• Shawn Vestal: Daredevils

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Daredevils is the thrilling new book by Shawn Vestal, who won last year’s PEN Bingham prize for his story collection,Godforsaken Idaho.

  • Genny Lim w/ Jon Jang

    Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel 999 California St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poet, Performer, + Playwright Genny Lim w/ Composer/Pianist Jon Jang.

  • Happy Hour Stories Celebrates National Poetry Month!

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Pegasus on Solano's monthly story time for adults celebrates National Poetry Month. Join us for an evening of readings by Pegasus employees and Pegasus friends, featuring our favorite poems as well as original work.

  • Martinis & Poetry

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Each of the night’s poets will not only be reading their own work, but they will share some of their favorite poems from the poets who inspire them. It will be a celebration of poetry past and present. So come out and raise a glass to poetry!

  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Before We Visit the Goddess

    Books Inc. Mountain View 301 Castro St, Mountain View , CA, United States

    American Book Award-winner Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni shares her powerful new novel, Before We Visit the Goddess.

  • Get Lit! w/ Spagna, Arsdale + Conran

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Each event features three guest readers with a short open mic immediately following.

  • Boadiba + Neeli Cherkovski

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Jason Schneiderman: Primary Source

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jason’s most exuberant volume of poetry yet, Primary Source plays with the literary canon and explores his own personal archive.

  • A Celebration of Haiku

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This will also be a book release party and book signing for Haiku Revisited, Volume 2.

  • RAG: Official Zine Launch Party

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Issue #5 will be available for sale, hot and fresh off the printers (and screen printer), and there will be food and drink for purchase with music to follow.

  • For Franco Beltrametti w/ Joanne Kyger, Duncan McNaughton, + more

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Reading from Franco Beltrametti, From Almost Everywhere: Selected Poems 1965–1995, ed. Stefan Hyner + a screening of Claudio Tettamanti’s short film “Ultime cose (d’après CHOSES qui voyagent)” (1995)

  • Independent Bookstore Day 2016

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    This Event is at all Three Pegasus Locations!

  • Poetry Flash: Willis Barnstone + Tony Barnstone

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Willis Barnstone’s new book of poems is Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems + Willis’s son, Tony Barnstone’s new book of poems is Pulp Sonnets.

  • Nina Lindsay + Rosa Land

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    An Evening of Readings.

  • Poets Ron Sauer + Dan De Vries

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    open mic follows readings!

  • Quiet Lightning at the 41 Ross

    41 Ross 41 Ross Alley, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Free copy of sPARKLE & bLINK featuring all of the selected writing and cover art by Katie Jenkins-Moses for the first 100 people in attendance!

  • Mama Said

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us here at Green Apple Books on Clement in welcoming the writers of Mama Said for an evening of laughs, libations and light hors d'oeuvres.

  • Writers on Writing: Sarah Fran Wisby

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Writer Sarah Fran Wisby reads from and discusses her work.

  • Student Reading

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    One of the year’s most lively events!

  • Ali Eteraz w/ Vanessa Hua

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Ali Eteraz's much-anticipated debut novel is the story of M., a supportive husband, adventureless dandy, lapsed believer, and second-generation immigrant who wants nothing more than to host parties and bring children into the world as full-fledged Americans.

  • Asymmetrical Press Word Tasting Tour

    The Crepe Place 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Admission to each two-hour event is free. So are the words. Come get a taste of something simple, unique, indie.

  • Hollie Hardy + Mukta Sambrani

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hollie Hardy, recipient of the Poetry Center Book Award for her How to Take a Bullet and Other Survival Poems (Punk Hostage Press, 2014), reads from her book together with award judge Mukta Sambrani.

  • One Big Union

    Spice Monkey 1628 Webster St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Featured readers: Fred Dodsworth • Rafael Jesús González • Rosa Lane • Nina Lindsay. On guitar: Barry Ebner.

  • Brenda Hillman + Andrew Kenower

    Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    Annual Alumni and Faculty Reading.

  • Launch Party: Humble Pie Vol. 13

    A2 Cafe 5212 Broadway St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Come help us celebrate the publication of Humble Pie Volume 13, a whale of an issue, with readings by the authors included in this edition.

  • Breaking Ground: Black British Writers

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

    The Breaking Ground tour developed as a way to highlight the diversity of Black British writing, and includes people who write novels, poetry, plays, graphic stories, travelogues, non-fiction, essays, articles, short stories, reviews and more.