Wednesday, 6/19 – Alysia Abbot @ City Lights
Wednesday, 6/19 – Poet Talks: Brandon Brown + Evan Kennedy (Oakland)
Wednesday, 6/19 – Tao Lin @ The Booksmith
Wednesday, 6/19 – g.e. collective readings
Wednesday, 6/19 – Lyrics & D.: Ahmed, Silberg, Morrison, et al. (Berk)
Wednesday, 6/19 – Colum McCann: Transatlantic (Corte Madera)
Wednesday, 6/19 – Jennifer Foerster + Shane Book (Oakland)
Wednesday, 6/19 – Joe Clifford + Tom Pitts
Wednesday, 6/19 – Author Daniel Harmon presents SUPERPOP!

Thursday, 6/20 – Shipwreck! Griffin, Waggoner, et al.
Thursday, 6/20 – Mixer 2.0: Cali4nication
Thursday, 6/20 – Heart’s Desire: Cole, Lucas, García Manríquez (Oakland)
Thursday, 6/20 – Poetry Flash: Hoffman + Shuck
Thursday, 6/20 – MPC: Summer Traveling Show (San Rafael)
Thursday, 6/20 - BawdySlam: It Seemed Like a Good Idea…
Thursday, 6/20 – Chris Hoffman + Kim Shuck @ Moe’s (Berkeley)
Thursday, 6/20 – Rosemary Manno + Ronald Sauer
Thursday, 6/20 – Kristine Brown + Nick Wittington
Thursday, 6/20 – Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series
Thursday, 6/20 – Daniel James Brown @ Mrs. Dalloway’s (Berkeley)
Thursday, 6/20 – Marc Weingarten + Tyson Cornell (Oakland)
Thursday, 6/20 - Bruce H. Lipton (Capitola)
Thursday, 6/20 - Anthony Marra @ Bookshop Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)

Fri 6/21 – Sat 6/22 – The Story Brother Sun Sister Moon (Berkeley)
Friday, 6/21 – Canessa Park: Day, Lopez + Drewes
Friday, 6/21 – Missing links Press launch: Genine Lentine
Friday, 6/21 – Tom Anderson + Gina Dang (Berkeley)
Friday, 6/21 – Open Mic Fridays

Saturday, 6/22- Hadley Rille Books Night
Saturday, 6/22 – The Worst! Sneider, Sinister, Waggoner, Hapsis + Verwey
Saturday, 6/22 – Siegel, Cole, Higgins, JTH, Dodsworth, Wassilie (Oak)
Saturday, 6/22 – Double Vision: Fischer + Vinograd (Richmond)
Saturday, 6/22 – Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Saturday, 6/22 – Performances of Samuel Beckett
Saturday, 6/22 – Featherboard Writing Series (Oakland)
Saturday, 6/22 – SF in SF: Winnig, McDougal + Alexander
Saturday, 6/22 - Caroline Goodwin: Trapline (Half Moon Bay)

Sunday, 6/23 - 60th Birthday! @ City Lights
Sunday, 6/23 - Lunada Literary Lounge + Open Mic
Sunday, 6/23- SPT: Leslie Scalapino w/ Petah Coyne
Sunday, 6/23 – The Other Fabulous Reading Series (Berkeley)
Sunday, 6/23 - Khaled Hosseini (Berkeley)
Sunday, 6/23 – Ed Hardy + Joel Selvin @ Moe’s (Berkeley)
Sunday, 6/23 – Gary Snyder + Martina Morgan (Jenner)
Sunday, 6/23 – Carl Hiaasen + Christopher Moore
Sunday, 6/23 - Author Bruce Neuberger presents “Lettuce Wars”

Monday, 6/24- Poetry Express: Spontaneous
Monday, 6/24 – Porchlight Open Door: Impostor
Monday, 6/24 – Emily Brady: Humboldt: Life on… 

Tuesday, 6/25 – City Lights: Femme Fatale Night
Tuesday, 6/25 – Litquake: Karen Joy Fowler & Dorothy Allison
Tuesday, 6/25 – Magnet Book Club: The Little Death by Michael Nava
Tuesday, 6/25 – Ramsey Hootman + Lisa Brackmann
Tuesday, 6/25 – MPC: Summer Traveling Show (Corte Madera)
Tuesday, 6/25 – Rebecca Solnit presents “The Faraway Nearby”

