Friday October 1 ▼

 

6:30 PM

International Writers ProjectPNCA Swigert Commons
 

Monday October 4 ▼

 

7:30 PM

Chesapeake: A Reading and Q&A with playwright Lee BlessingReed College Mainstage Theater
 

Tuesday October 5 ▼

 

6:00 PM

Young Adult Reading ShowcaseCentral Library

7:00 PM

Michele NorrisMcMenamins Bagdad Theater
 

Wednesday October 6 ▼

 

6:00 PM

Nonfiction Reading ShowcaseCentral Library Oregon Humanities: A Special Wordstock Conversation ProjectHoyt Arboretum
 

Thursday October 7 ▼

 

7:00 PM

History Pub!McMenamins Kennedy School

8:00 PM

Mortified!McMenamins Bagdad Theater
 

Friday October 8 ▼

 

8:00 AM

Wordstock for Teachers: Classroom PublishingAmbridge Event Center

6:00 PM

Wordstock Literary FeastGovernor Hotel

7:00 PM

Steven JohnsonMcMenamins Bagdad Theater
 

Saturday October 9 ▼

 

9:00 AM

The Writing Life: A Serious Pursuit of Self-DefinitionWordstock for Writers Workshops Write Yourself into FictionWordstock for Writers Workshops

10:30 AM

Point of View: You, Me & Everyone We KnowWordstock for Writers Workshops Starting a Series: What You Need to Know Before You Sit Down to WriteWordstock for Writers Workshops

11:00 AM

Dave Hall: Acoustic GuitarTarget Children's Stage Olivia!Target Children's Stage From the Front LinesMcMenamins Stage Welsh Identity in LiteratureOregon Education Association Stage Writing in CommunitiesWieden + Kennedy Stage Diane HammondWordstock Community Stage Jeff Houghtaling, Renee Watson & Mark WilliamsTarget Children's Stage Kary Wayson & Matt SchumacherMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Kevin Sampsell & Robin RommPowell's Books Stage Lesley Hazelton & Larry RohterColumbia Sportswear Stage Paulann PetersenMountain Writers Series Stage #1

12:00 PM

Cosmic Monkey Comics WorkshopTarget Children's Stage Modern MemoirOregon Education Association Stage Why Write Short?Columbia Sportswear Stage YA Gets RealMcMenamins Stage David Wiesner & David ShannonTarget Children's Stage Ger Killeen & Tim HuntMountain Writers Series Stage #2 John Addiego & Bo CaldwellWieden + Kennedy Stage Karl MarlantesPowell's Books Stage Patty Wixon & Paul MerchantMountain Writers Series Stage #1 SledgehammerWordstock Community Stage 15 Techniques: The Secrets to Better ProtagonistsWordstock for Writers Workshops Meaningful Repetition: Tropes in Fiction & NonfictionWordstock for Writers Workshops

1:00 PM

Bookmaking WorkshopTarget Children's Stage Food & CraftMcMenamins Stage The Ghosts with the MostWieden + Kennedy Stage Writer, Agent & Editor: How a Book is MadeColumbia Sportswear Stage Aimee Bender & Lan Samantha ChangPowell's Books Stage David Vann & Mary RechnerOregon Education Association Stage Jodi Varon & Lars NordstromMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Myrlin A. Hermes & Lucy Jane BledsoeWordstock Community Stage Roger Weaver & Jack LortsMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Tad Hills, Matt Holm & Brie SpanglerTarget Children's Stage

1:30 PM

How to Pitch a Magazine StoryWordstock for Writers Workshops Writing from ExperienceWordstock for Writers Workshops

2:00 PM

Anthony Doerr & Benjamin PercyColumbia Sportswear Stage Dale Bayse & Mac BarnettTarget Children's Stage Floyd Skloot & Greg ChaimovMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Maile MeloyPowell's Books Stage Margaret Chula & Kilong UngWordstock Community Stage Matt Love & John G. Rodwan, Jr.McMenamins Stage Suzanne Burns & Michele GlazerMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Tatjana Soli & Annabel LyonWieden + Kennedy Stage Wendy BurdenOregon Education Association Stage

3:00 PM

Mother-Daughter Book Group WorkshopTarget Children's Stage Literary LivesWordstock Community Stage Selling the Movie RightsMcMenamins Stage Jonathan LethemPowell's Books Stage Kerry Cohen Hoffman & Heather Vogel FrederickTarget Children's Stage Kim Dower & Christopher HowellMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Matt Bors & Ted RallWieden + Kennedy Stage Steve Almond & Kristin HershColumbia Sportswear Stage Susan Rich & Kelli Russell AgodonMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Tom Grimes & Brian DoyleOregon Education Association Stage Jumping Tracks: Character & Authority in the Narrative VoiceWordstock for Writers Workshops Where Stories ConvergeWordstock for Writers Workshops

4:00 PM

Capturing the Regional VoiceWieden + Kennedy Stage The State of the StoryMcMenamins Stage Charles Goodrich & Jennifer RichterMountain Writers Series Stage #1 David RakoffPowell's Books Stage Jane Mendle, Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew JacobsenTarget Children's Stage Joanna Smith Rakoff & Loretta StinsonOregon Education Association Stage Judith Arcana & Duane AckersonMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Stephen Elliott & Ander MonsonColumbia Sportswear Stage The Attic Writers Workshop: A ShowcaseWordstock Community Stage

