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  • February 2021
  • Wed 24
    February 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Anne Corley Baum – Small Mistakes, Big Consequences

    Small Mistakes, Big Consequences for Interviews is a lighthearted look at the top 20 interviewing mistakes that people make without realizing the potential consequences. Learn...

  • Wed 24
    February 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Lydia Millet Discussing her novel, A Children’s Bible

    Lydia Millet joins us for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback release of A Children's Bible (W.W. Norton), one of the New York Times "Top Ten...

  • Thu 25
    February 25, 2021 @ 5:20 pm - 6:55 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES, Tess Taylor & Danusha Laméris

    The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 "Shelter and Place," a theme about world building when the world...

  • Thu 25
    February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Ed Frauenheim / Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are very pleased to host a virtual event with Ed Frauenheim for his new book Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection, co-authored...

  • Thu 25
    February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Lidia Yuknavich in conversation with Lance Olsen

    reading from their work and talking about literature Lidia Yuknavich celebrates the paperback release of Verge: stories published by Riverhead Books Named one of the Best...

  • Fri 26
    February 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    HIGH DAWN 6: LAWRENCE / LEUNG / LOU / BASU

    Zoom

    Small Press Traffic and UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium present the sixth installment of HIGH DAWN, a reading series featuring poets and musicians from the Bay...

    Free
  • Fri 26
    February 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    *Postponed* VIRTUAL: Wall + Response: Karla Brundage, Jennifer Hasegawa, Tureeda Mikell & Kim Shuck

  • Sat 27
    February 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow on Instagram IGTV

    reading Your Name is a Song.  "This lovely celebration of African American culture, featuring a Muslim family, offers a fresh way to look at the tradition...

  • Sat 27
    February 27, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Eastwind Book Club: The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata

    Join Eastwind Book Club this February as we read Gina Apostol's novel, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. About this Event Eastwind Book Club is...

  • Sat 27
    February 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Sesshu Foster with Arturo Ernesto Romo

    celebrating the book launch of ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines published by City Lights Books ---------- This is...

  • Sun 28
    February 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #57

    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Sun 28
    February 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    High Dawn 7: Ahsan / Montes / Low / Dennis

    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-march.eventbrite.com Bahaar Ahsan is a poet in the Bay Area. Bahaar’s work is...

    Free
  • March 2021
  • Mon 1
    March 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Ismail Muhammad & Marie Mutsuki Mockett

    online

    Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...

    Free
  • Tue 2
    March 2, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter with Raina Telgemeier

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2 AT 5PM PT FOR THE LAUNCH OF MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD AND MICHELLE MEE NUTTER'S BOOK, ALLERGIC, WITH RAINA TELGEMEIER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

  • Tue 2
    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Year of Wonders: A Novel of...

  • Tue 2
    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami

    Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Atlantic Press celebrate the release of Viet Thanh Nguyen's new...

  • Wed 3
    March 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Book Passage Presents: Carol Edgarian with Tobias Wolff – Vera

    New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers an astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by quake...

  • Wed 3
    March 3, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Courtney Zoftness with Rita Bullwinkel and Mat Johnson

    celebrating the publication of Courtney Zoftness' new memoir Spilt Milk published by McSweeney's ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City...

  • Wed 3
    March 3, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    Contemporary Classics – Interior Chinatown

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

  • Thu 4
    Mary Jo Bang
    March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang

    online

    Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...

    Free
  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Isabel Allende – The Soul of a Woman (Virtual Event)

    From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman. “When...

  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett / Look Alive, with K-Ming Chang, Alicia Mountain, Arhm Choi Wild & Meg Day

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett's debut full-length collection of poems Look Alive. She'll be joined for a...

  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Jamie Figueroa and Marie-Helene Bertino

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMIE FIGUEROA IS JOINED BY MARIE-HELENE BERTINO TO DISCUSS HER DEBUT NOVEL, BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER, ON ZOOM!...

  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Cristina Rivera Garza and Kit Schluter, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Carolina de Robertis Supported in part by...

    Free
  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Mikki Kendall who will discuss Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot.  Registration for this free...

  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Online Book Launch of THE STEEL BENEATH THE SILK with Author Patricia Bracewell

    Please join us on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 PM PST as we welcome author Patricia Bracewell to discuss her new novel, THE STEEL BENEATH THE...

  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Barbara Saunders!!!

    online

    During Women's History month 2019 a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded...

    Free
  • Fri 5
    March 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Melissa Valentine

    online

    Friday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...

    Free
  • Fri 5
    March 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Melissa Valentine Reading

    Friday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...

  • Fri 5
    March 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #49

    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
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