Swing by the for a chance to meet the current 2016-2017 Workroom Artist Program cohort, learn more about the artist program and their work, and enjoy readings by Arisa White, Maw Shein Win, and Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, as well as music by The Open Minds.
The return of Nepotism Night!
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Michael McClure to the store to discuss and sign Mephistos and Other Poems.
Poets, writers, and friends gather in homage to poet, editor, and essayist Benjamin Hollander (1952–2016), reading from his work and remembering him.
Chris Formant reads his new book, Bright Midnight.
Left Coast Writers® Salon featuring Andy Ross, literary agent and founder of the Andy Ross Literary Agency.
A literary mixtape performed live once by the authors and published as sPARKLE & bLINK 82, free for the first 100 people.
Free drawing for books, broadside, and Spice Monkey Gift Card.
Tim Z. Hernandez celebrates the publishing of his new book, All They Will Call You, with special guests: Margi Dunlap, Connie Ann Mart, and Lance Canales.
Please join Green Apple Books on Clement street Tuesday, February 7th at 7:00pm as we welcome Author Sarah Schulman, reading from and discussing her book Conflict is Not Abuse.
Critically-acclaimed author Veronica Chambers discusses her tribute to Michelle Obama, The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own.
Join local author Meredith Jaeger for a Launch Party celebrating her stunning debut novel, The Dressmaker's Dowry.
Suzun Lucia Lamaina Presents Her Book & Project, Revolutionary Grain: Celebrating the Spirit of the Black Panthers in Portraits and Stories
Moe's Book hosts a reading with Brandon Brown.
Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi chronicle the real-life story of Fred Korematsu and his fight for justice when his family is forced into internment by the U.S. government during WWII.
Story Hour presents a reading with Adam Hochschild.
In celebration of African American History Month Books Inc. in Alameda proudly presents the Women of Color Author Panel featuring CaT Bobino, Brittney Shipp, Yvetta Franklin, and Marietta Harris.
In the spirit of DIY there will be an open mic for poets and singers and open floor for dancers (must sign up 30 minutes prior. Space limited and be cleared by organizers).
Screenwriter Elan Mastai shares his critically-acclaimed debut novel, All Our Wrong Todays.
Featured artists ASHA, Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour, and Raphael Cohen.
Daphne Evans presents on her new book, Beyond Beauty.
We will have copies of the chapbook for sale at the event, as well as refreshments
Join us on February 11th for a Bad Book Party, hosted by I Don't Even Own a Television and Friends
Writers with Drinks at the Make-Out Room.
Raphael Block presents on his new book of poems, Strings of Shining Silence.
Joyce Carol Oates presents her new work, A Book of American Martyrs.
Jason Rekulak, publisher of Quirk Books, where he has acquired a dozen New York Times-bestsellers, shares his dazzling debut novel, The Impossible Fortress.
Moe's Books hosts a reading with poets Norman Fischer + Kit Robinson.
A conversation with Paul Auster and Teju Cole.
The Holloway Series in Poetry presents a lecture with Simone White.