Books

Fans of scary stories can dig their teeth into “Coffin Moon,” a book set in Portland right after the Vietnam War and full of surprising twists on the vampire genre.

Portland is a city known for its love of books and book stores. An annual festival that celebrates that love of all things literary announced its fall event lineup Tuesday, with dozens of authors coming to the city.

Yarros announced on Instagram that she will be part of this year’s Portland Book Festival held by Literary Arts on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Former Vice President Harris is scheduled to appear at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in a conversation with Literary Arts.

On today’s episode, OPB’s Crystal Ligori and Sukhjot Sal warm our hearts by sharing how the romance genre became so popular and why they love it so much.

Imagination Library is an international program launched by Dolly Parton in 1995 to combat illiteracy.

The federal ruling requires a way for parents to opt out on religious grounds. Oregon’s new law includes a similar provision but in a different context.

The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.

Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir, "Wildfire Days," follows her rookie seasons as a wildland firefighter on an elite hotshot crew in the Pacific Northwest. Her story is one of physical endurance, belonging, and personal reckoning, all set against the backdrop of some of the West’s biggest wildfires.

The book explores the issues that have been brewing for decades in Bend.