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  • June 2020
  • Tue 2
    June 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    America’s Most Unusual Marriage: Adam Hochschild on Rebel Cinderella in conversation with Monika Bauerlein

    Trust bestselling author and historian Adam Hochschild to unearth one of history’s forgotten heroines and give her story the page-turning treatment it deserves. Russian immigrant...

    Free
  • Tue 2
    June 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Andrew Fraknoi: Visit the Top Tourist Sights of the Solar System

    So many of us are dreaming of the places we would love to visit, hatching plans for our next vacation. Andrew Fraknoi asks us to...

  • Tue 2
    June 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Ann Napolitano’s amazing new novel,...

  • Wed 3
    June 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Ali Araghi in conversation with Laleh Khadivi

    Ali Araghi in conversation with Laleh Khadivi celebrating Ali Araghi's new novel The Immortals of Tehran published by Melville House --------- This is a virtual...

  • Wed 3
    June 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Zeyn Joukhadar – The Thirty Names of Night

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name and searches for a new...

  • Wed 3
    June 3, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Eric Goodman: Cuppy and Stew

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

    Eric Goodman discusses his new novel Cuppy and Stew. Praise for Cuppy and Stew "CUPPY AND STEW is completely natural, poignant, and riveting from the...

    Free
  • Thu 4
    June 4, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    We Are the Voices & City Lights Live Present: Alli Warren + Cedar Sigo

    celebrating the release of Alli Warren's new poetry book Little Hill published by City Lights Event co-presented by We Are the Voices This is a virtual...

  • Thu 4
    June 4, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Daniel Mallory Ortberg and Something That May Shock and Discredit You

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyreand Merry Spinster, writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, and cofounder of The Toast comes...

    $1 – $5
  • Thu 4
    June 4, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Meredith Talusan in conversation with Jennifer Finney Boylan / Fairest: A Memoir

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Meredith Talusan for her new memoir Fairest. She'll be in conversation with Jennifer Finney Boylan (Long Black Veil; Good Boy: My Life in...

  • Thu 4
    June 4, 2020 @ 6:30 pm PDT

    YOU’RE GOING TO DIE PRESENTS: YOU. ARE. NOT. ALONE.

    Thursday, June 4, 2020 6:30 PM 9:00 PM GLOBALLY (map) You’re Going to Die Presents: YOU. ARE. NOT. ALONE. an online community event for enlivening...

    $10 – $50
  • Thu 4
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    June 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    The Racket Weekly : A Necessary Distraction

    The Racket Weekly : A NECESSARY DISTRACTION, JUNE 4th, 7PM ZOOM LINK TO COME You know what's good right now? Distraction. We know it looks...

    Free
  • Thu 4
    June 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Author Alex George Discussing THE PARIS HOURS | GGP Online Zoom Chat

    Please join us on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with author Alex George, discussing his new historical fiction...

  • Thu 4
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    June 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Eves At The Virtual Beat

    During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...

    Free
  • Fri 5
    June 5, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Bill McKibben, Sy Montgomery, Jennifer Ackerman, Mary Ellen Hannibal For Books On B

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Fri 5
    June 5, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi in conversation with Eileen Donahoe / Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of An Unconventional Life

    Booksmith is pleased to collaborate with The Internet Archive to host a virtual event with The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi for his new book, co-authored with Zara Houshmand, Running Toward Mystery:...

  • Fri 5
    June 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! #12 with Julia Chiapella, Julie Murphy, Cynthia White

    Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #11 with Julia Chiapella, Julie Murphy, Cynthia White part of the Zoom Forward...

  • Fri 5
    June 5, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #12

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Showing up is one amazing form of support that we really appreciate....

    Free
  • Fri 5
    June 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Eric Cervini and Johnny Sibilly

    Join us on Crowdcast on Friday June 5th at 7PM PDT for a conversation between author Eric Cervini and Pose actor Johnny Sibilly on The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of...

  • Sat 6
    Rosalyn Learns How to Misbehave- A Zoom Puppet Story
    June 6, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 2:35 pm PDT

    Rosalyn Learns How to Misbehave: A Zoom Puppet Story

    Ramon Abad and the Bindlestiff Studio Puppet Crew present a KID-FRIENDLY live stream puppet performance with about 9 artists/storytellers via Zoom. Celebrate this fun-filled afternoon...

    Free
  • Sat 6
    June 6, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Marianne Ingheim – Out of Love

    Book Passage Corte Madera 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA, United States

    We all tell ourselves stories about who we are. Many of these stories are self-critical and disempowering. Through the practice of self-compassion, we can rewrite...

  • Sat 6
    Babylon Salon 2020
    June 6, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PDT

    Babylon Salon

    presents a special  online performance  Saturday, June 6, 2020 5pm PST / 8pm EST  Register for our Zoom gathering presents a special  online performance  Saturday,...

    Free
  • Sun 7
    June 7, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Kathy Evans – Trespassers Welcome

    Book Passage Corte Madera 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Kathy Evans's full-length debut, Trespassers Welcome, is an extravaganza of imaginative leaps, bounds, and deep dives, a worldwide web of seemingly unlikely but delightfully believable connections—from...

  • Mon 8
    June 8, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Wayétu Moore and The Dragons, the Giant, the Women

    Co-presented by Museum of the African Diaspora When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at...

    Free
  • Mon 8
    June 8, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Get Lit #61 (Music by: TBA)

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

    Free
  • Mon 8
    June 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Minna Salami / Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

    Booksmith and The Bindery host Minna Salami for her new book of essays, Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. Please join us! This will be a virtual event, which...

  • Mon 8
    June 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Well-RED: Doren Robbins and Sharon Olson

    Tuesday, June 9, 7pm on Zoom Doren Robbins and Sharon Olson open mic follows online on Zoom Free, register on Eventbrite! presented with Works/San José...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch

    With Melanie Abrams and Andrew Altschul. Via Facebook Live: facebook.com/booksmith

    Free
  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Charis Book Store of Decatur, GA hosts a virtual event celebrating Julian Bond w/Michael Long and Pamela Horowitz!

    Register ahead of time at here! Charis Bookstore hosts a virtual event with Michael Long, editor of Race Man, and Pamela Horowitz, who worked in partnership with...

  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Jennifer Worley

    Book Release Party for Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power by Jennifer Worley from Harper Collins This is a virtual event that...

  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Carter Sickels – The Prettiest Star

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return...

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