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  • Get Lit #36 (Music by Michael Also)

    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

  • Your Art Will Save Your Life launch at Wolfman Books

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

    Wednesday, April 25, 2018 7:00 PM  9:00 PM Celebrate the launch of YOUR ART WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE with Beth Pickens and Tammy Johnson! “I’ve already...

  • Brynn Saito

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

    Originally from Fresno, CA, Saito is the Distinguished Visiting Writer in Poetry at Saint Mary’s College.

  • Book Talk: Figuring Korean Futures

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

    Book Talk: Figuring Korean Futures: Children’s Literature in Modern Korea April 26 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library Speaker: Dafna Zur, Stanford University Moderator:...

    Free

  • Yang Huang

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

    Yang Huang reads from her short story collection, My Old Faithful, winner of the 2017 Juniper Prize. Showing both the drama of familial intimacy and the...

    Free

  • 4th Annual Bay Area Book Festival

    Berkeley, CA

    Tens of thousands of book lovers meet hundreds of acclaimed authors over an exciting weekend in downtown Berkeley, California. Whether you’re a fan of science...

    Free

  • Bay Area Book Festival

    Downtown Berkeley

    The Bay Area Book Festival-one of the world's premier celebrations of writers, readers and the written word-will take place April 28 and 29 in downtown...

    Free – $15.

  • Georgeanne Brennan at Mrs. Dalloway’s

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

    Join James Beard Award winner Georgeanne Brennan as she reads from her newest book, Windows on Provence: Musings on the Food, Wine, and Culture of the...

    Free

  • Knots of Wonder: Masatsugu Ono at the Bay Area Book Fest

    Hotel Shattuck Plaza 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Masatsugu Ono, winner of Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize, will be at the Bay Area Book Festival to discuss his novel, Lion Cross Point, coming this spring from Two Lines...

    $10

  • Betty Reid Soskin: Sign My Name to Freedom

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

    Author Betty Reid Soskin shares insights about her memoir, Sign My Name To Freedom, as part of Independent Bookstore Day and the Bay Area Book Festival at...

    Free

  • Book Release: The Edge of Fruitvale by Rohan DaCosta

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Rohan DaCosta's first full-length photography / poetry collection, The Edge of Fruitvale! It's...

  • Saturday Night Special presents: Dating

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

    Spring is in the air and other clichés, and people are swiping right and left like crazy! Whether you’re single or coupled or thrupled up...

  • Re-Assembling Hope with Rebecca Solnit, Dacher Keltner & others

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

    Re-Assembling Hope: Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Dacher Keltner, Dan Kammen, Shannon Jackson and Friends of the Bay Area Book Festival Monday / 4.30.18 / 6:30 *Tickets...

    Free

  • Holly Brown

    Oakmont of Cardinal Point 2431 Mariner Square Drive, Alameda

    For the second year, AAUW Alameda and Oakmont of Cardinal Point present a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda....

    Free

  • Work & Workers

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

    Featured readers: Terry Lucas, Jan Steckel, Dennis Bernstein, Barbara West. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic...

  • Student reading

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

    One of the year’s liveliest events!

  • Berkeley Lunch Poems: Student Reading

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

    One of the year’s liveliest events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well...

  • A Night of Readings and A Book Launch

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

    Friday, May 4, 2018 7:00 PM  9:00 PM Join us for an evening of readings & writings, words & language, lit & luminosity in toast to...

  • 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...

    $10 – $15

  • Tessa Fontaine, author of The Electric Woman

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

    Tessa Fontaine’s writing has appeared in PANK, Seneca Review, The Rumpus, Sideshow World, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the University of Alabama and is working...

    Free

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

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

    BAPC OPEN POETRY READING Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018:   March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2 3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE...

    Free

  • Alicia Mountain, Steffi Drewes, Tonya M. Foster, and Mg Roberts

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

    Saturday, May 5, 2018 7:00 PM  9:00 PM Poems! By four poets! We're excited to welcome Alicia Mountain's BRAND NEW book High Ground Coward into the...

  • An Evening with David Sedaris

    Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United States

    David Sedaris returns to Berkeley with his signature sardonic wit and incisive social criticism. A master of satire and one of America's preeminent humorists, Sedaris...

    $36 – $88

  • Jennifer Firestone and Tonya M. Foster

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

    Jennifer Firestone is the author of five books of poetry and four chapbooks,including Story (Ugly Duckling Presse, forthcoming),Ten, (BlazeVOX , forthcoming), Gates & Fields (Belladonna* Collaborative), Swimming Pool(DoubleCross Press), Flashes (Shearsman Books), Holiday (Shearsman Books), Waves (Portable...

  • Berkeley Poetry Review Issue 48 Release Party

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

    Berkeley Poetry Review will be holding a release party for issue 48 of our annual poetry journal. The party will be hosted by E.M. Wolfman...

  • 5th Annual Ecopoetry Festival at the John Muir House

    John Muir House 4202 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez, CA, CA, United States

    The Fifth Annual Ecopoetry Festival will feature two poet laureates of Central Valley cities, along with special guests.  Indigo Moor, current laureate of Sacramento, and...

    Free

  • GET LIT #36 (MUSIC BY MICHAEL ALSO)

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

    IT'S OUR 3-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Come celebrate 36 continuous months of Nomadic Press' Get Lit show! Started by J. K. Fowler and Annelyse Gelman three years ago, we have been graced with the...

    $10 – $25