• Cara Black’s Murder on the Left Bank book reading & signing

    Noe Valley Metting Room 451 Jersey St, San Francisco, United States

    Join Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc series (set in Paris) AND Noe Valley resident for a special Summer Stride...

  • Lisa Jensen, Beast

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

    This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This free event will take place in...

  • Summer Reading at the El Cerrito Library

    El Cerrito Public Library 6510 Stockton Ave, El Cerrito, CA, United States

    Please join Baruch Porras-Hernandez and Maw Shein Win on Tuesday, July 17th at the El Cerrito Library. We'll begin with an open mic followed by...

  • Elizabeth Rush

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

    Elizabeth Rush discusses her new book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Praise for Rising “Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a...

  • Keep Begin Detach: Inspired by Isadora Duncan

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    July 18 in the evening time from 6:30-8pm The Event Keep Begin Detach: Inspired by Isadora Duncan Come to EM Wolfman for an exploration of...

  • Poets Jane Gregory & Claire Marie Stancek

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poets Jane Gregory & Claire Marie Stancek Reading from their recent respective volumes Yeah No and Oil Spell, and introduced by Lyn Hejinian. To reserve your seat, purchase a...

  • Launch for Heather June Gibbons / Her Mouth as Souvenir

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch event for Heather June Gibbons' Her Mouth as Souvenir, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. More information to be announced...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, July 18, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring...

  • InsideStorytime HUBRILITY

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

    2101 Webster Street, Oakland, on Thursday July 19th, 7-9 pm, will feature Shobha Rao (Girls Burn Brighter), Maw Shein Win (Invisible Gifts), Kitty Costello (Upon Waking), Grant Faulkner (Fissures), and Graham Todd.

  • Richard Rhodes, Energy

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

    This event is cosponsored by Ecology Action. Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes will join us to discuss his new book, Energy, which reveals...

  • Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show

    O'Hanlon Center for the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, United States

    Hosted by Meryl Natchez, readers include Linda Lancione, Patricia McCaron, Janis Seagrave, Doreen Stock, and Elizabeth Underwood Hear local poets read their poems! Readers and Host...

  • Launch for Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl / Rad Girls Can

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

    Join feminist artists and activists Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl—the Bay Area duo behind the New York Timesbest-selling books Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, for the San Francisco...

  • Olympian Eddie Hart and sports journalist Dave Newhouse discuss Disqualified

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

    Gold Medal-winning Olympian Eddie Hart and award-winning sports journalist Dave Newhouse discuss Disqualified: Eddie Hart, Munich 1972, and the Voices of the Most Tragic Olympics. ABOUT DISQUALIFIED...

  • SF Art Book Fair Opening Night!

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    The 2018 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs,...

  • SF Art Book Fair Day 1

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    The 2018 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs,...

  • Pop-up Zine-fest & Reading

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SF Zine-fest hosts hosts a pop up in the back gallery featuring work from local artists, writers and zine-makers   Reading at 7 (readers TBA)

  • SF Art Book Fair Day 2

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    The 2018 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs,...

  • Paul Park & Terry Bisson, with guest moderator Cliff Winnig

    The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors open: 6:00pm Event starts: 6:30pm The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina San Francisco, CA Books for sale via Borderlands Books The SF in SF podcast...

  • THE RACKET! #21 Nature

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

    It's summer time and instead of throwing on a banana hammock and crisping our flesh to a chestnut glow, we're going to get a bunch...

  • Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl, Rad Girls Can

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz presents Kate Schatz for a book talk and signing of Rad Girls Can, a bold and brave collection of stories and art about inspiring...

  • Rachel Heng and Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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

    Rachel Heng discusses her new novel, Suicide Club with Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Praise for Suicide Club “How can such a young writer know all these things? Rachel Heng’s first...

  • On Doing Nothing by Roman Muradov

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    On Doing Nothing by Roman Muradov In an age of obsessive productivity and stress, this illustrated ode to idleness invites readers to explore the pleasures and...

  • Matthew Zapruder: My Favorite Book

    Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Avenune, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 6 p.m. LOCATION: Main Library, 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102 View a map and get...

  • Open Books: Cara Black

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    Join us when Cara Black reads from her new Aimée Leduc novel Murder on the Left Bank.  In this novel a confession fifty years in the...

  • Perfectly Queer Plus Reading “Nick White & Friends”

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Mississippi-born author Nick White is visiting San Francisco on his book tour. He'll be reading with friends Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Dave Madden, and Hilary Zaid...

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