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  • First Friday: Poetry World Series

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Event curators: Rebecca Foust and Melissa Stein. Music and sound effects mixed by Franklin Walther of Mill Valley.

  • Taylor Jacob Pate: Becoming the Virgin

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Donations will be called for throughout the evening, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Wine will be available.

  • N+1 Issue 25 Launch Party

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

    Spring 2016 edition

  • Hume, Rahimtoola, Weeks, + Burger

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Admission is FREE. Wine, Lagunitas beer, and snacks will be served.

  • UC Berkeley Extension Student Reading

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join students and teachers for a selection of readings from work produced through the UC Berkeley Extension program.

  • Ayelet Waldman: Love and Treasure

    North Branch, Berkeley Public Library 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA, United States

    The acclaimed author of Red Hook Road, Bad Mother, Daughter’s Keeper, and the “Mommy Track Mysteries” series joins us at the Berkeley Public Library North Branch to talk about her latest novel, Love and Treasure.

  • Beers and Poems w/ Emily Carr

    Woods Bar & Brewery 1701 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us as we celebrate the publication of Emily Carr’s poetry collection, WHOSOEVER HAS LET A MINOTAUR ENTER THEM, OR A SONNET.

  • Elizabeth Alford

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elizabeth Alford has always had an on-again-off-again relationship with poetry; but in the wake of her graduation from CSU East Bay, she recently announced that they are now going steady (much to everyone’s relief)

  • Writers on Writing: Kevin Killian

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Writer Kevin Killian reads from and discusses his work.

  • Kevin Clark + Wendy Barker

    Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave, Albany, CA, United States

    Followed by open mic.

  • Antonia Hayes + Sophie Cunningham

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

    Antonia Hayes talks about her debut novel, Relativity, with Sophie Cunningham.

  • MariNaomi: Turning Japanese

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

    MariNaomi presents Turning Japanese, an illustrated memoir that chronicles her experiences working at illegal hostess bars from San Jose to Tokyo.

  • Milvia Street Journal Release Party

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

    Milvia Street art and literary journal first came out in 1989 from Vista Community College. We're celebrating the newest issue with a reading by Diana Arnold, Paul Elias Taylor, Lark Omura, Raymond Richard, Patricia France, and others.

  • Farewell Friends/Hurry Home Tour Launch

    The Speakeasy 605 56th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come say goodbye to us and help us kick off the tour with an open mic event!

  • Kate Tempest

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

    Poet, playwright, and hip-hop artist Kate Tempest will read from her debut novel, The Bricks That Built the Houses.

  • Reyes, Tremblay-McGaw, + Stecopoulos

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Reading from their most recently published books.

  • A History of Latino Comics: “The Underground”

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The audience will get a sneak peek at the origins of the Underground Comix scene of the 1960s-70s, and how it stimulated the Latino comics movement.

  • Genny Lim + Michael Warr

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Voz Sin Tinta: Cruz Gonzales, Dallett, + Veylit

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Event is FREE and open to the public. Bring friends, bring something to drink and/or nosh on, and get ready for an epic evening of live performances by local artists.

  • C. Dale Young + Rick Barot

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join Green Apple Books on Clement street on Thursday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m. as we host C. Dale Young and Rick Barot, who will be reading from their collections of poetry Halo and Chord, respectively.

  • Jodie Hollander

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

    Free Reading!

  • Martin Seay + Robin Sloan

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

    Martin Seay will talk about The Mirror Thief (Melville House), one of the most talked-about debut novels of 2016, with Robin Sloan.

  • Noah Warren

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

    Noah Warren reads from his first collection, The Destroyer in the Glass, winner of the 110th Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize.