Where To Go for the Second Annual Portland Book Week

Only in its second year, Portland Book Week already feels like a fixture. Launched by Powell’s Books and the Cascade Booksellers Association, the ten-day literary celebration makes one thing clear: If you think you’ve hit every bookshop in the area, well, you probably haven’t.

From June 6–15, more than 60 bookstores across Portland, Vancouver, and Southwest Washington are pulling out the stops with events that will make you laugh, think, sip, swap, and maybe even get a bookish tattoo. A bingo card gamifies the bibliophilic shebang. Grab one at any participating shop, collect stamps as you go, and you might win gift cards, signed novels, or other raffle prizes. But as any book lover knows, much of the fun is simply in the process of collecting. There are plenty of reasons to stack stamps—P