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  • Patricia Smith in conversation with Ajuan Mance

    Lisser Hall Kapiolani Rd, Oakland, CA

    Patricia Smith in conversation with Ajuan Mance Friday, October 4, 2019 | 7:30 pm | Lisser Hall Please join us for this special event, presented...

  • Matt Maiocco, Brad Mangin & Brian Murphy

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

    Matt Maiocco, Brad Mangin & Brian Murphy present Letters to 87: Fans Remember the Legacy of Dwight Clark, a coffee table book featuring heartfelt letters from fans...

  • Clearly Meant presents Lucille Lang Day

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Lucille Lang Day reads her poems, followed by an interview and discussion. Lucille Lang Day was born in Oakland, where she still lives. Day has...

    Free

  • Book Release: this is my body

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    We are so excited to announce the release of this is my body, an anthology of written works by women of color exploring their relationship...

  • Creative Writing Reading Series with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 -  7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, Hagerty Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga,...

  • How to Cure a Ghost: Poems with Fariha Róisín

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

    How to Cure a Ghost: Poems with Fariha Róisín Wednesday, October 9, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Fahira Róisín shares poems from her new collection, How to Cure...

  • Beth Elliott

    Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church 424 Monte Vista, Oakland

    6:30 PM potluck, 7:30 PM show. Singer-songwriter and author Beth Elliott featured at Works in Progress Women's Open Mic, a WOMEN-ONLY event. Open Mic for...

    $7

  • Laleh Khadivi

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Tuesday, October 15, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room Laleh Khadivi was born in Esfahan, Iran. She is the author of three novels...

  • Michelle Ruiz Keil presents All of Us with Wings

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

    Michelle Ruiz Keil presents All of Us with Wings Tuesday, October 15, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Michelle Ruiz Keil reads from and signs copies of All...

  • Prerna Lal

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

    Prerna Lal launching Unsung America: Immigrant Trailblazers and Our Fight for Freedom. Please join us for a most timely discussion. "Deeply insightful and intentionally detailed--Prerna Lal...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring...

  • LITQUAKE! LIT-Crawl

    LIT-Crawl SF Please join us for a great night of literary fun along 24th Street! 5:00pm - Phase 1:  TONGO EISEN-MARTIN and friends 8:00pm -...

  • Lawrence Weschler

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

    Lawrence Weschler presents And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks, the untold story of the famous neurologist, his own most singular patient. "The story...

  • Haiku with Bruce Feingold, Renée Owen, & Chuck Brickley

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    October 25, 2019: Haiku with Bruce Feingold, Renée Owen, & Chuck Brickley Bruce Feingold has been a psychologist for forty years in the San Francisco Bay...

  • Deborah Landau and Matthew Zapruder

    Tara Hall Pittman South Branch Berkeley Library 1901 Russell St, Berkeley, CA

    Tara Hall Pittman South Branch Berkeley Library 1901 Russell St. Berkeley CA Deborah Landau is director of the Creative Writing Program at New York University. She...

  • Susan Steinberg presents Machine

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

    Susan Steinberg presents Machine Wednesday, October 30, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Susan Steinberg discusses Machine: a haunting story of guilt and blame in the wake of a drowning,...

  • Impromptu writing online via Zoom!

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    Come join us to write together from the comfort of home! This chance to meet via computer or mobile device (or by phone) is surprisingly...

    $11.44
  • flier for SoMa Lurk launch party

    SoMa Lurk Book Launch & Reading

    Project Kalahati 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join on First Friday. Book description: SoMa Lurk is a collection of poems and photographs by José Vadi that documents, channels, and writes from the...

    Free
  • front cover for Nightime on the Other Side of Everything

    Nighttime on the Other Side of Everything – Book Launch

    Jered's Pottery 5743A Horton St., Emeryville, CA, United States

    Join Sarah Kobrinsky for the celebration of the launch of her new book, Nighttime on the Other Side of Everything (New Rivers Press). Expect a...

    Free

  • 50 Hikes with Kids Reading and Nature Scavenger Hunt

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    50 Hikes with Kids Reading and Nature Scavenger Hunt Pegasus Books Solano Sunday, November 3, 2pm - 3pm Pegasus families, come join author Wendy Gorton...

  • Raina Telgemeier

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

    Raina Telgemeier OFFSITE TICKETED EVENT presents Guts, a true story from the bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts. Telgemeier once again brings a thoughtful, charming, and funny tale about...

    SOLD OUT

  • Jane Hirshfield & Ellery Acres A Benefit Reading for the Sierra Club

    Sierra Club National Headquarters 2101 Webster St, 13th Floor, Oakland, CA - California

    Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:30pm Jane Hirshfield & Ellery Acres A Benefit Reading for the Sierra Club 2101 Webster St., 13th Floor, Oakland Poems...

    $20

  • Tamim Ansary discusses The Invention of Yesterday

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

    Wednesday, November 6, 730pm Pegasus Books Downtown Tamim Ansary discusses and signs copies of The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and...

  • Monica Youn

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

    Monica Youn is the author of three books of poems, most recently BLACKACRE (2016), which won the William Carlos Williams Award of the Poetry Society of America...