• Rebecca Foust & Nicholas Friedman

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    Rebecca Foust’s book Paradise Drive  won the 2015 Press 53 Prize for Poetry, and was widely reviewed in such venues as the Times Literary Supplement, San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Huffington...

  • Independent Bookstore Day 2019

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, all day long, from opening at 9 am to close at...

  • Independent Bookstore Day

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Saturday, April 27, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:00pm Independent Bookstore Day is two things: your one & only chance to buy one-of-a-kind, limited edition books and literary gifts. ...

  • INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!

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

    events and special offers tba http://www.indiebookstoreday.com

  • Poetry Flash

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Details to Come! Event date: Sunday, April 28, 2019 - 3:00pm Event address: East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618

  • David Zeltser, The Night Library

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

    SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019 - 4:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails....

  • National Poetry Month Open Mic at Odd Mondays

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    All poetry is local, specific to one place and one person, writing into the universal void, but join with us to celebrate National Poetry Month...

    Free
  • Grace Schulman

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

    discussing the subject of her book Strange Paradise: Portrait of a Marriage published by Turtle Point Press Grace Schulman is an award-winning poet and the...

  • D. Watkins

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

    D. Watkins discusses his new book We Speak For Ourselves: A Word From Forgotten Black America. Praise for We Speak for Ourselves “D. Watkins is uniquely...

  • Foucault in California

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

    Heather Dundas in conversation with David Wade celebrating the release of Foucault in California : A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley...

  • Norman Fischer – -The World Could Be Otherwise

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Norman Fishcher to discuss his new new book The World Could Be Otherwise, on Tuesday, April 30th at 7pm. An imaginative approach to spiritual practice...

  • Alan Bernheimer and Alli Warren

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Alan Bernheimer’s latest collection of poetry is From Nature (Cuneiform Press, 2019). Recent work has appeared at Across the Margin and at SFMOMA’s Open Space...

    Free
  • READING Jenn McCreary and Norma Cole

    Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    READING Jenn McCreary and Norma Cole May 1, 2019 7:00 PM Artists' Television Access 992 valencia street, san francisco, ca FREE Free for members

  • Alan Bernheimer and Alli Warren

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Wednesday, May 01, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Alan Bernheimer’s latest collection of poetry is From Nature (Cuneiform...

  • May Day: One Big Union

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

    Featured readers: Andrena Zawinski, Kirk Lumpkin, Lenore Weiss, Dennis Bernstein. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free,...

  • Student reading

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

    One of the year’s liveliest events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well...

  • Barry Gifford

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

    Seven Stories and City Lights present Barry Gifford celebrating the release of Southern Nights Trilogy: Night People, Arise and Walk, Baby Cat Face from Seven...

  • Odd Salon: SAN FRANCISCO: BRAINSTORMING FOR JUNE

    Beer Nerds 3331 24th St, San Francisco, CA

    MAY 2 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Free! Once again we come together to pool brains ! Bring your mathematical quandaries, sweet solutions, high octane spirits...

  • Miriam Toews and Lydia Kiesling

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

    Miriam Toews discusses her new novel, Women Talking with Lydia Kiesling. Praise for Women Talking “This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event,...

  • EVES AT THE BEAT: WOMXN READING AT THE BEAT MUSEUM

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

    EVES AT THE BEAT: WOMXN READING AT THE BEAT MUSEUM During Women’s History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+...

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  • Nomadic Press & Chapter 510 Black Joy Poetry Anthology Release

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Nomadic Press will be releasing an anthology written by Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe authors taking part in our Black Joy Workshop:...

  • Nomadic Press & Chapter 510 Black Joy Poetry Anthology Release

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Nomadic Press will be releasing an anthology written by Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe authors taking part in our Black Joy Workshop...

    Free
  • Brenda Shaughnessy, D.A. Powell, and Roberto Santiago

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

    Brenda Shaughnessy reads from her new collection, The Octopus Museum. Also featuring readings by D.A. Powell, and Roberto Santiago. About The Octopus Museum This collection of bold...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:   May 4, June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA  ...

  • Dmitry Samarov: A Talk, a Slide-show

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

    Dmitry Samarov: A Talk, a Slide-show Introduced by Ben Terrall, publisher of the cult 'zine Namaste Motherfu**er Author and artist Dmitry Samarov talks about and...

  • Wild Geese Sorrow

    North Beach Library 850 Columbus Ave., San Francisco

    Join poet and writer Jeffrey Thomas Leong as he takes us through the hidden history of the Chinese wall inscriptions at Angel Island. Drawing from...

  • Joseph Noble & Todd Melicker reading

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

    Sun, May 5, 2:00pm – 3:45pm Todd Melicker and Joseph Noble read from their new books, is this the body/if hovers, and Within Hearing.