• Children’s Book Night at Nomadic Press

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    Join us as we celebrate three amazing children's books: Sam! (written by Dani Gabriel, illustrated by Art of Robert Liu-Trujillo), I Am Sausal Creek/Soy El...

    donations requested
  • American Sutra at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    “American Sutra” discussion on author panel for the 2020 National Day of Remembrance. Time TBD. Sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of...

    Free
  • Day of Remembrance with author Duncan Ryuken Williams

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    Day of Remembrance: Duncan Ryuken Williams discusses his book, American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War. Duncan Ryūken Williams...

    Free
  • THERE 32

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    NEXT THERE: THERE 32  will be Saturday, February 22, 2020, at East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland, guests TBA. THERE was featured prominently in the San Francisco...

    Free
  • In Search of My Robot: Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity

    Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Robots, like any technology, are not “objective” or “universal”; instead, machines reveal the process of social formation. This talk by poet, scholar, and new media...

    Free
  • Contemporary Writers Series: Aria Aber

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

    Aria Aber was raised in Germany, where she was born to Afghan refugees. Her debut book, Hard Damage, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry...

    Free
  • John Sayles: Yellow Earth

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    John Sayles works as a fiction writer, screenwriter, actor and feature film director. His novel Union Dues (1978) was nominated for the National Book Award...

    Free
  • Creative Writing Reading Series with Chris Feliciano Arnold

    Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Claeys Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View a...

    Free
  • Lit Starts: Signing+Writing Workshop with Author Constance Hale

    A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Ave., Oakland, California

    Please Join Us on Thursday, February 27 at 7 PM for a Practicing the Craft: Write Character, Dialogue and Action with Constance Hale The Writers...

    Free
  • Elizabeth Tallent: Scratched

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

    Elizabeth Tallent launches Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism, her bold and brilliant exploration of the ferocious desire for perfection which has shaped her writing life as...

    Free
  • Slam Jam!

    The Marsh Berkeley 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, California, United States

    Slam Jam! A series presenting original music and poetry featuring a rotating lineup of Bay Area Spoken Word Artists and Musicians. Held on the Cabaret...

    Free
  • Richard Wolff: Understanding Socialism

    First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley 2407 Dana St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Democracy at Work present: RICHARD D. WOLFF Understanding Socialism With Sabrina Jacobs advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores,...

    $12 – $15
  • Revolution Books 40th Anniversary Celebration

    Revolution Books 2444 Durant Ave., Berkeley, California, United States

    Join Sahar Delijani, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Julia Scheeres and Andy Zee to Celebrate Revolution Books 40th Anniversary. 6pm Reception with wine and light refreshments 7pm...

    Free
  • Saturday Night Special, A Disobedient Open Mic

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

    February is the month of love and loneliness, Pisces and Leap Year. But we're doing our own thing. In honor of all that is wrong...

    Free
  • Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing

    Kaleidoscope Coffee 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, California, United States

    Cafe Society Presents Jenny Odell on her book How to Do Nothing, Resisting the Attnetion Economy. Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Oakland whose...

    Free
  • Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok

    Eastside Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, Oakland

    Copper Canyon Press presents… Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok Sat Feb 29, 7pm EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International...

    Free
  • Joseph Lease and Hank Lazer Reading

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Joseph Lease's critically acclaimed books of poetry include The Body Ghost (Coffee House Press, 2018), Testify (Coffee House Press, 2011), and Broken World (Coffee House Press, 2007). Lease’s...

    Free
  • Fred Moten: Approaching Buenaventura

    African American Museum and Library 659 14th St., Oakland, CA

    Join Dr. Fred Moten in reflection and dialogue on his most recent journey towards Buenaventura, navigating the deep affinities and differences between Black and Indigenous...

    Free
  • Berkeley Slam LAST Chance SLAM ft. Jada Imani!

    The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST! Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and...

    $7
  • CANCELLED: Lunch Poems: Ocean Vuong

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

    Ocean Vuong is the author of the internationally best-selling debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press 2019). He is also the author of the critically...

    Free
  • Steven Levy: Facebook: The Inside Story

    First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley 2407 Dana St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: STEVEN LEVY FACEBOOK: The Inside Story Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert advance tickets: $12:T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, benefits...

    $12 – $15
  • 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
  • Lisa Moore Ramée: “A Good Kind of Trouble”

    Alibi Bookshop 624 Marin Street, Vallejo

    Lisa Moore Ramée will be in conversation with David William Hill and reading from her debut YA novel, "A Good Kind of Trouble." “Full of...

    Free
  • A Night of Jazz and Spoken Word

    Charles Blades Barber Spa 180 2nd St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Come join us for the second collaboration between Charles Blades Barber Spa and Pochino Press! Our feature for this edition is live jazz by the...

    Free
  • Contemporary Writers Series: Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, was a silver medal winner in First Fiction...

    Free