What we’re about
Welcome! We are a coffee shop bookstore located in SW Portland featuring great coffee and diverse books. We host readings and book launches on Friday and Saturday evenings, and children's storytime on Saturday mornings. We also host recurring write-ins, writing contests, and open mics. https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com
Upcoming events
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BOLD Spoken Word Open Mic
BOLD Coffee & Books, 1755 SW Jefferson St., Portland, OR, USHappy Portland Book Festival weekend! Keep the fun going after the festival with the BOLD Open Mic. All genres welcome.
We want your BOLD stories!
Come to our monthly open mic to share your latest work in progress or previously published piece. We welcome short stories, personal essays, poetry, slam, and other spoken word art forms.
10% off for performers!
Arrive at 7:00 p.m. to sign up and get your beverage. The mic goes on at 7:30 p.m. 7-minute time limit. No theme. BOLD is a safe place. We strive to uplift stories by and about people from underrepresented and diverse communities. We do not tolerate hate speech of any kind.
See you there!
5 attendees
Silent Reading Party
BOLD Coffee & Books, 1755 SW Jefferson St., Portland, OR, USRemember how great silent reading time was in elementary school? The melting away of distractions while you lost yourself in a great book? Now you can get that as an adult too!
Join us at BOLD for a silent reading party. Bring your book or buy one here. Grab a drink or pastry, and lose yourself in those pages.
Arrive early if you want to meet other readers and share about the book you’re reading. The background music switches to classical and the reading begins at 5:30 p.m.
Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.
2 attendees
Author Reading: Dede Montgomery in Conversation with Carolyn Dasher
BOLD Coffee & Books, 1755 SW Jefferson St., Portland, OR, USBOLD is thrilled to host a reading with Dede Montgomery, author of A Map of Her Own, in conversation with Carolyn Dasher, author of American Sky.
Dede will introduce her new book including what motivated the writing of it, how she approached writing a dual timeline book, and also about carrying on characters (Celia and Paul from Humanity’s Grace) from a prior book. She will give a short reading and invite discussion and Q&A along with fellow author Carolyn Dasher.
Dede Montgomery is a 6th generation Oregonian, published author and Safety and Health Professional. She is a thoughtful and introspective author whose work blends personal narrative, historical reflection, and social awareness. Dede often writes with a deep connection to place, particularly the Pacific Northwest.
Carolyn Dasher is the author of American Sky, a novel about love and war, family secrets, and mothers and daughters finding the freedom to fly. Her short fiction has appeared in Sunspot Literary Journal and is forthcoming at Terrain.org. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she’s hard at work on her next book.
Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to grab a snack or drink. The event will start at 7:00 p.m.
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Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.
1 attendee
Past events
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