Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
VirtualRise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020, Rise & Shine...
Free
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Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision
VirtualDo you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? In this 8-week craft workshop, you will learn structured techniques...
$250
Online Literary Seminar: Home Movie by Jerry Burger
THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Literary Seminar; Home Movie by Jerry Burger Join Kimberly (and Jerry!) for a BONUS LITERARY SEMINAR Not only is ”Home Movie”...
Book Passage Presents: Carol Edgarian with Tobias Wolff – Vera
New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers an astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by quake...
Courtney Zoftness with Rita Bullwinkel and Mat Johnson
celebrating the publication of Courtney Zoftness' new memoir Spilt Milk published by McSweeney's ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City...
Contemporary Classics – Interior Chinatown
Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...
Berkeley Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang
onlineBerkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
Free
Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi
onlineSeismic Salon: Alka Joshi Thu Mar 4th 5:00pm - 6:30pm Buy Tickets Litquake’s second season of Seismic Salons begins with the always fascinating Alka Joshi, whose...
$500
Isabel Allende – The Soul of a Woman (Virtual Event)
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman. “When...
VIRTUAL: Launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett / Look Alive, with K-Ming Chang, Alicia Mountain, Arhm Choi Wild & Meg Day
Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett's debut full-length collection of poems Look Alive. She'll be joined for a...
Virtual Event: Jamie Figueroa and Marie-Helene Bertino
JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMIE FIGUEROA IS JOINED BY MARIE-HELENE BERTINO TO DISCUSS HER DEBUT NOVEL, BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER, ON ZOOM!...
Cristina Rivera Garza and Kit Schluter, reading and in conversation
onlineRemote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Carolina de Robertis Supported in part by...
Free
VIRTUAL EVENT: Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism
VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Mikki Kendall who will discuss Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot. Registration for this free...
Online Book Launch of THE STEEL BENEATH THE SILK with Author Patricia Bracewell
Please join us on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 PM PST as we welcome author Patricia Bracewell to discuss her new novel, THE STEEL BENEATH THE...
Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Barbara Saunders!!!
onlineDuring Women's History month 2019 a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded...
Free
Melissa Valentine
onlineFriday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...
Free
Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #49
online90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...
Free – $200
Contemporary Classics – Maud’s Line
Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...
$20
Using Invented and Foreign Languages as Tools for World Building: A Fiction Workshop with Rita Bullwinkel
onlineA dynamic Fiction Workshop facilitated by author, Rita Bullwinkel. This workshop will be held every Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM from Mar 6 -...
$250
Alexandria Giardino on Instagram IGTV
A young girl and an old tree learn from each other how to find their purpose and foster healing in the world.
Joyous Resilience: Book Talk & Meditation with author Anjuli Sherin
Join Eastwind Books of Berkeley online for a book talk and guided meditation with author Anjuli Sherin, hosted by Shivani Narang. With so much information...
Poemscaping: Trim. Write. Repeat.
VirtualSurprise the Line presents a special one-time guest workshop led by experienced writers on a topic of their choosing every first Saturday of the month....
$22
Conversations with Authors – Jean Shinoda Bolen (Virtual Event)
Jean Shinoda Bolen’s book Like a Tree, which grew out of her experience mourning the loss of a Monterey pine that was cut down in her...
Page Poets reading online event at The Green Arcade
onlineCOVID wouldn't stop Ovid! Or any other poets worth their salt, so please join us for an exciting online reading from The Page Poets Series...
Free
Celebrating the Arrival of Black Freighter Press
onlineJoin us as we celebrate the arrival of Black Freighter Press! With readings by Josiah Luis Alderete, Alie Jones, Tongo Eisen-Martin reading QR Hand, Jr.,...
Free
Suzanne Simard: Pioneering scientist discusses her anticipated book, Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, a pioneering scientist who has changed the way we understand forest ecosystems, joins us to discuss her highly anticipated first book, Finding the Mother...
Bazaar Writers Salon
onlineReadings by Jen Burke Anderson, Ryan Fox, Sarah Schweig, and Molly Spencer Hosted by Peter Kline Bazaar Writers Salon Zoom meeting – see link and...
Free
James Canton Discusses his new book, The Oak Papers
James Canton joins us from the UK to discuss his book, The Oak Papers (HarperOne). "A profound meditation on the human need for connection with nature, as...
MFA Reading Series: Shapes of Native Nonfiction – Deborah Miranda, Theresa Warburton, Elissa Washuta
onlineDeborah A. Miranda is the author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir (2013), recipient of the PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, a Gold Medal from the Independent...
Free
Irvin D. Yalom with Lori Gottlieb
This event is online. How can we understand life, joy and love during the moment when they culminate in death and grief? Internationally acclaimed psychiatrist...