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  • 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...

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group — In the Midst of Winter

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Monday, April 15th 7:00pm East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende, on Monday April 15th at...

  • Herbert Marcuse:Philosopher of Utopia

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Monday, Apr 15, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a little-known German scholar when...

  • Erica Jong and Francesca Bell

    The Osher Marin JCC 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael

    Kanbar Auditorium, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael This special event is cosponsored by the Marin JCC and Red...

  • Matt Richtel, An Elegant Defense

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

    TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This...

  • Lori Gottlieb

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

    Lori Gottlieb Presents Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed. Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 7:30pm Event address: 2904 College...

  • Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    APRIL 16, 2019 | 7:30PM Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel The Bindery | 1727 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA RSVP Mui...

  • Jenny Odell

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

    Jenny Odell discusses her new book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Praise for How To Do Nothing “Self-help for the collectively minded, How to...

  • Eve Bunting, Little Yellow Truck

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

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 - 4:00PM This is an advanced children's event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events...

  • Chris Nealon / with Jessica Laser

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

    READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Readings begin at 6:30pm unless otherwise noted. 2018-2019 Holloway events will be held in the MAUDE FIFE ROOM (315...

  • Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub

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

    City Lights inconjunction with the Goethe Institut and Verso Books present Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub discussing the subject of Oliver Nachtwey's new book Germany's...

  • This is Now with Angie Coiro: The Future of Cannabis

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

    Cannabis is here to stay. While it's still blacklisted by the federal government, recreational marijuana is legal now in ten states, Washington DC, and the...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A “Weekly” Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, April 17, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...

  • Pamela Nadell

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

    Pamela Nadell discusses her new book, America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today. About America's Jewish Women What does it mean to be...

  • Author Talk: Susan Alexander Red Diana

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    Author Susan Alexander will discuss her most recent book "Red Diana", a psychological thriller. Set in San Francisco, the book is a sequel to "A...

  • Damon Krukowski

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

    discussing the subject of his new book   Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski forward by Emily Thompson published by MIT Press A writer-musician examines...

  • Jenny Odell – – How to Do Nothing

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Thursday, April 18 7:00pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Jenny Odell to discuss her new new book How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, on Thursday, March 18th at...

  • David Presti: Mind Beyond Brain

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Thursday, Apr 18, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The Basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Mind Beyond Brain is about expanding an empirical science of...

  • Lydia Fitzpatrick

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

    Lydia Fitzpatrick discusses her debut novel, Lights All Night Long. Praise for Lights All Night Long “Lights All Night Long is as delicious as it is dazzling—a...

  • Timothy Hampton

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

    Timothy Hampton Presents Bob Dylan's Poetics: How the Songs Work. Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 7:30pm Event address: 2904 College Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705

  • Lydia Fitzpatrick and Tony Marra

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

    Lydia Fitzpatrick discusses her debut novel, Lights All Night Long with Tony Marra. Praise for Lights All Night Long “Lights All Night Long is as delicious as it...

  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

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

    Featured readers and Musical guests: tba With your host Bloodflower   Posted in LIVE POETRY

  • Darius James

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

    The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University and New York Review Books in conjunction with City Lights present an afternoon with Darius James celebrating...

  • Poets Joseph Noble and Todd Melicker

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Monday, Apr 22, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Todd Melicker regularly communes with the fog of San...

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

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

    Please join us for a lively discussion about: (author will not be present) To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com

  • Book Launch with ALLIE LARKIN at Books Inc. in The Marina

    Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join internationally bestselling author Allie Larkin for a Book Launch celebrating her charming new novel, Swimming for Sunlight. When recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark...

  • Dirty Old Women Read Erotica

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

    Donna George Storey’s goal is to change the world one sexy story at a time. She is the author of Amorous Woman, an erotic novel based on her own experiences...

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  • Ed Bok Lee

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

    reading from Mitochondrial Night: Poems from Coffee House Press Poems that trace paths through time, genealogy, and geography, locating the generational legacy of history. Taking...