Green Bean Books - Randy Rainbow Event!

Comedian Randy Rainbow will be performing and Green Bean Books will be selling signed copies of his new children's book, Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses, in the lobby.

Grab your tickets here!

Parallel Worlds Bookshop- Friday the Bookteenth Flash Fundraiser for Portland Books Through Bars!

Join us during Portland Book Week at DreamhousePDX for a FRIDAY June 13th from 4–10PM for an epic Flash Tattoo Fundraiser for Portland Books Through Bars— where all proceeds from both tattoos and the bar go directly to Portland Books Through Bars.

Come meet the folks at Portland Book Through Bars to learn more about the organization!

Expect bookish-inspired flash from @yestattoopdx finest:

• @margotattoo

• @damn_zippy

• @awwwsin

Up Up Books - Claw Machine Launch and Reading!

Join us for a thrilling evening as we celebrate the launch of Claw Machine, a dark and speculative fiction anthology published by Little Key Press. Come meet the authors, hear selections read live, grab your signed copy, play a mini claw machine until you win, and celebrate this eclectic collection of stories.

The Devil's Grin book release with Alex Graham at Floating World Comics

Millennial cartoonist Alex Graham’s follow-up to her acclaimed graphic novel Dog Biscuits follows the residents of Henryville, Idaho and their intertwined lives—and involves demons, Jim Morrison, a cartoonist with supernatural talent, sewer rats, and much more. We're excited to host a release party with Alex on Sunday June 15!

It’s 1974 in Henryville, Idaho. Robert hasn’t had an ordinary life. It began in a rush: flushed down a toilet by his mother and carried into the sewer by a demon. This monstrous presence stalks Robert into adulthood, haunting his dreams. Robert just wants to be like his idol, Jim Morrison: writing poetry, playing rock ‘n’ roll, chasing beautiful women. But try as he might to avoid sleep, he can never seem to escape the clutches of the demon. And it’s not just Robert: the demon soon begins haunting the entire city of Henryville. Dandelion, a young poet, falls in love with Robert and begins having confusing, terrifying romantic visions of the demon she can’t seem to shake. Gary, a cartoonist, becomes convinced that his vengeful cartoons are channeling the word of a righteous God, capable of manipulating reality in powerful and destructive ways. Robert, Dandelion, Gary, and other residents of Henryville find themselves tangled in a web of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, newspaper funnies, and demonic possession. Will the residents of Henryville find a way to escape? Was Robert and Dandelion’s romance doomed from the start? Will Robert’s band be any good?

With its mix of comedy, horror, magic realism, anthropomorphism, naturalism, humor, psychedelia, and pathos, The Devil’s Grin is a remarkable work of contemporary fiction by one of comics’ most distinctive storytellers. Weaving together multiple character arcs at a brisk, deft pace, Graham juggles their secrets, desires, and insecurities in continually surprising ways, slowly introducing layers of malice that lead to an unexpected darkness. Graham’s clear yet loose cartooning perfectly unfolds every twist and turn with creative precision.