• Glori Simmons and Dickson Lam

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

    Glori Simmons and Dickson Lam read from their latest works from Autumn House Press About Carry You   In Carry You, a Sunni museum official accidentally hits a Shiite child...

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  • Ellen Forney / Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Ellen Forney for Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life, the anticipated companion volume to her bestselling graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me,...

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  • Poetry Flash presents Melissa Stein and C. Dale Young

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

    Melissa Stein’s new book of poems is Terrible Blooms. The New York Times says, “Ms. Stein reminds us that there is no honey—rough, or otherwise—without the sting.”...

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  • Bookworks :: An Artist’s Book Fair

    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    About the Bookworks :: An Artist's Book Fair Bookworks at San Francisco Center for the Book is a great place to start your artist’s book...

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  • Friday Night Poetry: w/ Carmen Giménez Smith & MK Chavez

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Friday, May 18 7:00pm East Bay Booksellers is excited to host a fantastic Friday night of contemporary poetry, featuring Carmen Giménez Smith and MK Chavez, on May 18th at 7pm. Carmen...

  • THERE

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

    NEXT THERE: THERE 23 – Friday, May 18, 2018, with East Bay novelist Cameron MacKenzie, award-winning local writer Tamara Schuyler, local novelist Yang Huang,and musical guest TBA. THERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza)...

  • ‘NEARING THE EXIT’: POEMS BY HERBERT GOLD

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Novelist, memoirist, essayist, Herbert Gold returns to his earliest form of literary expression, poetry—here in a publishing first, Nearing the Exit. In these poems 94-year-old Gold...

  • Laura Catherine Brown

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

    Laura Catherine Brown dicusses her new novel, Made By Mary. About Made By Mary When Mary and Ann agree to a surrogacy partnership everything goes...

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  • Molly Crabapple / Brothers of the Gun

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Molly Crabapple for Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War, which she illustrated and co-authored with Marwan Hisham. Please join us! A bracingly...

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  • Laura Catherine Brown and Maw Shein Win

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

      Laura Catherine Brown and Maw Shein Win read from their latest works, Made By Mary and Invisible Gifts. About Made By Mary   When Mary and Ann...

  • David Ulrich

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    David Ulrich presents Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice of Photography, an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your our fingertips,...

  • AfroSurreal Writers Monthly Meeting

    AfroSurreal Writers Workshop Oakland, CA, United States

    Folks, do the grown person thing and RSVP yes only if you can confirm your attendance so we can plan accordingly. We need to know...

  • Mitali Perkins

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

    Get up close and personal with Mitali Perkins, author of ten novels for young readers.  Her latest book, You Bring the Distant Near, is an unforgettable story that...

  • Bikes to Books Five-Year Anniversary Spring Ride

    Jack London Street Jack London Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Celebrate five years of Bikes to Books with our annual spring ride! Combining San Francisco history, art, literature, cycling, and urban exploration, Bikes to Books began...

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  • Spring Poetry & Place | El Cerrito

    El Cerrito Community Center 7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito, CA, United States

    Spring Poetry & Place | El Cerrito Please join us on Sunday, May 20 from 1:30 - 5 pm at the El Cerrito Community Center...

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  • Jason Dewees

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join Mrs. Dalloway's and the Mediterranean Garden Society for a talk and signing by Jason Dewee's on his just released book, Designing with Palms (photography by Caitlin...

  • Express Yourself: Celebrating Gender Diversity

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    When living in a world that is still learning about the gender spectrum, forms of expression become survival tools helping trans and nonbinary people live...

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  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

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

    Featured readers - James Zealous Christine No Tifa Love Clara Hsu Sarita de la Madrid Musical guests: Brother Spellbinder Ed Dang With your host Bloodflower

  • An Opportunity to Meet London Breed

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    As part of a series for meet and greet opportunities with San Francisco's mayoral candidates, we are pleased to host London Breed on Sunday, May 20 starting...

  • THE RACKET! #19

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

    It feels like The Racket has skewed dark as of late - obsession, grief, ghosts - so we thought, let's try something a little more...

  • Rachel Kushner

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

    Rachel Kushner discusses her new novel, The Mars Room. Prasie for Rachel Kushner “Kushner is a young master. I honestly don’t know how she is able...

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  • BINDERY: Keith Gessen / A Terrible Country

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts All the Sad Young Literary Men author Keith Gessen for his new novel A Terrible Country. Please join us!   When Andrei Kaplan's older brother Dima insists...

  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at the door... TICKETSSSSSS: https://ticketf.ly/2k4yp1g YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open...

  • Jenny Xie

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

    Jenny Xie   reading from her award winning poetry collection Eye Level published by Graywolf Press Winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy...

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  • Daegan Miller discusses THIS RADICAL LAND

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Daegan Miller to the store to discuss his book, This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent, on Tuesday, May 22nd at 7pm.  Joining him in conversation...