Ongoing

Smut: An Unseemly Story (The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson)

Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco

One of England’s finest and most loved writers, Alan Bennett, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story.

Bridging: A One-Day Writing Retreat

Saint Mary's College of California 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga

Hedgebrook and SMC MFA in Creative Writing are collaborating to present a one-day writing retreat for women, trans women, genderqueer women, and non-binary people.

$115 – $130

Adeline Nip

SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Book talk + signing!

New releases from Pelekinesis Press

Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco

Join us for a special evening of sharing from three Pelekinesis authors reading from their latest books!

Melodie Winawer: The Scribe of Siena

Book Passage Corte Madera 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

The Scribe of Siena is the captivating story of a brilliant woman’s passionate affair with a time and a place that captures her in an impossibly romantic and dangerous trap—testing the strength of fate and the bonds of love.

Writers With Drinks

Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco

Writers With Drinks combines erotica with literature, stand-up comedy with science fiction and poetry with essays. Plus mystery, romance, memoir, rants and "other."

$5 – $20

Red Light Lit: Secret Speakeasy

Secret South of Market Location

Join Red Light Lit for a SPECIAL evening of sexy spoken word and song in an intimate SECRET SPEAKEASY, featuring the photography of Lucille Lares-Kiwan.

$15 – $20