• Ellen Bass, Indigo at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    Indigo merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complex grey areas. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved...

    Free
  • C Pam Zhang: How Much of These Hills is Gold

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

    C Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel How Much of These Hills is Gold. Praise for How Much of These Hills is Gold "C Pam Zhang's...

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  • Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in Conversation

    A fundraiser for Pegasus Books About this Event It's a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place....

    Free – $100
  • Robert Williams at City Lights Books

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

    Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination published by Fantagraphics Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination is a comprehensive, career-spanning collection of the iconic painter's...

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  • Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #2

    This week Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition features Maw Shein Win, Vernon Keeve III, and Amanda Moore Learn about our readers by visiting their bio...

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  • Kathy Valentine: All I Ever Wanted

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

    Kathy Valentine, bassist for The Go-Go's, discusses her new memoir All I Ever Wanted. About All I Ever Wanted Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine’s story is a...

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  • The Racket : View From A Room

    We're doing a weekly event, every week until we're allowed out into the blinding light of the future. This week: VIEW FROM A ROOM Great...

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  • Melville House @ City Lights

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

    Melville House Publishers is celebrated by City Lights! Three authors with recently released books join us for an evening of spirited discussion Malcolm Harris in conversation...

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  • Susan Briante and Valyntina Grenier at Wolfman Books

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

    Briante and Grenier Take Heart and Deface the Monument at Wolfman.   ABOUT OUR BOOKS: "Fever Dream / Take Heart is a doubled poetry book....

  • Joanne McNeil: Lurking: How a Person Became a User

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

    Joanne McNeil discusses her new book Lurking: How A Person Became a User with Jenny Odell. Praise for Lurking “The internet isn’t ‘out there’ somewhere; it’s coextensive...

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  • Dana Gioia and Phillis Levin

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. Former California Poet laureate and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia was born...

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  • Inside Weather: Writing and Art

    Join us Saturday evening from your room, where the following writers and artists will Zoom-share work that in some way contemplates the rooms and roomlessness...

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  • Dave Eggers

    Live: Sunday, April 19th, 7:00est/4:00pst Dave Eggers is known for writing wonderful, gripping stories that tug at the heart. His award-winning body of work consists...

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  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Lisa Brown and Andrew Sean Greer

    Join us on Instagram live for a virtual event with Lisa Brown and Andrew Sean Greer discussing Long Story Short! Starting at 5:00pm on the greenapplebooks Instagram....

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  • Bonnie Tsui: Why We Swim

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

    Bonnie Tsui discusses her new book, Why We Swim, with Caroline Paul. Praise for Why We Swim  “A beautifully written love letter to water and a...

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