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.

Joel Selvin + John Hell

Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco

An in-depth Q & A about one of rock music’s most notorious moments.

6 Years in Gay Conversion Therapy

Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland

Free admission and free refreshments. A book signing follows the discussion.

InsideStorytime DEFIANCE

Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland

Michele Aharaonian Marcon, Brynn Saito, and Vernon Keeve III, and others reading.

Alan Lessik

Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco

Alan Lessik shares his debut work of fiction, The Troubleseekers.

Ada Calhoun + T.J. Stiles

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley

Ada Calhoun and T.J. Stiles in conversation about Calhoun's essay collection, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give.

Dan Bellm + Ann Pellertier

Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

Poetry Flash presents Dan Bellm and Ann Pellertier.

Kerry Egan: On Living

Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco

Kerry Egan discusses her new book, On Living with Victoria Sweet.