• VeteransWrite meetings

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    led by Nick Butterfield, Jeffrey Leonard, and Amy Meier First Friday of each Month, 1pm-4pm MLK Library, contact VeteransWrite@yahoo.com if interested in attending Admission FREE Poetry Center...

    Free
  • Vi Ruggiero + Lauren Napier

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier as they return to the Beat Museum for an evening of melodies.

    Free
  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    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...

    Free
  • Abigail Hing Wen with Sabaa Tahir

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

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Abigail Hing Wen’s highly anticipated, romantic, and layered debut, Loveboat, Taipei, praised as “an intense rush of rebellion...

    Free
  • Slam Jam! live at The Marsh Berkeley

    The Marsh Cabaret Bar 2120 Allston Way , Berkeley , CA, United States

    Slam Jam is a monthly series featuring a rotating lineup of some of the SF Bay Area's most radical poets accompanied by the Noise All-Stars,...

    $5 – $10
  • Aaron Cohen / Move On Up

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

    Aaron Cohen discusses the subject of his new book Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power published by the University of Chicago...

    Free
  • Tara Sim with Kat Cho

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

    We're thrilled to invite you to celebrate the launch of Scavenge the Stars, Tara Sim’s gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo that is...

    Free
  • NewYearPoetBash! Freedman/AD/Heinemann/Samuels/Robinson/Townsend

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

    It’s 2020! So let’s combine two poetry readings into one! And have a new year poetry extravaganza! Poets include Lewis Freedman, Clay A.D., Caspar Heinemann,...

    Free
  • EJ Koh: The Magical Language of Others

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

    E.J. Koh discusses her new memoir The Magical Language of Others. Praise for The Magical Language of Others "The Magical Language of Others is an exquisite, challenging,...

    Free
  • Open Mic Night!

    Simple Pleasures Cafe 3434 Balboa St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    It's open mic night at Simple Pleasures! Join us for an evening of music and story-telling at our favorite neighborhood cafe. Sign up is at...

    Free
  • Swerve Book Launch and Reading

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Local award-winning author, Ellery Akers, will be launching her new book, Swerve: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 at Moe's Books. She will...

    Free
  • Kiersten White, Chosen

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Kiersten White who will share her new book, Chosen. Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old...

    Free
  • CB Follett and Joseph Zaccardi

    The Fireside Room 240 Channing Way, San Rafael

    Poetry Connection reading series presents CB Follett and Joseph Zaccardi, hosted by Terry Lucas, Marin County Poet Laureate, open mic to follow, light refreshments, The...

    Free
  • 3rd Year Celebration Featuring Tony Aldarondo

    Cafe Leila 1724 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    It's going down! Jan 10th @ Cafe Leila 7-9:30 pm My Word turns 3 Kicking off the season is no other than Tony Aldarondo &...

    Free
  • Soul Food for Thought Open Mic Night

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    2020 is here! Join us at Manny's for the decade's first poetry night! Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers...

    Free
  • Kiersten White with Katy Rose Pool

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

    Into every generation a slayer is born… and being the Chosen one isn’t always easy Do you miss having Buffy the Vampire Slayer in your...

    Free
  • Book Release: 10 Books, 1 Night, 10 New Nomadic Press Authors

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

    Help us bring in 2020 right. 10 books, 10 new Nomadic Press authors, 1 night. Join us as we celebrate (and release) new books by:...

    Free
  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest Zine Reading

    410 13th St, Oakland, CA 94612

    This is a night of zine readings from Bay Area Queer Zine Fest peeps on the eve of the fest. Come hear us vocalize pieces...

    Free
  • Odd Mondays “What Are You Working on?”

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    One question an author is always asked at events or in chance encounters is what are you working on, and one thing an author always...

    Free
  • Evie Shockley

    Edgehill Mansion in Dominican University 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael, CA, United States

    Evie Shockley is the author of semiautomatic and the new black, both winners of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry; semiautomatic was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the LA...

    Free
  • Zyzzyva celebrates their Bay Area Issue

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

    Moderated by Oscar Villalon with Meg Hurtado Bloom, Rita Bullwinkel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Chia-Chia Lin, Kevin Simmonds, and Paul Wilner ZYZZYVA's latest volume—the Bay Area Issue—features new writing and poetry...

    Free
  • T.J. Mitchell & Judy Melinek: First Cut

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

    Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell discuss their new novel, First Cut. Praise for First Cut “Scalpel sharp. First Cut allows a peek into the autopsy room through the...

    Free
  • Mapping the Bay: with Kim Shuck and friends

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

    poetry and discussion exploring the pathways language takes through land, water, and air. Poetry is all around us. Hidden in the trauma and joys of...

    Free
  • Miranda Popkey: Topics of Conversation

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

    Miranda Popkey discusses her debut novel Topics of Conversation with Rachel Khong. Praise for Topics of Conversation "An intimate evisceration of our narrow imaginings of female sexuality,...

    Free
  • Lyrics & Dirges

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

    Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing...

    Free
  • Claire Rudy Foster / Shine of the Ever

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

    Booksmith hosts Claire Rudy Foster (I've Never Done This Before) for their new book, Shine of the Ever. Please join us! Shine of the Ever is a literary mix tape...

    Free
  • Miranda Popkey, Topics of Conversation

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

    Bookshop welcomes Santa Cruz native Miranda Popkey for a reading and signing of her searing new novel, Topics of Conversation. For readers of Rachel Cusk, Lydia...

    Free
  • Christopher Bernard

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Christopher Bernard joins us to discuss his novel, Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars' Cafe. About Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars'...

    Free
  • Wile & Wing Poetry Book Launch

    Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A poetry reading hosted by author and songwriter Kimi Sugioka. Author and songwriter Kimi Sugioka is a mesmerizing—and folkloric—figure in the Bay Area literary community....

    Free