Atheneum Alums Read at Rose City Book Pub | Apr 26 12pm | Free

You're invited to a free reading and panel discussion of Atheneum alums on Apr 26, 12pm, at the Rose City Book Pub in NE Portland.

Our alums will read and celebrate the Atheneum Master Writing Program and discuss their work and lives as writers.

Sara Fischer (2013)

Signe Kopps (2021)

Jennifer Knauss (2025)

Kristin Moran (2021)

Meet emerging writers. Expand your literary community. Hear new work and join a discussion of taking writing from scratch to publication.

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2025-2026 Atheneum Fellows

Details:

Sunday Apr 26 | 12pm

Rose City Book Pub, 1329 NE Fremont

Free and open to the public

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