For 17 years, Judith Levy-Sender and Ramon Sender organized Odd Mondays readings as community and literary events. Come celebrate their work Monday, August 27, from 7pm...
Laura Van Den Berg discusses her new novel, The Third Hotel with Anthony Marra. Praise for The Third Hotel “I love Laura van den Berg for her...
Meet the cartoonist, Kate Gavino! Sanpaku tells the story of Marcine, a woman fascinated with the Japanese idea of Sanpaku—that seeing the white around the iris...
Please join us for a lively discussion about “La Balsa de Piedra” by Jose Saramago To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com
This event will be held at our Clement street location. Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Tuesday, August 28th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Genevieve...
The Bindery hosts an evening with Mara Altman, as she celebrates her new book Gross Anatomy. Please join us! Mara Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with...
Annual Faculty Reading, with Cecil Giscombe, Robert Hass, Lyn Hejinian, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, John Shoptaw, and Sara Nicholson READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE...
Lambda Literary Award-winning poet Jan Steckel is featured tonight at San Francisco's longest-running weekly open mic at Sacred Grounds Café. Your host is Daniel Philip...
Booksmith hosts an evening with Thomas Page McBee as he celebrates his new book, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man. Please join us! From...
Wednesday, August 29, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Mystery authors Joe Clifford (Broken Ground) and David Corbett (The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday) discuss their most...
Tuesday, September 11, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Tim Burkett discusses Zen in the Age of Anxiety: Wisdom for Navigating Our Modern Lives. ABOUT ZEN IN THE AGE OF...
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Lisa Locascio for a reading and signing of her evocative novel, Open Me—the final event in our Debuts of Summer series. Roxana...
The Bindery hosts MariNaomi as she presents her new book Losing the Girl, the first of the three-book series Life on Earth. Please join us! Claudia Jones...
Paul McHugh discusses his new novel The Blind Pool with Leah Garchik. Praise for The Blind Pool “A taut thriller by a terrific storyteller. The political...
Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement on Friday, August 31st at 7pm as we welcome Paco Márquez to read from his new collection of poetry, Portraits in G...
Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2017 (Retro!): Wonder! It's going to be an amazing evening of...
Charlie Getter has been the ringleader for the poetry that happens in the 16th & Mission BART plaza for a decade. Aqueila M. Ross, we'll...
with special guests Mauro Javier Cardenas and Dick Cluster celebrating the release of Poso Wells published by City Lights Books An ABA Summer/Fall 2018 Indies Introduce Selection Celebrated...
Booksmith hosts an evening with Arjun Singh Sethi, editor ofAmerican Hate: Survivors Speak Out. More information TBA soon -- save the date and join us! “Why...
Lydia Kiesling joins us to celebrate the release of her new novel, The Golden State, with Ismail Muhammad. Praise for The Golden State “The Golden State is a perfect...
Featured readers: Judy Wells, Dale Jensen, Fred Dodsworth, Missy Church. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...
The Bindery hosts the launch party for Mia Ayumi Malhotra's debut collection of poems, Isako Isako. Joining Mia areJennifer S. Cheng (Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems) and the experimental...
Jacqueline Doyle, Chiyuma Elliott, Tracy Jane Gregory, Steve Gutierrez, Carla Harryman, Persis Karim, Caroline Kessler, Rae Liberto and Dean Rader read pieces from They Said: A Multi-Genre...
Meet Gabriela Alemán, celebrated Ecuadorian writer and author of the novel Poso Wells. Among other honors, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and was...
In a powerful debut novel about modern-day motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman makes her way to California and stakes a claim to...
Join us for this rare reading at The Poetry Center by poet-translator — and SF State alum — Forrest Gander, just in time for the debut...
The Bindery hosts the San Francisco launch for the new W. W. Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, featuring readings by local contributors. More TBA...
Kamila Shamsie joins us to celebrate the paperback release of her new novel, Home Fire. Praise for Home Fire “Home Fire left me awestruck, shaken, on the...
A rare gathering of youth talent and voices! Oakland Youth Poet Laureates, Finalists and Honorable Mentions from the past SEVEN years will be performing at...
ZQ-287 PRESENTS: KILLING THE FUTURE A Fiction Reading and Discussion on How to Make Sure There's No Future Forever Sep. 7 *featuring* AFFLICTION INCLUDED (AUTHOR'S...