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  • November 2020

  • Fri 20

    Virtual Event: Simon Han and Meng Jin

    November 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Join us on Friday, November 20 at 6pm PST when Simon Han discusses his debut novel, Nights When Nothing Happened, with Meng Jin on Zoom! Preorder here and receive a...

  • Fri 20

    VIRTUAL: Wall + Response: Heather Bourbeau, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Aileen Cassinetto & Chris Stroffolino

    November 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are proud to host a four-event series presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) called Wall + Response, featuring sixteen Bay Area poets responding to...

  • Fri 20

    Facing You: City Lights Spotlight Series No. 19

    November 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    From acclaimed Nigeria-born, Brooklyn-based poet Uche Nduka, a book of love poems written with compact elegance and vivid eroticism. Facing You is a collection of love...

  • Sat 21
    China Workers

    Chinese Workers & the Pacific Salmon Canning Industry

    November 21, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PST

    Join CHSA in welcoming brothers Jim & Philip Chiao for an exploration into the history of Chinese in the Pacific salmon canning industry. In 1852,...

  • Mon 23

    Under the Dome: Paul Celan at 100 Celebration

    November 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    a reading and discussion of the great Romanian-born poet Paul Celan on the occasion of his 100th birthday with Judith Butler, Fady Joudah, and more guests TBD...

  • Tue 24
    Vesper

    WL #UNBOUND: Poised to Soar: Nature-Writing Sensation Helen Macdonald with Vesper Flights

    November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PST

    Tuesday, November 24 at 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Environment/Nature Women/Gender Camille T. Dungy, Helen Macdonald Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir H is For Hawk, a transcendent...

  • Tue 24

    The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | GGP Online Book Club

    November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Brit Bennett's new novel, THE...

  • Sat 28
    Silver Linings

    Saturday Night Special presents: Silver Linings

    November 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Well friends, 2020 has been a hell of a year. And here we are, almost at the end of it. Join me this traditional season...

  • Sun 29

    The Roots of the Tree: Family Dynamics, Forgiveness & Reconciliation with Dr. Marlena Fiol and Dr. Joshua Coleman (Virtual Event)

    November 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Marlena Fiol, author of Nothing Bad Between Us, will be in conversation with renowned author Joshua Coleman in a very special virtual event. Join them on Sunday, November...

  • Mon 30

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...

  • Mon 30

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...

  • Mon 30

    Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic

    November 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Editor Alice Quinn is joined by contributors to the anthology, Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic (Knopf), for this special virtual poetry...

  • Mon 30

    Writing the Virus with Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, David Dario Winner, and Oscar Villalon (Virtual Event)

    November 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Writing the Virus, the first anthology to explore the human effects of the pandemic, parses the virus as it hits a society polarized by racism,...

  • Mon 30

    Writing the Virus with Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, David Dario Winner, and Oscar Villalon (Virtual Event)

    November 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Writing the Virus, the first anthology to explore the human effects of the pandemic, parses the virus as it hits a society polarized by racism,...

  • December 2020

  • Tue 1

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Best Kids Books of the Year Presentation

    December 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Join Bookshop's interim head Children's buyer as she shares Bookshop's picks for the Best Kids Books of the Year! From picture books to middle grade, graphic novels...

  • Tue 1

    VIRTUAL: Headlands Center for the Arts / Ari Banias, Vincent Chu, Tomas Moniz, Shelley Wong & Hazel White

    December 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to partner with the Headlands Center for the Arts to present an evening of readings by Ari Banias, Vincent Chu, Tomas...

  • Wed 2

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Sherry Smith, Bohemians West

    December 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 - 7:00PM VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us online as we welcome distinguished professor of history, Sherry Smith in conversation with Geoffrey Dunn to talk about...

  • Thu 3
    Yusef Komunyakaa

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Yusef Komunyakaa

    December 3, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST
    online

    Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...

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  • Thu 3

    Danez Smith and Patricia Smith | Readings + Conversation

    December 3, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    YouTube

    Join Danez Smith and Patricia Smith for a joint reading and conversation. This reading is generously funded by the Engaging the Senses Foundation, and part of...

    Free
  • Thu 3

    Derek McCormack and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

    December 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    A Semiotexte Books Double Bill with two razor-sharp writers of fiction        celebrating the the release of two new novels Castle Faggot - by Derek McCormack...

  • Thu 3

    VIRTUAL: Maria Dahvana Headley (Beowulf) and Annalee Newitz (The Future of Another Timeline)

    December 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Maria Dahvana Headley (Beowulf) and Annalee Newitz (The Future of Another Timeline). This event is free...

  • Thu 3

    Aimee Nezhukumatathil & Elena Passarello A conversation about animals, wonders, and the exuberance of the natural world

    December 3, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Elena Passarello in conversation about Aimee's new book, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Milkweed Editions). "Sometimes...

  • Thu 3

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #4: Adult Fiction

    December 3, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on adult fiction in this fourth episode of our Great...

  • Fri 4

    Words Out Loud Spoken Word

    December 4, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PST
    Virtual

    Susana H. Case and Martha Addy Young read from their poetry, Evening includes literary trivia quiz and open mic. Susana H. Case is the author...

    Free
  • Sat 5
    BabylonSalon

    Babylon Salon Online Performance

    December 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PST

    Babylon Salon presents a special online performance  Saturday, December 5, 2020 5pm PST / 8pm EST  Register for our Zoom gathering here in partnership with...

  • Sun 6

    VIRTUAL TICKETED EVENT: Alexander McCall Smith, How to Raise an Elephant

    December 6, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

    SPECIAL TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will share How to Raise an Elephant, the next book in his perennially adored No. 1 Ladies'...

  • Sun 6

    Conversations with Authors – Zeyn Joukhadar (Virtual Event)

    December 6, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Zeyn Joukhadar’s The Thirty Names of Night is a remarkably moving and lyrical novel that follows three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious...

  • Mon 7

    Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club

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

    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....

  • Tue 8

    he Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 12 with Editor Lavinia Spalding (Virtual Event)

    December 8, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Travelers’ Tales announces publication of the newest collection in the award-winning series that invites you to travel along with intrepid female nomads as they wander...

  • Wed 9
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    Community Roundtable: Christmas Holiday

    December 9, 2020 @ 1:00 am - 2:00 pm PST

    Join the CHSA Community for a roundtable discussion on topics that impact our community on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month! Our goal is...

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