Booksmith welcomes Chuck Klosterman back to the store for his new story collection, Raised in Captivity. More information to be announced soon, but please save the date and...
A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts...
John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. Praise for Pick up the Pieces " thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride...
Older women: Wise enough to tell the truth about sex – what they want, what they've done, what makes them hot. Dirty Old Women celebrates...
John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. Praise for Pick up the Pieces " thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride...
Cyberwar"— or cyber-anything, for that matter— has always carried a whiff of science fiction about it. But it's not fiction, it's certainly not entertainment, and - as...
Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Mostly Dead Things “Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and...
Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Mostly Dead Things “Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and...
The Bindery hosts Sarah Rose Etter for the launch of her anticipated debut novel, The Book of X. She’ll be joined byTrisha Low and Tommy Pico. A surreal exploration of...
Student Showcase readings "Write From The Gut" featuring our faculty, alumni and current students reading works in progress. With your host Paul Corman-Roberts
Kenneth E. Hartman's sentence to live without parole was recently commuted by Governor Jerry Brown after he had spent 35 years in prison. He is...
Tucker Malarkey returns to present Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon, the story of Guido Rahr, a passionate and eccentric environmentalist who has single-mindedly...
Last year, former Benicia Unified School District groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson won a settlement for the cancer he got as a result of using Round Up...
Photographer B.A. Van Sise discusses his new book, Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry. Also featuring readings by poets Jane Hirshfield and Dorianne Laux. Praise...
The End of the End of the World Literary Café Presents: Benjamin Heim Shephard and Lynn Breedlove Hosted by James Tracy, author of Dispatches Against Displacement (AK...
Sarah Parcak discusses her new book, Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past. Praise for Archaeology From Space "This book is so much more...
Please join us for the fourth installment of #we, a talk and reading series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two...
Sarah Rose Etter discusses her new novel, The Book of X, with Rita Bullwinkel. Praise for The Book of X "Etter brilliantly, viciously lays bare what...
For our meeting in August, we'll be reading Cat, by Freya North. This title is a bit of a departure from our past books, and...
J. Ryan Stradal reads from his much-anticipated The Lager Queen of Minnesota, a novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate, and the secrets of making a world-class...
Simon Hanselmann joins us to discuss his new graphic novel Bad Gateway, the latest installment in the Megg and Mogg series. About Bad Gateway Perpetually intoxicated,...
BAPC OPEN POETRY READING Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019: August 3, September 7 3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison...
Huestis’ book covers 45 years of San Francisco gay history, starting in 1974 working with the fabled theatre group Angels of Light, his volatile relationship...
E.K. Keith presents: Oval Window - A Poetry & Music Listening Experience
"Life took me through many different experiences, but art and poetry never left my side. “ Mahnaz Badihian is a poet, translator and artist whose...
Bookshop welcomes Josie Iselin for a discussion and signing of her beautiful new book, The Curious World of Seaweed—a deep dive and exploration into a somewhat neglected...
Tuesday, Aug 06, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: In the basement of the store. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Nothing is harder to...
Diane di Prima reading and birthday celebration
Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories. Tuesday, August 6, 7:30 pm Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy...
Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion discussing Tilney's new novel, The Expectations, "a deeply resonant, brilliantly nuanced meditation on privilege, social ambition, and the folly (and...