Adrienne Raphel is the author of What Was It For (Rescue Press, 2017).
Alex Walton is currently a PhD student at UC Berkeley. He was a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center.
Come checkout this awesome student run publication from Lowell High School and hear some of the founders and staff read their unique work.
What if we told you two poets who put out two of our favorite books of 2016 were gonna read together?!
Celebrating the first two seasons of titles from the independent publisher, Magra Books (magrabooks.com).
Readings + an open mic!
Lenore Weiss is enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts Program at San Francisco State University.
Cottrell's work has appeared in BOMB, Gulf Coast, and Black Warrior Review. She lives in New York.
Free readings!
Anne Korkeakivi shares her critically-acclaimed new novel, Shining Sea.
The emcee for the night will be the one and only NO 'HARE (Isobel O'Hare and Christine No.)
Josephine Rowe discusses her new novel, A Loving, Faithful Animal.
The Best of Us is a heart-wrenching, ultimately life-affirming reflection on coming to understand true love through the experience of great loss.
Booksmith is thrilled to have Jesmyn Ward in the store for her latest novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing. Please join us!
Elise Paschen + Tess Taylor read from their latest poetry collections.
Douglas Kearney and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta read from their poetry.
Join us at the Booksmith as we welcome Eleanor Henderson for the debut of her forthcoming novel The Twelve-Mile Straight.
MFA reading series presents Vivian Gornick for a discussion and reading.
Polish author Wioletta Greg discusses her new novel from Transit Books, Swallowing Mercury.
A night of readings to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Reed Magazine.
Free readings!
On Monday, September 25th at 7:00PM, The Racket #11: SILENCE will touch down at Adobe Books.
Dave Holt, relocated to the Bay Area from Toronto, Canada, his place of birth, to follow his dream of becoming a successful songwriter.
Karl Geary discusses his new novel, Montpelier Parade w/ Ethel Rohan.
In Conversation with Judson True.
Free readings!
In conversation with Oscar Villalon (executive editor Zyzzyva Magazine).
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Santiago Gamboa to the store to read and sign, Return to the Dark Valley.
local LGBTQ authors!
Reading from his new novel The Age of Perpetual Light from Grove Press.