Literary Arts

Literary Arts is honored to present the winners of the 2024 Oregon Book Awards! ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE:? Nora Ericson, Too Early, Abrams Books for Young Readers (ABRAMS) LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR MIDDLE GRADE & YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE:? Waka T. Brown, The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura, Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins Publishers SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION:? Erica Berry, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear, Flatiron Books FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION:? Josephine Woolington, Where We Call Home: Land, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest, Ooligan Press AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE: Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Publishers STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY:? Daniela Naomi Molnar, CHORUS, Omnidawn Publishing KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION:? Patrick DeWitt, The Librarianist, Ecco Books THE STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD: Ellen Waterston, lit-arts.org/meetellen Thank you to everyone who showed out tonight to celebrate not only this year’s winners, but all of the finalists! You can see the full list of finalists across all categories at https://lnkd.in/gC3KV7UK and the winners at lit-arts.org/oba24winners! Find their books at Bookshop.org, Broadway Books, or your local library— let’s keep celebrating them all year long!

Did you know we are participating in Willamette Week's Give!Guide? We are honored to be included in this event that uplifts our local community. ? Today is another Big Give Day!? The prize: a $500 gift card to Backyard Bird Shop. Make a gift of $10 or more to Literary Arts or any participating nonprofit through Give!Guide for a chance to win this prize that is perfect for any bird lover! We also have our incentives! The first 50 gifts of $50+ through Give!Guide will receive an original print featuring cover art from Literary Arts' WITS Anthology Standing in the Same Land. Visit lit-arts.org/giveguide to donate. Thank you for your continued support! ??

Literary Arts is honored to once again be included in Willamette Week's Give!Guide and today is a BIG GIVE DAY! The prize: a 2024 Orbea Kemen 40/Kemen 40 Mid e-bike from Splendid Cycles with two frame options and a 540WH battery! Give!Guide is Willamette Week’s annual effort to raise funds for—and draw attention to—the good works of local nonprofits. It runs from November 1–December 31 and has raised more than $64 million for hundreds of local nonprofits since inception in 2004. Head to lit-arts.org/giveguide and donate $10 or more to Literary Arts (or any participating GIG nonprofit) for a chance to win. Also: The first TEN donors to give $100 to Literary Arts through Give!Guide will receive a pair of tickets to The Moth Mainstage and join us at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for an evening of storytelling on December 10. (Tickets must be claimed by 12/6/2024.) #giveguide

Tonight on the Archive Project we have Malcolm Gladwell discussing his most recent book. Twenty-five years after The Tipping Point, Gladwell has returned to the ideas that first made him a household name. His new book, Revenge of The Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering, finds him once again exploring epidemics and viral behavior. You can catch this conversation on OPB tonight at 7:00 p.m. or stream later lit-arts.org/TAP.

It’s the season to #giveback! We are so excited to be a part of Willamette Week's 2024 Give!Guide. We kicked off Give!Guide at #PDXBookFest and are ready for this new giving season. We will keep you updated on all the BIG GIVE DAY incentives. Stay tuned. ?? Donate to any of the participating nonprofits through Give!Guide and claim amazing incentives, be entered in raffles, & give back to our community! lit-arts.org/giveguide

Today is the day! We're so excited for #PDXBookFest! ?? If you haven't gotten passes yet, you can get them in-person for $25. Kids under 17 or with high school ID, vets, & active military attend free. $5 Arts for All passes available for Oregon Trail Card holders. Follow our Instagram stories throughout the day for images and videos from the festival! ?? See you all today! #PDXBookFest #pdxevents #pdxwriters

Books, authors, writers, and community are the heart of the Portland Book Festival. #PDXBookFest weekend kickoff this Friday. We can't wait to celebrate our tenth anniversary with you. Kids under 17 or with a high school ID, veterans, and active military attend free. Passes are available at our Advance Box Office at Portland’5 Centers for the Arts’ Antoinette Hatfield Hall: 1111 SW Broadway, Portland. Passes are also available online. Head to the link in our bio or go to lit-arts.org/PBFpasses. Is this your first festival or are you returning supporter? Let us know in the comments. ?????

Advanced box office is now open! Pickup your passes for Portland Book Festival and skip the lines Saturday morning. You can pickup your wristband at our Advance Box Office at Portland’5 Centers for the Arts’ Antoinette Hatfield Hall: 1111 SW Broadway, Portland. The Advance Box Office is open Wednesday-Friday, October 30-November 1, from 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Haven't had the chance to snag your pass? You can purchase them at the Advanced Box Office or online. Head to the link in our bio or go to lit-arts.org/PBFpasses. We cannot wait #PDXBookFest! See you all this weekend. ???

"Volunteers are critical to the success of the Portland Book Festival, the largest event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. They help with registration, escorting authors, monitoring venues and lines, giving direction to attendees, and unpacking books. “I get to help all these 8,000 people have an amazing day,” says Gail Zuro, who has volunteered for the festival since it’s early days as Wordstock." Our Senior Artistic Director, Amanda Bullock and two long-time Portland Book Festival festival volunteers, chatted with Oregon ArtsWatch to discuss all things PBF! From planning to day of logistics Portland Book Festival is a hands event and we are so thankful for all the continued support that we receive from our community and volunteers. We truly couldn't do it without all of you. Together we make this festival a reality! Passes are available now. Head to the link in our bio or go to lit-arts.org/PBFpasses Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gN-B33yJ

Literary Arts is not done growing! We are #hiring a Food and Beverage Manager (Full-time) and a Operations Coordinator (Full-time). Two positions that will join us on our journey towards our new space. Visit lit-arts.org/jobs to learn more about each position and to submit and application. ????