4:30 PM

Fair but Biased: Fact-Based Opinion Writing in the Age of BlogsWordstock for Writers Workshops Writing Naked: Memoir Writing for the BraveWordstock for Writers Workshops

5:00 PM

Writing for ChildrenTarget Children's Stage Ana Maria SpagnaMcMenamins Stage Bill CarterOregon Education Association Stage Mona SimpsonPowell's Books Stage Patrick NessColumbia Sportswear Stage Phillip MargolinWieden + Kennedy Stage Scot Siegel & David FilerMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Vern RutsulaMountain Writers Series Stage #1

5:30 PM

Vern Rutsula: The Poet & His WordMountain Writers Series Stage #1

7:00 PM

IPRC Presents: The 5th Text Ballp:ear Gallery

8:00 PM

Live Wire!Aladdin Theater
 

Sunday October 10 ▼

 

9:00 AM

Crafting a Writing LifeWordstock for Writers Workshops Every Word Matters! Making Sentences that ScreamWordstock for Writers Workshops

10:30 AM

Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of FactWordstock for Writers Workshops Funny is the New DeepWordstock for Writers Workshops

11:00 AM

The Future of ReadingPowell's Books Stage The Rules of Writing Nonfiction CreativelyMcMenamins Stage Writers in the Schools ShowcaseOregon Education Association Stage Barbara LaMorticella & Cindy Gutierrez WilliamsMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Carter McKenzie & Anita SullivanMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Emily Chenoweth & Heidi DurrowColumbia Sportswear Stage Glenn Rockowitz & Joey ComeauWieden + Kennedy Stage Nina Hess, Susan Morris & Nathan MeyerTarget Children's Stage Scott Sadil & Barry SmithWordstock Community Stage

12:00 PM

Cosmic Monkey Comics WorkshopTarget Children's Stage Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Book Promotion But Were Afraid to AskMcMenamins Stage Imagining the PastOregon Education Association Stage Orlo/The Bear Deluxe: Jon Raymond & Jim LynchColumbia Sportswear Stage Bonny Becker, Carson Ellis & Mrs. PTarget Children's Stage Candace Dempsey & Douglas PerryWieden + Kennedy Stage Joanne Mulcahy & Craig WelchWordstock Community Stage K.B. Tobin & Leanne GrabelMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Timothy EganPowell's Books Stage Tom Bremer & Jim GrabillMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Omigod! I Just Self-Published! (Is That Allowed?)Wordstock for Writers Workshops The Poet's PalateWordstock for Writers Workshops

1:00 PM

Bookmaking WorkshopTarget Children's Stage First Book, First PersonWieden + Kennedy Stage The Long StoryColumbia Sportswear Stage Crystal Williams & Robin CodyMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Jess WalterPowell's Books Stage Joseph Skibell & Heather SharfeddinOregon Education Association Stage Judith Montgomery & Mary SodenMountain Writers Series Stage #2 L.K. Madigan & Becca FitzpatrickTarget Children's Stage Matt Stewart & Guy MaynardMcMenamins Stage VoicecatcherWordstock Community Stage

1:30 PM

Fund Your Project: Grant Writing for the Literary ArtistWordstock for Writers Workshops Writing Dialogue in the NovelWordstock for Writers Workshops

2:00 PM

Read to the Dogs!Target Children's Stage Cracking Up is Hard to DoMcMenamins Stage Arianne Cohen & Viva Las VegasWordstock Community Stage Carl Adamschick & Tim BarnesMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Conrad Wesselhoeft & Amanda HowellsTarget Children's Stage Gemma Whelan & Kathleen WakefieldOregon Education Association Stage Joseph O'NeillPowell's Books Stage Lauren Kessler & Jesse KatzColumbia Sportswear Stage Ron Talney & Karen HolmbergMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Thea Cooper & Adrienne McDonnellWieden + Kennedy Stage

3:00 PM

What Works for MeMcMenamins Stage Writing Good HistoryWordstock Community Stage Dave Jarecki & John MorrisonMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Gabrielle Burton & Jessica Frances KaneOregon Education Association Stage Gary Miranda & Howard AaronMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Larry ColtonPowell's Books Stage Myla GoldbergColumbia Sportswear Stage Nancy Coffelt & April HenryTarget Children's Stage Willy Vlautin & Jim LynchWieden + Kennedy Stage Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Texts, but Were Afraid to AskWordstock for Writers Workshops From Blog to Book DealWordstock for Writers Workshops

4:00 PM

Brave New WorldMcMenamins Stage Creature FeatureColumbia Sportswear Stage Status UpdateWieden + Kennedy Stage Joelle Anthony & Cecil CastellucciTarget Children's Stage Laura Winter & Elizabeth WoodyMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Martha Gies & Penelope Scambly ScottMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Saralee Lawrence & Harriet FasenfestOregon Education Association Stage Sex: Our Bodies, Our JunkPowell's Books Stage

4:30 PM

The Actor's Studio Method of Character DevelopmentWordstock for Writers Workshops Words Alive! Jumping from Page to Stae like a ProWordstock for Writers Workshops

5:00 PM

Time Out: The Mother of All Comedy ShowsWieden + Kennedy Stage Graham HancockColumbia Sportswear Stage Jarold Ramsey & Zoe TropeMountain Writers Series Stage #1 Julia QuinnMcMenamins Stage Kaleb NationTarget Children's Stage Kim Stafford & Richard RobbinsMountain Writers Series Stage #2 Paul ProvenzaPowell's Books Stage Robert Michael PyleOregon Education Association Stage