Yang Huang
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesYang 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...
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4th Annual Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley, CATens 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...
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Bay Area Book Festival
Downtown BerkeleyThe 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...
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Georgeanne Brennan at Mrs. Dalloway’s
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin 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...
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Knots of Wonder: Masatsugu Ono at the Bay Area Book Fest
Hotel Shattuck Plaza 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMasatsugu 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...
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Betty Reid Soskin: Sign My Name to Freedom
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesAuthor 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...
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Book Release: The Edge of Fruitvale by Rohan DaCosta
Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesJoin 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...
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Saturday Night Special presents: Dating
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesSpring 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...
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Re-Assembling Hope with Rebecca Solnit, Dacher Keltner & others
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesRe-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...
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Holly Brown
Oakmont of Cardinal Point 2431 Mariner Square Drive, AlamedaFor the second year, AAUW Alameda and Oakmont of Cardinal Point present a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda....
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Work & Workers
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesFeatured 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...
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Student reading
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOne of the year’s liveliest events!
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Berkeley Lunch Poems: Student Reading
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOne 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...
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A Night of Readings and A Book Launch
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesFriday, May 4, 2018 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Join us for an evening of readings & writings, words & language, lit & luminosity in toast to...
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Oakland First Fridays at Nomadic Press!
Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesDoors 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...
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Tessa Fontaine, author of The Electric Woman
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTessa 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...
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Bay Area Poets Coalition
Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBAPC 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...
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Alicia Mountain, Steffi Drewes, Tonya M. Foster, and Mg Roberts
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesSaturday, 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...
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An Evening with David Sedaris
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDavid 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...
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Jennifer Firestone and Tonya M. Foster
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJennifer 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...
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Berkeley Poetry Review Issue 48 Release Party
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesBerkeley 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...
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5th Annual Ecopoetry Festival at the John Muir House
John Muir House 4202 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez, CA, CA, United StatesThe Fifth Annual Ecopoetry Festival will feature two poet laureates of Central Valley cities, along with special guests. Indigo Moor, current laureate of Sacramento, and...
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GET LIT #36 (MUSIC BY MICHAEL ALSO)
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesIT'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...
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Mark Greenside
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMark Greenside Reads from (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living, a sequel of sorts to I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do), about which the San...
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Keep Begin Detach: Yoko Ono
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesKeep Begin Detach: Multimedia Essays Come to EM Wolfman for an exploration of text and image, music and silence, meditation and performance. Inspired by Yoko...
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Poets giovanni singleton and Carmen Gimenez Smith
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBorn in New York, poet Carmen Giménez Smith earned a BA in English from San Jose State University and an MFA in creative writing from...
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May Day, May Day–Lyrics & Dirges
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesJump from spring to summer with a literary reading that will leave you giddy and bubbly with. . . DeMareon Gipson Liz Green Barbara Jane...
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InsideStoryTime: Persist
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesComing up: InsideStorytime SWAY at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster St, Oakland, on Thursday May 17th, 7-9 pm, will feature, Kaitlin Solimine (Empire of Glass), Townsend Walker (3 Women 4...
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Todd Robert Petersen presents IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE WE TRIED
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandThursday, May 17 7pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Todd Robert Petersen to discuss his novel, It Needs to Look Like We Tried, on Tuesday, May 17th at 7pm. “Todd Robert...
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Perfectly Queer Plus East Bay Book Reading “Queer Fiction Authors”
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesVisiting author James Han Mattson (The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves) reads with local authors Wayne Goodman, Lori Ostlund, and Barbara Ridley at a Perfectly...
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