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.
Banty Hen, Andrea Passwater, and Rosie Cima perform music to poetry.
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Courtney Maum to the store to discuss and sign her new novel, Touch.
Readings by Aamina Ahmad, Peg Alford Pursell, Michael Shewmaker, + Shelley Wong.
This will be a free show, and the first 100 people will receive a book featuring all of the selected writing and cover art by a local artist.
This powerful debut is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice.
A first come, first serve reading group.
Booksmith is thrilled to host writer and editor Lisa Locascio for the launch of Golden State 2017: New Writing from California.
A night of reading!
A night of Beat Poetry!
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Robert Hass, Douglas Manuel, and Charles Hood to the store to discuss and sign their latest works.
Reading from her short fiction debut, Large Animals.
Each reading will have a theme, June 7th being The Beautiful One's Birthday will be a tribute to Prince.
Booksmith is excited to host author Trina Robbins for her new graphic novel, A Minyen Yidn!
Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend.
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi to the store to discuss and sign Kintu.
Laleh Khadivi in conversation with Micheline Aharonian Marcom celebrating the release of A Good Country
Join us to celebrate the launch of Royal Bastards by local author Andrew Shvarts.
Jenny Forrester in conversation with Ariel Gore about her memoir, Narrow River, Wide Sky.
Thad Carhart reads from his delightful memoir, Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France, just out in paperback.
Danielle Krysa discussing her book, Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk.
Local luminary Paul Madonna will be in conversation with acclaimed novelist Glen David Gold re: his new book “On To The Next Dream.”
9 women writers, represented in anthology Cleave/Liminal, will read from their work.
Annie Hartnett discusses her new novel, Rabbit Cake, w/ Ellen O'Connell Whittet.
Book talk + signing!
An afternoon of bay area poetry <3
Join us for a special evening of sharing from three Pelekinesis authors reading from their latest books!
The Scribe of Siena is the captivating story of a brilliant woman’s passionate affair with a time and a place that captures her in an impossibly romantic and dangerous trap—testing the strength of fate and the bonds of love.
Kim Shuck's monthly poetry series
Poetry! A reading from Tongo Eisen-Martin, Raina Leon, and James Cagney.