• Freud’s Bar – – All the Jazz w/Henry Markman, MD

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

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is pleased to host another installment of Freud's Bar on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:30pm. This week Henry Markmanwill present All That Jazz: The Therapy...

  • Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

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

    The New York Times bestselling author of The House Girl explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of Commonwealth and The Interestings. “Tara Conklin...

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  • Then & Now: Diane Ward and Roberto Bedoya

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

    We’re really excited to host two amazing, accomplished, dynamic writers and thinkers, Diane Ward and Roberto Bedoya! Diane Ward was born in Washington, DC where...

  • Reema Zaman

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

    Reema Zaman discusses her new memoir, I Am Yours. Praise for I Am Yours “Tender, fierce, compassionate, and wise . . . a moving story about...

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  • Poem Jam

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

    Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and guests Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, James Cagney, and Christine No for a special Valentine's Day poetry jam. The Main...

  • Tom Barbash & Keith Scribner

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

        reading from new work Keith Scribner reads from Old Newgate Road published by Alfred Knopf Tom Barbash reads from The Dakota Winters published by Ecco...

  • Robin LaFevers with Sabaa Tahir

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

    Robin LaFevers’ wonderful His Fair Assassins series tells the story of assassin nuns in Medieval France and is a store favorite. We are thrilled to...

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  • The Poetry Center presents a solo reading and conversation with Annie Finch

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

    4:30pm The Poetry Center presents a solo reading and conversation with Annie Finch at The Poetry Center San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San...

  • Jan Steckel at Poetry Express

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

    Jan Steckel will read from her new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone at Poetry Express, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, with open mic.

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  • David Marriott

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Tuesday February 19, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room David Marriott is originally from the UK, but now lives in Oakland, California....

  • Ayesha Harruna Attah

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

    reading from The Hundred Wells of Salaga: A Novel published by Other Press Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom...

  • Dani Shapiro

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

    Dani Shapiro returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to present Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love. "Identity is frail business, and in her searing story, Dani...

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  • Poetry at Pegasus: GennaRose Nethercott and Miriam Bird Greenberg

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

    GennaRose Nethercott’s book The Lumberjack’s Dove (Ecco/HarperCollins) was selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series for 2017. She is also the lyricist...

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  • GennaRose Nethercott and Miriam Bird Greenberg

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

    GennaRose Nethercott discusses her new collection, The Lumberjack's Dove with Miriam Bird Greenberg. Also featuring live shadow puppetry!   “Serious art does not need to be weighty or...

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  • Alan Brennert

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

    reads from Daughter of Moloka'i, the sequel to his bestselling Moloka'i.

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  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to...

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  • Meet Author Jasmine Guillory

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    Meet Jasmine Guillory, a writer, lawyer and Oaklander who has earned enthusiastic praise for her recent novels The Wedding Date and The Proposal. New York...

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  • Chloe Aridjis

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

    reading from Sea Monsters: A Novel published by Catapult Press Pulsing to the soundtrack of Joy Division, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, an...

  • Marina Mularz

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

    Marina Mularz discusses her new story collection, Welcome to Freedom Point. Praise for Welcome to Freedom Point "Fresh, witty, delightfully weird, Welcome to Freedom Point is equally infused...

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  • Fourth Friday Formal: George Higgins and Charlotte Innes

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    Oakland poet and actor, George Higgins, is a Cave Canem Fellow whose poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Pleiades, Nimrod, and others. About his...

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