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Portland Book Festival The Portland Book Festival returns on Nov. 8, headlined by authors Rebecca Yarros, Stacey Abrams and Susan Orlean. (Andie Petkus Photography\/Larissa Gordon) <\/p>\nPortland Book Festival The Portland Book Festival returns on Nov. 8, headlined by authors Rebecca Yarros, Stacey Abrams and Susan Orlean. (Andie Petkus Photography\/Larissa Gordon) <\/p>\n
It\u2019s that time of year again for Portland\u2019s readers and writers: Literary Arts<\/a> has announced the author lineup for the 2025 Portland Book Festival, set to take place Saturday, Nov. 8, in downtown Portland.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s festival will feature more than 100 authors across multiple stages in and around the South Park Blocks, including the Portland Art Museum and nearby venues.<\/p>\n Headlining authors include bestselling novelist and political leader Stacey Abrams, who will speak at noon at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros<\/a>, appearing earlier that morning at 10 a.m. on the same stage. Both events require special tickets in addition to a festival pass.<\/p>\n Other ticketed events at the Newmark Theatre will feature acclaimed writers Susan Orlean, Jill Lepore, Angela Flournoy, Emma Donoghue and Nicholas Boggs. The full lineup<\/a> includes authors from across genres, from literary fiction and memoir to poetry and books for kids and teens.<\/p>\n Festival passes and bundles are currently on sale at pdxbookfest.org<\/a>. Passes are $18 in advance or $25 at the door, plus fees, and include a $5 voucher that can be used at the book fair on the day of the event. Admission is free for anyone 17 and under or with a high school ID. SNAP\/Oregon Trail Card holders can purchase a $5 Arts for All pass.<\/p>\n \u2014 Chiara Profenna covers religion, faith and cultural connections. Reach her at 503-221-4327; cprofenna@oregonian.com<\/a> or @chiaraprofenna<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Oregonian\/OregonLive receives support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to bring readers stories on religion, faith and cultural connections in Oregon. The Oregonian\/OregonLive is solely responsible for all content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Portland Book Festival The Portland Book Festival returns on Nov. 8, headlined by authors Rebecca Yarros, Stacey Abrams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[457,96,46887,46885,6169,46886,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-94619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-newsletter","tag-hio","tag-hp-top-stories","tag-portlandor","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}