• Hilton Obenzinger

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

    This is the East Bay book launch for Hilton Obenzinger's new book, Treyf Pesach.

  • Gabrielle Selz

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

    Selz is currently writing the biography of the artist, Sam Francis.

  • Black Took Collective

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Free reading at a special time!

  • THERE 18

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featuring a quartet of local authors.

  • Book Launch: Sin Against the Race, a novel

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come celebrate the publication of Sin Against the Race, a new novel by Oakland-based writer Gar McVey-Russell. Sin Against the Race follows the coming out journey...

    Free
  • InsideStorytime LAYERS

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Readings + music!

  • BAPC First Saturday Reading

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

    Come and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around.

  • Rita Dove

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

    Rita Dove is a former U.S. Poet Laureate (1993-1995) and recipient of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry.

  • Rita Dove

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

    Free reading!

  • THERE 19

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Readings + music!

  • Bay Area Generations #52

    The Bellevue Club 525 Bellevue Drive, Oakland, CA, United States

    No one turned away for lack of funds.

    $7 – $10
  • TC Tolbert

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

    Tolbert was recently named Tucson’s Poet Laureate.

  • Richard Silberg

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

    Reading + interview.

  • Holloway Reading Series: Alan Felsenthal with Dylan Furcall

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Alan Felsenthal runs a small press called The Song Cave with Ben Estes. Together, they edited A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind: The Poems of Alfred Starr...

    Free
  • Robert Aquinas McNally

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Robert Aquinas McNally   discussing the subject of his new book MODOC WAR: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age from...

    Free
  • Berkeley Arts & Letters: Morgan Jerkins

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

    MORGAN JERKINS presents This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 7:30PM at...

    $20 – $27
  • Lyrics & Dirges: February Love

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

    Come celebrate love and whatever else at Lyrics & Dirges with five fabulous readers: Fisayo Adeyeye, Candace Eros Díaz, Jacqueline Doyle, Gillian Hamel & Nancy...

    Free
  • Nancy Huang, “Favorite Daughter,” with Aurielle Marie

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

    Nancy Huang will be reading from her first book of poems, Favorite Daughter. Nan Huang (黄洁) is a queer Chinese-American poet. She is a winner of...

    Free
  • Dear Diary Zine Fest Pre-Party!

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

    Oh my goodness, it is almost time for the Bay Area's only PERZINE FEST! We are celebrating by hosting a zine reading the night before...

    Free
  • Saturday Night Special: Shades of Gray

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

    February is the sluttiest month. Our theme is "shades of grey." You know what to do. You're welcome ;) As always, we'd love to hear...

    Free
  • Bay Area Generations #54

    The Bellevue Club 525 Bellevue Drive, Oakland, CA, United States

    *Free on-street parking after 6pm * Full bar and refreshments * On major transit lines 6:30 pm –  Writers Mixer at the bar 7:30 pm  – Show...

    $7
  • Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman

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

    Robbin Légère Henderson discusses the incredible life of her grandmother Matilda Rabinowitz, as told in the illustrated memoir Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman. Featuring a slideshow of Henderson's...

    Free
  • Rosa Alcalá

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

    Alcalá teaches in the Department of Creative Writing and Bilingual MFA Program at the University of Texas-El Paso.