• North Beach Stories w/ Ray Hanna

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    North Beach Stories is Ray Hanna’s searing comical and musical journey through the nightlife of the West Coast.

  • Debra Spark

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

    Debra Spark’s fourth novel, Unknown Caller, tells the story of a brief, failed marriage and its complicated aftermath.

  • The Racket Reading Series #1

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    All are welcome.

  • Shilpi Somaya Gowda w/ Shobha Rao

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Shobha Rao is the author of the debut story collection "An Unrestored Woman."

  • David Szalay w/ Ethan Nosowsky

    Second Act 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith presents All That Man Is author David Szalay in conversation with Ethan Nosowsky at Second Act.

  • The SHOUT re-launch

    Live Oak Theater 1301 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    re-launch in a new location!

  • Martin Cruz Smith

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

    In conversation with Luisa Smith.

  • Kevin Smokler

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kevin Smokler returns to Booksmith for the launch of his new book, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies and the Places They Happened.

  • Margot Livesey

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Reads from her new novel, Mercury.

  • Tonya Foster

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tonya Foster will also give a Mixed Blood Talk.

  • Luis Valdez

    SJSU Hammer Theatre 101 Paseo de Antonio, San Jose, CA, United States

    Unless otherwise stated, events are free. However, tickets are required to attend the lecture at the Hammer Theatre.

  • An evening with Lidija Dimkovska

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Reading from her new novel A Spare Life.

  • Geraldine Brooks

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks will join us to read and sign copies of her most recent novel, The Secret Chord.

  • October Lyrics & Dirges!

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman.

  • Sarah Griffin

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sarah Griffin: Spare and Found Parts Launch Party!

  • Rod Smith + Lee Ann Brown

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poets Rod Smith and Lee Ann Brown, visiting respectively from Washington, D.C. and New York City, read their work and converse with the audience.

  • Vinod Narayan + Open Mic

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    Free and open to the public.

  • Pedestrian Prose #1 w/ Purnell + Zink

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    For our inaugural reading, we're proud to feature Laura Zink and Brontez Purnell.

  • DNA Hymn East Bay Book Launch

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    DNA Hymn's East Bay Book Launch w/ Maya Chinchilla, Tha Hood AlKemist, Crystal Azul Barr & Vanessa Rochelle Lewis!

  • Ari Banias + Margaret Ross

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore welcomes Ari Banias and Margaret Ross to the store on Friday, October 21st at 7pm as part of the FRESH AND BEST poetry reading series.

  • Book Party for HOUSE A

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    There will be a reading, a projector with images, some form of favorite childhood snacks, adult drinks, and of course books for sale!

  • Gerald Fleming

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

    Gerald Fleming’s new book of prose poems (Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn)—titled, simply, One, pushes the tensile strength of the English language.

  • Roastmeal: The Rage Issue Release

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    *Also* this might be our last issue ever, so we extra-hope you'll come hang out and get mad AF with a bunch of wonderful people who appreciate all your rage and feelings!

  • André Alexis

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

    André Alexis, winner of the prestigious Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs, discusses his new novel, The Hidden Keys with Karen Joy Fowler.

  • Elliot Weinberger + Stephen Sparks

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

    Green Apple's Stephen Sparks talks with essayist and translator Eliot Weinberger about his new collection, The Ghosts of Birds.