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A Handy Festival Planning Tool for all Tastes
Fear not, plan your ideal fest encounter with this collection of specialized pre-made itineraries.
For every curious mind and every passion, we love the ease of these thoughtfully assembled schedules.
Hope you do too.
• Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll
• Thinking Big: Religion, Politics & Sexuality
• LGBT
• Local Focus: Literature, History & Culture
• YA Do or Die at Wordstock
• Staff Picks
• For the Kids
• Screen, Stage & Performance
• Our Changing World
• The Art & Craft of Storytelling
• The Wild, Wild West
Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll – SATURDAY
Need we say more?
10:30-11:45am
No More Heaving Bosoms: Writing and Publishing Modern Erotica and Romance Novels
Workshop – FICTION | Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
12-1pm
Bettye LaVette, A Woman Like Me & Storm Large, Crazy Enough
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
1-2pm
The “Adult” in “Young Adult”
Conversation – YOUNG ADULT
Who: Joëlle Anthony, Steve Brezenoff, Kristen-Paige Madonia / Moderator: Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
2-3pm (Sat)
Lidia Yuknavitch, Dora: A Headcase
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm (Sat)
Snack/Drinkery break | Where: Concession Stand & The Drinkery (full bar)
4-5pm (Sat)
What Sex Does to a Story
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Anakana Schofield, Lidia Yuknavitch, Yuvi Zalkow / Moderator: Shanna Germain
Where: Faceout Studio Stage Stage | D-135
From 5-6pm, choose between:
Anonymous, Love is Not Constantly Wondering If You Are Making the Biggest Mistake of Your Life
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
Storm Large, Crazy Enough
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll – SUNDAY
From 11am-12pm, choose between:
Christopher Baughman, Off the Street
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
How to Be a Person: The Stranger’s Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: Co-authors Bethany Jean Clement, Christopher Frizzelle, and Lindy West
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
12-1pm
Snack/Drinkery break | Where: Concession Stand & The Drinkery (full bar)
From 3-4pm, choose between:
I Write the Songs: Musician as Songwriter
Conversation – POETRY / SONGWRITING
Who: Anne Adams, Laura Gibson, Nick Jaina / Moderator: Mark Baumgarten
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Electric Voyeurism
Conversation – NONFICTION
Who: Inara Scott, Shanna Germain, Arianne Cohen / Moderator: AJ Rogers, a.k.a. Amory Jane
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
From 4-5pm, choose between:
Chloe Caldwell, Legs Get Led Astray & Kevin Sampsell, Best Sex Writing 2012
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
The Beer Chicks, The Naked Brewer & Mark Baumgarten, Love Rock Revolution
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
5-6pm
Arianne Cohen, The Sex Diaries Project & Shanna Germain, editor of Bound by Lust
Author Appearance – FICTION / NONFICTION | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
Thinking Big: Religion, Politics & Sexuality – SATURDAY
11am-12pm
Putting Words in the Mouth of God
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION
Who: James Bernard Frost, Colin Dickey, Tonya Hurley / Moderator: Cynthia O’Brien
Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
3-4pm
Bruce Beasley, Theophobia & Suzanne Paola, The Lives of Saints
Author Appearance – POETRY | Where: Attic Institute Poetry Stage | D-133
5-6pm
The Mystery Box Show
The Mystery Box Show is a live storytelling series focusing on the themes of sex and sexuality.
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
Thinking Big: Religion, Politics & Sexuality – SUNDAY
From 2-3p, choose between:
Cathi Hanauer, Gone & Anakana Schofield, Malarky
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
The Heart of The Matter
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / YA
Who: Duff Brenna, Lidia Yuknavitch, Jerry McGill / Moderator: Susan Kerner
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm
Doug Fine, Too High To Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
5-6pm
S. Brian Willson, Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
LGBT – SATURDAY
Wordstock authors who have dealt with queer characters and topics in their current or past work.
