Portland Book Week

Portland Book Week Portland Book Week June 10-16, 2024
Book Crawl, Literary Events, Rose City Book & Paper Fair! Support your local independent booksellers.

01/21/2026

We are coming back to you this summer for PBW 2026!

Our organizers have already been reaching out to some of the beloved bookstores around town and we will make sure you know as soon as we do when all our participants are confirmed.

For now? Consider this your save the date 📆

Portland Book Week Returns
June 5-14, 2026

10 Days of celebrating Independent Bookstores around Portland and beyond, culminating in the 📚

See you there 😎

07/12/2025

Congratulations to our winners from this year’s Portland Book Week Raffle!

Raffle prizes include books, swag, and gift cards to participating independent bookstores 📚

You will be receiving an email later this afternoon on next steps and how to receive your prize bundle 🎉

We had so much fun celebrating with you all this year and can’t wait until we can all do it again in 2026!

See you next time 😎

We have been collecting raffle entries from the 63 participating locations and on Saturday, July 12th, we will be announ...
07/11/2025

We have been collecting raffle entries from the 63 participating locations and on Saturday, July 12th, we will be announcing the winners!

Keep your eyes on us this weekend 👀

Although Portland Book Week is over you have until Friday, June 27th to send in your raffle entries by dropping them off...
06/16/2025

Although Portland Book Week is over you have until Friday, June 27th to send in your raffle entries by dropping them off at any participating bookstore!

Our list of all participants is online, making it easy for you to find which shop is closest to you, and we will be drawing for prizes early July once we receive all entries 🎉

Did you get a BINGO blackout this year??

It’s the final weekend of Portland Book Week and the first day of the (opens at 10am) 🎉Don’t forget that you can show y...
06/14/2025

It’s the final weekend of Portland Book Week and the first day of the (opens at 10am) 🎉

Don’t forget that you can show your BINGO card for free entry to the Rose City Book & Paper Fair and get your corner stamp!

Keep sending us your highlights, we have loved watching all your new discoveries (and new tattoos!) from this year’s events and bookstore tours.

See you out there 🫡

Did you see us post this list 🙈 some of the sales and specials this Portland Book Week ended yesterday, but don’t worry ...
06/13/2025

Did you see us post this list 🙈 some of the sales and specials this Portland Book Week ended yesterday, but don’t worry there is still PLENTY to be excited about!

Our final weekend of events is kicking off and you have until Sunday, June 15th to get your BINGO stamps 📚

Don’t forget to tag and share your crawl with us, we love to see your blackout boards coming in 🙇‍♀️

One of the squares on this year’s BINGO board asks you to visit a bookstore that has been open for over 30 years!Most pe...
06/12/2025

One of the squares on this year’s BINGO board asks you to visit a bookstore that has been open for over 30 years!

Most people know that Portland’s most famous bookstore, Powell’s City of Books, was established in the ‘80s but there are five more participating stores that have also been open that long - or longer!

Have you had a chance to visit any of these great shops for Portland Book Week?

There have been so many amazing highlights about BINGO this year, we can hardly keep up!We have loved seeing your goals,...
06/10/2025

There have been so many amazing highlights about BINGO this year, we can hardly keep up!

We have loved seeing your goals, hearing your Book Week stories, and following along with how many places you have toured this week.

Remember you can still collect stamps for your BINGO cards through June 15th!

Tag us in your Portland Book Week highlights for a chance to be featured.

Don’t forget to check out our online calendar for the full list of events happening all over town!Shops are offering dea...
06/09/2025

Don’t forget to check out our online calendar for the full list of events happening all over town!

Shops are offering deals and gatherings for everyone participating in this year’s book week, watch our story for more highlights 📚

Friends of the Libraries are nonprofit groups that support libraries in their communities. They are run by volunteers an...
06/08/2025

Friends of the Libraries are nonprofit groups that support libraries in their communities. They are run by volunteers and by showing up to support the Friends of the Library, or joining your local group, you can help to keep crucial resources in the hands of the public, fight censorship, keep your local library open and accessible, and much more!




are this year’s Friends of the Library Book Week participants

Which have you visited??

If you’re playing BINGO for Portland Book Week, one of the prompts asks you to visit a bookstore with a cat!Some of thes...
06/07/2025

If you’re playing BINGO for Portland Book Week, one of the prompts asks you to visit a bookstore with a cat!

Some of these feline faces have made appearances at , .leftovers, and 😻

Have you gotten to say hello to some of the local boookshop cats?

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