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  • 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

  • Left Margin LIT 3rd Birthday Party (and Reading)

    Novel Brewing Company 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

    Come celebrate with us as we cap our 3rd year (and enter our 4th) as the East Bay's creative writing center/workspace. This is also our...

  • Marika Lindholm – – We Got This

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Marika Lindholm and more (tba) to celebrate the publication of We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor, on...

  • Angel Island by Evan Karp

    Poetry in Parks 2019

    Ayala Cove, Angel Island CA, United States

    The 5th Annual Poetry in Parks / Ayala Cove on Angel Island Sunday, Sept 15, 2019, 11a – 4pm Youth readings A literary mixtape curated by Katie Tandy and July Westhale...

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group – – Future Home of the Living God

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich, on Monday September 16th at 7pm. Louise Erdrich,...

  • Sarah M. Broom — The Yellow House

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Sarah Broom to discuss her expansive yet probing biography The Yellow House on Wednesday, September 18th at 7pm. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory...

  • SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE

    First Congregational Church of Oakland 2501 Harrison St, Oakland , CA, United States

    SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:00pm First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland Tickets are available here! Berkeley Arts & Letters presents world-renowned...

    $10 – $50

  • Deborah Fruchey and Jan Steckel at Expressions Gallery

    Expressions Gallery 2035 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poetry Reading featuring Zeitgeist Press poets Jan Steckel and Deborah Fruchey at Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley - Open Mic to follow! Jan...

    Free

  • Oakland Peace Festival: Peace

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    Join us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center. It’ll be a daytime celebration of...

    $20

  • Meet Author E.R. Ramzipoor

    Oakland Main Library 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join author E.R. Ramzipoor for a reading of her debut novel, The Ventriloquists. Publishers Weekly calls her book a "magnetic debut... Sprawling and ambitious, with crisp pacing and...

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  • Book Launch: Nancy Au — Spider Love Song and Other Stories

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Nancy Au’s debut collection is rich with scents, sounds, imaginative leaps, and unexpected angles of vision. These seventeen stories present the challenges facing characters whose...

    Free