"Among the authors booked at the fest's six venues in the Park Blocks this year are legendary New Yorker writers Jill Lepore and Susan Orlean (once upon a time a Willamette Week reporter!); Dry Season author Melissa Febos; and Patricia Lockwood, a woman capable of breaking the internet with her poems. Just as impressive is the Oregon cohort, which includes the current National Book Award-finalists Omar El Akkad and Karen Russell."
"Outside of the panel I'm hosting on graphic storytelling, with Craig Thompson, Eleri Mai Harris, and Portland Monthly contributor Shay Mirk ( 11:30am-12:30pm), I'm already scrambling to plot out my day. To get some insights into how to make the most of the hours between 10am and 6pm Saturday, November 8, I asked participating Portland authors Jonathan Hill, Emma Pattee, Leah Sottile, and Leni Zumas to shout out a few authors they're excited to see at this year's festival."
The Portland Book Festival includes more than 100 authors and interviewers across six Park Blocks venues. Stacey Abrams and Rebecca Yarros are headlining events at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Notable participants include New Yorker writers Jill Lepore and Susan Orlean, Melissa Febos, Patricia Lockwood, and National Book Award-finalists Omar El Akkad and Karen Russell. Multiple panels cover genres from graphic storytelling to youth publishing. Local authors Jonathan Hill, Emma Pattee, Leah Sottile, and Leni Zumas recommended favorite sessions. Specific panels mentioned include a graphic storytelling panel featuring Craig Thompson, Eleri Mai Harris, and Shay Mirk, and a Supernatural Sequels conversation with Chanani and Hill.
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