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.
Kevin Killian book release with Andrew Durbin
It's a literary party-slash-fundraiser for STANZA--hosted by the delectable Temescal Brewery in Oakland.
Combining San Francisco history, art, literature, cycling, and urban exploration.
Love politics? Hate politics? Come out and show your support!
An open mic reading series exploring the theme of invisibility.
Free workshop!
Our third community open mic night with featured reader, Bay Area poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, and host Wayne Goodman.
Alexandra Teague reads from her new novel, The Principles Behind Flotation.
Cornelia Nixon reads from her new novel, The Use of Fame.
Selected by Maggie Nelson as a 2017 finalist for the Oregon Book Award in Creative Nonfiction.
This panel of brave, outspoken, and articulate authors will ask some tough questions about women's role in a Trump era.
Wendy Lesser, founder and editor of The Threepenny Review, discusses her landmark biography, You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.
Join RADAR for its annual birthday and SuperStar Pride Program.
Annual celebration showcase featuring 4 incredible queer artists.
A conversation between Saachi Koul and Doree Shafrir.
Celebration of Don George's Birthday, as well as the new release of The Best Women's Travel Writing.
The Flash Fiction Collective is thrilled to feature Jimin Han, Julia Halprin Jackson, and Gary Singh at our June reading!
Please join us on Thursday, June 1st for a reading and conversation with Robert Hass + David Koehn to benefit Omnidawn.
Join Mark Lukach and Sachi Cunningham in conversation about mental health, family, and creativity as Mark releases his new book, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward.
Charmaine Craig shares her masterful new novel, Miss Burma.
The exhibit will be a celebration of Black neighborhoods and creativity.
50+ Writers, 3 Minutes Each!
This appearance is celebrating a new special “Summer of Love Edition” of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac with additional photos, bringing the total in the book to 70!
For Adults and High School Students only.
RHINO Poetry magazine's 40 Readings in 40 Cities tour as part of their 40th anniversary.
Join the Center for the Art of Translation at the 2017 Bay Area Book Festival! Numerous international writers and translators will appear.
Drag Queen Story Hour is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in the library. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.
Poets Kim Shuck and Dan Vera will host a poetry workshop for young adults, by drawing on the poetry anthology, Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
All Ages Welcome!