4555 N Williams Ave

Years: 2025 -

ALWAYS HERE BOOKSTORE

Post from Facebook 3-11-2025

March 11 at 12:12 PM  · Portland  · 

Our grand opening is 𝟯 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆! So it’s probably time we explain why we decided to spread the festivities over the whole weekend, right? Well, we had a lot of folks we wanted to invite, okay!?

We called in favors (read: we asked nicely ), and we just reached out to tons of folks we met last year to help make this weekend special & impactful. We’ll have authors hanging out with us all weekend to sign their books & chat with everyone – and a 𝘁𝗼𝗻 of organizations alongside them!

Any day you visit us this weekend, it’ll be a good time. Come see what we look like at the beginning!

Long live queer books! Come find a new one to read this weekend?  

 Friday (3/14)

We’re joined by local author & champion for kid lit Sara Ryan (@instaryansara) in the evening, and our friends from Portland Public Schools, Multnomah County Library, and Friendly House will be with us in the afternoon!

 Saturday (3/15)

The duo of Rosiee Thor (@rosieethor) & Tehlor Mejia (@tehlorkay) will be signing books with us, and they’re joined by Mask Bloc PDX (@maskblocpdx), Black & Beyond the Binary Collective (@2black4binariespdx), and Antibinary Collective (@antibinarypdx).

 Sunday (3/16)

Local poet Tatiana Maria Corbitt (@authortatianamarie) will be performing a poetry reading at 1pm, then signing books alongside Jamie Pacton! (@jamiepacton) Folks from SMYRC (@smyrcpdx), the ACLU, and True Colors Recovery (@truecolorsrecovery) will be hanging out as well!

Where: 4555 N Williams Ave
When: 11am to 6pm every day!

As always, events are sober, sensory-friendly, and 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱. See our website for our full accessibility disclosure.

Image description: A round sign hanging from the corner of the bookstore. The sign says “Always Here Bookstore”, with a little green face in the middle. Two birds are perched above the sign. The sky behind is blue and dotted with clouds.