• Andy Weinberger presents An Old Man’s Game

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

    Longtime bookseller Andy Weinberger reads and signs copies of his debut novel, An Old Man's Game.  Beginning when a controversial celebrity rabbi drops dead over...

    Free
  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Cyrus Cassells

    Soda Activity Center: Ordina Room 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Orinda Room, 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA...

    Free
  • Mark Greenside at Alameda Authors Series IV

    Alameda Free Library, Stafford Room 1550 Oak Street, Alameda, ca

    Details: The fourth annual Alameda Authors Series, sponsored by, AAUW Alameda and the Friends of the Alameda Free Library, continues with best-selling author and chronicler...

    Free
  • Adam Hochschild

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

    reading from Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes. From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in...

    Free
  • Judy Halebsky & Susan Briante at East Bay Booksellers

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday, March 15th at 3pm. This month we will be joined by Judy Halebsky...

  • Sierra Crane Murdoch: Yellow Bird w/Lauren Markham

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Sierra Crane Murdoch to read from her new book, Yellow Bird:Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice...

    Free
  • Get Lit #58 (Music by: TBA)

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

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

    $10 – $50
  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing...

    Free
  • Graduate Student Reading Series

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View...

    Free
  • Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    donations requested
  • THERE 32

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Saturday, March 21 2020, at East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland, featuring Julia Flynn Siler, Devi S. Laskar and Sunisa Manning, plus musical...

    Free
  • The Fire Thieves Honor Sacred Ground

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    The 10th edition of the Fire Thieves makes it's only foray into the East Bay at The Chapel at the Oakland Peace Center with featured...

    Free
  • Book Celebration: Synchronicity by Tureeda Mikell

    Marcus Books 3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us as we continue our Oakland celebration of Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine by Tureeda Mikell at the nation's oldest black bookstore, Marcus...

    Free
  • Omnidawn Spring Books 2020

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Our Omnidawn book parties are legendary! Join us to get a first look at their latest titles. Hear great readings and meet the poets: Desirée...

    Free
  • Phyllis Grant in Conversation with Julia Cosgrove

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

    discussing Grant's just-published book Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes. "What a beautiful, rich, and poetic memoir this is. Phyllis Grant writes of...

    Free
  • #we : queer perspectives

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us for the eighth installment of #we, a talk and performance series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two...

    Free of charge and a hat will be passed
  • Saturday Night Special, A “Scandalous” Open Mic

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Scandal is "an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage." Whether it's the short skirt your mom wore,...

    Free
  • Bay Area Antioch Reading Series no.2

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Bay Area Antioch Reading Series is a quarterly reading series curated and sponsored by alumni of Antioch University MFA Program in Creative Writing. BAARS no.2...

    Free
  • Aaron Shurin: The Blue Absolute

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Aaron Shurin is the author of fourteen books of poetry and prose, most recently The Blue Absolute, just out from Nightboat Books. Other works include:...

    Free
  • Berkeley Arts & Letters: Linda Sarsour / We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Berkeley Arts & Letters presents an evening with Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour​ for her memoir, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders. Please join us! Please note: This...

    $20
  • Jane Hirshfield / Ledger

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

    reads from her new volume of poetry Ledger, a book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (Washington Post). Wednesday,...

    Free
  • Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing, Louise in Love, The Last Two Seconds, and Elegy, which received the National Book...

    Free
  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

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

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

    Free
  • D. A. Powell and Paola Capó-García

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Paola Capó-García is the author of CLAP FOR ME THAT’S NOT ME (Rescue Press, 2018), selected by D.A. Powell as the winner of Rescue Press'...

    Free