Booksmith hosts Jonathan Lethem for The Feral Detective, his first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn. With him in conversation is Michael Chabon. Please join us! Phoebe Siegler first meets...
Join us for a night of readings from Endangered Species, Enduring Values: An Anthology of San Francisco Area Writers and Artists of Color with contributors Shizue Seigel, Francee Covington, Jennifer...
Michael Goldberg is the author of “Bob Dylan’s Beat Visions (Sonic Poetry),” and interviewed Richard Meltzer for the recently released collection Kerouac on Record, edited...
Booksmith's everything Amy Stephenson is moving to New York so soon and throwing a going away party before she takes off. You're invited! Everyone is invited! Come send her...
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018: Rachel Khong (Goodbye, Vitamin) Kirstin Chen (Bury What We Cannot Take) Achy Obejas (The Tower of the Antilles) Tara Sim (Chainbreaker,...
The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with Sarah Cooper for her new book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings: Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women. Please join us!...
Peter Nathaniel Malae in conversation with Alan Soldofsky celebrating the release of Son of Amity by Peter Nathaniel Malae - published by Oregon State University...
Editors Susannah Carlson and Peter Bradbury discuss Sanctuary: A Collection of Poetry and Prose. About Sanctuary When we started this project eight months ago, we had no...
Idra Novey discusses her new novel Those Who Knew with Marie Mockett and Bernice Yeung. Praise for Those Who Knew “There’s an urgent timeliness to this story of...
Booksmith hosts a special evening with Timothy Denevi(Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD) for his new book Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American...
Nicole Chung discusses her new memoir All You Can Ever Know with Daniel Mallory Ortberg. Praise for All You Can Ever Know "This book moved me to...
The Bindery hosts a special evening with comedian, actor, and forever nerd Brian Posehn for his new memoir Forever Nerdy: Living My Dorky Dreams and Staying Metal. Please...
Karen Finley Opening statement by Amy Scholder celebrating the release of Grabbing Pussy By Karen Finley published by OR Books In a breathless cascade of poetry...
Born in Oklahoma, raised in the Pacific Northwest, and currently based in Detroit, author Kat Gardiner carries a restlessness through her writing that's been honed...
Kat Gardiner discusses her new book from Father/Daughter Records, Little Wonder: A Micro-Fictionalized Account of Honest Failure. With musical performances by Sea of Bees and Rose Droll. About Little...
Please join us in celebrating the publication of Red Moon. Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York...
with David Berlin, Lydia Kiesling, Rachel Khong, Jim Nisbet, and Robin Sloan celebrating the release of two new books: Welcome Home: A Memoir with Selected Photographs and Letters...
InsideStorytime will be at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street, Oakland, Thursday November 15th, 7-9pm. details TBA
Daniel Levin Becker on the Oulipo celebrating the release of All That is Evident is Suspect edited by Ian Monk and Daniel Levin Becker published...
Author Calvin Gimpelevich is touring the West Coast in support of INVASIONS: the debut short fiction collection, just out from Instar Books! Come out to...
The Bindery hosts Gina Arnold for the launch of her new book, Half a Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella. Please join us! ...
FRI. NOV. 16TH, 7PM Join Tom Stolmar and friends in celebrating the release of his new poetry collection, Vexation, Amplitude. Long overdue, this collection of...
Rebecca Foust, the Marin County Poet Laureate, is the author of four books of poetry: Paradise Drive (2015), which won a Poetry Society of Virginia Book Award,...
The Bindery hosts Kristen Tracy for her first book of poems,Half-Hazard, winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation. Joining Kristen in conversation isDaniel...
The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with Chaya Bhuvaneswar for her debut story collection, White Dancing Elephants, winner of both the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize and...
Doors open 6:00pm Event begins 6:30pm At the American Bookbinders Museum Please join us for an evening with author Nick Mamatas reading and in conversation...
May-Lee Chai discusses her new story collection Useful Phrases for Immigrants with Jamel Brinkley. Praise for Useful Phrases For Immigrants "May-lee Chai’s Useful Phrases for Immigrants holds multitudes, taking us into...
We're celebrating our two year anniversary with cake, beer, champagne and the absolutely amazing Nona Caspers reading from her debut novel The Fifth Woman. Nona's picked 5...
Bill Berkson Tribute with appearances by Constance Lewallen Chou Chou Gordon Knos Jonathan Lewallen Siobhan Mora-Lopez Amanda Eicher Mac McGinnes celebrating the release of Since...
Jeffrey Yang reading from new poetry and a new book: Hey Marfa: poems published by Graywolf Press Situated in the outreaches of southwest Texas, the...