10/09/2026
BOLD is thrilled to host a reading with Autumn Bettinger, author of Belladonna, with Emme Lund, author of The Boy with a Bird in His Chest.
Autumn Bettinger, one of the most well-honed voices in the up and coming genre of short-format fiction, is reading from her brand new collection, Belladonna. Emme Lund, celebrated author of The Boy with a Bird in His Chest, will also be reading, with an introduction from Scott Cannon of Friendly Monster Press.
This is not the first time Bettinger and Lund have done an event together. They also previously published a pair of short stories both titled “SIR” on Picture Frame Press. Both authors' work is full of magical realism - disturbing, earthen, close, and skillfully crafted.
Autumn Bettinger is a short-form fiction writer and full-time mother of two living in Portland, Oregon. She is a 2024 Fishtrap fellow, has won the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest, the Not Quite Write Flash Fiction Prize, and the Silver Scribes Prize.
Emme Lund is an author living and writing in Portland, OR. She has an MFA from Mills College. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, TIME Magazine, The Rumpus, Romper, the Portland Mercury, and Autostraddle, among many other venues. In 2019, she was awarded an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in Fiction. Her debut novel, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest (Atria Books, 2022) was longlisted for the First Novel Prize from the Center For Fiction, was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award, was named a best book of the year by Buzzfeed and The Portland Mercury, and was included on lists in The Washington Post, USA Today, People Magazine, The Advocate, Cosmopolitan, and Shondaland. Her sophomore novel, Run! Run! Run!, will be available from Vintage Originals in 2027.
Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to grab a snack or drink. The event will start at 7:00 p.m.
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Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.
