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Upcoming

June 7–Sept 8
The Fountain Summer Intensive
100 Days to a Full Draft · Wednesdays 9–11am PT
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June 18–28, 2026
Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR · Creative Writing Faculty · Summer MFA Residency
June 30, 2026
Powell’s
Portland, OR · Panel with Jeff VanderMeer and Cari Luna to celebrate Cesar Aira’s Five · 7PM
July 28, 2026
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Mac Crane to celebrate the launch of Perverts · 7PM

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May 30, 2026
McCormack Writing Center
Online Intensive Class · What Burns Must Be Beautiful: Following Shame to the Page · 10am PT
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May 14, 2026
Literary Arts
Portland, OR · Meeting with OSU MFA students · 2pm PT
May 13, 2026
Portland University Club
Invited Speaker · Annual Author’s Night · 6pm PT
May 9, 2026
Clark College
Spring Writing Workshop · Spend It All: Writing Great Beginnings · 10am PT
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April 20, 2026
Portland Center Stage at The Armory
Portland, OR · Hosting the Oregon Book Awards
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March 25–29, 2026
Storyfort at the Treefort Music Fest
Boise, ID · Sponsored by the Idaho State Museum · Panels, readings, and events
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March 19, 2026
Kingfisher Bookstore
Coupeville, WA (Whidbey Island) · In conversation with T Kira Māhealani Madden to celebrate the launch of Whidbey · 5:30pm
March 18, 2026
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Kevin Sampsell to celebrate the launch of Baby in the Night · 7pm
February 12, 2026
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Larissa Pham to celebrate the launch of Discipline · 7pm
January 8–18, 2026
Pacific University
Seaside, OR · Creative Writing Faculty · Winter MFA Residency
November 8, 2025
Portland Book Festival
Portland, OR · Moderating a conversation with Jon Raymond and Emily Adrian
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November 5, 2025
Columbia University
Zoom · Visiting Writer · Professor Adam Wilson’s Class
October 29, 2025
Powell’s
Portland, OR · Knopf Spotlight panel with Karen Russell and Jordan Pavlin, moderated by Keith Mosman · 7pm
October 14, 2025
Literary Arts
Portland, OR · In conversation with Victoria Redel to celebrate the launch of I Am You · 7pm
October 4, 2025
LAMBDA Literary Award Ceremony
Online · Celebrate the finalists and winner of the Bisexual Fiction category
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September 26, 2025
The Fountain September Class
Online · Clear the Decks: the Art of Knowing What to Keep, Release, and Transform · Free for Fountain Members
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September 20, 2025
Tin House
Online Intensive Class · What Burns Must Be Beautiful: Following Shame to the Page
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September 14, 2025
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Yiming Ma to celebrate the launch of These Memories Do Not Belong to Us · 7pm
September 12–14, 2025
Sisters Book Festival
Sisters, OR
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July 31–August 2, 2025
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
Mendocino, CA · Fiction Faculty
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July 24–27, 2025
World of Bob Dylan Festival
Tulsa, OK · Bob Dylan Research Institute · Panel with Mark Doten, Justin Taylor, and Andrew Martin
June 24, 2025
Bishop and Wilde
Portland, OR · Paperback launch of We Were the Universe
June 9–19, 2025
Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR · Creative Writing Faculty · Summer MFA Residency
June 1–Sept 8, 2025
The Fountain Summer Intensive
100 Days to a Full Draft · Tuesdays 4–6pm PT
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May 30, 2025
The Fountain
Zoom Meetup with Chelsea Bieker · Writing the Connective Query Letter · 10–11am PT
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April 28, 2025