2-3pm
Lidia Yuknavitch, Dora: A Headcase
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm
Out on the Page
Conversation – JOURNALISM / QUEER
Who: David Levithan, Carter Sickels, Christopher Frizzelle / Moderator: Aaron Scott
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
LGBT – SUNDAY
1-2pm
Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-Flying Duck: Stories From 2nd Story
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: Deb R. Lewis | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
From 4-5pm, choose between:
One Big Happy Queer Family
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / QUEER / YA
Who: Gregory Martin, Deb R. Lewis, Erica Lorraine Scheidt / Moderator: Paul Fukui
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
David Levithan, Every Day
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
Local Focus: Literature, History & Culture – SATURDAY
For those of you who think (know) Portland is the center of the literary universe.
12-1pm
Jewel Lansing & Fred Leeson, Multnomah: The Tumultuous Story of Oregon’s Most Populous County
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
1-2pm
James Bernard Frost, A Very Minor Poet & Hanna Neuschwander, Left Coast Roast
Author Appearance – FICTION / NONFICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
2-3pm
Jon Raymond, Rain Dragon & Lidia Yuknavitch, Dora: A Head Case
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
4-5pm
Carter Sickels, The Evening Hour & Alexis Smith, Glaciers
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
5-6pm
Yuvi Zalkow, A Brilliant Novel in the Works
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
Local Focus: Literature, History & Culture – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
Joe Bianco, The Story Never Ends, A Memoir of a Newspaper Reporter
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
12-1pm
Local Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists
Conversation – JOURNALISM
Who: Tom Hallman Jr., Nigel Jaquiss, Richard Read / Moderator: Jack Hart
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
2-3pm
Chelsea Cain, Kill You Twice
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
3-4pm
Poets from The Atheneum at Attic Institute
Author Appearance – POETRY | Where: Attic Institute Poetry Stage | D-133
4-5pm
Phillip Margolin, Capitol Murder
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
5-6pm
Kristy Athens, Get Your Pitchfork On!: The Real Dirt on Country Living
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
YA Do or Die at Wordstock – SATURDAY
Get your YA fix! We have an ENTIRE STAGE dedicated to YA authors at Wordstock this year. These are the can’t-miss events on this stage!
10:30-11:45am
Writing Memorable Characters–For Young Writers
Workshop – YA
Who: Joëlle Anthony
Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
1-2pm
The “Adult” in “Young Adult”
Conversation – YA
Who: Joëlle Anthony, Steve Brezenoff, Kristen-Paige Madonia / Moderator: Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
2-3pm
Living in a Fantasy World
Conversation – YA
Who: Alex Adams, Lissa Price, Kevin Emerson / Moderator: David Levithan
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
4-5pm
Tonya Hurley, The Blessed & Lish McBride, Necromancing the Stone
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
5-6pm
Keeping It Real
Conversation – YA
Who: Lisa Burstein, Katie Kacvinsky, David Levithan / Moderator: Jen Violi
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
YA Do or Die at Wordstock – SUNDAY
12-1pm
Teen Thrillers
Conversation – YA
Who: April Henry, Jeanne Ryan, Kimberly Derting / Moderator: Phillip Margolin
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
1-2pm
Jackson Pearce, Sisters Red & Tamara Ireland Stone, Time Between Us
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
4-5pm
David Levithan, Every Day
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
5-6p
New Trends in Teen Paranormal
Conversation – YA
Who: Tamara Ireland Stone, Sean Beaudoin, Martha Brockenbrough, Lish McBride / Moderator: Inara Scott
Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
Staff Picks – SATURDAY
It’s tough narrowing down the field. Here are some that we’re not going to miss.
11am-12pm
Peter Zuckerman, Buried in the Sky
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
12-1pm
Sara Levine, Treasure Island!!!
