grade MysteryPreeti Chhibber, Alex & Maia
Shibutani
11:45 a.m.Middle Grade MythologyNnedi Okorafor & David A.
Robertson
1:00 p.m.Make Art & Take ActionYouth Panel on Writing
Creatively in Extraordinary Times
2:30 p.m.No Justice No PeaceKim Johnson, Francisco X. Stork
& Kenrya Rankin
SUN 151:00 p.m.Miami Book Fair x Portland Book FestivalLisa
Hanawalt & Adrian TomineLivestream at
MiamiBookFairOnline.com
MON 1612:00 p.m.Paying the LandJoe Sacco on OPB’s Think Out
LoudListen at OPB.org
2:00 p.m.Postcolonial Love PoemNatalie Diaz on Live Wire
Radio
3:30 p.m.TypecastingEmily Nemens & Charles Yu
5:00 p.m.West x MidwestClaudia Rankine & Jericho Brown
TUE 1710:00 a.m.How I Built ThisGuy Raz & Sadie Lincoln
12:00 p.m.Tainted LoveRebecca Dinerstein Knight, Raven Leilani
& John Freeman
3:30 p.m.It’s ComplicatedArvin Ahmadi & Adib Khorram
5:30 p.m.DearlyMargaret Atwood & Karen Russell
WED 1811:00 a.m.This Is Chance!Jon Mooallem on OPB
12:00 p.m.Homeland ElegiesAyad Akhtar on OPB’s Think Out
LoudListen at OPB.org
1:30 p.m.Breaking BreadLiz Crain & Megha Majumdar
THU 1911:00 a.m.This Is MajorShayla Lawson on OPB
12:30 p.m.Making HistoryVeronica Chambers & Alexis Coe
3:30 p.m.Meet CuteLeah Johnson & David Yoon
5:30 p.m.CasteIsabel Wilkerson & Viet Thanh Nguyen
FRI 201:30 p.m.Live Wire RadioJill Lepore
3:00 p.m. Chosen OnesVeronica Roth & Charlie Jane Anders
5:30 p.m. Black Joy Happy Hour with Shayla Lawson &
Friends
SAT 2112:00 p.m.Miami Book Fair x Portland Book FestivalMarcus
Samuelsson & Dawn DavisLivestream at
MiamiBookFairOnline.com
Visit literary-arts.org/pbf
for more details, and watch live at
PDXBookFest.org.
Schedule is subject to change without notice.
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