• Jesse Ball: How to Set a Fire and Why

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

    Unlike a traditional event, this one will feature backgammon, which Jesse and his interlocutor will play while talking about his work. After the reading, we'll set up several boards so anyone can play!

  • Sin Soracco Launch Party

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sin Soracco presents her new novel Come to Me.

  • Devereaux Baker + Sharon Doubiago

    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

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

    Linda Maria Girón, Kelechi Ubozoh, + Kari Riesgo Bañuelos.

  • FRESH AND BEST! w/ Solmaz Sharif

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore welcomes Solmaz Sharif to the store on Friday, July 15th at 7pm as part of the FRESH AND BEST poetry reading series.

  • Booksmith is Turning 40

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

    At 5:30 pm we’ll have an Official 40th Birthday Toast with cake. Then on to eating, drinking, mingling, and, dare we suggest: dancing.

  • Beast Crawl: Red Light Lit

    Venue Oakland 420 14th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is honored to be part of Beast Crawl's Leg 1.

  • Beast Crawl: Night Sounds

    Spice Monkey 1628 Webster St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Curator: Leila Rae.

  • Rolling Writers: Crossing Over

    Farley's East 33 Grand Avenue, Oakland , CA, United States

    A part of Leg Two of Beast Crawl.

  • Beast Crawl: Saturday Night Special

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

    For Beast Crawl 2016 we're bringing together some of our favorite writers to rock the festival: Peter Bullen, Dennis Cruz, Hollie Hardy, Tomas Moniz, Karen Penley, and April Sinclair.

  • Foglifter Journal’s San Francisco Launch

    Strut 470 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featuring Nona Caspers, MK Chavez, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Shideh Etaat, Kevin Killian, Roberto Santiago, and Arisa White!

  • Mary Meijer

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    We are thrilled to welcome Bookshop alumna Maryse Meijer back to the store to celebrate the release of her debut collection, Heartbreaker.

  • Jessi Klein: You’ll Grow Out of It

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

    Raw, relatable, and consistently hilarious, You'll Grow Out of It is a one-of-a-kind book by a singular and irresistible comic voice.

  • Everybody’s Protest Poem 2

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A collaboration of 4 artists.

  • Lyrics and Dirges

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

    Every third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown.

  • Joy Williams: Ninety-Nine Stories of God

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

    The legendary writer Joy Williams returns to Books on the Park to discuss her collection, Ninety-Nine Stories of God (Tin House).

  • Lynne Barnes + Steven Gray

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

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Loretta Diane Walker + Open Mic

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    Reading and open mic to follow.

  • Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan: Sarong Party Girls

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

    Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan presents Sarong Party Girls, a brilliant and engaging novel.

  • Laurel Ann Bogen + Mk Chavez

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Both presenting new books!

  • SF Art Book Fair

    Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair is the inaugural event of an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications.

  • Conditional Love w/ Doan, Okyomon + Young

    Small Press Distribution 1341 7th Street, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Founded in 1969, SPD is currently the only distributor in the country dedicated exclusively to independently published literature.