• Lauren Groff discusses and signs FLORIDA

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

    Lauren Groff discusses and signs FLORIDA Saturday, June 16, 7:30 pm Pegasus Books Downtown Celebrated New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff presents her highly anticipated new collection of short...

  • Tongo Eisen-Martin

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poetry Express presents a reading with Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heavan Is All Goodbyes, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00

  • Get Lit #37 (Music by TBD)

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

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts)...

    $10 – $25
  • Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation

    Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA, United States

    Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation Wednesday, June 20, 6:00pm Mills College: Littlefield Concert Hall 5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613 Join Yrsa Daley-Ward in...

    $10 – $25
  • Novelist Moriel Rothman-Zecher

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is...

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  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...

  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher in conversation with Ayelet Waldman

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Wednesday, June 20, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series...

  • Hazel White

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

    presents Vigilance is No Orchard, an experimental poem sequence inspired by a famous garden now in ruin.

  • TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: DAPHNE GOTTLIEB AND SAGE CURTIS)

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features Daphne Gottlieb and Sage...

  • Julian Francis Park, Lauren Levin, and Isabel Bezerra Balee

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Julian Francis Park lives in Oakland and writes poems, narrative, literary criticism, and social theory. Through the Bay Area Public School Julian facilitates a writing...

  • Poetry with Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, Brittany Perham

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

    Poetry with Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, Brittany Perham Friday, June 22, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Pegasus welcomes renowned poets Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, and Brittany Perham, for...

  • For Kids ages 4-8 Leslie Crawford

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

    Presents Sprig the Rescue Pig, nspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary, this...

  • Keep Begin Detach: inspired by Pauline Oliveros

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

    June 27 (wednesday) in the evening time from 6:30-8pm The Event Keep Begin Detach: Multimedia Essays Come to EM Wolfman for an exploration of text...

  • Perfectly Queer-East Bay: Pride Zine Fest

    Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Guest curator Anand Vedawala presents four East Bay queer zine creators: Erin Stokes, Lawrence Lindell, Maira, and Nia King

  • Book Release: Collapse by Cassandra Dallett

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Cassandra Dallett's full-length poetry collection, Collapse! It's going to be an amazing evening...

  • Ivy Johnson, Syd Staiti, Isabel Bezerra Balé

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ivy Johnson is a poet and performance artist in Oakland, CA. Her book, As They Fall, is a collection of 110 notecards for aleatoric ritual and was...

  • AMBER TAMBLYN presents ANY MAN

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Thursday, July 5, 2018, 7:30pm Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley Tickets available soon! In her electric and provocative debut novel Any Man, Amber Tamblyn...

    $12 – $37
  • OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

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

    June 2, July 7, August 4 3:00 – 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and...

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group discuses THE INTERIOR CIRCUIT

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of The Interior Circuit, by Francisco Goldman, on Monday July 9th at 7pm. The Interior Circuit is Francisco Goldman's...

  • Zoe Samudzi presents AS BLACK AS RESISTANCE

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Zoe Samudzi to discuss her book As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation, on Tuesday, July 10th at 7pm. Over the course of United States history, resistance...

  • Film Critic Joseph McBride on Ernst Lubitch

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join film critic Joseph McBride as he discusses the work of Ernst Lubitsch. This is a book launch for How Did Lubitsch Do It, forthcoming from Columbia...

  • Meet Author Yang Huang

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

    Yang Huang grew up in China’s Jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. Her linked family story collection, My Old Faithful, won the Juniper...

  • Nell Painter presents her memoir OLD IN ART SCHOOL

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome one of the preeminent historians in the United States, Nell Painter, to discuss her memoir Old in Art School: A Memoir...