We keep an ongoing hub of recurring events and list them anew each Sunday, but please feel free to send us a tip if you don’t see your event listed. (Also, we’re always building the hub and welcome any additions you might recommend.)

San Francisco, North & East Bay

Tuesday, 5/21- (12:30) Litquake: Lines & Lyrics
Tuesday, 5/21 – Feast of Words: Andrew Lam
Tuesday, 5/21 – Litquake’s Epicenter: NoViolet Bulawayo
Tuesday, 5/21 – Write Club: Toaster, Waggoner, Foxall, Grobe
Tuesday, 5/21- Jaron Lanier @ City Lights
Tuesday, 5/21- The Word Party
Tuesday, 5/21- Pints & Prose
Tuesday, 5/21- Poetry Tuesdays @ Jessie Square
Tuesday, 5/21- Eve Ensler @ Grace Cathedral
Tuesday, 5/21- Books Inc. Opera Plaza: Judy Mandel
Tuesday, 5/21- David Sedaris @ Book Passage (Corte Madera)
Tuesday, 5/21- Tom Drury @ Green Apple Books

Wednesday, 5/22 - Mundo Cruel @ City Lights
Wednesday, 5/22 – City Water Light & Power release party
Wednesday, 5/22 – An Evening of Adventure with…
Wednesday, 5/22- Two Lines Press Launch Celebration
Wednesday, 5/22- Books Inc. Berkeley: Elizabeth Scarboro
Wednesday, 5/22- Books Inc. Marina: Robert K. Lewis
Wednesday, 5/22 – Gevirtz + Hollander @ Moe’s (Berkeley)

Thursday, 5/23- Joanna Hershon & Hilary Reyl
Thursday, 5/23 – One Lone Pear Tree: a backyard reading
Thursday, 5/23- San Francisco Magazine Release Party
Thursday, 5/23- Thursdays at Readers: Rogers + Harris
Thursday, 5/23- Poetry Flash: Dimitrov + Lentine @ Moe’s
Thursday, 5/23- Books Inc. Castro: Greg Wrenn
Thursday, 5/23- Scott Johnson (Oakland)
Thursday, 5/23- Photographs of Allen Ginsberg

Fri 5/24 – Mon 5/27 – East Bay Poetry Summit

Friday, 5/24 – (3pm) Mid-East Poetry & Music (Berkeley)
Friday, 5/24 - Lunada Literary Lounge + Open Mic
Friday, 5/24 – Sweet Sanctum open mic
Friday, 5/24 – Adam Johnson + Anthony Marra
Friday, 5/24 – Live at 851: Dimitrov, Mirov, Sigo + Lewis
Friday, 5/24 – Under the Influence • Round 3
Friday, 5/24 – Jerry Ratch + R.M. Ryan (Berkeley)
Friday, 5/24 – Cafe International 

Saturday, 5/25- East Bay on the Brain (Oakland)
Saturday, 5/25 – Saturday Night Special (Berkeley)
Saturday, 5/25 – Hand to Mouth #58 (San Rafael)

Sunday, 5/26 – Spokespeople @ Actual Cafe
Sunday, 5/26 – Joshua McKinley + Tim Kahl (Oakland)
Sunday, 5/26- Bird & Beckett: Walker Talks!

Monday, 5/27 – Poetry Express: Theme Clothesline
Monday, 5/27- Porchlight: Open Door/ Kitchen Confidential

Tuesday, 5/28 – InsideStoryTime: Day, Bullard, Wells, et al.

Friday, 5/29- Books Inc. Berkeley: Jon Mooallem
Friday, 5/29- Lisa Hanawalt @ Pegasus Books
Friday, 5/29 – Aqus Literary Speakeasy Saloon (Petaluma)
Friday, 5/29 – Jeremy Larner @ Mythos Fine Art (Berkeley)

Thursday, 5/30- Thursdays at Readers: Murphy + Paschke
Thursday, 5/30 – Action Fiction!
Thursday, 5/30-Books Inc. Berkeley: Urban Waite + Benjamin Percy
Thursday, 5/30- Martin, Shimoda + Wrenn @ Mrs. Dalloway’s
Thursday, 5/30- City Arts & Lectures: Simon & Chang

Friday, 5/31 - Agents of Chaos
Friday, 5/31 – Goodbye + Hello: Poets @ Adobe Books

Saturday, 6/1 – Babylon Salon: Glen David Gold, Justin Torres, and more
Saturday, 6/1 – Ring the Alarm! League of Filipino Students
Saturday, 6/1 – Bay Area Poets Coalition

Sunday, 6/2 – (9:30am) Alejandro Murguia@ SF MoMA
Sunday, 6/2 – SPT: Stephen Motika + Stephanie Young
Sunday, 6/2 – Poetry Unbound (Berkeley)

Monday, 6/3 – Poetry Express: Dave Holt (Berkeley)

Wednesday, 6/5 – RADAR Superstar Reading Series @ SF Public Library
Wednesday, 6/5 – A Celebration of 20th Century Italian Poetry
Wednesday, 6/5 – Cafe International
Wednesday, 6/5- Leslie Zemeckis @Book Passage
Wednesday, 6/5- Jeanne Wagner & Laurence Snydal (Albany)

Thurs 6/6 – Sun 6/9 – SF Jazz Poetry Festival

Thursday, 6/6 – Quiet Lightning: Neighborhood Heroes @ The CJM
Thursday, 6/6- Karl Beitel @The Green Arcade
Thursday, 6/6 – Cincinnati Review 10th Anniversary (Berkeley)

Friday, 6/7 – Studio One: Wintz + Brieseth (Oakland)
Friday, 6/7 – Instant City 8 release party
Friday, 6/7 – Booksmith Bookswap: Pride Edition
Friday, 6/7 – Intersection for the Arts: Changemakers Social

