The festival is getting closer. In fact, there are only 44 days left till the festival kicks off! You know we’re excited, but just to get your book senses energized, check out these news bits from the last week:

Oregonian’s Bullet List gears you up for some of the events happening around Wordstock and shares a little history about how we’ve grown in the last five years.

The Portland Books Examiner highlights Young Adult Fiction at Wordstock.

And the ever-entertaining Willamette Week features us in the Fall Arts preview. And you get to know our head honcho a bit.

Have you seen the red chair buzzing around the Portland Media neighborhood? Let us know.