Required Reading

Must-Visit Portland Indie Bookstores

Our list of more than 20 shops spotlighting the African diaspora and children’s books, sci-fi and fantasy, artist monographs, comics, and…yarn?

School Supplies

Choice Back-to-School Supplies for the Design-Forward Kid

Japanese erasers, statement pencils, a whale stapler from Italy, lay-flat notebooks, and more from Portland shops

FEATURE

Portland's aesthetics-driven media empire handcrafts a global phenomenon

Corner Shop

A pair of Portland artists turn a new leaf with a one-of-a-kind bookstore.

Now Read This

Willy Vlautin's latest tale finds its 15-year-old protagonist searching for a family connection at Portland Meadows.

03/16/2010 By Randy Gragg

Books

Nazraeli Press makes photography books as beautiful—and as sought-after—as the images within them.

Gardening

When lovers of salvias and slime molds crave a good book, they turn to horticultural publisher Timber Press.

05/19/2009 By Jill Davis