• Peninsula Virtual Bookfest

    PENINSULA VIRTUAL BOOKFEST 2020 SCHEDULE Welcome Message from San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom and local librarians https://youtu.be/D__YAzFYfV0 September 2, 1pm PT Burlingame Public Library...

  • Virtual Event: Aarti Namdev Shahani

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    Join us on Monday, October 5th at 7pm PST when Aarti Namdev Shahani discusses her memoir, Here We Are, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

    online

    Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present... The Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan,...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

    Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present the Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan, former...

  • Colossus:Home Reading

    Paul Corman Roberts  CV Devorah major- special guest Deborah Fruchey Hannah Ingebretsen Halim Madi Peggy Morrison  Abe Becker  Sheryl Bize-Boute Lisa Lim

  • Fowzia Karimi

    Fowzia Karimi is a writer, illustrator, and alumni of the Mills MFA in Creative Writing Program. As Publishers Weeklydescribes, her illuminated debut novel Above Us...

    Free
  • Patti Smith

    Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights Booksellers present Extraordinary Dreamer: Patti Smith on "Year of the Monkey" Patti Smith in an intimate...

  • San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam

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    featuring  special guests, themes and writing groups. In October we honor Latinx Heritage month with poets Josiah Luis Alderete, Lourdes Figuroa and more. Josiah Luis Alderete is a full...

    Free
  • VIRTUAL: Launch for Paul Madonna / Come to Light

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Paul Madonna to launch his new illustrated novel Come to Light. ** Please note ** >  This event is free and...

  • Virtual Event: Neal Karlen on Prince

    Join us on Thursday, October 8 at 6pm PDT when Neal Karlen joins us to discuss his book, This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey On+Off the Record on...

  • 13th Annual Life is Living Festival

    Life is Living is going virtual! Mark your calendars to join in the largest celebration of Oakland taking place October 9th-11th, online. Live Music Theater...

  • Virtual Event: Shannon Lee and Jeff Chang

    Join us on Friday, October 9 at 7pm PDT when Shannon Lee, discusses her book, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee, with author Jeff Chang on...

  • Building Bridges Book Club

    We're excited to announce the Building Bridges Book Club, a new partnership with the Marin Poetry Center and Mill Valley Library. The Marin Poetry Center Building...

  • Poetry Reading: Barbara Jane Reyes and Friends

    In honor of Filipinx American History Month, Eastwind Books is hosting a poetry reading featuring Barbara Jane Reyes, Monica Ong, Marianne Chan, and Kimberly Quiogue...

  • Resistencia Feminista: Contemporary Mexican Poetry

    Red Poppy and Utah Humanities are excited to host a powerful afternoon featuring five female Mexican poets spanning several generations. Register online now to get...

  • Every Day We Get More Illegal

    Included in Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020 & LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of the Year! A State of the Union from the nation's first Latino...

  • Libra Party Online

    Please register in advance for this party: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZAodOCprzIjHdbNOehEcyyXZKmLN... come celebrate the Libra season with your favorite Libras who both had books published this year! we'll...

  • Foreman : Georges : Holtland : Mody : Robinson

    Please join Drop Leaf Press as we celebrate our first chapbook author’s first full-length collection with our first-ever online reading! Tanya Holtland (Inner River, Drop...

  • Virtual Event: Caroline Kim and Vanessa Hua

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    Join us on Monday, October 12 at 5pm PST when Caroline Kim and Vanessa Hua read from their work to celebrate Caroline's new collection, The...

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