• 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,...

  • 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...

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  • 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...

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