Portland Book Festival

Portland Book Festival (formerly Wordstock) is an annual literary festival held in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[1] The festival started in 2005,^[2] and is the largest festival of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.^[3] Events include author readings, writing contests and workshops, exhibits, and a book fair.

Portland Book Festival
Status	Active
Genre	Events
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Portland, Oregon
Country	United States
Founded	2005 (2005)
Activity	Festival
Sponsor	Literary Arts, Inc.
Website	literary-arts.org/what-we-do/pdxbookfest/

Background

The festival, founded in 2005 by writer Larry Colton,^[4] is held by the non-profit Literary Arts,^[5] which also sponsors the Oregon Book Award.^[6] Venues include the Portland Art Museum, First Congregational United Church of Christ, The Old Church, the Oregon Historical Society, the Northwest Film Center, the Brunish Theatre, the Winningstad Theatre, and the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.^[3] The Northwest Film Center collaborates with Literary Arts, sponsoring film screenings with writers discussing films that have influenced their works.^[7]