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Wordstock - Portland's Annual Festival of the Book

Wordstock - Portland's Annual Festival of the Book

November 7, 2008 – November 9, 2008

777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
United States

503-546-1012; http://www.wordstockfestival.com/involved/contact/

Web site: http://www.wordstockfestival.com/

Events: http://www.wordstockfestival.com…

Description: Book Fair - Over 200 national and regional authors from every genre read on several stages. Over 100 exhibitors with their latest books at the Portland Convention Center.

Children's Festival - The Children's Stage and the Target Children's Festival at Wordstock are filled with activities that are inspiring and exciting for kids of all ages. Storytelling workshops, interactive displays, book-making, puppet shows, and more. Onstage are exciting writers of books for children, tweens, and young adults working today.

Live Wire Radio Show - Special Wordstock edition of the popular public radio variety and vaudeville show. Past guests have included Harry Shearer, Peter Sagal, Lauren Weedman, John Wesley Harding, Shane Koyczan, Steve Almond, Jessical Abel, and Taylor Mali.

The Night of Literary Feasts - prominent authors, national and local, are invited to attend private dinners hosted by individuals or groups. This event is a benefit for writing education in Oregon's K-12 schools through the non-profit organization Community of Writers.

Workshops - Wordstock features writing workshops for both teachers and writers.

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Don Malarkey (November 8 at 11:00am)
Don Malarkey reads from Easy Company Soldier.
University of Oregon Nonfiction Stage
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Laird Hamilton (November 8 at 11:00am)
Laird Hamilton reads from Force of Nature.
Powell's Stage
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Budy Levy (November 8 at 11:00am)
Budy Levy reads from CONQUISTADOR: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs.
McMenamins Stage
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Robert Clark (November 8 at 11:00am)
Robert Clark reads from Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces.
McMenamins Stage
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Stuart Archer Cohen (November 8 at 11:00am)
Stuart Archer Cohen reads from The Army of the Republic.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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David Corbett (November 8 at 11:00am)
David Corbett reads from Blood of Paradise.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Ann Packer, Joshua Henkin, Heather Vogel Frederick (November 8 at 12:00pm)
Ann Packer discusses Authors Attending Bookgroups to Discuss their Work.; Joshua Henkin.; Heather Vogel Frederick.
moderated by Russell Perreault, VP/Director of Publicity for Vintage/Anchor Books & Anchor Books

McMenamins Stage
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Phillip Margolin (November 8 at 12:00pm)
Phillip Margolin reads from Executive Privilege.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Ellen Heltzel, Margo Hammond (November 8 at 1:00pm)
Ellen Heltzel reads from Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures.; Margo Hammond reads from Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures.
McMenamins Stage
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Rolf Potts, Alexandre Poussin, M. Glenn Taylor (November 8 at 1:00pm)
Rolf Potts discusses The Importance of Place.; Alexandre Poussin.; M. Glenn Taylor.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Thomas Hager (November 8 at 2:00pm)
Thomas Hager reads from The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler.
One of many readings at PDX's big literary party
Added by relhager.
Ann Packer (November 8 at 2:00pm)
Ann Packer reads from Songs Without Words.
Powell's City of Books Stage
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Joshua Henkin, Mark Sarvas (November 8 at 2:00pm)
Joshua Henkin reads from Matrimony.; Mark Sarvas reads from Harry, Revised.
McMenamins Stage
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Charles R. Cross, Jason Porath (November 8 at 2:00pm)
Charles R. Cross reads from Cobain Unseen.; Jason Porath reads from Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Willy Vlautin (November 8 at 3:00pm)
Willy Vlautin reads from Northline.
McMenamins Stage
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Bill Cameron (November 8 at 3:00pm)
Bill Cameron reads from Chasing Smoke.
Community of Writers Portland Stage
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Rose Aguilar, Eric Newhouse (November 8 at 4:00pm)
Rose Aguilar reads from Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey into the Heartland.; Eric Newhouse reads from Faces of Combat, PTSD & TBI.
McMenamins Stage
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Garth Stein (November 8 at 4:00pm)
Garth Stein reads from The Art of Racing in the Rain.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Brian Yaeger (November 8 at 5:00pm)
Brian Yaeger reads from Red, White, and Brew: An American Beer Odyssey.
McMenamins Stage
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Charles R. Cross, Willy Vlautin (November 8 at 5:00pm)
Charles R. Cross discusses Words Are Music -- How literature influences songwriting, and how story is represented through song..; Willy Vlautin discusses the same topic..
with songwriter Jonathan Coulton and moderated by Larry Crane

Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Jay Lake, David D. Levine (November 9 at 10:30am)
Jay Lake reads from Escapement.; David D. Levine reads from Space Magic.
Community of Writers Portland Stage
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Dan Raphael, Lisa Steinman (November 9 at 10:30am)
Dan Raphael reads from Breath Test.; Lisa Steinman reads from Carslaw's Sequences.
Mountain Writers Stage I
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Alison Bechdel (November 9 at 11:00am)
Alison Bechdel reads from The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For.
Powell's City of Books Stage
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Brad Matsen (November 9 at 11:00am)
Brad Matsen reads from Titanic's Last Secrets.
University of Oregon Nonfiction Stage
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Jane Kirkpatrick, Glenda Burgess (November 9 at 11:00am)
Jane Kirkpatrick reads from a Mending at the Edge.; Glenda Burgess reads from The Geography of Love: A Memoir.
McMenamins Stage
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Tricia Brown, Shannon Young (November 9 at 11:00am)
Tricia Brown reads from Alaskan Night Before Christmas.; Shannon Young reads from The Little Saguaro - El Sahuarito.
Target Children's Stage
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Randa Jarrar, M. Glenn Taylor (November 9 at 11:00am)
Randa Jarrar reads from A Map of Home.; M. Glenn Taylor reads from The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart.
Wieden + Kennedy Stage
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Allison Amend, Paul Gerald, Russell Perreault (November 9 at 11:00am)
Allison Amend.; Paul Gerald.; Russell Perreault.
discuss The Future of Publishing. Moderated by Dennis Stovall on the Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Monica Drake, Marc Acito (November 9 at 11:30am)
Monica Drake reads from Clown Girl.; Marc Acito reads from Attack of the Theater People.
Community of Writers Portland Stage
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Peter Sears, Barbara Drake (November 9 at 11:30am)
Peter Sears reads from Luge.; Barbara Drake reads from Driving One Hundred or Small Favors.
Mountain Writers Stage I
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Steven Wax (November 9 at 12:00pm)
Steven Wax reads from Kafka Comes To America.
University of Oregon Nonfiction Stage
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Mac Montandon, Eric Nuzum (November 9 at 12:00pm)
Mac Montandon reads from Jetpack Dreams: One Man's Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was.; Eric Nuzum reads from The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula.
McMenamins Stage
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David Farland, Ron Dakron (November 9 at 12:00pm)
David Farland reads from The Wyrmling Horde.; Ron Dakron reads from Mantids.
Wieden + Kennedy Stage
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Bonny Becker (November 9 at 12:00pm)
Bonny Becker reads from Visitor for Bear.
Target Children's Stage
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Kim Barnes (November 9 at 1:00pm)
Kim Barnes reads from A Country Called Home.
McMenamins Stage
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Selden Edwards (November 9 at 1:00pm)
Selden Edwards reads from The Little Book.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Stewart O'Nan, David Guterson (November 9 at 1:00pm)
Stewart O'Nan reads from Songs for the Missing: A Novel.; David Guterson reads from The Other.
Powell's City of Books Stage
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Derek Kirk Kim (November 9 at 1:30pm)
Derek Kirk Kim reads from Good As Lily.
Community of Writers Portland Stage
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Andre Dubus III (November 9 at 2:00pm)
Andre Dubus III reads from The Garden of Last Days.
Powell's City of Books Stage
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Ehud Havazelet, Lee Montgomery, Willy Vlautin (November 9 at 2:00pm)
Ehud Havazelet.; Lee Montgomery.; Willy Vlautin.
Together in the OBA Fiction Showcase on the Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Ashley MacEachern, Lisa Schroeder (November 9 at 2:00pm)
Ashley MacEachern reads from Lance in France.; Lisa Schroeder reads from I Heart You, You Haunt Me.
Target Children's Stage
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Dori Appel, Jacklyn Maddux, Francesca Sanders, Steve Patterson, George Taylor (November 9 at 2:00pm)
Dori Appel.; Jacklyn Maddux.; Francesca Sanders.; Steve Patterson.; George Taylor.
Together in the OBA Drama Showcase moderated by Mead Hunter on the Wieden + Kennedy Stage
Event webpage
Added by amberk.
Jennie Shortridge (November 9 at 2:00pm)
Jennie Shortridge reads from Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe.
Mountain Writers Stage II
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Added by amberk.
Roxana Robinson (November 9 at 3:00pm)
Roxana Robinson reads from Cost.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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Sandra Tsing Loh (November 9 at 3:00pm)
Sandra Tsing Loh reads from Mother On Fire.
Powell's City of Books Stage
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Interested: EvaCatHerder Added by amberk.
Stefan Fatsis (November 9 at 3:00pm)
Stefan Fatsis reads from A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-foot-8, 170-pound, 43-year-old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL.
University of Oregon Nonfiction Stage
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Interested: EvaCatHerder Added by amberk.
Floyd Skloot (November 9 at 3:30pm)
Floyd Skloot reads from The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer's Life.
Community of Writers Portland Stage
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Added by amberk.
Rolf Potts (November 9 at 4:00pm)
Rolf Potts reads from Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations From One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer.
University of Oregon Nonfiction Stage
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Michael Stusser (November 9 at 5:00pm)
Michael Stusser reads from The Dead Guy Interviews: Conversations with 45 of the Most Accomplished, Notorious and Deceased Personalities in History.
McMenamins Stage
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Eileen Gunn, Leslie What (November 9 at 5:00pm)
Eileen Gunn reads from Stable Strategies and Others.; Leslie What reads from Crazy Love.
Columbia Sportswear Stage
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The Wordstock Festival (October 11 at 2:00pm)
Michael Rubens reads from The Sheriff of Yrnameer.
I'll be appearing with G. Xavier Robillard (“Captain Freedom: A Superhero’s Quest for Truth, Justice and the Celebrity He So Richly Deserves”) on the Columbia Stage as part of Wordstock.
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Interested: JeremySkinner Added by MikeRubens.
The Possibility of Everything at Wordstock, Portland (October 11 at 3:00pm)
Hope Edelman reads from The Possibility of Everything.
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