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  • James Sturm

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

    James Sturm discusses his new graphic novel Off Season. Praise for Off Season "James Sturm's Off Season is a big-hearted meditation on the shifting sands of family and...

  • LAUNCH for Namwali Serpell / The Old Drift

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch party for Namwali Serpell's debut novel, The Old Drift. Joining her in conversation is Michelle Quint. Please save the date...

  • Shiv Kotecha, Ed Steck, and Syd Staiti

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Poets from all over! Converging in one place! On one night! Shiv Kotecha is the author of The Switch (Wonder, 2018) and EXTRIGUE (Make Now, 2015). Writing can also...

  • Katy Butler, The Art of Dying Well

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

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updates, or sign up for our events emails. This...

  • Carolyn Forché

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

    Carolyn Forché discusses her new memoir, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance. Praise for What You Have Heard Is True...

  • Karen Russell and Michael Ray

    Karen Russell discusses her new story collection, Orange World with Zoetrope editor Michael Ray. Praise for Karen Russell “Amidst the leading pack of talents Karen Russell writes the...

  • THE RACKET!

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

    Details soon! Hosted by Noah B. Sanders

  • Ruby Ray

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

    celebrating the release of Ruby Ray: Kalifornia Kool / Photographs 1976-1982 Introduction by Carl Abrahamsson published by Trapart Spanning music, art and literature, the industrial...

  • Adam Morris and Chris Jennings

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

    Adam Morris discusses his new book, American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation with Chris Jennings. About American Messiahs A history with sweeping implications, American Messiahs challenges our...

  • LAUNCH for Cindy Derby / How to Walk an Ant

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch party for Cindy Derby's debut picture book, How to Walk an Ant. Please save the date and join us...

  • POETS! – Michael Koch + Robert Anbian followed by an open mic

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A Night Horn Press celebration...  On April 1st, poet and Night Horn Press publisher Robert Anbian joins poet Michael Koch to recite verse and celebrate...

  • K Chess

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

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. K Chess discusses her new novel, Famous Men Who Never Lived. Praise for Famous Men Who...

  • Unnamed Press @ City Lights with Rheea Mukherjee & Adam Nemett

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

      Rheea Mukherjee reads from The Body Myth Adam Nemett reads from We Can Save Us All About The Body Myth: A moving exploration of loss, Mukherjee delivers...

  • Meredith May – – The Honey Bus

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Meredith May to discuss her new new book The Honey Bus, on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7pm. An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather...

  • Laurie Halse Anderson, SHOUT

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson for a discussion and signing of her new book, SHOUT – a searing poetic memoir for the #MeToo...

  • T Kira Madden and Pam Zhang

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

    T Kira Madden discusses her new memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, with Pam Zhang. Praise for Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls...

  • Lynn Breedlove

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

    reading from his new book 45 Thought Crimes from Manic D Press 45 Thought Crimes conveys a lineage of resistance and places the reader squarely in...

  • April in Paris: Springtime in Blossom

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

    Featured readers: James Cagney, Sara McAulay, George Korolog, Lucille Lang Day. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway....

  • RACHEL KLEINFELD at Books Inc. Berkeley

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Rachel Kleinfeld discusses her comprehensive work, A Savage Order: How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to...

  • MARGARET DUMAS at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Local author Margaret Dumas shares the first book in her humorous mystery series, Murder at the Palace: Movie Palace Mystery #1. Welcome to the Palace movie theater! Now Showing:...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A “Weekly” Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, April 3, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...

  • Ben Lerner

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ben Lerner was born in Topeka, Kansas. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, among other honors. He is the author of three books of poetry (The...

  • Meredith May, The Honey Bus

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

    Meredith May, The Honey Bus THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 - 7:00PM An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious...

  • RHYS BOWEN at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Award-winnig crime writer Rhys Bowen shares her heart-rending new novel, The Victory Garden. As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to...