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 (4+)
See all- Children’s Storytime: Angie Drake Reads King of the CondorsBOLD Coffee & Books, Portland, OR
BOLD is thrilled to host a special children’s storytime. Featured presenter Angie Drake will read King of the Condors by Justin T. O´Conor Sloane.
Join us for a bilingual storytime featuring King of the Condors, a beautifully illustrated folktale full of adventure, magic, and a message of hope. Told in both English and Spanish, this family-friendly event includes a reading, a short photo presentation about the real Kichwa family behind Ecuador’s Tambo Cóndor Interpretive Center, and a look at the amazing wildlife they help protect. Audience members can help decide how the story is read—one language or both! Perfect for families, language learners, and nature lovers of all ages. Stay for Q&A and discover how storytelling can help save endangered species.
Angie Drake is the writer behind Not Your Average American, a blog focused on Ecuador’s culture, nature, and conservation. She works closely with Tambo Cóndor, a Kichwa-owned eco-project in the Andes, and shares stories that connect people to place. She’s thrilled to present King of the Condors to new readers.
Justin T. O´Conor Sloane is the author of King of the Condors, a bilingual children’s book inspired by Andean folklore and his time living in Cuenca, Ecuador. A lifelong storyteller, Justin believes in the power of imagination to inspire change. A portion of each book sale supports wildlife conservation in Ecuador.
Justin collaborated closely with his wife, Ana Ximena Caroso Montero, an Ecuadorian advocate and the book’s Spanish translator.
Stephanie Suter is a Swiss-born artist based in Cuenca, Ecuador. She illustrated King of the Condors using ink on silk, creating dreamlike images that bring the story to life. This is her first children’s book. Stephanie is also active in local conservation efforts alongside her husband.
From each book sold, $3 is donated to support their efforts to build the Tambo Cóndor Interpretive Center, a local education hub where schoolchildren and community members will learn about endangered species like the Andean condor and the spectacled bear—and how to help protect them. You can read more about this grassroots initiative here.
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Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.
- Author Reading: Patricia Haim in Conversation with Sarah Baker MunroBOLD Coffee & Books, Portland, OR
BOLD is thrilled to host a reading with Patricia Haim, author of Lifelines: A Viennese Family’s Letters from Home and Exile, 1938-1947 in conversation with local Portland author, Sarah Baker Munro, author of Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon.
Patricia will read from Lifelines and both authors will discuss this historical memoir, which gives voice to the daily survival of a family during the Holocaust, through letters that portray their present-tense thoughts as they connect through the traumas of separation and oppression.
Discussion to be followed by an audience Q&A and signing.Patricia Haim was born and raised in New York City. After graduating from the University of Melbourne’s English language and literature honors program, she attended graduate school at Duke and Notre Dame Law School. She retired after a career in employment, labor, and immigration law. She lives in Bend, Oregon.
Sarah Baker Munro majored in Anthropology and Art History at Pitzer College and received an MA in Folklore at the University of California Berkeley. She wrote several publications on the lodge, including Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon; a Multiple Property Documentation form for PWA and WPA resources in the State of Oregon; and other local history articles. Currently, she serves on the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation.
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.
