• Oakland First Friday Storyteller Series

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

    CHILDREN'S STORYTELLER SERIES (6-7pm) Bring your young ones out for an early evening of storytelling, hands on arts activities, tiny bookmaking projects, food, music and...

    Free
  • Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World

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

    TOSH is a memoir of growing up as the son of an enigmatic, much-admired, hermetic, and ruthlessly bohemian artist during the waning years of the...

    Free
  • Oakland First Friday Teen Poetry Open Mic

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

    TEEN POETRY OPEN MIC (7-9pm) Bring your poems, verses, spoken word pieces and prose to share at our Teen Open Mic, hosted by Vice Oakland...

    Free
  • Kristen Tracy with Daniel Handler / Half-Hazard

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is pleased to host Kristen Tracy for her first book of poems, Half-Hazard, winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation. Joining Kristen...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

  • Fourteen Hills Presents Kimberly Reyes

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

    Kimberly Reyes reads from her new collection Life During Wartime, winner of the 2018 Michael Rubin Book Award. With additional readings from Kar Johnson, Truong Tran, Max Shanley...

    Free
  • City Lights presents “The Poetic City” at the Night of Ideas.

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

    City Lights presents "The Poetic City" at the Night of Ideas. Saturday, February 2nd, 8:00-9:00pm, San Francisco, CA: SF Library, Main Branch https://www.nightofideassf.com/   What...

  • What If: The Fiction of the Future

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

    GET TICKETS Fantasy and science fiction stories have long embraced the darker themes of a dystopian future, and our fascination continues unabated in recent films...

  • David Thomson / Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with David Thomson, the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, for his new book Sleeping with Strangers: How...

  • The Poetry Center presents Vincent Katz & Jane Gregory

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    4:30pm at The Poetry Center San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco free

  • Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease

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

    7:00pm Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease read at Alley Cat Books 3036 24th Street San Francisco

  • Tess Brown-Lavoie, Leena Joshi, Victoria Ruiz and others!

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

    Come out for a night of poetry! Tess Brown-Lavoie writes and farms in Providence, RI. Lite Year, winner of the Fence Modern Poets Series, is her...

  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

  • Elizabeth Treadwell, Charles Alexander, and Karen Randall

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

    Elzabeth Treadwell’s Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys is just out from Dusie. Her other books include LILYFOIL + 3 (O...

    Free
  • A William S Burroughs Birthday Celebration

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    with Steven Taylor, Peter Hale, Peter Carlaftes, and V Vale celebrating the release of Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg Edited...

  • The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    7:00pm The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz at The Green Arcade 1680 Market Street San Francisco

  • Left Margin LIT Reading at Novel Brewing in Oakland

    Novel Brewing Company 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

    We're partnering with Novel Brewing Company, the most literary brewery in the East Bay, to celebrate the sublime tandem of books and beer! Left Margin...

  • Esmé Weijun Wang Book Launch

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

    Esmé Weijun Wang discusses her new essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for The Collected Schizophrenias “This mesmerizing collection of essays has achieved...

    Free
  • Ari Banias

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ari Banias is the author of Anybody (W.W. Norton, 2016), which was named a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the PEN Center USA Literary...

  • New Life Issue 4 Launch Party & Postcard Making Party

    UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ArchiveUC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA

    Oakland-based bookstore and downtown community arts hub, Wolfman Books is pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of their art and culture magazine,...

  • Tell Your Story, Speak Your Truth: Make a Zine

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    In this workshop, make a one-page zine of your own with staff and volunteers from SF Zinefest. Everyone is invited to write, draw, cut, paste,...

    Free
  • Pam Houston, Deep Creek

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome award-winning author Pam Houston (Cowboys Are My Weakness) for a reading and signing of her new memoir, Deep Creek:...

    Free
  • InsideStorytime SUBLIMATION

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin (Heaven Is All Goodbyes), Anita Felicelli (Love Songs for a Lost Continent), Thea Matthews, Ant Fraser Fujinaga, and Albert Alexander, will be at Laundry Gallery and Cafe, 3359 26th Street,...

  • Analicia Sotelo

    San Jose Museum of Art 110 Market St, San José, CA, United States

    Analicia Sotelo: Reading and Conversation with Vanessa Fernandez – February 7, 2019 // 7pm // San José Museum of Art THURSDAY February 7, 2019 7PM...