• Queeriosity: Writing + Performance Workshop (Youth Centered)

    Qulture Collective 1714 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Queeriosity: Writing and Performance workshops celebrates LGBTQQIA+ youth voices in the Bay Area. Taught by Youth Speaks poets including Sarah O'Neal and Janae Johnson. Every...

    Free
  • The Diesel Readers Book Group — In the Midst of Winter

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Monday, April 15th 7:00pm East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende, on Monday April 15th at...

  • Herbert Marcuse:Philosopher of Utopia

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

    Monday, Apr 15, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a little-known German scholar when...

  • Erica Jong and Francesca Bell

    The Osher Marin JCC 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael

    Kanbar Auditorium, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael This special event is cosponsored by the Marin JCC and Red...

  • Matt Richtel, An Elegant Defense

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

    TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This...

  • Lori Gottlieb

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

    Lori Gottlieb Presents Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed. Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 7:30pm Event address: 2904 College...

  • Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    APRIL 16, 2019 | 7:30PM Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel The Bindery | 1727 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA RSVP Mui...

  • Jenny Odell

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

    Jenny Odell discusses her new book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Praise for How To Do Nothing “Self-help for the collectively minded, How to...

  • Eve Bunting, Little Yellow Truck

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

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 - 4:00PM This is an advanced children's event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events...

  • Chris Nealon / with Jessica Laser

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Readings begin at 6:30pm unless otherwise noted. 2018-2019 Holloway events will be held in the MAUDE FIFE ROOM (315...

  • Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub

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

    City Lights inconjunction with the Goethe Institut and Verso Books present Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub discussing the subject of Oliver Nachtwey's new book Germany's...

  • This is Now with Angie Coiro: The Future of Cannabis

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Cannabis is here to stay. While it's still blacklisted by the federal government, recreational marijuana is legal now in ten states, Washington DC, and the...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A “Weekly” Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, April 17, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...

  • Pamela Nadell

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

    Pamela Nadell discusses her new book, America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today. About America's Jewish Women What does it mean to be...

  • Author Talk: Susan Alexander Red Diana

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

    Author Susan Alexander will discuss her most recent book "Red Diana", a psychological thriller. Set in San Francisco, the book is a sequel to "A...

  • Damon Krukowski

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

    discussing the subject of his new book   Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski forward by Emily Thompson published by MIT Press A writer-musician examines...

  • Jenny Odell – – How to Do Nothing

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Thursday, April 18 7:00pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Jenny Odell to discuss her new new book How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, on Thursday, March 18th at...

  • David Presti: Mind Beyond Brain

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

    Thursday, Apr 18, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The Basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Mind Beyond Brain is about expanding an empirical science of...

  • Lydia Fitzpatrick

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

    Lydia Fitzpatrick discusses her debut novel, Lights All Night Long. Praise for Lights All Night Long “Lights All Night Long is as delicious as it is dazzling—a...

  • Timothy Hampton

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

    Timothy Hampton Presents Bob Dylan's Poetics: How the Songs Work. Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 7:30pm Event address: 2904 College Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705

  • Lydia Fitzpatrick and Tony Marra

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

    Lydia Fitzpatrick discusses her debut novel, Lights All Night Long with Tony Marra. Praise for Lights All Night Long “Lights All Night Long is as delicious as it...

  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

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

    Featured readers and Musical guests: tba With your host Bloodflower   Posted in LIVE POETRY

  • Darius James

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

    The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University and New York Review Books in conjunction with City Lights present an afternoon with Darius James celebrating...

  • Poets Joseph Noble and Todd Melicker

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

    Monday, Apr 22, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Todd Melicker regularly communes with the fog of San...

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

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

    Please join us for a lively discussion about: (author will not be present) To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com

  • Book Launch with ALLIE LARKIN at Books Inc. in The Marina

    Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join internationally bestselling author Allie Larkin for a Book Launch celebrating her charming new novel, Swimming for Sunlight. When recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark...

  • Dirty Old Women Read Erotica

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

    Donna George Storey’s goal is to change the world one sexy story at a time. She is the author of Amorous Woman, an erotic novel based on her own experiences...

    Free
  • Ed Bok Lee

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

    reading from Mitochondrial Night: Poems from Coffee House Press Poems that trace paths through time, genealogy, and geography, locating the generational legacy of history. Taking...