Matthew Isaac Sobin

Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco

In The Last Machine in the Solar System, life on Earth ended billions of years ago, but the last machine carries on.

Red Light Lit: Happy Hour

PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco

Featured readers include: Peter Thomas Bullen, Allyson Darling, Fred Dodsworth, Nick Jaina, Ari Moskowitz, Xan Roberti and more.

Andrés Barba

DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland

Andrés Barba discusses and signs "Such Small Hands".

John Waters

Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco

John Waters reads from his new book, Make Trouble, and delivers advice for artists, graduates and anyone trying to make a living as a creative person.

Shanthi Sekaran

A2 Cafe 5212 Broadway St, Oakland

She's a member of the SF Writers' Grotto and the Portuguese Artists Colony.