Saturday, 6/8 – (4pm) Kim Wong Keltner (Corte Madera)
Saturday, 6/8- East Baydar Literary Cabaret @ La Peña (Berkeley)
Saturday, 6/8- Morìn, Diaz & Arthur (Sebastopol)
Saturday, 6/8 – Khaled Hosseini (Corte Madera)

Sunday, 6/9 – (4pm) NoViolet Bulawayo + Anthony Marra (Corte Madera)
Sunday, 6/9- Morin, Diaz & Arthur (Oakland)
Sunday, 6/9 – The Other Fabulous Reading Series (Berkeley)

Monday, 6/10- Poetry Express
Monday, 6/10 – The Shout Storytelling

Tuesday, 6/11 – Second Tuesdays (Albany)
Tuesday, 6/11 – Corina Vacco: My Chemical Mountain

Wednesday, 6/12- Bawdy Storytelling: WanderLust
Wednesday, 6/12 – Sam Sattin: League of Somebodies (Berkeley)

Thursday, 6/13 – Why There Are Words (Sausalito)

Saturday, 6/15 - The Illuminated Books of Brian Lucas

Sunday, 6/16 – (4pm) Bloomsday @ Mrs. Dalloway’s (Berkeley)
Sunday, 6/16 – Manifest #16 (Oakland)
Sunday, 6/16 – 12th Annual Bloomsday Celebration
Sunday, 6/16 – Poets w/Chapbooks @ Bird & Beckett
Sunday, 6/16 – The Vent

Monday, 6/17- The Word Party
Monday, 6/17 – Porchlight storytelling: Imposter

Tuesday, 6/18- (12:30) Litquake: Lines & Lyrics
Tuesday, 6/18 – Write Club
Tuesday, 6/18- Bennett Simms @ City Lights
Tuesday, 6/18- Rebecca Solnit: The Faraway Nearby launch party
Tuesday, 6/18- Michelle Tea @ Moe’s (Berkeley)

Wednesday, 6/19 – Alysia Abbot @ City Lights
Wednesday, 6/19 – Tao Lin @ The Booksmith
Wednesday, 6/19 – Lyrics & Dirges: Ahmed, Silberg, Morrison, et al. (Berk)
Wednesday, 6/19 – Jennifer Foerster + Shane Book (Oakland)

Thursday, 6/20- Poetry Flash: Hoffman + Shuck

Saturday, 6/22- Hadley Rille Books Night

Sunday, 6/23 - Lunada Literary Lounge + Open Mic
Sunday, 6/23- SPT: Leslie Scalapino w/ Petah Coyne
Sunday, 6/23- 60th Birthday! @ City Lights
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)

Monday, 6/24- Poetry Express: Spontaneous
Monday, 6/24 – Porchlight Open Door: Impostor

Tuesday, 6/25 – City Lights: Femme Fatale Night
Tuesday, 6/25 – Litquake: Karen Joy Fowler & Dorothy Allison

Wednesday 6/26 – LitUp Writers: Regret & Revenge
Wednesday, 6/26 – Matt Bell @ City Lights

Thursday, 6/27- Poetry Flash: Bruce Isaacson + Jan Steckel
Thursday, 6/27 – Micheline Aharorian Marcom @ City Lights

Friday, 6/28 – Species Six Release Party
Friday, 6/28 – Under the Influence

Saturday, 6/29- Litquake’s Digital Publishing Conference
Saturday, 6/29 – Saturday Night Special (Berkeley)

Sunday, 6/30 – SPT: Endless Summer: Marathon Reading

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

Tuesday, 7/2- Loren Glass @City Lights

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

Saturday, 7/6 – Beast Crawl (Oakland)

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

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

Thursday, 7/11- Poetry Flash: Avotcja & Q.R. Hand Jr.
Thursday, 7/11 – Why There Are Words (Sausalito)

Sunday, 7/14 – City Lights @ 60: Howl Legacy

Monday, 7/15- Poetry Express: David Rosenthal

Tuesday, 7/16- (12:30) Litquake: Lines & Lyrics
Tuesday, 7/16 – Write Club

Wednesday, 7/17 – City Lights @ 60: The Story of the Outraged…

Thursday, 7/18- Poetry Flash: Marin Center Traveling Show
Thursday, 7/18 – Litquake’s Epicenter: Gabriel Roth

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, 7/22- Poetry Express

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

Friday, 7/26 - Under the Influence

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

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

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

Monday, 8/12 - The Shout Storytelling

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

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)

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

Fri 10/11 – Sat 10/19 – Litquake

Wednesday, 10/23- LitUp Writers: True Confessions

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

South Bay and Peninsula

Sunday, 5/19- David Sedaris @ Bookshop Santa Cruz

Tuesday, 5/21- Isabel Allende @ Santa Cruz High School

Wednesday, 5/22 - Santa Clara Review reading w/Robert Hass

Thursday, 5/23 – Kevin Smokler @ Kepler’s (Menlo Park)

Saturday, 5/25- Poetry @ Florey’s

Wednesday, 5/29- Karen Joy Fowler @ Bookshop Santa Cruz

Sunday, 6/2 – Khaled Hosseini @ Bookshop Santa Cruz

Tuesday, 6/11 – Poetry Santa Cruz

Thursday, 6/20 – Anthony Marra @ Bookshop Santa Cruz

Thursday, 6/27 – Rebecca Solnit @ Bookshop Santa Cruz

Tuesday, 7/9 – Poetry Santa Cruz

Monday, 7/29 – Andrew Sean Greer @ Bookshop Santa Cruz