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  • August 2020

  • Wed 12

    SHAUN KING presents MAKE CHANGE: HOW TO FIGHT INJUSTICE, ​DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, AND OWN OUR FUTURE

    August 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    ** PLEASE NOTE ** >  This event will be virtual and free of charge. Connection information is forthcoming. Please save the date and join us! >  Order...

    Free
  • Thu 13

    Lunch Visit and Discussion with Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS

    August 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
    The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san francisco

    Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. Thanks to...

    Free
  • Thu 13

    Solidarity: From Third World Liberation Front to Black Lives Matter

    August 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley and the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) present an online conversation with authors Juanita Tamayo Lott, Dr. LaNada War Jack...

  • Thu 13

    VIRTUAL: Diane Cook in conversation with Rahawa Haile / The New Wilderness

    August 13, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Man V. Nature author Diane Cook for her anticipated debut novel, The New Wilderness. She'll be in conversation with Rahawa Haile. Please join...

  • Thu 13

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Karen Tei Yamashita, Sansei and Sensibility

    August 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz invite you to join us for a free online event with Karen Tei Yamashita who...

  • Thu 13

    [Virtual Ruby] Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS

    August 13, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. We...

    Free
  • Fri 14

    Jessica Lee and Bathsheba Demuth Celebrate the publication of Two Trees Make a Forest

    August 14, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Jessica J. Lee is joined in conversation by Bathsheba Demuth to celebrate the publication of her book, Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My...

  • Sat 15

    R.O. Kwon, Rachel Khong And Cathy Park Hong For Point Reyes Books

    August 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Sun 16

    Conversations with Authors – Christine Montross, M.D. (Virtual Event)

    August 16, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Sunday, August 16th • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Christine Montross, M.D. in conversation with Susannah Calahan Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us...

  • Sun 16

    Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    August 16, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Sign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/ewznSNDq86xmJ5NA7 A monthly Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens...

    Free
  • Mon 17

    VIRTUAL: Aya Gruber / The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration

    August 17, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This third event in the series features Aya Gruber discussing her...

  • Mon 17

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    August 17, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT
    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    Free
  • Tue 18

    Virtual Event: Bridget Quinn and Carol Edgarian

    August 18, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Tuesday, August 18 at 5pm PDT when Bridget Quinn discusses her new book She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next with Carol...

  • Tue 18

    Marquis Bey in conversation with Andrew Cutrone

    August 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing Anarcho-Blackness: Notes Toward a Black Anarchism published by AK Press This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the...

  • Tue 18

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Alexandra Fuller, Travel Light, Move Fast

    August 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Join us for an online event with bestselling author Alexandra Fuller who will discuss her new memoir Travel Light, Move Fast, a beautifully written and deeply...

  • Wed 19

    Conversations with Authors – Darin Strauss (Virtual Event)

    August 19, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Wednesday, August 19th • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Darin Strauss in conversation with Kelly Corrigan Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us every...

  • Wed 19

    Virtual: Micheline Aharonian Marcom and Sara Campos

    August 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Micheline Aharonian Marcom discusses her new novel, The New Americans, with Sara Campos. Select praise for Micheline Aharonian Marcom “The fierce beauty of her prose both confronts readers...

  • Wed 19

    This is Now – Unbreaking Government

    August 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    This event is online. Amidst the political morass the US has become, some are voicing the unthinkable: has American democracy’s long, ambitious run come to...

    Free – $30
  • Thu 20

    Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library

    August 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Thursday, August 20, 7:00pm featuring Caroline Goodwin online on Zoom registration link to come bio to come Upcoming at Third Thursdays: September: Peter Carroll

    Free
  • Thu 20

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lloyd Kahn, The Half-Acre Homestead

    August 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for a free online event with green architecture pioneer Lloyd Kahn for a presentation of his new...

  • Thu 20

    [Virtual Ruby] AUTHORS OF COLOR BOOK CLUB: The Revisioners by Margaret

    August 20, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    Jean Rhys said that "reading makes immigrants of us all," that "it takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us...

    Free
  • Thu 20

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    August 20, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT
    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    Free
  • Fri 21

    VIRTUAL: Show Us Your Spines Resident Reading

    August 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    SHOW US YOUR SPINES is a month-long writer residency + reading in collaboration with the SF Public Library’s Hormel Center.  For a month QTIPOC writers...

    Free
  • Sat 22

    Jack & Agyu: Children’s Story Time with Justine Villanueva

    August 22, 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am PDT

    Join Eastwind Books of Berkeley online for children's story time featuring a live read-aloud of Filipino children's book, Jack and Agyu, with author Justine Villanueva....

  • Sun 23

    Meera Sriram VIRTUAL LAUNCH

    August 23, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Celebrating the publication of her picture book A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India.  To register, go to: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/book-launch-a-gift-for-amma/ Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 11:00am...

  • Sun 23

    The Tree and the Vine: The Queer Fiction of Dola de Jong

    August 23, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with Transit Books present Editor Kristen Gehrman in conversation with Jennifer Croft    celebrating the new book The Tree...

  • Mon 24

    VIRTUAL: Erin Hatton / Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment

    August 24, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This fourth event in the series features Erin Hatton discussing her...

  • Mon 24

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Richard Kadrey / Ballistic Kiss

    August 24, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Upstream author Richard Kadrey to celebrate his new novel Ballistic Kiss, the latest and penultimate volume in his Sandman Slim series. ** Please...

  • Tue 25

    George Dyson (Online)

    August 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:10 pm PDT

    This event is online. The hacker historian and author behind 2012's Turing's Cathedral returns to Kepler's for the release of Analogia, a boldly philosophical book...

    Free – $40
  • Tue 25

    Martin Jay in conversation with Paul Breines

    August 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing Martin Jay's new book Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations published by Verso Press The evening will begin with a short introduction by...

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