East Bay

Free refreshements and bookstore cats!

Three great readings!

Elaine Brown – “E Spoken”

If you are a queer-identified author and would like to read at our event, write us at: PerfectlyQueerSF@gmail.com You will have 5 minutes to talk...

Chicano writers Alan Chazaro, Sara Campos, Christine Granados and Northern California singer/songwriter Alyssa Granados will perform from their collective works.

ARC Youth Fest is the only outdoor summer art festival put on for youth by youth artists. Artists range from 13 to 24 years old.

3 minute maximum open mic, first come, first serve, on the topic of freedom.

Our Summer Poetry & Place reading will be on 6/30 featuring Robert Hass & Michelle Lin. All ages open mic. Hope to see you at...

Copies of Kingdom and Duet will also be available at the event.

Award-winning journalist Robert Moor discusses his critically-acclaimed book, On Trails: An Exploration.

Come and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around -- 3-5 minutes per poet/reader, or "just listening" is fine too.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland hosts another installment of Poetry Flash.

Moe's welcomes first time novelist Justin McFarr as we help him launch The Bear Who Broke the World.

The Center for the Art of Translation and DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes poet and translator David Larsen to the store.

Simone, Hopely, + Levin.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Yalie Kamara to the store to discuss and sign her chapbook, When the Living Sing,

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Christine Evelyn Volker to the store to discuss and sign, Venetian Blood.

Poetry readings!

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Margaret Wilkerson Sexton to the store to discuss and sign, A Kind of Freedom.

An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit.

Come celebrate our seventh year of presenting the diverse voices of the East Bay!

Poetry and Fiction w/ Anita Barrows and Zach Wyner.

Join us for another talent-filled Uptown Fridays featuring readings by Jessica Mejia and Natalie Enright.

Bay Area writers and artists gather to create some good frickin energy.

Cassandra Dallett lives in Oakland, CA. Cassandra is a two-time Pushcart nominee and Literary Death Match winner.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Rex Renee Leonowicz to the store to perform from when there is no one and there is everyone.

Perfectly Queer East Bay presents readings by Joan Annsfire, Xequina Maria Berber, and Giovanna Capone.

Three great readings!

Pegasus Books presents an hour of poetry readings with Brynn Saito, Charif Shanahan, Emily Yunghim Moon, + Javiar Zamora.