Jeff VanderMeer joins us to discuss his new novel, Dead Astronauts. Praise for Jeff VanderMeer “Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the...
Eugenie Chan Theater Projects and the Chinese Historical Society of America invite you to a reading of Chan Family Picnic, a rollicking new vaudeville about the mental...
Mat and Yvonne will serenade us with some of the songs on their new album, discuss the companion book and we'll toast the coming of...
Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet, an open mic and great drinks and treats! Featured Poet: Gene Kahane (more dates/poets...
In collaboration with RADAR Productions and the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the SF Public Library! QTPOC writers who were participants of the Show...
Join us for a reading that brings together the work of Laotian poet and dancer Krysada Phounsiri and Cambodian writer Sieu Sean Do. Krysada Phounsiri's...
Come raise a glass at Literary Speakeasy and celebrate the closing of another year! We have five amazing artists for you this month, including poet...
Ghost Tour: San Francisco is an ongoing art project charting collective memories of San Francisco neighborhoods. The third section focuses on Glen Park. The upcoming...
led by Nick Butterfield, Jeffrey Leonard, and Amy Meier First Friday of each Month, 1pm-4pm MLK Library, contact VeteransWrite@yahoo.com if interested in attending Admission FREE Poetry Center...
Join Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier as they return to the Beat Museum for an evening of melodies.
STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
Join us to celebrate the launch of Abigail Hing Wen’s highly anticipated, romantic, and layered debut, Loveboat, Taipei, praised as “an intense rush of rebellion...
Slam Jam is a monthly series featuring a rotating lineup of some of the SF Bay Area's most radical poets accompanied by the Noise All-Stars,...
Aaron Cohen discusses the subject of his new book Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power published by the University of Chicago...
We're thrilled to invite you to celebrate the launch of Scavenge the Stars, Tara Sim’s gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo that is...
It’s 2020! So let’s combine two poetry readings into one! And have a new year poetry extravaganza! Poets include Lewis Freedman, Clay A.D., Caspar Heinemann,...
E.J. Koh discusses her new memoir The Magical Language of Others. Praise for The Magical Language of Others "The Magical Language of Others is an exquisite, challenging,...
It's open mic night at Simple Pleasures! Join us for an evening of music and story-telling at our favorite neighborhood cafe. Sign up is at...
Local award-winning author, Ellery Akers, will be launching her new book, Swerve: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 at Moe's Books. She will...
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Kiersten White who will share her new book, Chosen. Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old...
Poetry Connection reading series presents CB Follett and Joseph Zaccardi, hosted by Terry Lucas, Marin County Poet Laureate, open mic to follow, light refreshments, The...
It's going down! Jan 10th @ Cafe Leila 7-9:30 pm My Word turns 3 Kicking off the season is no other than Tony Aldarondo &...
2020 is here! Join us at Manny's for the decade's first poetry night! Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers...
Into every generation a slayer is born… and being the Chosen one isn’t always easy Do you miss having Buffy the Vampire Slayer in your...
Help us bring in 2020 right. 10 books, 10 new Nomadic Press authors, 1 night. Join us as we celebrate (and release) new books by:...
This is a night of zine readings from Bay Area Queer Zine Fest peeps on the eve of the fest. Come hear us vocalize pieces...
One question an author is always asked at events or in chance encounters is what are you working on, and one thing an author always...
Evie Shockley is the author of semiautomatic and the new black, both winners of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry; semiautomatic was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the LA...
Moderated by Oscar Villalon with Meg Hurtado Bloom, Rita Bullwinkel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Chia-Chia Lin, Kevin Simmonds, and Paul Wilner ZYZZYVA's latest volume—the Bay Area Issue—features new writing and poetry...
Acclaimed writer, bestselling author, and founder of Salon magazine, David Talbot has brought us masterful and explosive headline-breaking stories for over 25 years with books...