Ongoing

Smut: An Unseemly Story (The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson)

Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco

One of England’s finest and most loved writers, Alan Bennett, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story.

Gordon Ball

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

Reading from his new short story collection On Tokyo's Edge from Red Mountain Press.

Jeff VanderMeer

Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Award-winning novelist Jeff VanderMeer will be in conversation with Karen Joy Fowler about his thrilling new novel, Borne.

Andrew Schelling + Jaime de Angulo

Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

Andrew Schelling in discussion with Jaime De Angulo about Angulo's new book, Tracks Along the West Coast.

Lyrics & Dirges

Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

Free with refreshments and bookstore cats!!!

Rakesh Satyal

The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco

Rakesh Satyal presents his new novel, No One Can Pronounce My Name.