Two New Orleans based writers--poet and dreamworker Rodger Kamenetz and fiction writer Moira Crone--join forces with East Bay native and recent returnee Ariel Resnikoff for...
Joyce Carol Oates reads from her latest novel The Hazards of Time Travel, an ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents GREG GRANDIN The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall In the Mind of America advance...
featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin (Heaven Is All Goodbyes), Anne-christine d'Adesky (The Pox Lover), Jenn Stroud Rossman (The Place You're Supposed to Laugh), and others, will be at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street,...
Kurt Eichenwald presents A Mind Unraveled: A Memoir, the compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author's ongoing struggle with epilepsy--his torturous decision to keep...
Berkeley Arts & Letters presents New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother and co-editor of BoingBoing Cory Doctorow for his new book Radicalized, a collection of four new, urgent...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents Carolyn Forche What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance Hosted by Dennis Bernstein advance tickets:...
Poetry Express presents a reading by Zephyr Omeira, hosted by Gary Turchin, open mic, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)
Join us for a monthly book club featuring titles from Small Press Distribution. Pick up a free copy of our March book at the February...
Poets from all over! Converging in one place! On one night! Shiv Kotecha is the author of The Switch (Wonder, 2018) and EXTRIGUE (Make Now, 2015). Writing can also...
Berkeley Arts & Letters presents international bestselling author of The Blazing World Siri Hustvedt for Memories of the Future, a provocative, exuberant novel about time, memory, desire, and the imagination...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents NICK ESTES with ROXANNE DUNBAR ORTIZ Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock vs the Dakota Access Pipeline and the...
EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Meredith May to discuss her new new book The Honey Bus, on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7pm. An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather...
Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Pulitzer finalist Nathan Englander for his new novel, Kaddish.com. More information to come, but save the date and join us! Please note:...
Featured readers: James Cagney, Sara McAulay, George Korolog, Lucille Lang Day. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway....
Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Rachel Kleinfeld discusses her comprehensive work, A Savage Order: How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to...
Wednesday, April 3, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & St. John's Presbyterian Church present: DANA FRANK "The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath...
Ben Lerner was born in Topeka, Kansas. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, among other honors. He is the author of three books of poetry (The...
Thursday, April 4, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Join the editors and two narrators of Solito, Solita for a discussion of this powerful new book from Voice of...
A celebration and reading from his new book The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive. “The Orchid and the Dandelion is...
Friday, April 5, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Erica Lagalisse presents her new book, Occult Features of Anarchism (PM Press, 2019). In conversation with anarchist dissident...
The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg. Event date: Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 10:00am Event address: Books Inc. 1491 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA
3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University...
Sunday, April 7 3:00pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday, April 7th at 3pm. This month...
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...
MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception Tuesday April 9, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room Reception at 5:15 for newly admitted graduate students, followed...
Poet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book, Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations, includes provocative poems such as “After Patriarchy Collapses and Capitalism Crumbles,”...
Tuesday, Apr 09, 2019 7:00 PM Location: The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Poet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book, Let’s Burn...
Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist whose past projects include the graphic novels Mom’s Cancer and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow, and...