• Nomadic Press & Chapter 510 Black Joy Poetry Anthology Release

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Nomadic Press will be releasing an anthology written by Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe authors taking part in our Black Joy Workshop:...

  • Nomadic Press & Chapter 510 Black Joy Poetry Anthology Release

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Nomadic Press will be releasing an anthology written by Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe authors taking part in our Black Joy Workshop...

    Free
  • Bay Area Book Festival

    Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park 2151 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley

    May 4-5, 2019, 10am - 7pm both days Get ready to come face-to-face with 250+ amazing authors at the 5th Anniversary Bay Area Book Festival,...

    Free – $15
  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:   May 4, June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA  ...

  • Nomadic Press showcase

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

    Nomadic Press showcases four writers and a musician, every first Saturday of the month, at their new space at the Oakland Peace Center, red wine...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

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

    Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...

  • Alison Hart at Alameda Authors Series 3

    Alameda Free Library 1550 Oak Street, Alameda

    For the third year, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby, now co-sponsored by...

    Free
  • Foucault in California: David Wade in Conversation with James Penner

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

    Thursday, May 9, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Join David Wade and University of Puerto Rico Rio Pedras professor James Penner for a night of philosophy and discussion of the...

  • Book Launch: Aatif Rashid | Portrait of Sebastian Khan

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

    About the Book Sebastian Khan is 380 days away from the end of college. An art history major who’s as much a connoisseur of members...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, May 15, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics & Dirges features a mix of...

  • Meet Journalist and Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Michael Kroll

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    Michael Kroll is a prolific writer; he has published numerous magazine and newspaper pieces, some award-winning, most of which focus on our own criminal justice...

    Free
  • InsideStorytime QUIDDITIES

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

        InsideStorytime QUIDDITIES, featuring Sarah Stone (Hungry Ghost Theater), Lynn Breedlove (Forty-Five Thought Crimes), Vincent Chu (Like A Champion), Cheryl Ossola (The Wild Impossibility), and others, will occur at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster...

  • An Evening with Tony Horwitz: Spying on the South

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

    The best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape...

  • Megan Griswold discusses The Book of Help

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

    Tuesday, May 21, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Megan Griswold discusses and signs copies of The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. “In a world full...

  • Poetry at Pegasus: Cooperman | Kaupang | Ronda | George Bagdanov

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

    Thursday, May 23, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Pegasus Books Downtown welcomes Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Margaret Ronda, and Kristin George Bagdanov, for a night of shared poetry from their...

  • The Nomadic Press Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    The Nomadic Press Open Mic presents six open-mic slots filled on a first-come, first-serve basis with to-be-announced music and features curated and emceed by Rene...

  • Robert Eastwood & Peter Weltner

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    May 24, 2019: Robert Eastwood & Peter Weltner Robert Eastwood lives in San Ramon, California. He is the author of Romer (Etruscan Press, 2018), and Snare (Broadstone Books, 2016). His...

  • Pablo d’Ors: Biography of Silence

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

    Spanish priest and Zen disciple Pablo d'Ors shares insights from his first English translation, Biography of Silence, at Pegasus Books Downtown. A publishing phenomenon in Spain, Biography of Silence...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    BAPC OPEN POETRY READING   Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:    June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St.,...

  • Enrique Chagoya: Aliens

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Saturday, Jun 01, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  Upstairs on the 4th floor, at More Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Please join...

  • Ed Coletti poetry reading

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Ed Coletti poetry reading

  • Poetry with Kit Robinson and James Sherry

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kit Robinson’s newest book of poetry is Thought Balloon from Roof Books. Other works include Leaves of Class (Chax, 2017), Marine Layer (BlazeVOX, 2015), A Mammal of Style(with Ted Greenwald, Roof, 2013), Determination (Cuneiform,...