• Louise Aronson

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

    discussing the subject of her new book Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life from Bloomsbury Books As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician...

  • James Polchin

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

    James Polchin discusses his new book Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall. About Indecent Advances A skillful hybrid of true...

  • David Rothenberg in conversation with Elliot Sharp

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

    celebrating the release of two new books Nightingales in Berlin: Searching for the Perfect Sound by David Rothenberg published by University of Chicago Press and...

  • Megan Miranda / The Last House Guest

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Megan Miranda for her new novel, The Last House Guest. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! Littleport, Maine,...

  • Bobby Hundreds

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

    Bobby Hundreds discusses his new book, This is Not a T-Shirt. Praise for This is Not a T-Shirt "This is Not a T-Shirt tracks the history of surf and...

  • After Hours: Shoulder Pads + Shermer High School

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Friday, June 28th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Join Tom Barbash (The Dakota Winters) and Kevin Smokler (Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s...

  • Queer Words: Dispatches from Lesbian America

    Dimond Branch 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland

    Giovanna Capone, Elana Dykewomon, Lois Helmbold, Bev Jo, Lenn Keller, and Dr. Bonnie Morris read their works published in "Dispatches from Lesbian America"

    Free
  • Tom Clark Memorial Reading

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Tom Clark Memorial Reading

  • Shortest Month Book Club

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Beyond The Shortest Month is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Discussions are the first Tuesday of each...

  • Barbara Bourland with Colin Winnette / Fake Like Me

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

    Booksmith hosts Barbara Bourland for her anticipated second novel, Fake Like Me. She'll be in conversation with our friend and yours, Colin Winnette. Please join us! After a fire...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:   June 1, July 6, August 3 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley,...

  • Victor Grossman book talk

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Victor Grossman book talk

  • Smack Dab Queer Open Mic

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Featuring Juba Kalamka Sunday, July 7, 5pm New location: Manny’s, 3092 16th Street at Valencia (1 block from 16th and...

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

    Jessie Square 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in...

    Free
  • Ruchika Tomar: A Prayer for Travelers

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

    Ruchika Tomar discusses her new novel, A Prayer for Travelers. Praise For A Prayer for Travelers "Sometimes characters come along that demand a new kind of...

    Free
  • Ronald E. Purser: McMindfulness

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

    Ronald E. Purser discusses his new book, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, with Gary Gach. Praise for McMindfulness “Far from being either a...

    Free
  • phren-Z Live Reading

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

    Join Santa Cruz’s online literary magazine phren-Z who will host local writers as they read their new and recent work. Reading authors will be announced...

  • Jay Wexler

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jay Wexler will be joining us to discuss his new book Our Non-Christian Nation: How Athiests, Satanists, Pagans, and Others are Demanding Their Rightful Place in...

  • Lila Savage

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

    Lila Savage discusses her new novel, Say Say Say. Praise for Say Say Say “I cannot think when I Iast read a novel which moved me...

  • Kalyn Josephson with Tara Sim

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

    We’re launching Kalyn Josephson's debut novel, The Storm Crow a thrilling new fantasy that follows a fallen princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring...

  • GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • Short, Shorter, Shortest Fiction, an Odd Mondays Reading

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Short stories are back in vogue now. Collections are being published by large, medium, and small publishers alike. Short stories also come in large, medium,...

    Free
  • POETS! – David Holper + 1 followed by an open mic

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    David Holper is a performing poet and Professor of English at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California. He recently published his second book of...

  • Jasmine Guillory – – The Wedding Party

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome our friend Jasmine Guillory to celebrate the publication of her third novel, The Wedding Party, on Monday, July 15th at 7pm. The...

  • Helen Phillips with Sarah Rich / The Need

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Helen Phillips for her new novel The Need. She'll be in conversation with Sarah Rich. Please join us! When Molly, home alone with her two young children,...

  • Karl Marlantes

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

    Karl Marlantes discusses his new novel, Deep River. Praise for Deep River “Marlantes poignantly depicts the intimacies of personal dramas that echo the twentieth century’s unprecedented...

  • The B Stands for Bi, a Perfectly Queer Reading

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    There are many ways to be Queer, being Bi, for instance. Does being Bi influence an author's writing--what they write about, who their characters are,...

    Free
  • Litquake 20th Anniversary Party

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Help the Bay Area literary community celebrate two decades (to the day) of the world-famous festival known as Litquake. Founded in a dive bar 20...

    Free