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  • March 2021

  • Thu 11

    Elemental: Earth Stories A celebration of the latest installment of the Calico Series from Two Lines Press

    March 11, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Center for the Art of Translation presents Jessica Cohen, Allison Charette, and Brian Bergstrom in conversation about the latest installment in the Calico Series, Elemental: Earth Stories....

  • Thu 11

    VIRTUAL: Arisa White / Who’s Your Daddy, with Dan Alter, Michael ‘MJ’ Jones, Hernan De La Cruz Ramos & A.A. Vincent

    March 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Arisa White for her new book Who's Your Daddy. She'll be joined for a group reading by former...

  • Thu 11

    Why to These Rocks: 50 Years of Poems from the Community of Writers

    March 11, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    The Mill Valley Public Library & The Marin Poetry Center invite you to a virtual book launch for Heyday Books’ release of Why to These...

  • Thu 11

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Joe Ide, Smoke

    March 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Join us for an online event with bestselling author and staff favorite Joe Ide, who will discuss Smoke, the newest installment in his IQ series. Isaiah...

  • Thu 11

    Book Launch of EVERYTHING AFTER with Author Jill Santopolo

    March 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 7 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen's recent favorites, EVERYTHING AFTER, with author Jill Santopolo. Our...

  • Thu 11

    Virtual Event: Alan Chazaro, Raina J. León, Tongo Eisen Martin, and Barbara Jane Reyes

    March 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 11 AT 7PM PT, FOR AN EVENING CELEBRATING BAY AREA POETRY AND ALAN CHAZARO'S LATEST COLLECTION PIÑATA THEORY, ON ZOOM! FEATURED READERS...

  • Fri 12

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #50

    March 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    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
  • Sat 13

    VIRTUAL: Babylon Salon presents Roberto Lovato, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Geoghegan & Paulo K Tiról

    March 13, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to partner with Babylon Salon for their Spring event, featuring readings by Roberto Lovato, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Geoghegan & Paulo K Tiról! Please note: this is a free, virtual...

  • Sat 13

    Word Week 2021 “Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan & Michelle Gallen Read Contemporary Irish Literature”

    March 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
    online

    Irish authors Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan, and Michelle Gallen read from new work Saturday, March 13, 11 a.m. Pacific time via Zoom. Colm gives us...

    Free
  • Sat 13

    Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Momtaza Mehri and Zoé Samudzi, reading and in conversation

    March 13, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST
    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, alex cruse This remote-access event starts promptly...

    Free
  • Sat 13

    Joanell Serra – (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Virtual Event)

    March 13, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic draws together the stories of fifty-two women across the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic. The collection encompasses the perspectives...

  • Sun 14

    Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the Sun

    March 14, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    A magnificent new novel from the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro—author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. Klara and the Sun,...

  • Sun 14

    Conversations with Authors – Julia Turshen (Virtual Event)

    March 14, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Julia Turshen’s Simply Julia: 110 Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food is her first collection of recipes featuring a healthier take on the simple, satisfying comfort food for which...

  • Mon 15

    Virtual Event: Michaeleen Doucleff

    March 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    Join us on Monday, March 15 at 6pm PT when Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff joins us to discuss her book, Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures...

    Free
  • Mon 15

    Odd Mondays Reading Series

    March 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    San Francisco has been, and continues to be, a popular setting for novels. Three authors who located recent novels in our City by the Bay...

  • Tue 16

    Donna Leon

    March 16, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording of this...

  • Tue 16

    Sky Nelson-Isaacs – Leap to Wholeness

    March 16, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    An investigation into the physics of light and our journey toward healing, connection, and wholeness. The reductionism and materialism of our modern world make it...

  • Tue 16

    One City One Book: Chanel Miller

    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    One City One Book: Chanel Miller Tue Mar 16th 6:00pm - 7:00pm Register  Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library Litquake is honored to partner with San...

    Free
  • Tue 16

    Chanel Miller in conversation with journalist Robynn Takayama

    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    San Francisco Public Library is honored to announce its 16th Annual One City One Book selection, Chanel Miller's, Know My Name. Chanel Miller will join...

    Free
  • Tue 16

    Kim Addonizio & Friends

    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    celebrating the launch of her new collection Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems published by W.W. Norton ---------- This is a virtual event that will be...

  • Tue 16

    VIRTUAL: Naima Coster / What’s Mine and Yours

    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host Naima Coster for her novel What's Mine and Yours. This event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Event...

  • Tue 16

    Kazim Ali and Natalie Diaz

    March 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Poet, essayist, and novelist Kazim Ali discusses his new book, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water (Milkweed Editions). This event will be streamed on...

  • Tue 16

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron

    March 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott will discuss The Rain Heron, his gripping new novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship.  Registration for...

  • Tue 16

    Virtual Event: LaRayia Gaston

    March 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7PM PT WHEN LARAYIA GASTON DISCUSSES HER BOOK, LOVE WITHOUT REASON: THE LOST ART OF GIVING A F*CK. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY...

  • Tue 16

    DEACON KING KONG by James McBride | GGP Online Book Club

    March 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of DEACON KING KONG by James McBride....

  • Tue 16

    Virtual Get Lit #70

    March 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
    online

    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free – $200
  • Wed 17

    Alta Live: Denise Hamilton

    March 17, 2021 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

    In Speculative Los Angeles, bestselling author and Alta contributor Denise Hamilton reimagines her hometown in dramatically disparate ways by commissioning 13 stories from some of...

  • Wed 17

    Tongo Eisen-Martin, Mahogany L. Browne, Safia Elhillo in conversation

    March 17, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    Join the San Francisco Public Library in welcoming the San Francisco Poet Laureate, Tongo Eisen-Martin, along with celebrated authors Mahogany L. Browne and Safia Elhillo...

    Free
  • Wed 17

    Poetry Reading featuring Terrance Hayes and Simone White

    March 17, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT
    YouTube

    Please join the Arts Research Center in welcoming two of America’s most compelling poets, Terrance Hayes and Simone White, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at...

    Free
  • Wed 17

    Lyrics & Dirges in Translation

    March 17, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm PDT
    online

    Lyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their...

    Free
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