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  • October 2020

  • Fri 30

    Hollister Rand – Everything You Wanted to Know about the Afterlife but Were Afraid to Ask (Virtual Event)

    October 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Is it possible to continue relationships beyond death? Do loved ones see what's going on in our lives? Can they help us with the challenges...

  • Sat 31

    Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club

    October 31, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Frederik Backman's new novel, ANXIOUS PEOPLE....

  • November 2020

  • Sun 1

    Colossus: Home Reading

    November 1, 2020 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm PST

    Dena Rod Karla Brundage Peggy Morrison Sharon Coleman Norma Smith Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart Carol Dorf

  • Wed 4

    Orion Magazine presents Rebecca Solnit and Terry Tempest Williams

    November 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    An Intimate Conversation About the U.S. Election, the State of Democracy, and The Most Radical Thing You Can Do. Join Orion Magazine and Point Reyes...

  • Thu 5

    Writers Against Trump

    November 5, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Writers Against Trump Join us as writers and booksellers across the nation come together in a day of solidarity. City Lights hosts a regional event...

  • Thu 5

    Karen Tei Yamashita in Conversation with Andrew Way Leong

    November 5, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PST

    Join us for a book talk with Karen Tei Yamashita, author of I-Hotel, Letters to Memory, and Sansei and Sensibility. Hosted by Andrew Way Leong...

  • Thu 5

    Virtual Reading: Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain

    November 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Join us on Thursday, November 5 at 5pm when Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain read from their new collections, Hosts and Guests and Rain in Plural, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

  • Thu 5

    Mauro Javier Cárdenas

    November 5, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    reading from his new novel Aphasia published by Farrar Straus Giroux Mauro Javier Cárdenas, the critically-acclaimed author of The Revolutionaries Try Again—"an original, insubordinate novel" (New...

  • Thu 5

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #1: Cookbooks and Gift Books

    November 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on cookbooks and giftbooks in the first episode of our Great...

  • Sat 7

    Awesome Asian Americans: Children’s Story Time with Oliver Chin

    November 7, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 trailblazers who...

  • Sat 7

    Ayşegül Savaş Reading

    November 7, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    You must register to attend this event! Free and Open to the Public. Co-sponsored by the MFA Program in Writing and the English Department. Ayşegül...

    Free
  • Mon 9

    Bookseller Happy Hour: GIFT PICKS

    November 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Make gift giving easy! Grab a beverage and join us from the comfort of home as our booksellers share terrific books that make great gifts...

  • Tue 10

    Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

    November 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    City Lights in conjunction with Omnidawn Books present Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry Storage Unit for...

  • Tue 10

    Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

    November 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan celebrating new Omnidawn Books with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo        reading from new poetry City Lights celebrates the...

  • Tue 10

    The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan | GGP Online Book Club

    November 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Brit Bennett's new novel, THE...

  • Thu 12

    Virtual Event: Valzhyna Mort and Carolyn Forché

    November 12, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Join us on Thursday, November 12 at 5pm PDT when Valzhyna Mort discusses her latest collection, Music for the Dead and Resurrected, with Carolyn Forché on Zoom! Zoom Login...

  • Thu 12

    Ling Ma

    November 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PST

    THE EVENT: The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present Ling Ma, author of Severance, on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7PM. ​ The event discussion will be...

    Free
  • Thu 12

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #2: Kids’ Books and Graphic Novels

    November 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on kids' books and graphic novels in this second episode...

  • Thu 12

    Diane Cook in Conversation with Dan Polsby, Vintage Berkeley, Virtually

    November 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Pull up a chair in the comfort of your own home, pour yourself a glass of lovely wine from Vintage, and join the conversation between Diane...

  • Thu 12

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Morgan Parker—Morton Marcus Poetry Reading

    November 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us for the 11th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Morgan Parker. Poet Gary Young will host the program, and the evening...

  • Fri 13

    Paul Kingsnorth & Martin Shaw

    November 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Dark Mountain Project co-founder Paul Kingsnorth is joined by mythologist Martin Shaw for a conversation about Alexandria (Graywolf Press), the final volume in his epic trilogy about...

  • Fri 13

    Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    November 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

    Free
  • Fri 13

    Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    November 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

  • Sun 15

    Wales to Bay III

    November 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST
    online

    The third in a series curated by poets Caroline Goodwin and Sarah Kobrinsky, this event will bring together 2 Welsh poets: Rhys Trimble and Steven...

    Free
  • Sun 15

    Virtual Event: Andrew Paynter

    November 15, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:00PM PT WHEN ANDREW PAYNTER JOINS US ON INSTAGRAM LIVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS, ART, AND WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO GREAT; AND TO...

  • Mon 16

    Jackie Morris: Artist and illustrator of The Lost Spells and The Lost Words joins us from her studio in Wales

    November 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Artist and illustrator Jackie Morris, who has collaborated with Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, joins us from her studio in Wales to talk...

  • Mon 16

    This Is Now: Beyond the Bottom Line

    November 16, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    This event is online. Can a company satisfy its shareholders while improving the world around us? For some businesses, the shareholders come first— that’s their...

  • Mon 16

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Ron Nyren / The Book of Lost Light, with Ann Packer, Angela Pneuman, Ann Cummins, Lisa Michaels, Cornelia Nixon, Sarah Stone, Rafael Yglesias + Vendela Vida

    November 16, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual launch for Ron Nyren and his debut novel, The Book of Lost Light, winner of the 2019 Black...

  • Mon 16

    Bookseller Happy Hour: BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    November 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Choosing our "best" books of the year is always a challenge, but talking about them is anything but. Grab a beverage and join us from the...

  • Tue 17

    FREEMAN’S: Best New Writings on LOVE

    November 17, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force...

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