• 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
  • 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