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  • 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...

  • Kids 8-12/ Susan Adrian in Conversation with Anne Nesbet

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

    Kids 8-12/ Susan Adrian in Conversation with Anne Nesbet discussing Adrian's new book, Forever Neverland, a contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless classic Peter Pan. "A magical ode...

  • Babar in Exile #19: A Family Affair

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

    Babar in Exile hosts an intriguing and unique lineup of readers for their 19th installment, namely an entire family of poets resulting from the original...

  • Poetry Flash presents Grace Marie Grafton and Judy Maher

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Thursday, Aug 08, 2019 7:30 PM Location:  In the basement 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Grace Marie Grafton’s new book of poems is Lens. Tobey Hiller says,...

  • Neil Shister in Conversation with Harley Dubois

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

    discussing Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World. "An all-in history of, and love letter to, this one-of-a-kind event. If you've been there, or want...

  • Get Lit Reading Series

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

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

    $10 – $25

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, August 21, 7:30 pm Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning...

  • Jan Dederick & John Rowe

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

    August 23: Jan Dederick & John Rowe Jan Dederick has published two chapbooks, including Ear to the Rail and Between a Rock and a Soft Place, and a full length...

  • Oakland Peace Festival

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    WELCOME Join us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center for a celebration of all...

    $10

  • Socialist Realism | Trisha Low, Jane Gregory & Brandon Brown

    moe's books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    Please join us for the launch of SOCIALIST REALISM (Emily Books/Coffee House, 2019)! TRISHA LOW will read, with special guests JANE GREGORY & BRANDON BROWN....

    Free

  • E.R. Ramzipoor:The Ventriloquists

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Bekeley

    E.R. Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science...

    Free