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  • Jennifer Dwight

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

    Jennifer Dwight has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area's legal community, the setting for her upcoming suspense novel, for more than 30 years.

  • Jose Gutierrez + Tracey Knapp

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

    Readings.

  • Jo Baker

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war.

  • Carol Snow + Brian Teare

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Both reading from new poetry collections!

  • Nomadic Press Author Readings

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

    We are proud to print all of our books locally in Oakland, CA. We strongly believe in supporting local authors, publishers, and printers and growing together.

  • Dana Gioia: 99 Poems

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    We are so honored to bring the newly appointed Poet Laureate of California, Dana Gioia, to celebrate the publication of his new collection.

  • Anne Waldman + Friends

    Hyatt Regency San Francisco 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco , CA, United States

    There are few living American poets today who bring to our literary table the artistic achievement, influence, and multi-faceted artistic production of Anne Waldman.

  • Conditional Love: Lonely Christopher, Maxe Crandall & Kevin Lo

    Small Press Distribution 1341 7th Street, Berkeley , CA, United States

    SPD PRESENTS is a monthly reading series with the aim of fostering relationships between emerging writers and readers in our national small press community.

  • Saturday Night Special: A “Sullied” Open Mic

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    This month at SNS, we're celebrating the sullied. The damaged, the impure, the tainted, tarnished, spoiled, polluted and defiled. Bring us your filthy poems, your ruined stories, your glorious poisonous words. We want to eat them up.

  • Nomadic Press All Stars

    SAFEhouse Arts 1 Grove St., San Francisco , CA, United States

    This event is FREE and OPEN to the public. There will also be light refreshments and the opportunity to meet and talk with the performers.

  • Kwame Alexander

    Central Library, Berkeley Public Library 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Author, poet and educator Kwame Alexander, winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and a 2015 Coretta Scott King author medal.

  • Happy Hour Stories Goes Classic!

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

    This month, join us for an hour of our favorite classics - Greek, Roman, epics, etc. ...As always, stories served up with a delicious cocktail.

  • Nomadic Press at Oakland First Fridays with Fantastic Negrito

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at this amazing Oakland First Fridays event as Nomadic Press presents a host of amazing Bay Area writers prior to a performance by the phenomenal Fantastic Negrito as they launch their newest album, Last Days of Oakland.

  • First Friday: Naked Truth

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Sit back, enjoy a glass of wine and watch as the Library is transformed into a venue for real people telling real-life stories, raw and without notes.

  • Hamel, Lau, + Caples

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Gillian Olivia Blythe Hamel, David Lau and Garrett Caples.

  • Cathy Arellano Book Release Party

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Cathy Arellano, Korima Press and Galería de la Raza for a book release party and reading for Cathy's new book published by Korima Press "Salvation on Mission Street."

  • Jeramy DeCristo

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Jeramy DeCristo is a black Bay Area-based artist and writer working in sound, text, image, structure and movement.

  • León, Peters, Gelman, + White

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings with Raina Leon, Kevin Kvist Peters, Annelyse Gelman, and Arisa White.

  • Jensen Beach + Colin Winnette

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

    Colin Winnette talks with Jensen Beach about his short story collection, Swallowed by the Cold (Graywolf Press).

  • Sugartown Voices

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

    Readings + open mic.

  • Russ Franklin w/ Adam Johnson

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Cosmic Hotel is Russ Franklin’s quirky yet touching novel that follows Sandeep Sanghavi, the son of an Indian businesswoman and a famous eccentric astronomer named Van Ray.

  • Yaa Gyasi Book Launch

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

    Yaa Gyasi reads from her highly touted debut novel, Homegoing, at this book launch party.

  • Passages on the Lake 27

    The Terrace Room 1800 Madison St, Oakland , CA, United States

    Oakland's premiere literary showcase kicks off summer early with some seriously hot performance writers!

  • Ruth Thompson + Jayne Benjulian

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

    Pegasus Books presents a reading with poets Ruth Thompson (Crazing) and Jayne Benjulian (Five Sextillion Atoms).

  • Poetry Flash: Cohen + Hodges

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

    The featured guest poets will be Susan Cohen and Catherine Abbey Hodges.