PCC Hosts Author Talk With Alum Emma Pattee In Honor Of International Great ShakeOut Day (Photo) - 10/01/25

SOUTHEAST PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Community College’s Ready Bags Project is inviting the community for an author talk event with Emma Pattee at 9 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Southeast Campus Library, 2305 SE 82nd and Division. 

The free event will celebrate Pattee’s acclaimed debut novel, “Tilt,” while promoting earthquake awareness and preparedness as part of International Great ShakeOut Day.

The morning begins at 9 a.m. with light refreshments and an opportunity for guests to gather and connect. At 9:30 a.m., Pattee will discuss the book and engage in a lively conversation with PCC educators, students and the public about the novel’s themes with a book signing to follow. Attendees can also access valuable preparedness information and enter a raffle for giveaways, with PCC students receiving an additional entry if they register via GivePulse.

Pattee is a celebrated climate journalist and fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Her novel “Tilt”—a national bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice—was named one of the year’s most anticipated books by NPR, Vogue, and Time Magazine.

Back in 2008 as a PCC student, the Ashland native earned top regional honors for her one-act "Waiting for Baby James," winning major playwriting awards and a Kennedy Center festival invitation—all before turning 18.

Event Details:

• What: Author Talk with Emma Pattee – “Tilt”

• When: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

• 9 a.m. – Doors open, light refreshments

• 9:30 a.m. – Author talk, book signing, raffle

• Where: PCC Southeast Library, 2305 SE 82nd and Division

• Cost: Free and open to the public

About Portland Community College: Founded in 1961, Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and provides training, degree and certificate completion, and lifelong learning to more than 57,000 full- and part-time students in Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. PCC has four comprehensive campuses, 10 education centers or areas served, and approximately 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area. The PCC district encompasses a 1,500-square-mile area in northwest Oregon and offers two-year degrees, one-year certificate programs, short-term training, alternative education, pre-college courses and life-long learning.

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