Portland Book Festival: Layla Martínez on Woodworm
Spanish author Layla Martínez presents her debut novel, Woodworm, translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott, at the Portland Book Festival(opens in a new tab).
Pop-up: Bilingual: Layla Martínez(opens in a new tab)
Nov 2 | 12:30 pm – 12:45 pm
Portland Art Museum | 1219 SW Park Ave | Portland, OR
Layla Martinez pops-up with a reading in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her new horror novel, Woodworm.
Hauntings: Alisa Alering & Layla Martínez(opens in a new tab)
Nov 2 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Portland’5: Brunish Theatre | 111 SW Broadway Ave | Portland, OR
Haunted houses, a mountain that sighs, ghosts and angels, monsters made of ink… it’s spooky season at this haunting discussion. With Alisa Alering, Layla Martinez, and moderator Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya.
Portland Book Festival General Admission Passes(opens in a new tab) are required for entry into all events. Passes are $18 in advance and $25 day of Festival. Youth 17 & under get in FREE. All full-priced General Admission Passes include a $5 book fair voucher and entry into Portland Art Museum. Passes admit attendees to the Festival; individual events are first-come, first-served.
Layla Martínez (Madrid, 1987) is the author of two nonfiction books in Spanish, Surrogate Pregnancy (Pepitas de calabaza, 2019) and Utopia is not an Island (Episkaia, 2020), as well as stories and articles in numerous anthologies. She has translated essays and novels, writes about music for El Salto, and about television for La Última Hora. Since 2014 she has co-directed the independent publisher Antipersona. Woodworm (Two Lines Press, 2024) is her first novel.