Oregon Center Stage
Portland, OR · Oregon Book Awards Ceremony · 7pm
April 25, 2025
The Fountain
Zoom Meetup with Chelsea Bieker · Are You a Fountain or a Drain? · 10–11am PT
April 22, 2025
Corvallis Museum
Corvallis, OR · Oregon Book Award Fiction Finalists Reading
April 11–12, 2025
Frontera Fest
Dallas, TX
April 2, 2025
Literary Arts
Portland, OR · One Page Wednesday with Emme Lund · 7pm
March 5, 2025
Stony Brook Manhattan
NYC · Writers Speak Wednesday · 6pm
March 2, 2025
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Elvira Navarro to celebrate the launch of The Voices of Adriana · 7pm
March 2, 2025
The Fountain
FREE Zoom Workshop with Chelsea Bieker · Celebrating the launch of The Fountain · 2–4 PST
Registration
February 11, 2025
Grand Gesture Books
Portland, OR · Fuck, Marry, Kill Reading · 6pm
November 16–17, 2024
Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX · Panels with Glynnis MacNichol (mod. Wendi Aarons) and Alejandro Puyana & Scott Guild (mod. John Pipkin) · Lit Crawl with Marie-Helene Bertino, Alejandro Puyana, Megan Kakimoto, and Pemi Aguda
November 14, 2024
Mt. Hood College
Gresham, OR · Visiting Writer · Mouths of Others Workshop and Reading · 12:30–3pm
November 12, 2024
Columbia University
Zoom · Visiting Writer · Professor Adam Wilson’s Class
November 7, 2024
NW Voices at Longview Public Library
Longview, WA · 2pm Craft Talk, 5:30 Reading
November 2, 2024
Portland Book Festival
Portland, OR · Panel for Universe on Desire with R.O. Kwon, moderated by Genevieve Hudson · 4:15pm
October 31–November 4, 2024
Tin House Autumn Workshop
Portland, OR · Faculty · Nov 3 Craft Talk at Bishop and Wilde + Faculty Reading with R.O. Kwon, Gina María Balibrera, Jamel Brinkley
October 30, 2024
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Nora Lange to celebrate the launch of Us Fools · 7pm
October 26–27, 2024
Southern Festival of Books
Nashville, TN
October 18–20, 2024
Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison, WI · In conversation with Chelsea Bieker for We Were the Universe and Madwoman
October 4–5, 2024
Bainbridge Book Festival
Bainbridge Island, WA · The Mother Lode, a conversation with Chelsea Bieker, moderated by Megan Chance · Oct 5, 10am
October 1, 2024
Cal State Fullerton
Zoom · Visiting Writer · Professor Brown’s Class
September 26, 2024
Bishop and Wilde
Portland, OR · In conversation with Michael Keefe to celebrate the launch of All Her Loved Ones, Encoded · 7pm
September 19, 2024
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Chelsea Bieker to celebrate the launch of Madwoman · 7pm
September 14, 2024
Revolution Hall, The Library Room
Portland, OR · Morning, Fuckers: a group reading hosted by Little Engines · 9:30am
August 24, 2024
Hugo House
Zoom · Five Kinds of Wildness: Writing Young Narrators · 11am PT
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July 30, 2024
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Nicole Treska to celebrate the launch of Wonderland · 7pm
July 26, 2024
Creative Mornings
Blu Dot, Portland, OR · A talk about trust with Chelsea Bieker · 8:30–10am
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July 17, 2024
Powell’s Cedar Hills
Portland, OR · In conversation with Julia Phillips to celebrate the launch of Bear · 7pm
July 10, 2024
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg to celebrate the launch of Housemates · 7pm
June 28, 2024
Bookstore1
Sarasota, FL · Reading and conversation on behalf of the Hermitage Artist Retreat
June 27, 2024
CRAFT Summer Salon
Online · 4pm PT / 7pm ET
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June 2024
Hermitage Artist Retreat
Writer in Residence
June 10, 2024
Bishop and Wilde
Portland, OR · Big Gay Reading with Jules Ohman, Caitlin Delohery, and Melissa Febos · 7pm
June 7, 2024
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Maggie Smith to celebrate the paperback launch of You Could Make This Place Beautiful · 7pm
April 7, 2024
Zoom
The Novel: an online workshop with Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons · 1–4 PT
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March 20–24, 2024
