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In this powerful and virtuosic collection of 44 interlocking stories, each one “a marvel of concision and compassion” (Washington Post), Peter Orner chronicles people whose...

Bookshop welcomes bestselling author Aimee Bender (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake) for an online reading and discussion of her first novel in ten years, The...

Booksmith is thrilled to host Caitlin Myer for the launch of her debut, Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving the Patriarchy. Please join us! This is a...

Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This first event in the series features A. Naomi Paik discussing...

THE HEALING FIRE is the 11th edition of The Fire Thieves Poetry Series. On Monday August 3rd, please help us welcome features Maw Shein Win,...

Join us for an online discussion with Congressman Eric Swalwell, who will be in conversation with Steve Kettman about his new book, Endgame: Inside the...

Booksmith and The Bindery, in partnership with Zyzzyva, present Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a weekly salon, Tuesdays at 11am PST. Lockdown Literature is a group of authors with books published during the...

David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy, joins us for a virtual event for his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row. This event will be...

Wednesday, August 5th • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Jordan Blashek & Christopher Haugh  Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us every Saturday and...

Join us on Wednesday, August 5 at 5:00pm PDT as Colin Dickey discusses his new book, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with The Unexplained on...

Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to host a virtual event with Aimee Bender for her new novel, The Butterfly Lampshade, her first since New York Times bestseller The Particular Sadness of Lemon...

Join us for an online event with David Sheff about his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place,...

Join us for our fourth Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque readings...

This event is online. Do you love political turmoil, daring heroines, fast-paced stories, unknown worlds, and the threat of complete ecological and societal collapse? Outside...

Please join us on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with author Rose Andersen discussing her new memoir, THE HEART AND OTHER...

Rebecca Giggs is joined in conversation by Robert Moor, bestselling author of On Trails, in this virtual event for her debut book, Fathoms: The World in...

LIVE ZOOM PANEL DISCUSSION, FOLLOWED BY AUDIENCE Q&A As we approach the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment and stand at the...

Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8015934697570/WN_JVyHTp29QxmfoEbsX2QQjQ Powell's Books Presents Hilary Moore & James Tracy in...

City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with the San Francisco Bay Chapter of Physician's for Social Responsibility present The Bomb: Understanding its History and...

FREE Zoom Event Presented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department of UC Berkeley. Join us online...

Michelle Bowdler’s debut blend of memoir and cultural investigation, Is Rape a Crime?, tells the story of her rape and recovery while interrogating why one of...

Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This second event in the series features Federico Finchelstein discussing his book A...

Join us on Monday, August 10 at 5pm PDT when Molly Wizenberg discusses her memoir The Fixed Stars with Esmé Weijun Wang on Zoom. Zoom Login https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85317065845 Or iPhone one-tap...

City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Yale University Press celebrate the release of Bernard-Henri...

Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 5pm PDT when Shruti Swamy discusses her story collection A House is a Body with Meng Jin on Zoom. Zoom Login Info...

Reading Series Tuesday, August 11, 7pm on Zoom featuring Safia Elhillo and MK Chavez open mic preceeds the featured readers online on Zoom registration link...

When a newspaper article about a murdered mobster from the 1940s was discovered in her grandmother's secret drawer, award-winning photographer and local author Jana Marcus...