More than 80 presenters will appear at the Portland Book Festival on Nov. 8 in venues in and around downtown Portland's South Park Blocks, presented by Literary Arts. Stacey Abrams and Rebecca Yarros serve as headliners; Abrams will appear in conversation with Dave Miller of OPB's Think Out Loud and promotes Coded Justice, the third Avery Keene thriller about an AI system poised to revolutionize the medical industry. Jess Walter returns with So Far Gone, described by the Los Angeles Times as a gleeful, kooky and tender homage to True Grit. Susan Orlean, a New Yorker staff writer, will discuss Joyride, a memoir.
Stacey Abrams, Jess Walter, Susan Orlean. If any of those names float your literary boat, you'll want to set sail for the 2025 Portland Book Festival. Those writers are among the more than 80 authors and presenters scheduled to appear at the Nov. 8 festival, to be held in venues in and around downtown Portland's South Park Blocks, Literary Arts, the nonprofit that presents the festival, announced Tuesday.
She is also one of two festival headliners (along with Rebecca Yarros, see below), and will appear in conversation with Dave Miller of OPB's Think Out Loud. Her newest novel, Coded Justice, falls under the thriller category and is the third featuring former Supreme Court law clerk Avery Keene. The plot revolves around a tech company that has created an AI system "poised to revolutionize the medical industry." What could go wrong?
Orlean, a staff writer for The New Yorker whose early career included a stint at Portland's Willamette Week newspaper, has written books on subjects ranging from orchid fanatics, to Rin Tin Tin, to the wonder of libraries. Her new book, Joyride, is a memoir. "The story of my life is the story of my stories," Orlean writes.
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