Storyfort at the Treefort Music Fest
Boise, ID · Sponsored by the Idaho State Museum · Panels, readings, and events
March 14, 2024
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Marie-Helene Bertino to celebrate the launch of Beautyland · 7pm
March 5, 2024
Oklahoma State University
Zoom · Visiting Writer · Professor Gene Kwak’s class
March 2, 2024
Hugo House
Zoom · Five Kinds of Wildness: Writing Young Narrators · 11am PT
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February 25, 2024
Zoom
The Novel: an online workshop with Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons · 1–4 PT
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January 9–19, 2024
Pacific University
Seaside, OR · Creative Writing Faculty · Winter MFA Residency
January 4–14, 2024
Pacific University
Seaside, OR · Visiting Lecturer/Writer · Winter MFA Residency and Writing Conference
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Events & Classes

Black Light

November 29, 2023
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Chin-Sun Lee to celebrate Upcountry · 7PM
November 9, 2023
Columbia University
Zoom · Visiting Writer · Professor Adam Wilson’s class · 1PT
November 4, 2023
Portland Book Festival
Portland, OR · In conversation with Kathleen Alcott and Vauhini Vara · 1PT
November 1, 2023
Barnes & Noble Salem
Salem, OR · Book signing with Chelsea Bieker at the grand opening · 1–2PT
October 29, 2023
Investigating the Self and the Work
Zoom · A Generative Workshop with Chelsea Bieker · 1–4PT
October 19–22, 2023
Sou’wester Lodge
Seaview, WA · Write Like a Mother Retreat · Breaking Blocks Through Play Workshop
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October 12, 2023
Vassar College
Zoom · Visiting Writer · Professor Tracy O’Neill’s class · 10:30 PT
October 3, 2023
Broadway Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Casey Parks to celebrate Diary of a Misfit paperback · 6PT
August 12, 2023
Write or Die
Zoom · The Write Together Retreat with Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons · 8–1:30 PT
July 2023
The Hermitage Artist Retreat
Englewood, FL · Writer in Residence
June 16, 2023
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Claire Fuller to celebrate The Memory of Animals · 7pm
June 4, 2023
Rejection, Revision, Renewal
A Generative Zoom Workshop with Chelsea Bieker · 1–2:30PT
April 21, 2023
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Chloé Cooper Jones, Casey Parks, and Lydia Kiesling to celebrate Easy Beauty · 7pm
April 11–May 16, 2023
Literary Arts
Portland, OR · Refuse the Given World: Breaking Blocks Through Play · Zoom, Tuesdays 5–7 PT
March 9, 2023
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
Portland, OR · In conversation with Sam Heaps to celebrate the launch of Proximity · 6pm
March 5, 2023
Generative Workshop with Chelsea Bieker
Zoom · 1–2:30PT
March 2023
San Ysidro Ranch
Catarina, TX · Writer in Residence
February 15, 2023
Write or Die Craft Chat
Zoom · 5:30 PST
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December 14, 2022
The Stacks Coffeehouse
Portland, OR · Reading new work with Chelsea Bieker, Leni Zumas, and Cecily Wong · 6–7:30PT
November 5, 2022
Portland Book Festival
Portland, OR · In conversation with Tess Gunty and Cecily Wong
November 4, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Rachel King to celebrate the launch of Bratwurst Haven · 7PT
November 3–7, 2022
Tin House Autumn Fiction Workshop
Portland, OR · Faculty · Workshop, Lecture, and Reading
September 22, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Chelsea Martin to celebrate the launch of Tell Me I’m an Artist · 7PT
August 2022
Baltic Writing Residency
Red River Gorge, KY · Writer in Residence
July 19, 2022
Literati
Ann Arbor, MI (online) · In conversation with Nada Alic to celebrate the launch of Bad Thoughts · 4pmPT
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July 14, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Elisa Albert to celebrate the launch of Human Blues · 7pmPT
July 5, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Cecily Wong to celebrate the launch of Kaleidoscope · 7pmPT
