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  • Brit Bennett

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett’s mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret.

  • Prose at The Poetry Center

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

    Creative Writing faculty members May-lee Chai and Junse Kim read from their prose.

  • Get Lit! October 2017

    Aqus Petaluma 101 H St, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Come join us October 12 for a fun night of literary storytelling with featured readers Amy Bess Cook, Cameron Kelly and Alex Simand (and YOU on the open mic)!

  • Havarie/Collision

    Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Book Reading with Merle Kröger + Film by Philip Scheffner.

  • Three Distinguished Poets

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

    Al Young, Floyd Salas, + Andrena Zawinski.

  • Peninsula Literary readings

    Gallery House 320 California Ave., Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Join us for a reading of poetry and prose!

  • A Night in Venice Book Event

    Kaleidoscope Coffee 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, California, United States

    Free reading!

  • InsideStoryTime Deluge

    Muddy Waters Coffee House 521 Valencia St., San Francisco, United States

    InsideStorytime DELUGE, in phase 1 of the San Francisco Lit Crawl.

  • Red Light Lit

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Red Light Lit for Leg 1 of LitCrawl!

  • Alan Harris

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Alan Harris has been an actor and a stand-up comedian.

  • Daniel Handler w/ Matthew Zapruder

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

    Daniel Handler discusses his new novel, All the Dirty Parts, w/ Matthew Zapruder.

  • Khary Lazarre-White

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Passage tells the story of Warrior, a young black man navigating the snowy winter streets of Harlem and Brooklyn in 1993.

  • Viet Thahn Nguyen: Houston Lecture

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    Viet Thanh Nguyen is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Sympathizer, a New York Times bestseller. His current short story collection The Refugees has also become a bestseller.

  • Jennifer Egan

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

    Reading from Manhattan Beach, the long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.

  • John Kaag

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

    Paperback release for John Kaag's new book, American Philosophy.

  • San Jose Poetry Festival

    History Park San José 1650 Senter Road, San Jose , CA, United States

    The Third Annual San José Poetry Festival will celebrate our community's diverse ethnic and cultural heritage with a wide range of topics and literary styles reflected in performances and workshops.

  • Bikes to Books 4-year Anniversary

    Jack London Street Jack London Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Bring bikes with gears, snacks, and enthusiasm!

  • 10th Annual Beat Museum Poetry Festival

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

    iverse voices will resonate with the all-embracing spirit of the original San Francisco Beat Movement in the aura of memorabilia downstairs in the Beat Museum.

  • Crossing Borders: Remembering Francisco X. Alarcón

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The International Center of the San Francisco Public Library, in collaboration w/ Carayan Press, present Cruzando Fronteras/Crossing Borders poetry series.

  • Poetry Festival

    Cultural Integration Fellowship 2650 Fulton Street, San Francisco 2650 Fulton Street, San Francisco

    Come one and all and bring your friends, partner and neighbors to a gathering in which favorite poems will be shared.

  • David St. John + Susan Terris

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    An afternoon in conversation.

  • Words-n-Punks

    land and sea 5428 San Pablo Ave, Oakland

    Join us for a night of punk rock stories & art!

  • Aaron Shurin

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

    Poet Aaron Shurin will read from his new book Flowers & Sky: Two Talks.