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
1-2pm
Peter Heller, The Dog Stars
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
2-3pm
Jon Raymond, Rain Dragon
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
3-4pm
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
4-5pm
Truth in Storytelling
Conversation – JOURNALISM / NONFICTION
Who: Peter Zuckerman, Megan Stielstra, James Kunen / Moderator: Jack Hart
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
5-6pm
Kim Fay, The Map of Lost Memories
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
Staff Picks – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
How to Be a Person: The Stranger’s Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: Co-authors Bethany Jean Clement, Christopher Frizzelle, and Lindy West
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
12-1pm
Martha Grover, One More for the People
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
1-2pm
Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-Flying Duck: Stories From 2nd Story
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: CP Chang, Deb R. Lewis, and Megan Stielstra
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
2-3pm
Alex Adams, White Horse
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
3-4pm
The Art of the Ending
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / YA
Who: Brian Doyle, Natalie Serber, Jon Raymond / Moderator: Lee Montgomery
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
4-5pm
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
5-6pm
Christopher Lord, The Christmas Carol Murders
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
For the Kids – SATURDAY
Got kids? Be sure to take them to Little Word, our children’s stage and discovery place! These are the can’t-miss events on this stage!
11am-12pm
Nonfiction for Kids (Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic Kids Everything Sharks & Brenda Peterson, Leopard
& Silkie: One Boy’s Quest to Save the Seal Pups)
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
12-1pm
Mac Barnett, Chloe & the Lion & Jon Klassen, This is Not My Hat
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
For the Kids – SUNDAY
12-1pm
Tad Hills, Rocket Writes a Story & John Skewes, Larry Gets Lost in Portland
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
1-2pm
Keith Baker, 1-2-3 Peas & Matt Holm, Squish #4: Captain Disaster
Author Appearance – CHILDREN’S
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
2-3pm
Christopher Healy, The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom & John Stephens, The Fire Chronicle
Author Appearance – MIDDLE GRADE
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
4:30-5pm
Fractured Fairy Tales
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Christopher Healey and Jackson Pearce / Moderator: Sara Gundell
Where: KinderCare Children’s Stage | Hall D, Left Stage
Screen, Stage & Performance – THURSDAY
From Hollywood glamour to Portland theater to live storytelling, get your performance fix with these events.
6:30pm
Opening Night: Poets Slam Workstock
Two of this year’s Wordstock topics, sex and dystopia, equip our word-star opponents with grand slam fodder.
With special guest Anis Mojgani. Hosted by Eirean Bradley.
Where: The Bagdad Theater | 3701 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: $9.95, general admission | Tickets available at cascasetickets.com or Bagdad box office
Screen, Stage & Performance – SATURDAY
11am-12pm
Tell Me a Story
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION
Who: Renee Watson, Robert Rubinstein, Kambri Crews / Moderator: Amanda Delheimer Dimond
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
1-2pm
Dramatic Readings of Missed Connections Ads
Where: Red Chair District, from 11am-5pm.
3-4pm
Life in the Spotlight: Celebrity Memoir
Conversation – NONFICTION
Who: Bettye LaVette, Diane Farr, Randy Fertel / Moderator: Kimberly Witherspoon
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Screen, Stage & Performance – SUNDAY
10:30-11:45am
Tell It Out Loud! Performance for Writers
Workshop – FICTION / NONFICTION
Who: Megan Stielstra and Amanda Delheimer Dimond
Where: Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage B | D-140
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
From 12-1pm, choose between:
Live Theater in the Internet Age
Conversation – THEATER
Who: Grace Carter, Olga Sanchez, Brian Weaver / Moderator: Matthew Kern
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
Book to Screen
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Michael Koryta, Whitney Otto, Daniel H. WIlson / Moderator: John Stephens
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
1-2pm
Briefly Knocked Unconscious By a Low-Flying Duck: Stories From 2nd Story
Author Appearance – NONFICTION
Who: CP Chang, Deb R. Lewis, and Megan Stielstra
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
2-3pm
Dramatic Readings of Missed Connections Ads
Where: Red Chair District, from 11am-5pm.