June 16, 2022
Mac’s Backs
Cleveland, OH (Zoom) · In conversation with Jordan Castro to celebrate the launch of The Novelist · 4pmPT
June 16, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Jules Ohman to celebrate the launch of Body Grammar · 7pmPT
May 24, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR (Zoom) · In conversation with William Brewer to celebrate the launch of The Red Arrow · 5pmPT
April 20, 2022
Willamette University, Ford 102
Salem, OR · Hallie Ford Literary Series Presents: an Afternoon with Kimberly King Parsons · 5pmPT
April 13, 2022
Harmony Baked
Estacada, OR · One Page Wednesday Featured Reader · 7–9pmPT
April 6, 2022
Literary Arts
Portland, OR (Zoom) · One Page Wednesday Featured Reader · 6:30PT
April 5, 2022
Powell’s Books
Portland, OR · In conversation with Chelsea Bieker to celebrate the launch of Heartbroke · 7pmPT
March 29, 2022
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX · National Book Fest · Craft Talk: Writing the Child Narrator · An Evening with the National Book Award Authors, moderated by Daniel Peña · 6pm CDT
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March 2022
Tasajillo Writer in Residence
Kyle, TX
Academic Year 2021/2022
Willamette University
Salem, OR · Dean’s Writing Fellow · Fundamentals of Creative Writing (3 sections)
November 13, 2021
Portland Book Festival
Spend It All: Writing Great Beginnings · Single class · 1–3:30PT · SOLD OUT
October 28, 2021
Raven Book Store
Lawrence, KS (online) · In conversation with Gene Kwak for the launch of Go Home Ricky! · 5PT
September 20–October 25, 2021
Literary Arts
Portland, OR · Refuse the Given World: Breaking Blocks Through Play · Tuesdays 6–8 PT
September 21, 2021
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ (online) · Visiting Writer · LCA 101 · Professor Mark Doten · 8ET
September 16, 2021
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ (online) · Visiting Writer · LCA 101 · Professor Mark Doten · 7ET
August 21, 2021
Future Tense Books Summer Park Reading
Irving Park, Portland, OR · With Chris Stuck and Genevieve Hudson · 7PT
August 17, 2021
Austin Bat Cave
Austin, TX (online) · Kinds of Wildness: Writing Childhood · 7–9PM CT
July–August 2021
Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY · Writer in Residence
July 14, 2021
Northshire Bookstore
Manchester Center, VT (online) · In conversation with Genevieve Plunkett for Prepare Her · 6pm ET
July 7, 2021
Powell’s
Portland, OR (online) · In conversation with Chris Stuck for Give My Love to the Savages · 5pm PST
June 5–July 17, 2021
Literary Arts
Portland, OR (online) · Refuse the Given World: Generating Short Fiction Through Play · Saturdays 10–noon PST · SOLD OUT
June 5–July 17, 2021
Literary Arts
Portland, OR (online) · Refuse the Given World (afternoon session) · Saturdays 12:30–2:30 PST · SOLD OUT
June 18, 2021
Books and Books
Coral Gables, FL (online) · In conversation with Brittany Ackerman for The Brittanys · 4pm PST
May 24, 2021
Broadway Books
Portland, OR (online) · In conversation with Alex McElroy, Chelsea Bieker, and Genevieve Hudson for The Atmospherians · 5–6pm PST
May 11, 2021
Writer’s Block Bookstore
Winter Park, FL (online) · In conversation with Brenda Peynado for The Rock Eaters · 4pm PST
April 26, 2021
Barnes & Noble
Instagram Takeover with Chelsea Bieker for Godshot paperback launch · 4pm PST
April 19, 2021
John Carroll University
Cleveland, OH (online) · Visiting Writer · Professor Claire Luchette · 3:30pm EST
April 7, 2021
Exile in Bookville
Chicago, IL (online) · Authors on Tap: A Conversation with Donna Freitas · 6pm CST
March 5, 2021
AWP (online)
All My Hexes Live in Texas: Writing the Weird, Weird West · With Alexander Lumans, Ramona Ausubel, Marisa Matarazzo, and Chelsea Bieker · 4:10pm CST
January 18, 2021
Tin House Talks
Portland, OR (online) · Sound Like Yourself: A Conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson
January 14–18, 2021
Tin House Winter Workshop
Portland, OR (online) · Faculty · Short Story Workshop · Faculty Reading with Genevieve Hudson, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, and Cameron Awkward-Rich
