Autumn by Ali Smith Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Two old friends--Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984--look to both the future and...
Tommy Orange, There There Monday, June 18, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Tommy Orange for a reading and signing of his highly-anticipated debut...
Poetry Express presents a reading with Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heavan Is All Goodbyes, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00
Lauren Groff reads from her new story collection, Florida. About Florida The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies. "Lauren Groff...
Join us when San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck reads poetry with Ukiah Poet Laureate Linda Noel and Thea Matthews.
Wayne Goodman will sit in conversation with the author of "Sparkle: The Queerest Book You’ll Ever Love," "Fierce," "Hot Lava," "Queens of the Apocalypse," "Creature...
David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing celebrating the release of The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing by Charles...
Susie Bright, Santa Cruz Noir Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 7:00pm Local writer and editor Susie Bright will discuss and sign copies of her highly-anticipated...
discussing the subject of his new book ENERGY: A Human History published by Simon and Schuster Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes...
Born in San Francisco, Genny Lim, San Francisco Jazz Poet Laureate, earned a BA and an MA from San Francisco State University. The poems in KRA! invoke...
NEXT up: Tuesday June 19th, 2018 Our featured artist is: James Zealous (Ellis) at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell...
Booksmith hosts Yrsa Daley-Ward for her remarkable new book The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir. Please join us! From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir -- part...
Chris Feliciano Arnold discusses his new book, The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First Century Amazon. About The Third Bank of...
Launch celebration for her debut novel, The Dependents, a wise and lyrical debut novel about a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. "A marvel of a...
Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is...
Ana Raquel Minian Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco discussing the subject of her new book Undocumented...
Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...
Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...
Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Wednesday, June 20, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series...
Jana Casale discusses her new novel, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky. Praise for The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky “Casale writes with both...
Zoé Samudzi discussing the subject of her new book As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi with...
Joel Selvin, Fare Thee Well Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes music journalist and bestselling author Joel Selvin for a discussion...
Join us on Thursday, June 21st for our quarterly reading series - Story is the Thing - that highlights established authors and stars on the...
Booksmith hosts an evening with poets Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, and Brittany Perham all reading from new work. Please join us! Mortal Trash by Kim Addonizio Passionate and...
presents Vigilance is No Orchard, an experimental poem sequence inspired by a famous garden now in ruin.
Friday, June 22nd · 7:00pm Jeff Goodell, author of The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, has traveled across...
Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features Daphne Gottlieb and Sage...
Julian Francis Park lives in Oakland and writes poems, narrative, literary criticism, and social theory. Through the Bay Area Public School Julian facilitates a writing...
Poetry with Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, Brittany Perham Friday, June 22, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Pegasus welcomes renowned poets Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, and Brittany Perham, for...
Presents Sprig the Rescue Pig, nspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary, this...