Wednesday 6/26 – LitUp Writers: Regret & Revenge
Wednesday, 6/26 – Phone Booth Sessions #4
Wednesday, 6/26 – Get Lit! Bridges, Cole + Weaver (Petaluma)
Wednesday, 6/26 – Poet Talks: Fathi + Saidenberg (Oak)
Wednesday, 6/26 – Matt Bell @ City Lights
Wednesday, 6/26 - Literary Luncheon: Lauren Weisberger (Corte Madera)

Thursday, 6/27 – Poetry Flash: Bruce Isaacson + Jan Steckel
Thursday, 6/27 – Biggest Quake: Kirk Read and friends
Thursday, 6/27 – One Lone Pear Tree: Alejandre, Lumsden, et al.
Thursday, 6/27 – James Byron + Anne Leonard
Thursday, 6/27 – Whore! Magazine Soiree
Thursday, 6/27 – Mystery Night
Thursday, 6/27 – Ed Hardy: “Wear Your Dreams” (Corte Madera)
Thursday, 6/27 - Rebecca Solnit @ Bookshop Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)

Friday, 6/28 – Species Six Release Party
Friday, 6/28 – Under the Influence
Friday, 6/28 – Simon Van Booy: The Illusion of Separateness
Friday, 6/28 – Bay Area Poetry Marathon
Friday, 6/28 – Jeanette Walls presents “The Silver Star” (Corte Madera)

Saturday, 6/29 – Litquake’s Digital Publishing Conference
Saturday, 6/29 – Saturday Night Special (Berkeley)
Saturday, 6/29 - SPT: Endless Summer: Marathon Reading
Saturday, 6/29 – Poetry at Florey’s (Pacifica)

Sunday, 6/30 – SPT: Endless Summer: Marathon Reading
Sunday, 6/30 – SOS VONA/Voices Fundraiser (Oakland)
Sunday, 6/30 – Method Writing: The Grotto’s Flash Readings

Monday, 7/1- Poetry Express: Robert Shelby
Monday, 7/1 – Finn Brunton @ City Lights

Tuesday, 7/2- Loren Glass @ City Lights

Wednesday, 7/3 – Poet Talks: Alli Warren + Adam Fagin (Oakland)

Friday, 7/5 – Punk Hostage Press Pre-Beast Crawl (Pt. Richmond)

Saturday, 7/6 – (3pm) Bay Area Poets Coalition (Berkeley)
Saturday, 7/6 – Beast Crawl (Oakland)
Saturday, 7/6 – BAPC Open Poetry Reading (Berkeley)

Sunday, 7/7 - Portuguese Artist’s Colony: Disaster Tourist Reading

Monday, 7/8- Poetry Express: Naomi Lowinsky
Monday, 7/8 – The Shout Storytelling

Tuesday, 7/9 – Laborfest/Carol Tarlen Tribute
Tuesday, 7/9 – Quiet Lightning + The Rumpus
Tuesday, 7/9 - Poetry Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)

Wednesday, 7/10 – Dawn Bohulano Mabalon @ City Lights
Wednesday, 7/10-  Bawdy Storytelling: Here Comes Trouble
Wednesday, 7/10 – Fireside Storytelling

Thurs 7/11 – Sun 7/14 – Allen Ginsberg Festival
Thursday, 7/11- Poetry Flash: Avotcja & Q.R. Hand Jr.
Thursday, 7/11 – Why There Are Words (Sausalito)
Thursday, 7/11 – Brynn Saito @ Diesel (Oakland)

Friday, 7/12 – Literary Clown Foolery

Saturday, 7/13 – Anhvu Buchanan: The Disordered

Sunday, 7/14 – (3pm) City Lights @ 60: Howl Legacy
Sunday, 7/14 – (4pm) Benjamin Bac Sierra + Alfonso Texidor
Sunday, 7/14 – SF Writers Community Monthly Community Meetup

Monday, 7/15- Poetry Express: David Rosenthal

Tuesday, 7/16- (12:30) Litquake: Lines & Lyrics
Tuesday, 7/16 – Write Club
Tuesday, 7/16 – Feast of Words Literary Potluck with Mia McKenzie

Wednesday, 7/17 – City Lights @ 60: The Story of the Outraged…
Wednesday, 7/17 – Lyrics & Dirges: Frank, Moos, A Razor, Saito (Berk)

Thursday, 7/18- Poetry Flash: Marin Center Traveling Show
Thursday, 7/18 – Litquake’s Epicenter: Gabriel Roth
Thursday, 7/18 – Poetry Flash: Miller, Cohen, Raab (Berkeley)
Thursday, 7/18 – Literary Luncheon: Curtis Sittenfeld (Corte Madera)

