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  • Jason Morris Book Release w/ Evan Kennedy

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Everybody! Hey! Jason Morris has a brand new book of poetry out! It's called Levon Helm and we want to celebrate. The poet Evan Kennedy will be reading...

  • Poetry Flash presents William O’Daly and Peter Weltner

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Famed Spanish translator William O’Daly’s new book of translation is Book of Twilight, by Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda, which is Neruda’s debut book, never before published in...

  • TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: TBD AND TBD)

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features TBD and TBD! Music...

    $10

  • Young Adults 12 & up! James Parks & Ben Costa

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    present Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo Book 2: The Middle-Route Run Nimona meets Adventure Time in this full-color graphic novel as a singing skeleton continues to search for...

  • Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Kirk Lumpkin, Sharon Coleman, Rafael Jesús Gonzáez, Dee Allen. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic...

  • Onnesha Roychoudhuri discusses THE MARGINALIZED MAJORITY

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Onnesha Roychoudhuri to discuss The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America, on Thursday, August 2nd at 7pm. "This book is a daring intervention...

  • Breakfast 4 Dinner Reading

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    **THE INCOMPARABLE CLAIRE STRINGER IS COMING 2 TOWN** & u know what that means: we're eating breakfast 4 dinner sweet readings & savory bites savory...

  • Andrew Lawler

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Andrew Lawler presents The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing...

  • Shannon Wheeler Book Signing!

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Shannon Wheeler Book Signing! Thursday, August 2, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown New Yorker cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award-winner Shannon Wheeler signs his brand new book Memoirs of...

  • Poetry Flash: MARTÍN ESPADA, LAUREN MARIE SCHMIDT & GARY SOTO

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Martín Espada‘s new book of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Sandra Cisneros calls him “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.” Recent collections...

  • OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...

    $10 – $15

  • Thor Hanson

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Thor Hanson Presents Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.  "A wondrous,...

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group discuss THE CONSPIRACY

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of The Conspiracy, by Israel Centeno, on Monday August 6th at 7pm. When leftist revolutionary Sergio's sniper shot...

  • Undertone Mag Issue 002 Preview & Reading

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Undertone Mag is celebrating the launch of its second issue, "On Body," with a reading at E.M. Wolfman Books. Come by on August 8th for...

  • Brenda Hillman, Matthew Zapruder, and Robert Hass

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 9, 2018 - 7 p.m. LOCATION: Books Inc. 1491 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94710 View a map and get directions....

  • Zines on desire // reading & release party

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    to celebrate our printing and release of read this when hungry, we're hosting a reading and sale !! including other zines on desire: symbiotic sexting...

  • R.O. Kwon presents THE INCENDIARIES (w/ Nayomi Munaweera)

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome one of our dear friends, R.O. Kwon to discuss her debut novel, The Incendiaries, on Tuesday, August 14th at 7pm. Joining...

  • Anil Ananthaswamy discusses Through Two Doors at Once

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Tuesday, August 14, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Anil Ananthaswamy discusses Through Two Doors at Once: the intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam...

  • Ingrid Rojas Contreras presents FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Ingrid Rojas Contreras to discuss her novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree on Thursday, August 16th at 7pm. Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy...

  • D. Wystan Owen presents OTHER PEOPLE’S LOVE AFFAIRS

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes D. Wystan Owen to discuss his story collection, Other People's Love Affairs, on Tuesday, August 21st at 7pm. In the ten luminous stories of D. Wystan...

  • GET LIT #39 (MUSIC BY TBD)

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts)...

    $10 – $25

  • Queer Authors read other Queer Authors

    Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Queer authors Natasha Dennerstein, Gar McVey-Russel, Anand Vedawala, Vernon Keeve III, and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett read from their favorite Queer authors. Laurel Bookstore will be closing...

  • Martha Nussbaum: The Monarchy of Fear

    St. John's Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

    KPFA Radio 94.1FM & St. John's Presbyterian Church present MARTHA NUSSBAUM THE MONARCHY OF FEAR For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar...

    $12 – $15

  • TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: TBD AND TBD)

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features TBD and TBD! Music...

    $10

  • Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous, her hilarious debut YA novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their strict Catholic school, one nun at...

  • Kids 10 & up! Pablo Cartaya

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Presenting Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish. One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle grade novel, for fans of Ghost andSee You...

  • BOOK RELEASE: BLACK STEEL MAGNOLIAS BY JAMES CAGNEY

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of James Cagney's first full-length poetry collection, Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of...