• Ally Carter at the Livermore Public Library

    Livermore Public Library 1188 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore

    Join us as we welcome Ally Carter to the Livermore Public Library for an author talk and book signing! Ally Carter is the author of...

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  • Perfectly Queer East Bay Reading “Lesbian Romance Novels”

    Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Perfectly Queer East Bay presents "Lesbian Romance Novels," 4 authors reading from new books, Wednesday, March 28, 7pm Laurel Book Store, 1423 Broadway, Oakland. Free...

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  • Zachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters

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

    Zachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters   celebrating the release of Zachary Lazar's new novel VENGEANCE from Catapult Books Zachary Lazar's powerful and...

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  • Zachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters

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

    celebrating the release of Zachary Lazar's new novel VENGEANCE from Catapult Books Zachary Lazar's powerful and important novel was inspired by a passion play, The Life...

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  • Harry Mathews Tribute

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

    Join us for a special night of stories and memories to celebrate the life of Harry Mathews and the publication of his last novel, The Solitary Twin. With...

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  • Courtney Peppernell / Pillow Thoughts

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special evening with Australian sensationCourtney Peppernell as part of her first US tour. She'll be reading from her books Pillow Thoughts I and The Road...

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  • An Honors College Reading with Craig Santos Perez

    USF Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In fall 2018, the University of San Francisco will launch an Honors Collegethat helps top students become global citizens equipped to meet the challenges of the...

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  • An Honors College Reading with Craig Santos Perez

    Fromm Hall - FR115 - Berman Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 115 - Berman Room Free and open to the public.

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  • Bruce Holbert in conversation with Suzanne Lang

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

    Bruce Holbert in conversation with Suzanne Lang   discussing his new novel Whiskey from Farrar, Strauss, Giroux/MCD Brothers Andre and Smoker were raised in a...

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  • C. Dale Young / The Affliction

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host acclaimed poet C. Dale Young reading from his debut novel in stories, The Affliction. Reading with him will be poet...

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  • Bruce Holbert in conversation with Suzanne Lang

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

    discussing his new novel Whiskey from Farrar, Strauss, Giroux/MCD Brothers Andre and Smoker were raised in a cauldron of their parents' failed marriage and appetite...

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  • Veronica Gerber Bicecci and Christina MacSweeney

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

    Veronica Gerber Bicecci discusses her new novel, Empty Set, with translator Christina MacSweeney. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. Praise for Empty Set "Verónica Gerber writes...

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  • Verónica Gerber Bicecci

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

    Mexican visual artist who writes, Verónica Gerber Bicecci discusses her novel Empty Set, with critically acclaimed translator Christina MacSweeney, who brought it into English. A...

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  • Saturday Night Special, an “Ekphrastic” open mic

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    "Ekphrastic poems focus on works of art—usually paintings, photographs, or statues. And modern ekphrastic poems have generally shrugged off antiquity’s obsession with elaborate description, and...

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  • Diana Khoi Nguyen

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

    Diana Khoi Nguyen reads from her new poetry collection, Ghost Of. Also featuring readings by fellow poets, Jane Wong, Ingrid Rojas, Diana Arterian and Juliana Xuan Wang. About Ghost Of...

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  • Lunada Literary Lounge

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Under the Blue Moon of March, on the final night of Mes Internacional de la Mujer, Lunada is honored to host award winning internationally renowned...

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  • Richard A. Walker

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

    Richard A. Walker   celebrating his new book Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay...

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  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Kara Krewer, Kim Magowan, and Brynn Saito Hosted by Peter Kline Poet, essayist, translator, and immigration advocate Marcelo Hernandez Castillo...

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  • Legacy of Poetry Festival: Javier Zamora

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 150 East San Fernando Street Room 590, San Jose, CA, United States

    Poetry reading and conversation with Javier Zamora. Meet one of the most important younger poets emerging in the United States, Javier Zamora. Author of the...

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  • Tananarive Due

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Tananarive Due is a screenwriter, award-winning novelist, and leading voice in black speculative fiction. Her most recent book, Ghost Summer, won a British Fantasy Award and...

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  • Kaya Press @ City Lights

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

    Kaya Press @ City Lights Sesshu Foster reads from City of the Future Max Yeh reads from Stolen Oranges about City of the Future Twenty-one years after Kaya Press...

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  • Curtis White

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

    Curtis White   reading from his new novel LACKING CHARACTER from Melville House The man Paul Auster called "a master of bewitchments" and a founder of...

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  • Sarah Andersen / Herding Cats

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

    Booksmith welcomes Sarah Andersen back for her new book, Herding Cats! Please join us. More #relatable comics from Sarah’s Scribbles!   Please note: this is a free event,...

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  • Pandemonium Press: Whan That Aprile . . .

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

    Featured readers: Judy Wells, Kirk Lumpkin, Mary Mackey, Rafael Jesús González. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open...

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  • Elaine Castillo

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

    Elaine Castillo discusses her debut novel, America Is Not The Heart. Praise for America Is Not The Heart “Elaine Castillo’s entrancing and magnificent debut is set to...

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  • Facades Everywhere

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    On Thursday, April 4, 2018, The Bindery will become a truth machine. Three writers, Devi S. Laskar, Claudia H. Long,Crystal Jo Reiss, and a surprise poet/novelist, will...

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  • Shanthi Sekaran

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Her latest novel, Lucky Boy, was named an Indie Next Great Read and an Amazon Editors' Pick.

  • Matthew Zapruder

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Matthew Zapruder is the author most recently of Sun Bear and Why Poetry, a book of prose about poetry.

  • Presidio Live – Western Hemisphereans

    Presidio Officers' Club 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA

    PRESIDIO LIVE – Thursday Evenings at 7 pm In Presidio Live, experience live music, theatre, dance, film, and dialogues that offer a contemporary take on...

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