Independent Publishing Resource Center

917 SW Oak Street #218, Portland, Oregon 97205 USA | Tel/Fax: 503.827.0249 | Email: info@iprc.org

Online Sites and Resources

These resources will be interesting to people involved in independent publishing:

IPRC on Facebook
Facebook Fan Page
Facebook Group

IPRC members
Maybe Parade
Jason Breedlove
Sam Lohmann
Chris Johanson
Textura Printing
Tom Lechner
Nicole Georges
Colin Meloy
Alec Longstreth
Tugboat Press
Future Tense Books
Zine Thug

Events / Festivals / Conferences / Expos
Portland Zine Symposium
Small Press Expo (SPX)
Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE)
Stumptown Comics Fest
Wordstock
Publication Fair by Publication Studio
Portland Church of Craft
Crafty Wonderland
Portland Grassroots Media Camp
FisherPoets Gathering
Live Wire

Readings and Poetry Slams
Portland Arts and Lecture Series
Zinesters Talking
Backfence PDX
Spare Room
The Tangent Reading Series
If Not for Kidnap Poetry
Loggernaut
Bad Blood Reading Series
Smalldoggies Readings PDX
Smorg
The Switch
Three Friends Mondays
The Portland Review
Portland Poetry Slam
Backspace
Someday Lounge

Open Mics
The Alberta Street Public House
Bar XV
Great Hall Restaurant
Portland Hawthorne Hostel
Hobnob Grille
Pub at the End of the Universe
Tony’s Tavern
Artichoke Cafe
Mother Maybel’s
Flying Cat Coffee Co.
The Rock Bar

General Portland Literary Resources
IPRC
Literary Arts
Portland Reading Local

Portland Based Literary Journals
Portland Review
The Benefactor
The Grove Review
Burnside Review
Glimmer Train
Tin House
Pony and Midge
Alltopia Antholozine
Ink-Filled Page
Lewis and Clark Literary Review
Peaches and Bats
Pathos Literary Magazine
Bear Deluxe
Poor Claudia
Voice Catcher
Clackamas Literary Review
M Review
Swap/concessions

Residencies and Retreats
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Oregon Writers Colony

Small Writing Groups
The Portland ‘Laurel’ Writing Group
Eastside Bean and Letters
Portland NaNo
Reading Like a Memoirist
Poems & Coffee Meetup
Poems and Wine
The Moonlit Poetry Caravan

Stores and Distributors
Reading Frenzy
Paper Plus (835 E. Burnside)
Microcosm Publishing
Assimilate This!
Loop Distro
Laughing Horse Books
Starfiend Distro
In Other Words

Independent Publishers & Crafters
Hawthorne Books
Propeller  Books
bedouin books
Perfect Day Publishing
Maybe Parade
Alarming Press
Family Style
PodPost Mail Art
Girls Not Chicks

Printers
Stumptown Printers
Eberhardt Press
Brown Printing

Print On-Demand Websites
Lulu
Blurb
Lightning Source

Podcasts
DIY Portland
Craftypod

Other Organizations
Literary Arts, Inc.
Mountain Writers Center
Portland Independent Media Center
Gracie’s Birdcage
Write Around Portland (WRAP)
Small Press Center
Zine Resource Center
The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Library Zine Wikipedia
Grrrl Zines A Go-Go
Cult Of Youth
DIY Lounge
SCRAP!
KBOO Radio
Zines in the Mulnomah County Library
Queer Zine Archive Project
Richard Hugo House / ZAPP
Attic Writers’ Workshop
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland Art Center
Idealist.org
SMYRC
p:ear
Urban Honking
Zinesters’ Guide to Portland

Miscellaneous
Reader’s Guide to the Underground Press
Street Librarian
ZineD!stro
Northwest Zine Works

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About the IPRC

The Independent Publishing Resource Center facilitates creative expression and identity by providing individual access to the resources and tools for the creation of independently published media and art.

Since its inception in 1998 the center has been dedicated to encouraging the growth of a visual and literary publishing community by offering a space to gather and exchange information and ideas, as well as to produce work. The IPRC is an Oregon 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization.

Please peruse the Frequently Asked Questions About The IPRC or read about the members of our Staff & Board.

IPRC Open Hours

The IPRC's open hours are:

  • Mon 12noon to 10pm
  • Tue/Wed/Thu 4pm to 10pm
  • Fri 12noon to 10pm
  • Sat 12noon to 6pm
  • Sun 12noon to 5pm (youth only), 5pm to 10pm

A note about hours: If there is no one around by 9pm on weeknights, the volunteer staff is free to leave, so be sure to arrive by 9pm. There should be no problem getting in, as the front door is equipped with a buzzer system for post-business hours - ring Suite #218.

Independent Publishing Resource Center
Post: 917 SW Oak Street #218 Portland, Oregon 97205 USA
Tel/Fax: 503.827.0249 | Email: info@iprc.org

Oregon Arts Council Regional Arts Culture Council