• Northern California Book Awards

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A lively reception with book signing follows, all free and open to the public.

  • Amanda Nadelberg + Ben Mirov

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

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland and Coffee House Press welcome Amanda Nadelberg and Ben Mirov to the store to discuss and sign their new poetry books, Songs from a Mountain and Ghost Machines.

  • West Marin Review Artists + Writers

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

    Join us for an informal evening featuring authors and artists reading from and talking about their work published in West Marin Review, Volume 6.

  • Tom Odegard

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tom Odegard (aka Tom/Ms.G).

  • RADAR: Black Queer Artists in Conversation

    The GLBT Historical Society 4127 18th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    As part of our QUEERING THE CASTRO program we're bringing a conversation with three Bay Area artists about the intersections of blackness, queerness and art.

  • Ken Kalfus w/ Rachel Monroe

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

    Ken Kalfus and Rachel Monroe are current Writers in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts.

  • Mark Binelli

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

    Mark Binelli, author of Green Apple staff favorite Detroit City is the Place to Be, reads from his new novel, Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits.

  • Jim Lynch

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

    Before the Wind is a grand and idiosyncratic family saga.

  • Fenton Johnson

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Award-winning author Fenton Johnson discusses his unforgettable new novel, The Man Who Loved Birds.

  • Lyrics and Dirges

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

    Chernoff, Murphy, Omura, Rosner, + Velasco

  • Townsend Walker

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

    Townsend Walker draws inspiration from cemeteries, foreign places, violence and strong women. A novella in noir, La Ronde, was published by Truth Serum Press in June 2015.

  • Paul Madonna

    The Dryansky Gallery 2120 Union Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Paul Madonna’s First Solo Show in Five Years Comes to The Dryansky Gallery in San Francisco in the Form of an Exhibition & Book Launch.

  • BI the way

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

    Our readers for this evening are Mk Chavez, Ruth Crossman, J de Salvo, Keeley Ann Finn, Kelly Klein, Colleen McKee, and Jan Steckel.

  • InsideStoryTime SANCTUARY

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Our first East Bay event!

  • Yaghoub Yadali: Rituals of Restlessness

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

    Yaghoub Yadali, a fiction writer from Iran, has directed for television and worked for Roshd Magazine as the editor of the film section.

  • Rachel Richardson, Tess Taylor + Kimberly Grey

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

    Kimberly Grey, Rachel Richardson, and Tess Taylor read poems from their new collections.

  • HELLA CLOSE: Stories of Black Queer Intimacy

    Strut 470 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join RADAR Productions on our signature series, Hella Close, part of our year-long Queering the Castro program!

  • Julien Poirier + Joanne Kyger

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

    An Afternoon with City Lights Publishing.

  • Chana Bloch, Christina García + Jane Hirshfield

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

    Extraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America’s culpability in the denial of human rights and dignity to Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and beyond.

  • Alicia Jo Rabins: Songs + Poems

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

    Portland-based writer and musician Alicia Jo Rabins weaves together poetry, violin, a loop pedal, and feminist Bible scholarship to create performances of unique and captivating beauty.

    $5 – $10
  • Chris McCormick: The Desert Boys

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

    Desert Boys follows the life of Daley Kushner, growing up, coming out, and grappling with the remnants of his childhood in California’s Mojave Desert.

  • Nick Bantock: The Pharos Gate

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

    The Pharos Gate rejoices in the book as physical object, weaving together word and image in beautifully illustrated postcards and removable letters that reveal a sensual and metaphysical romance, one full of mystery and intrigue.

  • David Schneider: Crowded by Beauty

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

    Crowded by Beauty chronicles the course of Whalen's life, focusing on his unique, eccentric, humorous, and literary-religious practice.

  • Rosalind Brackenbury: The Third Swimmer

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

    Rosalind Brackenbury reads from her extraordinary novel, The Third Swimmer.

  • Jennifer Dwight

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

    Jennifer Dwight has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area's legal community, the setting for her upcoming suspense novel, for more than 30 years.

  • Jose Gutierrez + Tracey Knapp

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

    Readings.