"Entwined" is a penetrating personal narrative that explores a complex world of disability, loss, reunion, and the resiliency of the human spirit.
Diane has lived and wandered around the US and Canada.
An evening of readings!
California Book Award-winner Lori Ostlund celebrates the paperback release of her critically-acclaimed debut novel, After the Parade.
We recommend reserving tickets on Eventbrite to guarantee your seat.
Dave Madden, Theodore Wheeler, and Amina Gautier read from their new story collections.
Krys Lee presents How I Became a North Korean, a debut novel that follows the lives of three characters as they struggle to survive in the complex and dangerous Chinese territory bordering North Korea.
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, the first Tibetan female poet to be published in English, shares her beautifully written memoir, Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging.
A fun, cosy event where you can booze and schmooze with the San Francisco literati.
Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
All Ages Welcome!
Doors at 5:45. Reading at 6:15.
The featured guest poets will be Judy Halebsky and Nina Lindsay.
In conversation with Michael David Lukas.
Award-winning author Megan Abbott shares her much buzzed new novel, You Will Know Me.
Shop Talk: Jedediah Caesar & Kate Costello With Dodie Bellamy.
A celebration of the release of their Summer Issue, Issue 14.
Join Tracey Knapp in celebrating her month-long Poet-in-Residence at the Bazaar Cafe with writers Peter Kline, Siamak Vossoughi, Yaccaira Salvatierra and Gerardo Pacheco Matus.
New York Times bestselling author Kaui Hart Hemmings returns with her new novel How to Party with an Infant.
No cover, always free, with a full bar and restaurant on hand!
Drew Magary presents The Hike, a wild, thrilling fantasy saga that chronicles one man’s epic life-or-death quest.
San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Bruce Jenkins reads from his memoir.
Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
Joe McGinniss Jr. is the author of Carousel Court and The Delivery Man.
Join us for a very special evening of readings with organizer of the Flor y Canto Literary Festival Jessica Mejia and Jam Tarts publisher Frederick Speers. With musical guest Poise.
Evan and Miles Karp are Turk & Divis, an intersection where chance, rhythm, and processed repetition collide with modified fragments of language to form serendipitous anthems and intimate, often polyvocal meditations inside of those anthems. Old school samples and some of tomorrow's most unusual hits @ turkanddivis.bandcamp.com.
Readings + Music.
Poets Upstairs features Chris Carosi and Amy K. Bell. Read alongside them at the open mic. Come early to sign up, stay late to jump in on our Exquisite Corpse!
Jeanne Lupton is a poet and writer, montage artist, and student of the dulcimer.
Free admission.