November 20, 2020
Exile in Bookville Bookshop
Chicago, IL (online) · Cocktails and Conversation with Julia Phillips and Megha Majumdar, moderated by Rebecca Makkai · 7pm CST
November 11–12, 2020
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR (online) · Visiting Writer Series · Craft Talk, Public Reading, and MFA Fiction Workshop Q&A · Professor Karen Thompson Walker
October 28, 2020
Debutiful & Write or Die
A reading benefiting Creative Justice · With Chelsea Bieker and T Kira Madden · 7pm EST
October 19, 2020
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY (online) · Visiting Writer · Professor Victoria Redel · 12pm EST
October 8, 2020
Columbia University
New York, NY (online) · Visiting Writer · Queer Form Seminar · Professor Mark Doten
September 10, 2020
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ (online) · Visiting Writer · LCA 101 · Professor Mark Doten · 7pm
September 2020
Yaddo
Writer in Residence
July 9, 2020
Books Are Magic
New York, NY (online) · Adam Wilson presents Sensation Machines, with Justin Taylor · 7pm
June 22, 2020
The 2020 Oregon Book Awards
Literary Arts: The Archive Project · OPB Radio · 7–7:30pm
June 16–30, 2020
Blackacre
Louisville, KY · Writer in Residence
May 2–3, 2020
Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley, CA · National Book Awards Panel
April 30, 2020
New School, Tishman Auditorium
New York, NY · Publishing Triangle Awards Ceremony · 7pm
April 29, 2020
Literary Arts
Portland, OR · Apparel for Authors Reading · 7pm
April 27, 2020
Center Stage at the Armory
Portland, OR · Oregon Book Awards Ceremony · 7pm
April 22, 2020
Broadway Books
Portland, OR · Oregon Book Awards Reading · 7pm
April 18–19, 2020
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, CA · Panel with Brian Evenson and Jac Jemc
April 6, 2020
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX · National Book Awards Festival · Reading and panel with Diana Khoi Nguyen and Christopher Paul Curtis, moderated by Bryan Washington · 6pm
April 2020
Dairy Hollow
Eureka Springs, AR · Writer in Residence
March 28, 2020
Texas Institute of Letters Award Ceremony
Georgetown, TX · 7pm
March 24, 2020
Instagram Live
Reading for the Wildsam Texas Issue · 11am
March 7–21, 2020
Tasajillo
Kyle, TX · Writer in Residence
March 4–7, 2020
AWP San Antonio
Henry B. González Convention Center · All My Hexes Live in Texas: Writing the Weird, Weird West · 10:35am
February 25, 2020
Powell’s
Portland, OR · In conversation with Courtney Maum · 7:30pm
February 12, 2020
The Stacks
Portland, OR · Reading for Sophia Shalmiyev’s Mother Winter paperback release, with Chelsea Bieker, Genevieve Hudson, Leni Zumas, Cari Luna, Matthew Dickman, Rene Denfeld, Mary Szybist, John Beer, and Robert Lashley
January 28, 2020
Broadway Books
Portland, OR · Reading with Rene Denfeld · 7pm
November 30, 2019
Broadway Books
Portland, OR · Indies First Book Signing · 2:30–4:30
November 7, 2019
Columbia University
Guest Writer in Queer Forms Master Class · 7pm
October 11, 2019
Rutgers University
Inside the Writer’s House · 10:30am
June 13, 2019
The Paris Review
New York, NY · Reading at the Paris Review issue 229 launch party · 7pm
May 17, 2019
Indivisible
Portland, OR · All Kinds of Fur: A Fairytale Reading Series and Salon · 7pm
April 12, 2019
Deep Vellum
Dallas, TX · With Melissa Duclos, on tour for Besotted · 7pm
April 10, 2019
Interabang
Dallas, TX · With T Kira Madden, on tour for Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls · 6:30pm
March 28, 2019
Spartan Shop
Portland, OR · Freya Project Reading with Genevieve Hudson, T Kira Madden, Aja Gabel, Chelsea Bieker, and Leah Dieterich · 5pm
March 27, 2019
The Stacks
Portland, OR · AWP offsite reading with Chelsea Bieker, Diana Marie Delgado, Mark Doten, and Melissa Duclos · 7:30pm
March 24, 2019
The Elliott Bay Book Company
Seattle, WA · With T Kira Madden, on tour for Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls · 3pm
March 13, 2019
Powell’s Burnside
Portland, OR · In conversation with Melissa Duclos for the launch of Besotted · 7:30pm

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