PENINSULA VIRTUAL BOOKFEST 2020 SCHEDULE Welcome Message from San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom and local librarians https://youtu.be/D__YAzFYfV0 September 2, 1pm PT Burlingame Public Library...
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Globus Books presents a talk on Wassily Kandinsky's writings for the theatre and a reading of his poetry by Lissa Tyler Renaud, one of the... |
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Booksmith and The Bindery host Michele Morano for her new collection of essays Like Love. She'll be in conversation with Ryan Van Meter (If You Knew Then What I Know Now). This... |
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An evening with Barbara Jane Reyes, Rachelle Cruz, Jan-Henry Gray and Aldrin Valdez in honor of Filipino American History Month, and in celebration of Filipinx poetry...
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ack by popular demand (and just when we need it most), good friends Anne Lamott and Janine Urbaniak Reid will be talking about what they’ve learned in Covid College... |
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90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 If you enjoy spaces like this...
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Please join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Frederik Backman's new novel, ANXIOUS PEOPLE.... |
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Dena Rod Karla Brundage Peggy Morrison Sharon Coleman Norma Smith Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart Carol Dorf |
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An Intimate Conversation About the U.S. Election, the State of Democracy, and The Most Radical Thing You Can Do. Join Orion Magazine and Point Reyes... |
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Writers Against Trump Join us as writers and booksellers across the nation come together in a day of solidarity. City Lights hosts a regional event... |
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It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 trailblazers who... |
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Make gift giving easy! Grab a beverage and join us from the comfort of home as our booksellers share terrific books that make great gifts... |
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City Lights in conjunction with Omnidawn Books present Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry Storage Unit for... |
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Join us on Thursday, November 12 at 5pm PDT when Valzhyna Mort discusses her latest collection, Music for the Dead and Resurrected, with Carolyn Forché on Zoom! Zoom Login... |
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Dark Mountain Project co-founder Paul Kingsnorth is joined by mythologist Martin Shaw for a conversation about Alexandria (Graywolf Press), the final volume in his epic trilogy about... |
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The third in a series curated by poets Caroline Goodwin and Sarah Kobrinsky, this event will bring together 2 Welsh poets: Rhys Trimble and Steven...
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Artist and illustrator Jackie Morris, who has collaborated with Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, joins us from her studio in Wales to talk... |
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John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force... |
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Join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 5pm PST for a special Night of Memoir with writers Alden Jones and Rick Moody, as they discuss their latest...
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mmy Award winner Henry Winker and Lin Oliver are back for the second installment of the New York Times bestselling middle grade series that Diary of a Wimpy... |
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Celebrate the release of How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America, the latest addition to the Voice of Witness book series, with a roundtable...
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Join CHSA in welcoming brothers Jim & Philip Chiao for an exploration into the history of Chinese in the Pacific salmon canning industry. In 1852,... |
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a reading and discussion of the great Romanian-born poet Paul Celan on the occasion of his 100th birthday with Judith Butler, Fady Joudah, and more guests TBD... |
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Tuesday, November 24 at 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Environment/Nature Women/Gender Camille T. Dungy, Helen Macdonald Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir H is For Hawk, a transcendent... |
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Well friends, 2020 has been a hell of a year. And here we are, almost at the end of it. Join me this traditional season... |
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Marlena Fiol, author of Nothing Bad Between Us, will be in conversation with renowned author Joshua Coleman in a very special virtual event. Join them on Sunday, November... |
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Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on... |
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Join Bookshop's interim head Children's buyer as she shares Bookshop's picks for the Best Kids Books of the Year! From picture books to middle grade, graphic novels... |
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 - 7:00PM VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us online as we welcome distinguished professor of history, Sherry Smith in conversation with Geoffrey Dunn to talk about... |
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Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
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Susana H. Case and Martha Addy Young read from their poetry, Evening includes literary trivia quiz and open mic. Susana H. Case is the author...
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Babylon Salon presents a special online performance Saturday, December 5, 2020 5pm PST / 8pm EST Register for our Zoom gathering here in partnership with... |
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SPECIAL TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will share How to Raise an Elephant, the next book in his perennially adored No. 1 Ladies'... |