11am-12pm
The End of the World As We Know It
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Katie Kacvinsky, Peter Heller, Daniel H. Wilson / Moderator: David Oates
Where: Comcast Stage | Hall D, Middle Stage
12-1pm
Kevin Emerson, The Lost Code & Lissa Price, Starters
Author Appearance – YA | Where: TriMet YA Stage | D-136
1-2pm
New Nature Writing: Beth Baker, Rick Borsten & David Oates
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
2-3pm
Living in a Fantasy World
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Alex Adams, Lissa Price, Kevin Emerson / Moderator: David Levithan
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
Our Changing World – SUNDAY
1-2pm
(Almost) Doomsday Journalism
Conversation – JOURNALISM
Who: Brent Walth, Jeff Jensen, Doug Fine / Moderator: TBD
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
2-3pm
Daniel H. Wilson, Amped & Alex Adams, White Horse
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
3-4pm
David Wolman, The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers–and the Coming Cashless
Society
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
4-5pm
John Daniel, Of Earth: New and Selected Poems
Author Appearance – POETRY | Where: Attic Institute Poetry Stage | D-133
The Art & Craft of Storytelling – SATURDAY
11am-12pm
There’s Nothing Like Your First
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Kim Fay, Lois Leveen, Evan P. Schneider / Moderator: Sara Levine
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
Then, head on over to:
Open Write
Open Write Competition, where you’re given a prompt and a mere nine minutes to write like a banshee on your
way to fame, fortune and possibly a cool prize. No pressure!
Judge: Lisa Zeidner
Where: Hall D, next to The Drinkery
1:30-2:45pm
Triage: A Better Way to Revise
Workshop – FICTION / NONFICTION
Where: Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage B | D-140
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
3-4pm
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
4-5pm
What Sex Does to a Story
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Anakana Schofield, Lidia Yuknavitch, Yuvi Zalkow / Moderator: Shanna Germain
Where: Faceout Studio Stage Stage | D-135
4:30-5:45pm
Keep Talking: Discovering and Revealing Character through Dialogue
Workshop – FICTION
Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
5-6pm
The Side-Kick: Creating Secondary Characters
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Kim Barnes, Martha Grover, Joyce Hinnefeld / Moderator: Pancho Savery
Where: National Endowment for the Arts Stage | D-137
The Art & Craft of Storytelling – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
Twisting the Tale
Conversation – FICTION
Who: Kurt Anderson, Jess Walter, Cathi Hanauer / Moderator: Samiya Bashir
Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
12-1:15pm
Obsession x Voice
Workshop – FICTION / NONFICTION
Where: Where: Minuteman Press Team Writer’s Workshop Stage A | D-139
Cost: 1 workshop: $35, 2 workshops: $30, additional: $20/each
1-2pm
Natalie Serber, Shout Her Lovely Name & Catherine Brady, Curled in the Bed of Love
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
2-3p
Open Write
Open Write Competition, where you’re given a prompt and a mere nine minutes to write like a banshee on your
way to fame, fortune and possibly a cool prize. No pressure!
Judge: Lidia Yuknavitch
Where: Hall D, next to The Drinkery
3-4pm
The Art of the Ending
Conversation – FICTION / NONFICTION / YA
Who: Brian Doyle, Natalie Serber, Jon Raymond / Moderator: Lee Montgomery
Where: Faceout Studio Stage | D-135
4-5pm
Tin House
Author Appearance – FICTION / NONFICTION / POETRY
Who: Karen Karbo, Jon Raymond, Willy Vlautin
Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
5-6pm
Debra Dean, The Mirrored World
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
The Wild, Wild West – SATURDAY
12-1pm
Kimberly Jensen, Oregon’s Doctor to the World: Esther Pohl Lovejoy and a Life of Activism & Jewel Lansing &
Fred Leeson, Multnomah: The Tumultuous Story of Oregon’s Most Populous County
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
From 3-4pm, choose between:
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
Pauls Toutonghi, Evel Knieval Days
Author Appearance – FICTION | McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage
The Wild, Wild West – SUNDAY
11am-12pm
Bruce Holbert, Lonesome Animals
Author Appearance – FICTION | Where: Oregon Cultural Trust Stage | D-138
3-4pm
Dean Adams, Four Thousand Hooks
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: Work for Art Stage | D-134
4-5pm
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer
Author Appearance – NONFICTION | Where: McMenamins Stage | Hall D, Right Stage