Friday, 7/19 - Lit Tease: Preview of Lit Crawl
Friday, 7/19 – Literary Luncheon: Karen Joy Fowler (Corte Madera)

Saturday, 7/20 – SF in SF: Deborah Ross + Madeleine Robins

Sunday, 7/21 – The Vent
Sunday, 7/21 – (2pm) City Lights @ 60: Poesia del Corazon
Sunday, 7/21 – W. Kamau Bell and friends

Monday, 7/22- Poetry Express

Tuesday, 7/23 – InsideStoryTime

Wednesday, 7/24 – Great Books Discussion Group: Tolstoy’s Second Epilogue to War & Peace (Albany)

Thursday, 7/25- Word Party: Barone & Zimmer

Friday, 7/26 - Under the Influence
Friday, 7/26 – Porchlight: 11th annversary!

Saturday, 7/27 – Saturday Night Special (Berkeley)

Sunday, 7/28 – (2pm) City Lights @ 60: Sister Spit
Sunday, 7/28 – Spokespeople @ Actual Cafe

Monday, 7/29 – Poetry Express theme night
Monday, 7/29 - Andrew Sean Greer @ Bookshop Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)

Tuesday, 7/30 – Magnet Book Club: “The Absolutist” by John Boyle

Monday, 8/5- Poetry Express: Maria Rosales
Monday, 8/5 – Quiet Lightning @ the Conservatory of Flowers

Tuesday, 8/6 – Peter Orner w/Isaac Fitzgerald

Wednesday, 8/7- Dan Bellm & Kathleen McClung (Albany)

Thursday, 8/8 - Why There Are Words (Sausalito)

Saturday, 8/10 – Writers With Drinks

Monday, 8/12 - The Shout Storytelling

Wed 8/14 – 9/18 – Word for Word: Stories by Zona Gale

Saturday, 8/17 – SF in SF: Gilman + Brenchley (aka Fox)

Sunday, 8/18 – (2pm) City Lights @ 60: Spotlight Poetry
Sunday, 8/18 – The Vent

Monday, 8/19- Poetry Express: Leroy Moore

Tuesday, 8/20 – (12:30) Litquake: Lines & Lyrics
Tuesday, 8/20 - Write Club

Wednesday, 8/21- LitUp Writers: 15 Minutes of Fame

Friday, 8/23 - Under the Influence

Wednesday, 8/28 – Great Books Discussion Group: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Albany)

Saturday, 8/31 - Saturday Night Special (Berkeley)

Monday, 9/2 – Quiet Lightning @ the Conservatory of Flowers

Saturday, 9/7 – Babylon Salon

Monday, 9/9 - The Shout Storytelling

Thursday, 9/12 - Why There Are Words (Sausalito)
Thursday, 9/12 – City Arts: Marina Abramovic w/Rinder

Sunday, 9/15 – The Vent

Tuesday, 9/17 - Write Club

Saturday, 9/21- Word Temple: Terman, Dunkle, Seter (Sebastopol)

Sunday, 9/22 – Quiet Lightning in Jack Kerouac Alley

Friday, 9/27 - Under the Influence

Saturday, 9/28 - Saturday Night Special (Berkeley)
Saturday, 9/28 – SF in SF: Mamatas + Marshall Smith
Saturday, 9/28 – Poetry Flash: Jonathan Lethem

Wednesday, 10/2 – Melanie Rae Thon @ USF

Saturday, 10/5 – (1pm) City Lights @ 60: Ralph Metzner Workshop

Wednesday, 10/9 – City Lights: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going

Fri 10/11 – Sat 10/19 – Litquake

Tuesday, 10/15 – Litquake: Lines & Lyrics

Wednesday, 10/23- LitUp Writers: True Confessions
Wednesday, 10/23 – City Lights: The Collected Lamantia

Saturday, 10/26- Word Temple: Griffin & Grahn (Sebastopol)

Wednesday, 10/30 – City Arts: Jaron Lanier w/Bronstein

Wednesday, 11/6 – City Arts: Billy Collins

Tuesday, 11/12 – City Lights: Surréalisme: Theory, Practice and in Play

Tuesday, 11/19 – Thomas Sayers Ellis @ USF
Tuesday, 11/19 – City Arts: Mary Roach

Wednesday, 11/20 – City Arts: Mary Oliver

Tuesday, 12/3 – City Arts: Amy Tan