• Poetry of Witness: Documenting what we see and feel

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

    Featured readers: MK Chavez, Sharon Coleman, Judy Bebelaar, Mary Mackey. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free,...

  • Saretta Morgan and Asiya Wadud

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Friday, Jun 07, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Saretta Morgan is the...

  • Obi Kaufmann – – The State of Water

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Obi Kaufmann to discuss his new new book The State of Water: Understanding Californi'as Most Precious Resource on Friday, June 7 at 7pm. Obi Kaufmann,...

  • Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic (WOMEN-ONLY event)

    Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church 424 Monte Vista, Oakland

    WORKS IN PROGRESS, An Open Mic for Women a WOMEN-ONLY event Featuring singer/songwriter Karen Mullally $7 - $10 Admission includes a raffle ticket for one...

    $7
  • Faith G. Harper: Unf#ck!

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Saturday, Jun 08, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Moe's welcomes Faith G....

  • New Literary Genre–Senior Adult–launches in Rossmoor

    Stanley Dollar Clubhouse 1015 Rossmoor Parkway, Walnut Creek

    With his 16th novel, "The Third Half of Our Lives," Jon Foyt, age 87, will launch his book and with it a new literary genre...

    Free
  • Michael Chabon: Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Monday, Jun 10, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Join us for a very special early...

  • Michael Chabon: Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces

    moe's books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    Join us for a very special early Father's Day event. Michael Chabon will read from "Pops", due out soon in paperback. “Magical prose stylist” Michael...

    Free
  • An evening with Ishmael Reed

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    Time is a pendulum.    Not a river.    More akin to what goes around comes around.   –Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo   Ishmael Reed...

  • Louise Aronson

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

    Louise Aronson presents Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, an essential, empathetic look at a vital but little respected stage of life. "In the latter years there...

  • Clearly Meant presents Adam David Miller

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Adam David Miller reads his poems, followed by an interview and discussion Adam David Miller has worked in northern California for four decades as a...

    Free
  • Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch

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

    Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch reading from Chapter Ten of James Joyce's Ulysses recalling Dublin on June 16, 1904 . Join us for Guinness, Irish soda...

  • Michael McClure and Juvenal Acosta

    Moe's Books 2476 telegraph avenue, Berkeley, United States

    Please join us for this very special reading: Michael McClure in translation, with Juvenal Acosta. Michael will read from new and selected work. Spanish translations...

    Free
  • Get Lit #44

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

    Heading into its fourth consecutive year, Get Lit is a community gathering of 12–15 writers reading NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute...

    $10 – $25
  • Marcus Thompson on Kevin Durant

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Thursday, Jun 20, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website We are proud to present bestselling author of Golden, Marcus...

  • Thom Hartmann / The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Thom Hartmann for his new book The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment.   With mass shootings continually on the rise, the...

    $7 – $25
  • Queer Words: Dispatches from Lesbian America

    Dimond Branch 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland

    Giovanna Capone, Elana Dykewomon, Lois Helmbold, Bev Jo, Lenn Keller, and Dr. Bonnie Morris read their works published in "Dispatches from Lesbian America"

    Free
  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:   June 1, July 6, August 3 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley,...

  • Jasmine Guillory – – The Wedding Party

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome our friend Jasmine Guillory to celebrate the publication of her third novel, The Wedding Party, on Monday, July 15th at 7pm. The...

  • Get Lit Reading Series

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

    July 16: August: 20: September 17: October: 15: November 19: December 17: Suggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door, though no...

    $10 – $25
  • Erik Davis: High Weirdness

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts...

    Free
  • Dirty Old Women Read Erotica

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

    Older women: Wise enough to tell the truth about sex – what they want, what they've done, what makes them hot. Dirty Old Women celebrates...

    Free
  • #we – a talk and reading series of queer perspectives

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

    Please join us for the fourth installment of #we, a talk and reading series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two...

    Free
  • Women Bike Book Club

    Oakland Public Library - Golden Gate Branch 5606 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA

    For our meeting in August, we'll be reading Cat, by Freya North. This title is a bit of a departure from our past books, and...

  • J. Ryan Stradal

    Novel Brewing Company 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

    J. Ryan Stradal reads from his much-anticipated The Lager Queen of Minnesota, a novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate, and the secrets of making a world-class...

  • Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Tuesday, Aug 06, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: In the basement of the store. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Nothing is harder to...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories. Tuesday, August 6, 7:30 pm Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy...

  • Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion

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

    Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion discussing Tilney's new novel, The Expectations, "a deeply resonant, brilliantly nuanced meditation on privilege, social ambition, and the folly (and...